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Rays beat A's behind Jose Siri, Ryan Pepiot
Jose Siri hit a go-ahead two-run homer and Ryan Pepiot allowed just two runs in six innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the host Oakland A's 4-2 on Wednesday.,Tampa Bay has won the past two games and will try to capture the four-game series in the finale on Thursday.,The game was tied 2-2 when Jose C...
Nolan Arenado's walk-off slam in 10th powers Cards past Brewers
Nolan Arenado hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to lift the Cardinals past the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 on Wednesday.,Luken Baker hit a two-run homer, Tommy Pham drove in two runs and Masyn Winn went 3-for-6 with an RBI for the Cardinals.,St. Louis starting pitcher Kyle Gibson allo...
Tigers power past Cubs with pair of 4-run innings
Trey Sweeney and Riley Greene each hit two-run homers, Kerry Carpenter added a three-run shot, and the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Wednesday night.,Parker Meadows had two doubles, a single and three runs for Detroit, which won for the seventh time in its last nine games and ...
Reds erase six-run deficit to stun Blue Jays
The visiting Cincinnati Reds scored five runs in the fifth inning as they overcame a six-run deficit to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-7 on Wednesday night in the finale of a three-game series., ,Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz stole third base in the fifth, his 60th theft of the season, hit his 22nd ...
Michael Lorenzen stifles Angels in Royals' 3-0 win
Michael Lorenzen tossed seven shutout innings and MJ Melendez homered as the Kansas City Royals blanked the visiting Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Wednesday evening.,Lorenzen (7-6) labored early as Los Angeles put multiple runners on base in each of the first three innings. He stranded all five runners ...
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. fuels 4-run seventh as D-backs beat Marlins
Pinch hitter Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a go-ahead, three-run double to center, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-8 win over the host Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.,Gurriel went 2-for-2 with four RBIs.,The Diamondbacks trailed 6-3 before scoring four runs in the seventh, including three on Gu...
Brandon Marsh's sacrifice fly propels Phillies past Braves
Brandon Marsh's pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run and propelled the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 comeback win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.,Weston Wilson led off the eighth with a double off reliever Joe Jimenez (1-5) and went to third on a fly...
Dodgers activate RHP Blake Treinen (hip) from IL
The Los Angeles Dodgers activated right-handed reliever Blake Treinen from the injured list on Wednesday.,Treinen, 36, last pitched on Aug. 4 and was placed on the 15-day IL the following day with left hip discomfort.,He struck out all three batters he faced during a rehab assignment on Saturday at ...
Twins pile up 18 hits to pound Padres
Trevor Larnach and Edouard Julien each collected four hits Wednesday, while Matt Wallner capped a seven-run fourth inning with a three-run homer as the visiting Minnesota Twins routed the San Diego Padres 11-4 to salvage the finale of a three-game series.,Simeon Woods Richardson (5-3) was the benef...
Aaron Judge, Juan Soto power Yankees to rout of Guardians
Aaron Judge hit two home runs, Juan Soto homered and drove in five runs and the host New York Yankees cruised to an 8-1 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.,Judge upped his major-league-leading homer total to 47 by hitting a two-run drive in the third off Cleveland rooki...
Reds' Elly De La Cruz joins 60-steal, 20-homer club
Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz made history when he stole third base in the fifth inning Wednesday in the Reds' road game against the Toronto Blue Jays.,The theft was the 60th of the season for De La Cruz, who became the fifth player since 1901 to have at least 60 steals and 20 homers in a sea...
Mitchell Parker delivers seven sharp innings as Nats down Rockies
Luis Garcia Jr. belted a three-run homer and Mitchell Parker allowed one run over seven innings, lifting the host Washington Nationals to a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.,Parker (7-7) permitted five hits and one walk while striking out six before exiting after 83 pitches to aton...
Paul Skenes loses vice-grip on ROY award
After cruising to All-Star starter status after only 11 career starts, Paul Skenes has found his first choppy water as a major league pitcher.,Once considered a threat to win National League Cy Young honors, the Pittsburgh Pirates' star rookie is suddenly not even the favorite to win Rookie of the Y...
Yankees defend Aaron Judge after LLWS coach criticizes star
One day after Little League coach Bob Laterza criticized New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, the Yankees came to the defense of their superstar.,Laterza, coach of the South Shore team from Staten Island that reached the Little League World Series, believed Judge didn't do enough to acknowledge his...
Former Reds 1B Joey Votto announces retirement
Joey Votto, a six-time All-Star and former MVP during his 17 major league seasons as a first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, announced his retirement on Wednesday via Instagram.,"I was myself in this sport," Votto wrote in part of his Instagram post. "I was able to be my best self. I played this sp...
White Sox get 4 runs in ninth to down Giants
Korey Lee thrilled family and friends with a two-out, two-run single to break a ninth-inning tie and the visiting Chicago White Sox salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 6-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. ,After All-Star pitchers Garrett Crochet and Logan Webb had do...
Wyatt Langford's walk-off single pushes Rangers past Pirates
Wyatt Langford delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 1-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas. ,Jonah Heim began the ninth with an infield single against ...
Red Sox top Astros, ruin Justin Verlander's return
Ceddanne Rafaela ripped a pair of RBI doubles as the Boston Red Sox spoiled Justin Verlander's return to the rotation with a 4-1 victory over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon. ,After dealing with neck discomfort, Verlander was activated from the 15-day injured list ahead of Wednesday's...
Jesse Winker's HR gives Mets another walk-off win over O's
Jesse Winker led off the ninth inning with a pinch-hit, walk-off homer Wednesday afternoon for the New York Mets, who beat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in the rubber game of a three-game interleague series.,Winker, who had just two extra-base hits in 51 at-bats since being acquired from the Wa...
Rockies place RHP Victor Vodnik (bicep) on 15-day IL
The Colorado Rockies placed rookie right-hander Victor Vodnik on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday because of right bicep inflammation.,The move is retroactive to Monday. In a corresponding move, the Rockies selected the contract of right-hander Jeff Criswell from Triple-A Albuquerque.,Vodnik was...