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Royals acquire RHP Hunter Harvey from Nats
The Kansas City Royals bolstered their bullpen on Saturday, acquiring right-hander Hunter Harvey from the Washington Nationals in exchange for prospect Cayden Wallace and a competitive balance pick (No. 39 overall) in this year's MLB draft, which begins Sunday. ,Harvey, 29, is 2-4 with a 4.20 ERA in...
Aaron Judge sets Yankees mark for HRs before All-Star break
With his major-league-leading 34th home run on Saturday, Aaron Judge set a New York Yankees record for homers before the All-Star break.,In New York's 6-1 win over the host Baltimore Orioles, Judge broke the mark he shared with Roger Maris, who hit 33 before the break en route to a then-single-seaso...
Report: Dodgers RHP Dustin May won't pitch this season
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Dustin May won't pitch at all this season after having surgery this week to fix an esophageal tear, according to a report on Saturday.,May, 26, had been rehabbing from surgery in 2023 to repair a torn flexor tendon in his pitching arm and had not appeared in a game t...
Bryan Reynolds (4 hits, 4 RBIs) propels Pirates past White Sox
Bryan Reynolds rapped four hits, including a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning, as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates earned a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday afternoon.,Reynolds entered hitless in his previous 10 at-bats and in a 3-for-17 slump in his previous four ga...
Mets beat Rockies for fifth straight victory
The slumping Jeff McNeil laced a two-RBI double to cap a four-run second inning Saturday afternoon for the surging New York Mets, who beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 7-3 in the middle contest of a three-game series.,The Mets have won the first five games of a six-game homestand to improve to 9-4 ...
Nationals get two-run homer in ninth to upend Brewers
CJ Abrams had a two-run homer in the ninth inning as the visiting Washington Nationals completed a comeback from an early five-run deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Saturday.,Luis Garcia Jr. singled to open the ninth off closer Trevor Megill (0-2), who had converted 18 of 19 save opport...
Rangers snap Astros' 10-game home win streak
Nathaniel Lowe lined a two-out, two-strike single to left field in the top of the 10th inning to lift the visiting Texas Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.,Lowe drove home Josh Smith from third base with just the fourth hit of the game for the Rangers. All-Star closer Kirb...
Phillies' big bats go deep in win over A's
Nick Castellanos and Bryce Harper each homered and ripped a two-run double and Tyler Phillips secured his first major league win in the host Philadelphia Phillies' 11-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.,Castellanos launched a two-run homer in the second inning and Harper went deep to l...
Yankees use power to hand Orioles fifth straight loss
Austin Wells hit a three-run home run and Juan Soto and Aaron Judge drilled back-to-back homers as the New York Yankees pulled even with the host Baltimore Orioles atop the American League East by winning 6-1 on Saturday.,Judge has 34 home runs, the most for a Yankee prior to the All-Star break. Jud...
Rece Hinds hits 2 of Reds' 6 homers in beating Marlins
Rookie Rece Hinds hit two more home runs for the Cincinnati Reds in a 10-6 win against the visiting Miami Marlins in the middle game of their three-game series on Saturday afternoon.,Hinds has five home runs in six games since he was recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Monday. Hinds has nine extra-...
Guardians sink Rays on late pinch-hit HR
Pinch hitter Jhonkensy Noel hit a two-run tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Guardians snapped a three-game skid with a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla., ,With the score tied at 2, pinch hitter Tyler Freeman singled off relieve...
Cubs activate RHP Javier Assad from IL to start vs. Cardinals
The Chicago Cubs activated right-hander Javier Assad from the 15-day injured list on Saturday and he will start Game 2 of a doubleheader against the host St. Louis Cardinals.,Assad was on the IL with a right forearm strain. He last pitched for the Cubs on June 23.,Assad, who turns 27 on July 30, is ...
Kutter Crawford's strong start carries Red Sox past Royals
Kutter Crawford tossed seven-plus scoreless innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-0 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Saturday.,Crawford (6-7) limited the Royals to two hits, struck out four and walked one. He exited after allowing a leadoff single to Maikel Garcia in the eighth. ,...
Orioles OF Heston Kjerstad placed on 7-day concussion list
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Heston Kjerstad was scratched from Saturday's starting lineup against the New York Yankees and placed on the seven-day concussion list.,Kjerstad was beaned by a 96 mph sinker from New York closer Clay Holmes on Friday. The benches cleared after the ninth-inning incident....
Bryan Reynolds (4 hits, 4 RBIs) leads Pirates past White Sox
Bryan Reynolds rapped four hits, including a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning, as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates earned a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday afternoon.,Reynolds entered hitless in his previous 10 at-bats and in a 3-for-17 slump in his previous four ga...
Cardinals bury Cubs with 9-run first inning
Alec Burleson hit a three-run homer and scored twice as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Chicago Cubs 11-3 Saturday afternoon in the first half of a split doubleheader.,Nolan Arenado scored three times and Masyn Winn added two runs and two RBIs for the Cardinals, who snapped their three...
Tigers roar back from 5-run deficit to stun Dodgers
Gio Urshela blasted a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied from a five-run deficit in the ninth to stun the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-9, on Saturday afternoon.,Colt Keith drove in four runs and capped Detroit's rally in the ninth with a two-r...
Giants release two-time Gold Glove SS Nick Ahmed
The San Francisco Giants released shortstop Nick Ahmed on Wednesday, one day after designating the 11-year veteran for assignment.,Ahmed cleared waivers and the Giants opted to move on, allowing the two-time Gold Glover to become a free agent.,Ahmed batted .232 with one home run and 15 RBIs in 52 ga...
Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez added to NL All-Star team roster
The Philadelphia Phillies boosted their MLB-leading total to eight All-Stars on Saturday with the addition of left-hander Cristopher Sanchez to the Midsummer Classic.,Sanchez will make his first All-Star Game appearance as the replacement for veteran left-hander Chris Sale, who is slated to start fo...
Yankees place C Jose Trevino (quad) on 10-day IL
New York Yankees catcher Jose Trevino was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left quad strain on Saturday.,Trevino exited Friday's 4-1 win over the host Baltimore Orioles in the top of the ninth inning after hitting a double and then scoring on Juan Soto's single. Trevino was replaced in the b...