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Giants post double-digit hits, runs in battering Phillies
Mike Yastrzemski, Jung Hoo Lee, Wilmer Flores and Patrick Bailey each drove in two runs as the San Francisco Giants posted an 11-4 victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.,Tyler Fitzgerald added three hits and scored twice for San Francisco, which has won two of the first three cont...
Red Sox get shutout pitching, solo homer to edge Rays 1-0
Boston's David Hamilton hit a solo home run in the third inning and four Red Sox pitchers made it stand up in a 1-0 win over the host Tampa Bay Rays in the rubber match of the three-game series on Wednesday night.,Boston managed only five hits but picked up its second straight victory since being bl...
Aaron Judges supplies power as Yankees sweep Royals
Aaron Judge slugged a tiebreaking homer to open the seventh inning for the host New York Yankees, who completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with 4-3 victory on Wednesday night.,The Yankees completed their second sweep of the season and first since scoring 36 runs in three games agai...
Cal Raleigh homers twice to back Bryce Miller as Mariners top Reds
Cal Raleigh homered from both sides of the plate and Bryce Miller tossed five shutout innings to lead the visiting Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.,The Mariners caught a break when Elly De La Cruz singled to open the eighth inning then stole second on a stri...
Diamondbacks ride four homers to win over Marlins
Josh Naylor, Pavin Smith, Tim Tawa and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. smashed homers, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-2 win over the host Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.,The first three were solo shots before Gurriel added a two-run blast as the Diamondbacks won for the sixth time in seven games, inc...
Jackson Holliday hits grand slam, Orioles down Guardians
Jackson Holliday hit a second-inning grand slam and the Baltimore Orioles won for the third time in their last eight games, defeating the visiting Cleveland Guardians 9-1 on Wednesday night.,Ramon Laureano, a newcomer to the Orioles this year, and Ryan O'Hearn also homered. Baltimore had more runs t...
Oneil Cruz's grand slam powers Pirates past Nationals
Oneil Cruz hit his first career grand slam and Bailey Falter threw seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the visiting Washington Nationals 6-1 on Wednesday.,Henry Davis homered and drove in two runs for Pittsburgh, and Falter (1-2) faced the minimum 21 batters. He wa...
Yanks LHP Luis Gil won't begin throwing program as planned
New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil, the American League's Rookie of the Year last season, will not start his throwing program as planned due to his slow-healing right lat.,Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday that the left-hander's strained muscle needs to show more progress before he ...
Twins acquire INF Jonah Bride from Marlins for cash considerations
The Minnesota Twins announced that the team acquired infielder Jonah Bride from the Miami Marlins on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations.,Bride, 29, was in his second season with the Marlins, though he has struggled at the plate. After batting .276 in 71 games a year ago for Miami, Bride w...
Stars deliver big hits as Padres take series from Cubs
Manny Machado recorded a pair of two-out RBIs and Fernando Tatis Jr. also had two RBIs, lifting the host San Diego Padres to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon.,Tatis opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third and Machado followed with one of his own later in the inni...
Minnesota Twins acquire INF Jonah Bride from Marlins
The Minnesota Twins announced that the team acquired infielder Jonah Bride from the Miami Marlins on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations.,Bride, 29, was in his second season with the Marlins, though he has struggled at the plate. After batting .276 in 71 games a year ago for Miami, Bride w...
Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt hit in face by line drive, undergoing tests
Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt exited Wednesday's game between the New York Mets and Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis after he was struck in the face by a line drive in the seventh inning.,Wendelstedt, 53, collapsed on the ground behind first base after being hit by a foul liner off the bat of Mets outfiel...
White Sox DFA RHP Mike Clevinger, add RHP Steven Wilson
The Chicago White Sox designated reliever Mike Clevinger for assignment Wednesday and promoted reliever Steven Wilson from Triple-A Charlotte.,The 34-year-old Clevinger signed a minor league deal in the offseason and claimed a spot in the bullpen coming out of spring training, but the Sox moved on a...
Nats place 3B Paul DeJong (nose) on IL after HBP
A day after he was struck in the face by a pitch, Washington Nationals third baseman Paul DeJong was placed on the 10-day injured list with a fractured nose on Wednesday.,To fill DeJong's roster spot, Washington recalled infielder Trey Lipscomb from Triple-A Rochester.,In the top of the sixth inning...
Reports: Twins OF Matt Wallner (hamstring) headed to injured list
After Minnesota's win over the New York Mets on Wednesday, multiple media reports indicated the Twins were going to place slugging outfielder Matt Wallner on the 10-day injured list due to a strained hamstring.,Wallner was injured while beating out an infield single in the first inning of Tuesday's ...
Twins knock off Mets on walk-off single in 10th inning
Ty France delivered a walk-off RBI single leading off the 10th inning Wednesday afternoon for the Minnesota Twins, who built a rare winning streak by beating the New York Mets 4-3.,The Twins won the final two games of the three-game series -- just the second time this season they've won consecutive ...
Chris Bassitt, Blue Jays whiff 19 batters in win over Braves
Chris Bassitt struck out 10, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first homer of the season, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon.,Guerrero had an RBI single to go with his solo home run in the rubber match of the three-game series.,The top two hitters i...
Brewers back Jose Quintana's sparkling pitching with 3 homers, beat Tigers 5-1
Jose Quintana threw 5 2/3 quality innings and Christian Yelich slugged one of three Milwaukee home runs as the Milwaukee Brewers posted a 5-1 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Wednesday afternoon.,Quintana (2-0) allowed one run on four hits, while striking out four and walking three. Rhys ...
Lars Nootbaar’s 3-run HR lifts Cardinals over Astros
Lars Nootbaar hit a three-run homer to help lift the St. Louis Cardinals over the visiting Houston Astros 4-1 Wednesday afternoon.,Thomas Saggese went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI as St. Louis finished 4-2 on the homestand.,In his first start for the Cardinals this season since moving from the bull...
Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tosses 3 scoreless innings in rehab debut
Clayton Kershaw's road back to the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation began Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City.,Kershaw made his first rehabilitation appearance, starting for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets against the Tacoma Rainiers.,Pitching for the first time since Aug. 30, when he lasted just on...