Baseball Page 663 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Six Giants pitchers combine to hold down Cubs
Matt Chapman contributed a two-RBI single to a game-breaking, three-run eighth as the San Francisco Giants made it two in a row over the Chicago Cubs with a 5-1 victory on Tuesday.,Six San Francisco pitchers combined on a four-hitter.,In a bullpen game with five starters on the injured list, the Gia...
Ketel Marte comes through as D-backs clip Twins
Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer and later recorded a tiebreaking RBI single as the Arizona Diamondbacks notched a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night at Phoenix.,Corbin Carroll had two singles while Eugenio Suarez and Tucker Barnhart had run-scoring hits for Arizona, which won for ...
Angels activate Miguel Sano, move Patrick Sandoval to 60-day IL
The Los Angeles Angels activated veteran infielder Miguel Sano prior to their Tuesday game against the Oakland Athletics in Anaheim, Calif.,Sano last played for the Angels on April 26 before being sidelined due to left knee inflammation.,Sano, 31, wasn't in the starting lineup on Tuesday. He is batt...
Dodgers get lift from bullpen to edge White Sox
Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman homered and six pitchers combined for seven innings of scoreless relief to boost the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory against the host Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,Los Angeles won for the seventh time in its past nine games despite being outhit 8-7. The Dodgers...
Hunter Brown keeps rolling on mound as Astros sink Rockies
Hunter Brown posted his seventh consecutive quality start and the Houston Astros turned six first-inning singles into a 5-2 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in the opener of a two-game series. ,Brown (5-5) limited Colorado to two hits and three walks while striking out sev...
Cleveland Guardians Are Baseball's Best Team Right Now
The Cleveland Guardians have the best record in the MLB right now. After missing the playoffs last year, the sky is the limit for Cleveland in 2024....
Marlins squeak out win over struggling Royals
Nick Gordon scored the go-ahead run on an error in the seventh inning to fuel the visiting Miami Marlins to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.,Otto Lopez recorded his second straight two-hit performance and scored on Gordon's infield single for the Marlins, who have won five of th...
Mets belt 4 homers to bash rival Yankees
Mark Vientos hit two of the New York Mets' four homers Tuesday night, when the hosts beat the New York Yankees 9-7 in the opener of a two-game Subway Series.,Harrison Bader and Brandon Nimmo also hit homers for the Mets, who lead the majors with a 14-6 record this month.,Aaron Judge hit an eighth-in...
Bryse Wilson holds down Rangers to help Brewers win
Joey Ortiz homered and Bryse Wilson tossed six innings of scoreless relief to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.,Ortiz led off the fifth with his seventh homer, putting the Brewers in front 2-1 with a 370-foot drive to left off starter Andre...
Bryan Reynolds extends streaks as Pirates down Reds
Bryan Reynolds continued his torrid offensive performance with a tape-measure, two-run homer as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-5 on Tuesday.,Reynolds finished 2-for-5, extending the longest active hitting streak in the majors to 22 games. It's the longest streak for a Pir...
Blue Jays rout Red Sox to snap seven-game skid
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two doubles and four RBI while George Springer homered to help the visiting Toronto Blue Jays past the Boston Red Sox 9-4 on Tuesday.,The Blue Jays scored all nine of their runs over the third and fourth innings, highlighted by an initial seven-run scoring frame that erased...
Rays explode for season high in runs to beat Mariners
Taylor Walls and Ben Rortvedt drove in two runs apiece in a breakout four-run sixth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays grounded the Seattle Mariners 11-3 Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Walls, who went 3-for-4, tripled in two runs before scoring on a homer by Rortvedt (2-for-3, four RBIs, walk) to g...
Guardians top O's in offensive showdown
Jose Ramirez smacked a three-run home run to fuel an early offensive outburst and the Cleveland Guardians held on to win their seventh game in a row, edging the host Baltimore Orioles 10-8 on Tuesday night.,Gunnar Henderson blasted his 25th homer of the season for the first of the Orioles' four long...
Braves-Cardinals postponed; doubleheader set for Wednesday
The St. Louis Cardinals' home game against the Atlanta Braves scheduled for Tuesday night was scratched due to inclement weather in the area.,Instead, the Braves and Cardinals will complete their three-game series with a split doubleheader on Wednesday. The first game will begin at 12:45 p.m. local ...
Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand to undergo wrist surgery
Cincinnati first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand will undergo right hand surgery next month, manager David Bell said before the Reds' Tuesday night game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.,Bell said Encarnacion-Strand also would have ligaments repaired in his fractured right wrist on July 11. The r...
Tarik Skubal, Tigers keep Phillies guessing in 4-1 win
Tarik Skubal tossed seven shutout innings and the host Detroit Tigers topped the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Tuesday night.,Skubal (9-3), who had lost his previous two starts, allowed three hits and one walk while striking out seven.,Andy Ibanez had two hits and drove in two runs for the Tigers, wh...
Athletics' Mark Kotsay, Reds' David Bell picked as All-Star coaches
Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay and Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell were selected as All-Star coaches for the July 16 game at Arlington, Texas.,Kotsay will be on the American League staff of Bruce Bochy, who won the World Series with the Texas Rangers last season. Kotsay played three season...
Mets' Edwin Diaz declines to appeal foreign substance suspension
New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz declined to appeal his 10-game suspension for violating the MLB policy on foreign substances and began serving his punishment on Tuesday night.,Diaz will be eligible to return to the Mets on July 6 when they play the Pittsburgh Pirates.,Diaz didn't speak to reporters ...
Mets OF Starling Marte (knee) expected to miss at least one month
New York Mets right fielder Starling Marte was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday with a bone bruise in his right knee and will miss at least one month.,The move, which was retroactive to Sunday, came after testing on Marte's ailing knee Monday detected the bruise. It marks the eighth time...
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. no longer ruling out going to Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays slugging first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. once ruled out ever playing for the New York Yankees, saying he would not sign with them, "not even dead.",Guerrero, who doubled down on that sentiment as recently as last year, is no longer discounting any possibilities, instead talking...