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Dave Roberts: Slim chance Shohei Ohtani could pitch in playoffs
Shohei Ohtani is the favorite to win National League Most Valuable Player purely for his offensive exploits, yet it's possible his value to the Los Angeles Dodgers might grow in the postseason.,Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday that there is a slight possibility the 30-year-old star could be ...
Early homers, Zack Littell's gem propel Rays past Guardians
Zack Littell allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings, Logan Driscoll clubbed his first career home run and Jonathan Aranda also went deep as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Friday night.,Littell (7-9) yielded only a first-inning double to Jose Ramirez and a t...
Julio Rodriguez's blast caps Mariners' rally vs. Rangers
Julio Rodriguez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-4 victory against visiting Texas on Friday night, spoiling the return of Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom.,Rodriguez, who went 4-for-5, launched a 1-1 knuckle curve from David Robertson (3-4)...
Padres blank Giants, surge to top of NL wild-card race
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered for the third straight game, Dylan Cease struck out 10 over six shutout innings and the San Diego Padres passed the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League wild-card standings with a 5-0 road victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.,Coupled with Arizona's...
Rhys Hoskins homers as Brewers edge D-backs
Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run homer and five Milwaukee pitchers slowed the Arizona Diamondbacks' offense while recording a 2-1 victory on Friday night in Phoenix.,Freddy Peralta managed his way through five innings while improving to 4-0 in five career appearances (three starts) against the Diamondback...
Alex Bregman's homer carries Astros past Angels
Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer and Yusei Kikuchi earned the win by tossing seven solid innings Friday night for the visiting Houston Astros, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Yordan Alvarez had two RBIs and homered leading off the ninth for the Astros (79-68...
Hunter Goodman's 2 HRs, 7 RBIs carry Rockies past Cubs
Rookie Hunter Goodman homered twice, including a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning, and drove in a career-high seven runs as the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 9-5 in Denver on Friday night.,It marked the second two-homer game of the season for Goodman, who finished with three hits...
Elly De La Cruz belts grand slam to power Reds past Twins
Elly De La Cruz hit his first career grand slam, and the Cincinnati Reds surged to an 8-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.,De La Cruz recorded his milestone as part of a six-run seventh inning for the Reds (72-77), who won the opener of a three-game series. TJ Friedl fini...
Alejandro Kirk delivers in 11th as Blue Jays walk off Cardinals
Alejandro Kirk drove in a run on a long RBI single in the 11th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Friday night.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was walked intentionally by Ryan Fernandez (1-5) to start the inning, then Leo Jimenez bunted for a single to load the bas...
Aaron Judge's grand slam rallies Yankees past Red Sox
Aaron Judge hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning to snap a career-high 16-game homerless drought as the host New York Yankees rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.,Judge hit his major league-leading 52nd homer when he lifted a 2-0 fastball from Cam Booser (2-3...
Athletics' Brady Basso earns 1st MLB win as White Sox lose 16th straight at home
Brady Basso pitched into the sixth inning for his first career victory and the visiting Oakland A's opened a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox with a 2-0 win on Friday.,Chicago (33-115) dropped its franchise-record 16th straight home game and lost for the 18th time in its last 20 games...
Gio Urshela, Jorge Soler power Braves past Dodgers
Gio Urshela and Jorge Soler each belted a two-run homer in the second inning to pace the host Atlanta Braves to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.,Atlanta's Matt Olson ripped an RBI double in the first inning and Michael Harris II did the same in the eighth.,Marcell Ozuna contribu...
Zack Littell's gem backed by pair of early HRs as Rays top Guardians
Zack Littell allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings, Logan Driscoll clubbed his first career home run and Jonathan Aranda also went deep as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Friday night.,Littell (7-9) yielded only a first-inning double to Jose Ramirez and a t...
Mets use pitching, power to rout Phillies
Jose Quintana pitched seven dominant innings and the Mets hit a trio of three-run homers as New York pounded the host Philadelphia Phillies 11-3 on Friday., ,Francisco Alvarez and Brandon Nimmo each delivered a three-run blast in the Mets' six-run fifth inning, which was more than enough offense for...
Alec Marsh racks up 11 K's as Royals top Pirates
Alec Marsh threw 5 1/3 quality innings, helping lead the visiting Kansas City Royals to an 8-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.,Marsh (8-8) allowed just one run on five hits, while striking out 11 and walking two. Salvador Perez and Kyle Isbel each homered and tallied two hits, both drivin...
Tigers fall one out shy of no-hitter, hang on to beat Orioles
The Detroit Tigers came within one out of a combined no-hitter, then held on for a 1-0 win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.,Gunnar Henderson ended the no-hit bid with a triple off Tyler Holton. Kerry Carpenter's first-inning homer accounted for the game's lone run.,Beau Brieske a...
Nationals stifle Marlins to even series
Luis Garcia Jr. homered and Dylan Crews stole two bases and scored a run as the host Washington Nationals evened their four-game series with the Miami Marlins with a 4-1 victory on Friday night.,Rookie left-hander DJ Herz (4-7) picked up the win by allowing one run on four hits over five innings, wa...
Red Sox scratch starter Tanner Houck (shoulder fatigue) vs. Yankees
The Boston Red Sox scratched starting pitcher Tanner Houck due to right shoulder fatigue shortly before they continued a four-game series with the host New York Yankees on Friday.,Rookie right-hander Richard Fitts replaced Houck for his second career start.,Houck had his turn in the rotation pushed ...
Rangers extend Chris Young, promote to president of baseball ops
The Texas Rangers promoted Chris Young to president of baseball operations and signed him to a multi-year contract extension on Friday.,Young, 45, joined the team as executive vice president and general manager in December 2020 and took ownership of the team's baseball operations group in August 202...
Advertising logo to be added to MLB helmets in postseason
The logo of a Germany-based sponsor will adorn the helmets of Major League Baseball players in the postseason through a multi-year partnership announced Friday.,Financial terms were not announced.,Under the partnership, Strauss -- a maker of workwear -- gets marketing rights with MLB across Canada, ...