Baseball Page 649 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Fresh off comeback win, Nationals seek series split vs. Mets
For the Washington Nationals, an 11:05 a.m. first pitch Thursday provides an immediate opportunity to build off an exciting comeback win.,For the New York Mets, the quick turnaround moves them one game closer to getting back Edwin Diaz and their bullpen finally becoming whole again.,The Nationals wi...
Blue Jays feeling pressure ahead of finale vs. Astros
The Toronto Blue Jays will aim to split their four-game series with the Houston Astros when they play their final home game before the All-Star break Thursday afternoon.,The Astros are looking for the series win after taking the third game 9-2 on Wednesday. They are 4-2 on a 10-game road trip. The B...
Slumping Yankees look to avoid sweep at home vs. Reds
After getting Aaron Judge on a double play to end the seventh inning and protect a one-run lead on Wednesday, Fernando Cruz described shutting down the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium as one of the best feelings in sports.,An even better feeling for the Reds would be completing a three-game sweep...
Rowdy Tellez, Pirates aim for series win over Cardinals
Rowdy Tellez is beginning to look like the player the Pittsburgh Pirates envisioned in the middle of their lineup when they signed him to a free-agent deal in the offseason.,Tellez will try to continue his hot streak when the Pirates host the St. Louis Cardinals in the rubber game of their three-gam...
MLB roundup: At age 22, A's starter Joey Estes blanks Angels
Joey Estes pitched a five-hit shutout as the Oakland Athletics made it two in a row over the visiting Los Angeles Angels with a 5-0 victory Wednesday night.,Estes, at age 22 years and 269 days, became the youngest major-leaguer to throw a shutout since Zach Eflin did so for the Philadelphia Phillies...
Michael Wacha's strong start leads Royals over Rays
Michael Wacha tossed six strong innings, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.,After Isaac Paredes' two-out solo homer, his 14th, put the Rays ahead in the first, Wacha (5-6) permitted just one other hit and no more runs. He walked three and...
Christian Walker homers twice as Diamondbacks crush Dodgers
Christian Walker continued to torment his division rival with two more home runs, and Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also went deep as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks rolled to a 12-4 road victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday., ,Walker now has seven home runs in eight games ag...
Dean Kremer returns from IL, leads Orioles past M's
Dean Kremer pitched five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list and Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in three runs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-1 victory against the host Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.,Baltimore has won the first two games of a three-game series involving divisi...
Athletics' Joey Estes, 22, fires 5-hit shutout vs. Angels
Joey Estes pitched a five-hit shutout as the Oakland Athletics made it two in a row over the visiting Los Angeles Angels with a 5-0 victory Wednesday night.,Estes, at age 22 years and 269 days, became the youngest major-leaguer to throw a shutout since Zach Eflin accomplished the feat for the Philad...
Brewers continue to roll, blank Rockies
Christian Yelich homered and Colin Rea tossed seven shutout innings to help the Milwaukee Brewers post a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night in Denver.,William Contreras and Brice Turang had three hits apiece and Yelich had two for Milwaukee, which won for the eighth time in the...
David Peralta ends homer drought as Padres top Rangers
David Peralta hit his first home run in almost a year, helping the San Diego Padres even their three-game series against the Texas Rangers with a 6-4 win on Wednesday at Arlington, Texas.,Manny Machado also homered for the Padres, who got RBIs from Luis Arraez and Jackson Merrill while snapping thei...
Michael Wacha's strong start again leads Royals over Rays
Michael Wacha tossed six strong innings, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.,After Isaac Paredes' two-out solo homer, his 14th, put the Rays ahead in the first, Wacha permitted just one other hit while finishing six innings, walking three ...
Phillies power up in second straight win over Cubs
Rafael Marchan hit a solo homer and Alec Bohm added a two-run blast as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Wednesday.,Philadelphia broke an eighth-inning tie with two runs against Tyson Miller (2-1). Trea Turner scored on Edmundo Sosa's sacrifice fly and Whit Merrifield f...
Carson Kelly's slam propels Tigers to blowout of Twins
Carson Kelly hit his first career grand slam, Riley Greene and Matt Vierling each socked a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers cruised to a 9-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Wenceel Perez added a solo homer for Detroit, which evened the series at one win apiece wit...
Yordan Alvarez, Yainer Diaz power Astros' rout of Jays
Yordan Alvarez had a solo home run and two RBI doubles as the visiting Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 on Wednesday night.,Yainer Diaz added three RBIs while going 3-for-4 with a walk to help the Astros take a 2-1 lead in the four-game series.,Houston pulled away by scoring four in...
Chris Sale's strong 6-inning start leads Braves over Giants
Chris Sale threw six strong innings, helping lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 win over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.,Sale (11-3) allowed just three hits, to go along with nine strikeouts and two walks, helping Atlanta snap a two-game skid. Austin Riley finished 2-for-4 with a pair ...
Andrew Abbott, Reds take down spiraling Yanks
Andrew Abbott allowed one run in 6 1/3 solid innings, Alexis Diaz retired Juan Soto for the final out in the ninth and the visiting Cincinnati Reds hung on for a 3-2 victory over the slumping New York Yankees on Wednesday night.,Noelvi Marte hit a two-run homer in the second and Stuart Fairchild als...
Nats overcome 5-run deficit to beat Mets
James Wood laced the tie-breaking run-scoring seventh-inning single for his first career RBI Wednesday night for the Washington Nationals, who overcame a five-run deficit to beat the visiting New York Mets 7-5 in the third game of a four-game series.,Luis Garcia Jr. homered twice -- a three-run shot...
Red Sox score four in 9th to beat Marlins
Brayan Bello delivered a quality outing over 6 2/3 innings as the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Miami Marlins 7-2 on Wednesday.,Bello (8-5) allowed one run on seven hits and one walk with seven strikeouts. Matsaka Yoshida and Rafael Devers each went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Red Sox.,Marlins ...
Pirates rally in 10th, edge Cards
Oneil Cruz hit a walk-off single into the right field corner in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-4 win against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. ,Reliever Andrew Kittredge (1-4) started the 10th with a 4-3 lead for the Cardinals, but he walked Andre...