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White Sox C Joey Bart sustains hand fracture on HBP
Joey Bart sustained a left hand fracture in his third game with his new team, the Chicago White Sox.,The catcher left Chicago's Thursday road game against the Boston Red Sox after he was hit by a 97.7 mph pitch from Erik Miller on the hand in the seventh inning. Soon after, the White Sox announced B...

MLB roundup: Red Sox rally 5 times, prevail in 13th to extend streak
Caleb Durbin's RBI single up the middle in the 13th inning lifted Boston to a wild 12-11 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday, the Red Sox's eighth consecutive victory.,After Wilyer Abreu was intentionally walked with one out, Durbin (3-for-6) plated automatic runner Nick Sogard from ...

Padres split with D-backs, gain ground in NL wild-card race
Jackson Merrill and Ty France combined for four hits and a pair of RBIs and the San Diego Padres earned a key four-game series split with a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday in Phoenix. ,Luis Rengifo had three hits, Fernando Tatis doubled and scored twice and the San Diego bullpe...

Red Sox rally 5 times, emerge with 13-inning win over White Sox
Caleb Durbin's RBI single up the middle in the 13th inning lifted Boston to a wild 12-11 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday, the Red Sox's eighth consecutive victory.,After Wilyer Abreu was intentionally walked with one out, Durbin (3-for-6) plated automatic runner Nick Sogard from ...

Ronald Acuna Jr.'s 2 homers steer sizzling Braves to sweep of Marlins
Ronald Acuna Jr. homered twice and Matt Olson also went deep, helping the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting Miami Marlins 11-3 on Thursday to sweep a three-game series and extend their winning streak to a season-best eight games.,Acuna produced his 10th and 11th home runs in the third and eighth in...

White Sox C Joey Bart suffers hand fracture on HBP
Joey Bart suffered a left hand fracture in his third game with his new team, the Chicago White Sox.,The catcher left Chicago's game Thursday night at the Boston Red Sox after he was hit by a pitch on his hand in the seventh inning. Soon after, the White Sox said he'd been diagnosed with a fifth meta...

Twins rally late to beat Royals, snap 4-game skid
Brooks Lee delivered a go-ahead, two-run single as the Minnesota Twins scored three times in the eighth inning and snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 road victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.,Minnesota trailed 3-1 in the eighth, when Luke Keaschall recorded a one-out sing...

MLB roundup: Cubs force extras with HR, walk off Jays in 11th
Alex Bregman belted a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and Pete Crow-Armstrong scored on an error in the 11th, fueling the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.,Crow-Armstrong singled to lead off the ninth and Bregman deposited a 1-2 knuckle curve...

Reds add well-traveled RHP Ron Marinaccio
The Cincinnati Reds claimed right-handed pitchers Ron Marinaccio and Chase Selesky off waivers on Thursday.,Solesky, a rookie recently designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays, was optioned to Triple-A Louisville. The Reds also transferred outfielder Blake Dunn (right elbow sprain) from the 1...

Phillies ride 8 doubles to series-clinching victory over Nationals
Cristopher Sanchez recorded his major-league-leading 15th win and Bryson Stott had two of his team's eight doubles Thursday as the Philadelphia Phillies notched a 7-3 home victory over the Washington Nationals.,Stott was one of seven Phillies players who hit a double in the first three innings alone...

Framber Valdez fires 7 scoreless innings as Tigers thump Mariners
Dillon Dingler and Kevin McGonigle hit two-run homers and Framber Valdez pitched seven scoreless innings as the Detroit Tigers defeated the host Seattle Mariners 11-0 on Wednesday afternoon.,The Tigers took two of three games in the series between American League wild-card contenders, winning the op...

Alex Bregman's 9th-inning HR sparks Cubs comeback over Jays
Alex Bregman belted a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and Pete Crow-Armstrong scored on an error in the 11th, fueling the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.,Crow-Armstrong singled to lead off the ninth inning and Bregman deposited a 1-2 knuckle...

Dustin May does well in Milwaukee debut, Brewers beat Pirates
Dustin May impressed in his debut for the Milwaukee Brewers, who used home runs from Jackson Chourio and Gary Sanchez to beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday.,May (6-7), a trade-deadline acquisition from the St. Louis Cardinals earlier this week, threw six innings and allowed just tw...

Mets pour it on late to complete sweep of Guardians
Luis Torrens hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Francisco Lindor had a three-run shot in the seventh, powering the visiting New York Mets to a 13-6 rout of the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday afternoon.,The Mets completed the three-game interleague series sweep, knocking Cleveland out of t...

Cardinals wish for Jordan Walker's return as Rockies roll into St. Louis
The return of slugger Jordan Walker might provide a boost for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Colorado Rockies, who could use some aid in their precarious position in the National League wild-card race.,Walker, an All-Star and Home Run Derby champ having a breakthrough season, has missed the pas...

Zach Neto powers Angels past Orioles in series finale
Zach Neto's three-run homer boosted the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-1 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles, preventing a three-game series sweep Thursday afternoon.,Wade Meckler scored two runs and joined Vaughn Grissom, Jose Siri and Neto with two hits apiece for the Angels, who won for just th...

Reds complete sweep of Athletics with homers, plate discipline
The Cincinnati Reds hit four solo home runs and scored two runs on bases-loaded walks to complete a sweep of the visiting Athletics with a 6-5 win on Thursday.,Elly De La Cruz, Sal Stewart, JJ Bleday and Tyler Stephenson all went yard as the Reds completed their third sweep of the season and the fir...

Mariners' Gabe Speier suspended 3 games following fracas vs. Tigers
Seattle Mariners left-handed reliever Gabe Speier received a three-game suspension and an undisclosed fine from Major League Baseball on Thursday.,Speier has elected to file an appeal, therefore his discipline will be held in abeyance.,Also, Seattle manager Dan Wilson received a one-game ban and an ...

Longtime Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow retiring after 37 seasons
Former Giants pitcher Mike Krukow announced Thursday that he is retiring from the San Francisco broadcast booth at the end of the season following 37 years on the air,He arrived in San Francisco following a December 1982 trade and never left. After the final season of his career in 1989, he joined t...

Reds RHP Hunter Greene (elbow) has 'slim chance' to return in '26
Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene likely will miss the rest of his injury-plagued season with an elbow issue.,Manager Terry Francona confirmed Thursday -- Greene's 27th birthday -- that there's "probably a slim chance" he will return from the 15-day injured list, where he landed a day earli...