Baseball Page 54 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Reds rally past Padres to close gap in wild-card race
Andrew Abbott snapped a personal five-game losing streak Wednesday night with eight dominant innings and the visiting Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres.,Abbott (9-6) gave up only five hits and a run, walking two and striking out six. In four career starts against San Di...
Marlins rally to end head-to-head skid against Nationals
Leadoff batter Xavier Edwards went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and scored three runs as the host Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the Washington Nationals 8-3 on Wednesday night.,Rookie Jakob Marsee also starred for Miami (67-79), going 4-for-5.,Washington (60-85) had beaten Miami five straight ti...
White Sox hold off Rays rally to even series
Mike Tauchman and Lenyn Sosa delivered two-run doubles in a five-run second inning and Andrew Benintendi homered to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.,Chicago (56-90) won for the eighth time in 10 games, holding on after thwarting the Rays' impr...
Astros place RHP Luis Garcia (elbow) back on IL
Two starts into his return from Tommy John surgery, Luis Garcia is back on the injured list.,The Houston Astros made the move Wednesday, a day after the right-hander exited in the second inning of his start against the host Toronto Blue Jays.,Garcia left the club to head back to Houston for addition...
Tigers' hot bats rout Yankees for second straight night
Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter hit two-run homers in a five-run eighth inning, while Jack Flaherty pitched five sharp innings as the Detroit Tigers pulled away for an 11-1 victory over the host New York Yankees on Wednesday night.,Detroit (84-62) beat the Yankees for the fourth time in five meetin...
Cubs edge Braves to take season series
Nico Hoerner had three hits to pace Chicago's 11-hit attack and help the visiting Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday in the rubber game of their three-game series.,The victory gave the Cubs (83-63) their first season-series victory over the Braves (65-81) since 2017.,Hoerner was 3-for-5, ...
Jake Burger’s 2 HRs back Merrill Kelly as Rangers sweep Brewers
Jake Burger drove in three with a pair of home runs and Merrill Kelly outdueled Freddy Peralta on the mound as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon to sweep a key three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers (77-70) have won four straight games an...
Yainer Diaz's ninth-inning homer lifts Astros over Blue Jays
Yainer Diaz hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning Wednesday night and the visiting Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.,Diaz homered on a 1-1 fastball from Jeff Hoffman (9-7) with one out after the Blue Jays (83-62) tied the game in the eighth. Diaz had an RBI double in the first...
Marlins earn 1st win over Nationals in 6 games with comeback victory
Leadoff batter Xavier Edwards went 3-for-5 with a homer, three runs scored and three RBIs as the host Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the Washington Nationals 8-3 on Wednesday night.,Rookie Jakob Marsee also starred for Miami (67-79), going 4-for-5.,Washington (60-85) had beaten Miami five straight ...
Max Kepler's five-RBI night send Phillies to rout of Mets
Max Kepler homered, had three hits and drove in a season-high five runs in support of Cristopher Sanchez as the Philadelphia Phillies rolled over the visiting New York Mets 11-3 on Wednesday.,Brandon Marsh added three hits and two RBIs for Philadelphia, while Harrison Bader and J.T. Realmuto each no...
Orioles edge Pirates for fourth walk-off win in five games
Rookie outfielder Dylan Beavers hit a game-winning single with no outs in the 10th inning as the Baltimore Orioles beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Wednesday night.,It marked the Orioles' second extra-inning victory in as many nights and the team's fourth walk-off triumph in its last five...
Royals' late rally snaps Guardians' five-game win streak
Pinch hitter Nick Loftin hit a game-tying single in the seventh inning before scoring the go-ahead run on Maikel Garcia's double as the visiting Kansas City Royals edged the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Wednesday.,The Guardians (74-71) had their five-game win streak snapped and fell three behind the M...
DBacks 2B Ketel Marte leaves game vs. Giants with foot contusion
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was removed from Wednesday's road game against the San Francisco Giants before the bottom of the seventh inning.,The three-time All-Star walked off the field with a slight limp after a visit from the team training staff. Manager Torey Lovullo said afte...
Mike Trout helps Angels take rubber match vs. Twins
Mike Trout drove in two runs, including the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning, to give the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in the series rubber match Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif., ,Trout drove in Bryce Teodosio, who had led off the inning with...
Eduardo Rodriguez in control as Diamondbacks down Giants
Eduardo Rodriguez threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who avoided a sweep by beating the host San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Wednesday.,Rodriguez (8-8) continued his excellent pitching from over the past couple of weeks by winning his third straight start. The le...
Athletics avoid sweep with 9th-inning rally against Red Sox
Lawrence Butler's walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth gave the host Athletics a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in West Sacramento.,The Athletics (67-80), who avoided a sweep in the three-game series, got homers from Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz and snapped a three-game losing ...
Diamondbacks 2B Ketel Marte leaves game vs. Giants
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was removed from Wednesday's road game against the San Francisco Giants before the bottom of the seventh inning.,The three-time All-Star walked off the field with what appeared to be a slight limp after a visit from the team training staff.,The switch-...
Jake Burger’s 2 HRs back Merrill Kelly as Rangers sweep past Brewers
Jake Burger drove in three with a pair of home runs and Merrill Kelly outdueled Freddy Peralta on the mound as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon to sweep a key three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers (77-70) have won four straight games an...
White Sox reinstate INF Miguel Vargas (hand) from injured list
The Chicago White Sox reinstated infielder Miguel Vargas, who was on the 10-day injured list because of a sprained left hand, before their home game Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.,In a corresponding move, the White Sox optioned infielder Bryan Ramos to Triple-A Charlotte. In other moves, the ...
Rangers 2B Marcus Semien (foot) hoping to return next week
Texas Rangers star second baseman Marcus Semien said Wednesday he's aiming to return from a broken left foot prior to the end of the regular season.,Semien fouled a ball off of the top of his foot in a game against the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 21. He is on the injured list for just the second time...