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Hot-hitting Cubs put 5-game streak on line vs. Dodgers
Wrigley Field has been chilly since the Chicago Cubs opened their home slate on Monday, but the Cubs' bats have kept the team red-hot.,Chicago has scored 35 runs over its first four home games, all starting with temperatures no higher than 43 degrees.,"The conditions probably make it all the more im...
Tigers, masters of close wins, aim to keep rolling vs. A's
The Detroit Tigers would rather win by comfortable margins. Through the season's first week, however, they've done well living on the danger zone.,The Tigers are 6-1, though none of the victories was easy. They recorded three one-run wins in nine-inning games, and the other three triumphs came in ex...
MLB roundup: Giants get walk-off win in home opener
Thairo Estrada gave the San Francisco Giants a walk-off win in their home opener Friday afternoon, lacing a one-out double to left-center field to score Matt Chapman from first base for a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.,The win completed a happy homecoming for new Giants manager Bob Melvin, t...
Braves' Spencer Strider has damage to his UCL
The Atlanta Braves announced Saturday that star right-hander Spencer Strider has ligament damage to his pitching elbow and will undergo further evaluation in the coming days. ,Strider left his Friday start against the Arizona Diamondbacks after four innings due to elbow discomfort. ,Strider will be ...
Trevor Story leaves Red Sox game early with apparent injury
Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story left in the fourth inning of Boston's game against the host Los Angeles Angels after making a diving stop Friday.,Story dove to his right to keep Mike Trout's hard grounder in the infield, but the 31-year-old infielder landed hard on his left shoulder and was in obviou...
Red Sox belt five homers in win over Angels
Jarren Duran's solo home run in the eighth inning snapped a tie and helped lift the Boston Red Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday in Anaheim, Calif.,Duran's home run was one of five by Boston hitters in the game, including two by Tyler O'Neill. Reese McGuire and Triston Casa...
White Sox's Luis Robert Jr. exits with right hip flexor injury
White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. left Chicago's 2-1 loss to the host Kansas City Royals on Friday night in the ninth inning with a strained right hip flexor, manager Pedro Grifol said after the game.,Grifol said he would not have information about the extent of the injury until Robert has ad...
Brewers blow 9th-inning lead, edge M's on walk-off walk
William Contreras drew a game-ending, bases-loaded walk, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a 6-5 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,Seattle's Andres Munoz (0-1) relieved to start the inning and walked Sal Frelick, pinch-hitter Jake Bauers and Brice ...
Rangers score five runs early in rout of Astros
Cody Bradford pitched into the eighth inning, Adolis Garcia and Marcus Semien each hit three-run homers, and the host Texas Rangers routed the Houston Astros 10-2 in the opener of a four-game series on Friday in Arlington.,Garcia also singled in a run and Semien finished with three hits and three ru...
Royals score tiebreaking run in 8th to edge White Sox
Salvador Perez went 3-for-3 and Brady Singer turned in a sterling pitching performance as the host Kansas City Royals edged the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Friday night.,The Royals hustled to take the lead at 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth against Chicago's hard-throwing reliever Michael Kopech (0-1)....
Braves edge D-backs in 10 to win home opener
Travis d'Arnaud led off the 10th inning with a single that scored pinch runner Forrest Wall, giving the Braves a 6-5, come-from-behind win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the home opener at Atlanta on Friday.,The Braves rallied from a 5-2 deficit, scoring once in the eighth and twice in the ninth.,...
Aaron Nola, Phillies shut out Nationals on two-hitter
Aaron Nola and three relievers combined on a two-hitter and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 4-0 on Friday night.,Kyle Schwarber had a two-run single as part of a three-run second inning and walked twice for the Phillies. Bryce Harper had three hits including an RBI s...
Mets hold off Reds' comeback attempt
Pete Alonso drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded grounder and Jeff McNeil homered to lead the visiting New York Mets to a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. , ,Alonso, who hit a game-tying solo homer in Thursday's second game of a doubleheader, came up against Fernando Cruz (...
Thairo Estrada provides heroics as Giants rally past Padres
Thairo Estrada gave the San Francisco Giants a walk-off win in their home opener Friday afternoon, lacing a one-out double to left-center field to score Matt Chapman from first base for a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.,The win completed a happy homecoming for new Giants manager Bob Melvin, t...
Orioles tackle surprising Pirates to start road trip
Grayson Rodriguez logged 6 1/3 strong innings as the Baltimore Orioles spoiled the Pittsburgh Pirates' home opener with a 5-2 victory on Friday.,Rodriguez (2-0) allowed two runs on six hits while walking two and striking out seven. Danny Coulombe got the final two outs of the seventh, Yennier Cano w...
Ryan McMahon hits walk-off grand slam, Rockies stun Rays
Ryan McMahon hit a walk-off grand slam, and the Colorado Rockies rallied from blowing a four-run lead to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-7 on Friday in Denver.,McMahon finished with three hits, Ezequiel Tovar homered among his two hits and Kris Bryant also went deep for Colorado. Elias Diaz and Nolan Jon...
Orioles, Ravens make $10M donation after bridge collapse
Baltimore's big-league franchises teamed up to donate $10 million in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.,Major League Baseball's Orioles and the NFL's Ravens made the joint announcement Friday that they would make the donation to the Baltimore Community Foundation's "Maryland Tough Ba...
D-backs activate OF Randal Grichuk from 10-day IL
The Arizona Diamondbacks activated outfielder Randal Grichuk from the 10-day injured list on Friday.,The 32-year-old veteran, who signed with Arizona in February, missed the start of the season while recovering from surgery on his right ankle.,Grichuk split the 2023 season with the Colorado Rockies ...
Cubs unload on birthday boy Bobby Miller to beat Dodgers
Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch each homered while Seiya Suzuki supplied three RBIs as the Chicago Cubs outlasted the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 on Friday.,Swanson's one-out solo shot sparked a five-run second inning that put Chicago ahead for good. Ian Happ added a two-run triple and Nick Ma...
White Sox place Eloy Jimenez (adductor) on 10-day IL
The Chicago White Sox placed outfielder/designated hitter Eloy Jimenez on the 10-day injured list Friday due to a left adductor strain.,The move is retroactive to April 2.,Jimenez, 27, left Sunday's game against the Detroit Tigers following an at-bat in the sixth inning. He has missed the past three...