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Red Sox 1B Triston Casas undergoes surgery on left wrist
Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas is recovering from arthroscopic surgery Thursday on his left wrist.,The procedure was performed by Dr. Matthew Leibman at Newton-Wellesley Surgery Center in Wellesley, Mass.,Casas, 26, started the season the injured list while recovering from a ruptured pat...
The Dodgers Are Losing, and Everyone Has Completely Lost Their Minds
The Dodgers have lost six straight games since acquiring Tarik Skubal, but it's far too early to declare the dynasty dead....

AL Central cellar-dwelling Royals vie to take Twins to task again
The Kansas City Royals are last in the American League Central, but they've had their way with the playoff-contending Minnesota Twins this season. ,Having already secured a winning series against the Twins, the Royals try to record a sweep of this three-game home set against their division foe Thurs...

Padres battle D-backs, look to narrow wild-card gap between the teams
Arizona's Mitch Bratt stymied the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, and the Diamondbacks will hand the ball to another rookie left-hander when they go for a series victory on Thursday in Phoenix.,The Padres had only one hit in seven scoreless innings in a 10-4 loss Wednesday against Bratt, who had a ca...

Surging Braves turn to Martin Perez in rematch vs. Marlins
After flirting with a no-hitter in his last outing, left-hander Martin Perez will take the mound on Thursday when the Atlanta Braves go for a three-game sweep against the visiting Miami Marlins.,Atlanta, which has won a season-best seven in a row overall, improved to 7-2 against Miami this season wi...

White Sox ask newcomer Luis Castillo to stop the unstoppable Red Sox
Luis Castillo takes the mound for the first time since his pre-deadline trade to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday in the series finale against the surging Red Sox in Boston.,Castillo (3-9, 5.06 ERA) joined the White Sox in a Saturday trade with the Seattle Mariners, where the three-time All-Star ha...

Behind versatile Miles Mikolas, Nationals seek split vs. Phillies
Miles Mikolas will go from the batter's box to the pitcher's mound Thursday as the Washington Nationals conclude their four-game road series with the Philadelphia Phillies.,Mikolas came off the bench in extra innings Wednesday after Washington had forfeited its designated hitter earlier in the game....

Tensions raised ahead of finale of Tigers-Mariners series
The Seattle Mariners haven't had the season they'd hoped for, floundering just below .500 with ground to make up in the playoff race.,But don't disrespect the defending American League West champions.,Julio Rodriguez hit a three-run homer after the previous batter was walked intentionally, and relie...

After spectacular July, Jays' Dylan Cease pursues latest win vs. Cubs
The month of July went about as well as possible for Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease.,The 30-year-old veteran will try to stay on track when he takes the mound against the host Chicago Cubs on Thursday in a makeup game from a rainout on June 21.,Cease went 3-1 with a 1.00 ERA in five star...

Dustin May ready to make Brewers debut against rival Pirates
The Milwaukee Brewers will turn to newly acquired veteran Dustin May against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday as they look to win the four-game series between division rivals.,May (5-7, 4.38 ERA), acquired at the deadline along with reliever JoJo Romero from St. Louis to bolster an injury...

Behind newcomer Foster Griffin, Guardians aim to salvage finale vs. Mets
Almost nothing has gone right for Jorge Polanco in his first season since signing as a free agent with the New York Mets. His approach and attitude, however, haven't changed.,The 33-year-old designated hitter finally reaped some rewards from his hard work in New York's ongoing series against the Gua...

Reds, in matchup with woeful Athletics, chase elusive home sweep
The Cincinnati Reds will seek their first home series sweep of the season and just their third sweep of the year overall when they host the Athletics on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a three-game set.,Rhett Lowder threw six strong innings as the Reds registered a 3-2 victory over the Athletics...

While going for sweep of Angels, Orioles search for consistent offense
The Baltimore Orioles were reeling in the clubhouse after a rash of deadline trades, but they will look to add to some of their recent encouraging on-field developments on Thursday afternoon in the series finale against the visiting Los Angeles Angels.,The Orioles will be aiming for a three-game swe...

MLB roundup: Andre Pallante leads Cardinals to another win over Yanks
Andre Pallante pitched 5 1/3 solid innings and rookie JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run double in the fifth inning for the visiting St. Louis Cardinals, who withstood rainy conditions and earned a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday.,After a 68-minute rain delay before the first pitch, the ...

Rookie Mitch Bratt shines, D-backs clobber Casey Mize in Padres debut
Rookie left-hander Mitch Bratt gave up one hit in seven scoreless innings for his first major league victory, Tim Tawa homered and drove in two runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks spoiled Casey Mize's San Diego debut with a 10-4 victory over the Padres on Wednesday in Phoenix.,Bratt (1-1) struck out ...

Bryan Woo dazzles at home again as M's top Tigers in heated affair
Julio Rodriguez hit a three-run homer and Bryan Woo pitched seven scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Detroit Tigers 4-2 Wednesday night.,The Tigers saw their four-game winning streak snapped.,The benches cleared with two outs in the top of the eighth inning but no punche...

Cardinals score 3 runs in 5th, hang on to take down Yankees
Andre Pallante pitched 5 1/3 solid innings and rookie JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run double with two outs in the fifth inning as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals withstood some rainy conditions and earned a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.,After a 68-minute rain delay before th...

Nationals use six-run 11th to drop Phillies
CJ Abrams delivered a two-run triple to spark a six-run 11th inning for the Washington Nationals in a 10-4 road win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.,Abrams finished 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs for Washington, which had lost seven games in a row. Nasim Nunez and Andres Chaparro e...

Kyle Harrison returns to pitch Brewers past Pirates
Kyle Harrison tossed five innings of one-hit ball in his return from the injured list to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.,William Contreras homered and Andrew Vaughn singled home two runs to cap a three-run fourth inning for the NL Centra...

Pirates release DH Marcell Ozuna in midst of woeful season
The Pittsburgh Pirates released designated hitter Marcell Ozuna on Wednesday, less than six months after the team signed him to a one-year, $12 million contract.,The Pirates called utility man Ronny Simon up from Triple-A Indianapolis to take Ozuna's roster spot.,Simon, 26, hit .330 with seven homer...