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Wyatt Langford-led Rangers win in final night game in Oakland
Wyatt Langford ignited a three-run first inning with a home run, Cody Bradford combined with three relievers on a nine-hitter and the Texas Rangers turned out the lights on 57 years of night baseball at the Oakland Coliseum with a 5-1 victory over the host Athletics on Wednesday night.,The Rangers n...
Zac Gallen fans 11 as D-backs salvage finale vs. Giants
Zac Gallen struck out a season-best 11 in six innings and pinch hitter Pavin Smith slugged a three-run homer to help the Arizona Diamondbacks record an 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night at Phoenix.,Gallen (14-6) gave up one run, two hits and two walks while winning his fif...
Erick Fedde, Masyn Winn lead Cards past Rockies
Erick Fedde struck out 10 over seven strong innings; Masyn Winn tripled, doubled and scored twice; and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Fedde (9-9), acquired from the Chicago White Sox before the trade deadline, had his best outing for St. Louis (81...
Twins explode for 5-run 7th to down Marlins
Carlos Santana hit a three-run double to cap a five-run seventh inning, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for an 8-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis., ,Christian Vazquez and Carlos Correa each also drove in a run during the decisive seventh inning for Minnesota, which ...
White Sox win in extras, again avoid record loss
Andrew Benintendi's RBI single in the 10th inning led host Chicago to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday as the White Sox averted a modern major league-record 121st loss in a season for the second straight day.,Jose Quijada (2-1) struck out Luis Robert Jr. to begin the 10th innin...
Orioles bang out 17 hits, down Yankees again
Gunnar Henderson collected three hits and Colton Cowser drove in three runs Wednesday as the visiting Baltimore Orioles hung on for a 9-7 victory over the New York Yankees, who were unable to clinch the American League East for the second straight night.,A night after clinching a playoff berth, the ...
Jonatan Clase homers as Jays end Red Sox's playoff hopes
Jonatan Clase collected three hits, including his first career major league home run, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Thursday night.,Alejandro Kirk added three hits and three RBIs for the Blue Jays (74-85), who ended a five-game losing streak and prevented a thr...
Tigers extend hot streak with rout of Rays
Spencer Torkelson homered and drove in three runs and the red-hot Detroit Tigers moved closer to an American League wild-card berth with a 7-1 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.,Parker Meadows had three hits, including a solo homer, as Detroit (84-74) won for the eighth time in...
Royals find winning formula against punchless Nationals
Robbie Grossman supplied a two-run single, and the visiting Kansas City Royals survived the early departure of starter Michael Lorenzen in a 3-0 win against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.,Michael Massey and Salvador Perez had two hits each for Kansas City (84-74), which helped its Amer...
Pirates manage just three hits, still edge Brewers
Luis L. Ortiz allowed one run on four hits over seven innings and Liover Peguero drove in two runs to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.,Ortiz (7-8), who picked up his first win since Aug. 31, walked one and while striking out five.,Arold...
Phillies power past Cubs, secure first-round bye
Brandon Marsh hit a three-run double, Nick Castellanos and Bryson Stott each collected three hits and the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting Chicago Cubs 9-6 on Wednesday., ,Castellanos, Trea Turner and Kody Clemens homered for Philadelphia (94-65), which clinched a first-round bye in the Nat...
Jose Ramirez, Steven Kwan power Guardians past Reds
Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Wednesday night.,After giving up a 2-0 lead, the AL Central-champion Guardians (92-67) proved why they're among the majors' best teams.,Back from missing nearly t...
Orioles RHP Grayson Rodriguez (shoulder, back) done for season
Baltimore Orioles right-hander Grayson Rodriguez has been shut down for the season and will not pitch in the playoffs, manager Brandon Hyde told reporters on Wednesday.,Rodriguez hasn't pitched since July 31 due to right shoulder and back ailments. The Orioles had hoped Rodriguez would recover in ti...
Twins OF Matt Wallner (oblique) out for rest of regular season; RHP Justin Topa activated
The Minnesota Twins placed outfielder Matt Wallner on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday because of a left oblique strain, ending his regular season, and activated right-hander Justin Topa, who hasn't pitched all season because of left patellar tendinitis, from the 60-day IL.,In other moves, the T...
Mariners clobber Astros to pick up key win
George Kirby pitched six strong innings, Julio Rodriguez joined the 20-20 club and the Seattle Mariners kept pace in the playoff race with an 8-1 win at the Houston Astros on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Seattle (82-77) closed within two games of the final American League wi...
Rest of Mets-Braves set ppd.; DH Monday may decide NL wild-card race
The games Wednesday and Thursday between the host Atlanta Braves and New York Mets were postponed by MLB due to Hurricane Helene approaching the southeastern United States, meaning the newly scheduled Monday doubleheader in Atlanta may determine all three National League wild-card spots. ,Entering W...
Mariners clobber Astros to big up key win
George Kirby pitched six strong innings, Julio Rodriguez joined the 20-20 club and the Seattle Mariners kept pace in the playoff race with an 8-1 win at the Houston Astros on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Seattle (82-77) closed within two games of the final American League wi...
Guardians activate All-Star OF Steven Kwan from IL
Gearing up for the postseason after clinching the American League Central last week, the Cleveland Guardians activated All-Star and Gold Glove left fielder Steven Kwan from the 10-day injured list on Wednesday.,Kwan, 27, has not played since Sept. 12 due to a sore back. Myles Straw, another Gold Glo...
Yankees place LHP Nestor Cortes (elbow) on injured list
New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes landed on the 15-day injured list with an elbow flexor strain Wednesday, the same day he was scheduled to start a potential American League East-clinching game against the Baltimore Orioles.,The move is retroactive to Sunday for Cortes, who pitched well in ...
Report: Yankees' Nestor Cortes to have MRI on elbow
New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes is set to have an MRI on his pitching elbow on Wednesday -- the same day he was scheduled to start a potential American League East-clinching game against the Baltimore Orioles, ESPN reported.,Based on Cortes' recent performances, his elbow didn't seem to b...