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Ex-Met Carlos Carrasco set for shot vs. former team
Carlos Carrasco had his moments during an underachieving three-season stint with the New York Mets. However, he's been better of late while back with the Cleveland Guardians.,Facing his former Mets team, Carrasco looks to continue a solid May while trying to help the host Guardians to a fifth straig...
Free-falling Reds open homestand against .500 Padres
After losing seven of 10 games on their just-completed West Coast swing, the Cincinnati Reds will look to change their fortunes when they host the San Diego Padres on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series.,The Reds dropped the final three games of their four-game set against the Dodgers in Lo...
MLB roundup: Rafael Devers pushes HR streak to 6, Red Sox top Rays
Rafael Devers set a Red Sox franchise record for consecutive games with a home run in Boston's series-opening 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,In the fourth inning, the third baseman wrote himself into the Red Sox record book with an opposite-field, two-run sho...
Freddie Freeman's grand slam powers Dodgers past Diamondbacks
Freddie Freeman hit a grand slam in a six-run third inning that included three home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-1) gave up two runs over 6 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts as the Dodgers won their fourth consec...
Rafael Devers homers in 6th straight game, sets Red Sox record
Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers made team history on Monday night, going deep for the sixth consecutive game. ,Devers sent a ball over the left field wall in the top of the fourth inning in Boston's 5-0 victory over the host Tampa Bay Rays. Six previous Red Sox players had gone deep in fi...
Seven-run inning propels Angels past Astros
Nolan Schanuel and Logan O'Hoppe slugged three-run home runs as part of a seven-run fifth inning as the visiting Los Angeles Angels topped the Houston Astros 9-7 on Monday.,Schanuel, O'Hoppe and Jo Adell -- who went back-to-back with O'Hoppe with two outs in the fifth -- all homered on the first pit...
Cardinals stay hot, take down visiting Orioles
Micheal Siani drove in four runs to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Baltimore Orioles 6-3 Monday night.,Siani hit his first career homer, a three-run shot, and an RBI single as the Cardinals won for the sixth time in eight games.,Masyn Winn drove in two runs for St. Louis while exten...
Royals use big sixth to sink Tigers
Michael Massey went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs and the Kansas City Royals scored six times in the sixth inning to pick up an 8-3 win against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Monday in the opener of a three-game series. ,Royals starter Michael Wacha (4-4) went seven frames, allowing two runs on s...
Mariners break through vs. Clay Holmes, stun Yankees
Ty France hit a tiebreaking RBI single to cap a four-run ninth inning off Clay Holmes as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-4 victory over the host New York Yankees on Monday night,The Mariners stopped New York's seven-game winning streak by scoring four times off Holmes (1-1), who blew his second...
Marlins down Brewers on Josh Bell's walk-off single
Josh Bell hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning as the host Miami Marlins defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Monday night.,Miami's Otto Lopez blooped an RBI single into right with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings.,The Brewers' bullpen had to s...
Nationals snap skid by pummeling Twins
Jesse Winker and Luis Garcia Jr. homered and the Washington Nationals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 12-3 win against the visiting Minnesota Twins on Monday night.,Eddie Rosario had two hits and drove in three runs for Washington, which has scored 17 runs over its past two games after tota...
Rafael Devers homers in 6th straight game as Red Sox blank Rays
Rafael Devers set a Red Sox franchise record for consecutive games with a home run in Boston's series-opening 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays Monday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,In the fourth inning, the third baseman wrote himself into the Red Sox record book with an opposite-field, two-run shot t...
Chris Sale shines on mound, Braves blank Padres to close twin bill
Chris Sale threw seven shutout innings to log his third straight scoreless start and the host Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday to earn a split of a doubleheader while ending a four-game losing streak. ,The Padres overcame a five-run deficit in the first game of the twin bill to...
Guardians stay dominant at home, turn back Mets
David Fry drove in two runs and scored the other as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting New York Mets 3-1 for their fourth straight victory on Monday night.,Fry delivered a two-run single in the first inning and came home on rookie Kyle Manzardo's fourth-inning double for the American League C...
Mariners activate SS J.P. Crawford (oblique) from IL
The Seattle Mariners activated shortstop J.P. Crawford from the 10-day injured list prior to Monday night's game at the New York Yankees.,Crawford last played on April 23 due to a right oblique strain. He missed 24 consecutive games.,Crawford, 29, was batting .198 with two homers and nine RBIs in 22...
Padres 2B Xander Bogaerts hurts shoulder vs. Braves
San Diego Padres second baseman Xander Bogaerts left the first game of Monday's doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves in the third inning with a left shoulder injury.,He was not in the starting lineup for the second game. Manager Mike Shildt said Bogaerts would be re-evaluated on Tuesday.,The Padr...
Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole (elbow) to face hitters Tuesday
New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will take another step in his recovery from nerve inflammation in his elbow on Tuesday when he faces hitters for the first time since landing on the injured list in late March.,Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who confirmed the news to reporters on Monday, said Cole was ...
Danny Jansen drives in five, Blue Jays overpower White Sox
Danny Jansen went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and five RBIs, Daulton Varsho also had a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Chicago White Sox 9-3 Monday afternoon.,Bo Bichette was 4-for-4 with three doubles and an RBI for Toronto in the opener of a three-game series.,Pau...
Rays activate 2B Brandon Lowe, place RHP Zach Eflin on IL
Brandon Lowe will be in the lineup for the first time in more than six weeks when the Tampa Bay Rays face the Boston Red Sox on Monday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Lowe was activated prior to the game to play second base and bat cleanup. The 29-year-old last played April 7 due to a right oblique in...
Youth being served as Giants, Pirates meet
Two teams that have benefited from a recent youth infusion will meet when the visiting San Francisco Giants begin a three-series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.,Luis Matos, Heliot Ramos and Marco Luciano have provided a welcome spark for San Francisco, which extended its winning streak to...