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Blue Jays blank White Sox, snap 3-game skid behind Shane Bieber's strong start
Shane Bieber pitched six strong innings Saturday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Chicago White Sox 1-0.,Bieber (1-1) allowed three hits and two walks with six strikeouts in his fifth start of the season. George Springer's RBI single in the fourth against Davis Martin (9-5) ...
TJ Rumfield drives in four to lift Rockies past Reds
TJ Rumfield went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and four RBIs, as the Colorado Rockies beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 on Saturday in Denver.,Jake McCarthy and Mickey Moniak each had two hits and two RBIs for Colorado, which recorded 14 hits and snapped a three-game losing skid. Cole Carrigg added two h...
Reds lock up star RHP Chase Burns with 7-year, $105M extension
The Cincinnati Reds and star right-hander Chase Burns agreed to a seven-year, $105 million contract extension, the club announced Saturday.,Burns, 23, received the largest guarantee of any pitcher in MLB history with less than four years of service time. The deal, which begins next season and runs t...
Yankees, Dodgers postponed due to heavy rain
The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees was postponed due to heavy rain on Saturday and the teams will play a split doubleheader a day later.,Rain was projected throughout the New York area, and the game was postponed roughly three hours before the 8:08 EDT first pitch. It is t...
Matthew Boyd, Nico Hoerner lead Cubs past Twins
Matthew Boyd threw six quality innings and Nico Hoerner delivered the fifth four-hit game of his career on Saturday afternoon, helping the Chicago Cubs earn a 6-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins.,Boyd (6-1) allowed one run on three hits, striking out four and walking one for the Cubs, who ...
Orioles, RHP Kyle Bradish agree to 5-year extension
The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a five-year contract extension with right-handed starter Kyle Bradish on Saturday.,The deal is worth $90 million, per ESPN. Per the report, the length of the contract buys out Bradish's last two years of arbitration and the first three seasons of what would have been ...
Mariners activate CF Julio Rodriguez from 7-day concussion IL
Seattle Mariners star outfielder Julio Rodriguez was activated from the 7-day concussion injured list Saturday and was in the starting lineup as the designated hitter against the San Francisco Giants.,Rodriguez had been out since leaving a game on July 2 vs. the Los Angeles Angels after he was struc...
Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff to undergo season-ending surgery
Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff is set to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery.,When speaking to reporters, he made it clear that he is not planning on retiring.,"I'm getting this (surgery) with the intention of rehabbing and taking care of that and being able to pitch again," he s...
Jared Jones, offense deliver as Pirates cool off Guardians
Esmerlyn Valdez and Jacob Gonzalez both hit two-run homers and Nick Gonzales had a solo shot, all off Gavin Williams, as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday., ,Gonzalez belted a 428-foot homer onto the concourse in ri...
Ron Hunt, Mets' first All-Star starter, dies at 85
Ron Hunt, the hard-nosed second baseman who became the first New York Mets player to start in an All-Star Game, has died at age 85.,Hunt, who set a Modern Era record with 50 hit-by-pitches in the 1971 season, had been in hospice care for a month. He died on Wednesday.,Hunt played for five teams duri...
Mets' first All-Star starter Ron Hunt dies at 85
Ron Hunt, the hard-nosed second baseman who became the first New York Met to start in an All-Star Game, died Wednesday at age 85.,Hunt, who set a Modern Era record with 50 hit-by-pitches in the 1971 season, had been in hospice care for a month.,Hunt played for five teams during his major league care...
Tarik Skubal, Tigers eye series win against Angels
The spotlight will be on two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal on Saturday night when the Detroit Tigers try for a series win over the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.,The left-handed Skubal (5-5, 3.09 ERA), a free agent at the end of the season, is expected to be...
Andres Chaparro, Nats try to top gaudy numbers vs. skidding A's
The All-Star break didn't hinder the bats of the Washington Nationals as they scored more than three touchdowns' worth of runs in their first game after the resumption of play on Friday.,The Nationals dismantled the Athletics 23-4 in the opening contest of a three-game set and will look for another ...
Rain threatens rematch between Yankees, Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers returned from the All-Star break on Friday and earned a win on a night when stars Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts were quiet at the plate against the New York Yankees. ,Instead, the Dodgers relied on dominant pitching and a clutch hit in the late innings of a ...
Mariners hope Julio Rodriguez can return against Giants
The Seattle Mariners expected to have star center fielder Julio Rodriguez back in the lineup when they returned from the All-Star break on Friday.,That didn't happen, but they hope he will be able to play Saturday when their three-game interleague series with the San Francisco Giants continues in Se...
Five Potential Landing Spots for Francisco Lindor if the Mets Trade Him
Francisco Lindor could reportedly be available at the trade deadline. Here are five intriguing landing spots for the Mets shortstop, including the Yankees and Phillies....
Orioles vie to continue win streak in matchup vs. Astros
The Baltimore Orioles will look to extend their season-best, five-game winning streak when they visit the Houston Astros on Saturday afternoon.,The Orioles maintained their winning ways when Taylor Ward hit a two-run, go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of a 3-2 victory in Friday night's series o...
Brewers bid to make another defensive stand vs. Marlins
Garrett Mitchell is back to playing baseball the way he's accustomed to playing.,Mitchell likely will be back in center field for the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon in the second game of their three-game series against the visiting Miami Marlins.,Mitchell helped win the series opener 2-1 on...
Padres try to bounce back after tough road loss vs. Royals
Struggles on the road have played a key role in the San Diego Padres' disappointing season. ,They'll look to rebound from a heartbreaking defeat at Kansas City by trying to even a three-game set with the Royals on Saturday afternoon. ,San Diego entered this week's All-Star break at 48-48 but had won...
Rays' Ian Seymour back home to face torrid Red Sox at Fenway
Ian Seymour, who grew up in Massachusetts, will make his first career start at venerable Fenway Park as the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays look to bounce back from a doubleheader sweep when they continue a four-game series against the red-hot Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon.,Seymou...