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Charlie Morton deals as Orioles top White Sox
Charlie Morton threw 6 2/3 strong innings in another encouraging performance from the mound as the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Chicago White Sox, winning 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.,Morton (2-7) has won consecutive starts since returning to the starting rotation. Gunn...
Three stars go yard as Mets deal Rockies another defeat
Pete Alonso, Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor homered while Clay Holmes fired seven solid innings as the New York Mets earned a 5-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.,Lindor rifled his 13th homer of the year and third of the series with one out in the ...
Garrett Crochet strikes out 12, Red Sox beat Braves
Garrett Crochet threw seven strong innings and struck out a season-high 12 batters to help the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Crochet (5-4) allowed two or fewer runs for the seventh straight game and the 11th time...
Josh Smith drives in four to spark Rangers past Cards
Leadoff man Josh Smith produced a two-run double and a two-run homer to back six strong innings from Jacob deGrom as the Texas Rangers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game set in Arlington, Texas.,Wyatt Langford and Jonah Heim added sacrifice fl...
Brewers' Christian Yelich (hand) leaves after HBP
After getting hit by a pitch in the first inning of Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich was later removed due to a "right hand contusion.",Yelich, who served as the Brewers' designated hitter, stayed in the game to run in the first. But when his s...
Benched Rangers OF Adolis Garcia working on mechanics
Slumping Texas Rangers slugger Adolis Garcia was out of the starting lineup for the third straight day Sunday when the Rangers closed a series against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.,Garcia has been struggling all season and went 5-for-41 (.122) with 18 strikeouts over his past 10 appearances. He ...
Red Sox put RHP Justin Slaten (shoulder) on 15-day IL
The Boston Red Sox put right-handed reliever Justin Slaten on the 15-day injury list due to shoulder inflammation.,It was one of several roster moves the Red Sox made Sunday morning, which included replacing Slaten on the roster with right-hander Luis Guerrero. The latter was called up from Triple-A...
Blue Jays put OF Daulton Varsho (hamstring) on 10-day IL
The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Daulton Varsho on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left hamstring injury.,Varsho sustained the injury while attempting to leg out a triple during the third inning of Toronto's 8-7 win over the Athletics on Saturday. ,Myles Straw will get the start in cent...
Phillies, waiting on Bryce Harper, try to avoid sweep by Brewers
Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper remains a question mark for the series finale against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday after missing the previous four games with a bruised right elbow.,Harper was hit on his throwing elbow by a 95 mph fastball from Spencer Strider of the Atlanta Br...
Brewers LHP Jose Quintana returns from IL to start vs. Phillies
The Milwaukee Brewers reinstated left-hander Jose Quintana from the 15-day injured list on Sunday to start the series finale against the host Philadelphia Phillies.,Quintana was placed on the injured list with a shoulder impingement on May 14. He last pitched on May 9, allowing three runs (one earne...
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Dodgers seek to sweep Yankees after blowout win
Out to finish the first portion of an all-New York homestand with a sweep, the Los Angeles Dodgers will send their top pitcher to the mound Sunday against the New York Yankees., ,It remains to be seen if the Dodgers' top offense, which powered an 18-2 victory over the Yankees on Saturday, will be in...
Pirates seek series win after snapping skid to Padres
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly didn't outwardly panic when his team endured a 26-game streak of not scoring more than four runs in a game.,"Guys were showing up early and putting in the work, continuing to trust the process," he said, "and I think we're seeing the results now.",Pittsburgh rapp...
Cole Young, Mariners look for encore vs. Twins
Cole Young certainly won't forget his major league debut.,Young drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Seattle Mariners edged the Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Saturday.,The three-game series will wrap up Sunday afternoon in Seattle.,Young was mobbed by teammates after his grounde...
Nationals look to ride offensive surge into finale vs. D-backs
The Washington Nationals will go for their fifth straight win when they play the finale of their three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,The Nationals scored nine runs before making an out in a 10-run first inning and held on for an 11-7 win on Saturday nig...
Seiya Suzuki, Cubs bid to stay hot in finale vs. Reds
Off to their best start to a season since 2016, the Chicago Cubs will face the visiting Cincinnati Reds in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Chicago sits atop the National League Central standings at 36-22 following a 2-0 win over the Reds on Saturday. Drew Pomeranz, Ben B...
Royals' 'phenomenal' Kris Bubic set to face Tigers
Kris Bubic hopes his exceptional performance in May carries over to June and helps the Kansas City Royals snap the Detroit Tigers' road-series winning streak.,Brimming with confidence, Bubic will aim to continue his dominance in this series rubber game against the American League Central-leading Tig...
Astros rest Yordan Alvarez (hand), aim for split of series with Rays
Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez will miss additional time after imaging on Friday revealed a small, previously undetected fracture in his fourth metacarpal of his right hand that the club said is 60 percent healed.,Alvarez faced live pitching before the second contest of a four-game set agains...
Runs at a premium when Giants, Marlins square off
The San Francisco Giants will be looking to shake a clutch-hitting slump against a pitcher who has been tough so far this season when they go for a series win over the host Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.,A total of just three runs have been scored in the first two games of the set, with the Marl...
Improving clutch hitting, Mets out to sweep lowly Rockies
As May ended, the New York Mets saw signs they may be close to fixing their season-long struggles in clutch situations.,But the Colorado Rockies seem no closer to solving their various maladies.,The Mets will look to complete a sweep on Sunday afternoon, when New York hosts Colorado in the finale of...