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Jose Siri's walk-off helps Angels outlast Astors
Jose Siri singled in automatic runner Nick Madrigal from third in the bottom of the 10th to give the Los Angeles Angels a 3-2 walk-off victory over the visiting Houston Astros in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday night., ,Siri lined an 0-2 fastball by Houston reliever Bryan Abr...
Phillies OF Adolis Garcia exits with pulled shoulder muscle vs. Jays
Phillies outfielder Adolis Garcia left Philadelphia's 7-4 road win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in the seventh inning after pulling a muscle in his right shoulder.,After catching a fly ball in right field and rushing a throw home in an attempt to retire George Springer, who was tagging up...
Athletics' bats break out late with bombs to rally past Brewers
LAS VEGAS - Carlos Cortes and Lawrence Butler each homered in a seventh-inning rally to give the Athletics a 4-3 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night in the deciding game of the three-game series at the home of the A's Triple-A affiliate., ,After being held to one run throu...
Sterlin Thompson's walk-off caps Rockies' late rally past Cubs
Sterlin Thompson lined a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning to drive home the winning run, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in Denver on Wednesday night.,TJ Rumfield homered among his two hits and Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar also had two hits for Colorado.,With the game tie...
Spark plug Jake Burger helps Rangers down Royals
Jake Burger came off the bench and tied the game twice, with a homer and sacrifice fly, respectively, and the visiting Texas Rangers also took advantage of nine walks allowed by the Kansas City Royals, to win 6-4 in 10 innings on Wednesday night., ,Ex-Royal Elias Diaz had a tiebreaking RBI single an...
Byron Buxton's 3-run blast propels Twins past Tigers
Byron Buxton hit his team-high 20th home run, a three-run shot, and the visiting Minnesota Twins held off the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Wednesday.,Royce Lewis added a solo homer and Austin Martin scored twice for Minnesota. Every player in the Twins' lineup got at least one hit.,Twins reliever Taylor Ro...
Phillies hit three homers off Max Scherzer, down Blue Jays
Alec Bohm hit a three-run home run Wednesday night and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4., ,Kyle Schwarber added a two-run blast and Bryce Harper hit a solo shot for the Phillies in the rubber match of a three-game series., ,Toronto's Max Scherzer (1-4), making h...
Davis Martin, White Sox hold down Braves, grab first in AL Central
Davis Martin pitched six shutout innings and Derek Hill and Luisangel Acuna drove in runs in the fourth to boost the host Chicago White Sox to a 2-1 victory against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.,Chicago secured a series victory against the major-league-leading Braves, stopping Atlanta's string of...
Cardinals score early, often against Mets to win sixth straight
Jordan Walker went 2-for-5 with four RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to six games with a 9-2 victory against the host New York Mets on Wednesday.,Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (7-4) held New York to two runs on two hits and struck out five in six innings. The Mets ma...
Tyler Callihan's first career homers get Pirates comeback win over Dodgers
On a night Shohei Ohtani pitched, Tyler Callihan stole the show, hitting the first two home runs of his career, including one off Ohtani to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night., ,Callihan's three-run home run in the bottom of the eig...
Marlins blank Diamondbacks behind six-run fourth
Kyle Stowers and Owen Caissie hit two-out homers in a six-run fourth inning, Otto Lopez had two hits and two RBIs, and the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-0 to extend their winning streak to four games., ,Lopez improved his major league-leading batting average to .342 with his fourth s...
Jackson Holliday's slam shoots Orioles past Mariners
Brandon Young threw seven shutout innings, Pete Alonso broke a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning home run and Jackson Holliday added a grand slam as the Baltimore Orioles halted a four-game losing streak by beating the visiting Seattle Mariners 7-2 on Wednesday night., ,Young (5-1) held the Mariners...
Royals RHP Seth Lugo takes liner off forehead, exits game vs. Rangers
Kansas City pitcher Seth Lugo exited Wednesday night's home contest in the fourth inning after taking a line drive to the forehead off the bat of the Texas Rangers' Brandon Nimmo.,With one out in the fourth, Nimmo rifled a 106.6-m.p.h. liner at Lugo and knocked him to the ground. The right-hander go...
Max Scherzer becomes 11th MLB pitcher to collect 3,500 strikeouts
Max Scherzer fanned Kyle Schwarber to open the Toronto Blue Jays' game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night to become the 11th pitcher in major league history to amass 3,500 strikeouts.,Scherzer, 41, threw a changeup on a 1-2 count that caught the Phillies' leadoff man looking. ,The ...
Bryce Eldridge's grand slam caps Giants' stunning rally past Nats
Bryce Eldridge launched a walk-off grand slam with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon as the San Francisco Giants rallied from a 9-1 deficit with 10 runs over the final two innings to shock the visiting Washington Nationals 11-10.,After Matt Chapman and Rafael Devers had h...
Fernando Tatis Jr. rips walk-off homer as Padres rally to beat Reds
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a game-ending home run with two outs in the ninth inning as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon.,Tatis hit a line drive just over the left field wall against Reds right-hander Chase Petty for his second home r...
Angels put C Sebastian Rivero (fractured hamate bone) on IL
Los Angeles Angels catcher Sebastian Rivero was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday, one day after fracturing his left hamate bone during a game against the Houston Astros.,Rivero told reporters he will undergo surgery and miss approximately four weeks. He underwent a CT scan earlier Wednesd...
Braves place OF Ronald Acuna Jr. (hamstring) on injured list
The Atlanta Braves placed outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. on the 10-day injured list Wednesday after he departed Tuesday's game against the Chicago White Sox with hamstring tightness.,An MRI exam Wednesday revealed that Acuna has a left hamstring strain. ,In corresponding moves, the Braves selected the ...
Yanks' Carlos Rodon continues success vs. Guardians in sweep
Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a two-run triple and three RBIs and Trent Grisham scored three times as the visiting New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Guardians with a 8-4 victory on Wednesday afternoon.,The Yankees are 10-4 since May 24 and have the second-best record in the Amer...
Drew Rasmussen dominates as Rays finish sweep of Red Sox
Drew Rasmussen struck out a career-high 13 batters over seven scoreless innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 7-5, series-sweeping win over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Wednesday afternoon.,Rasmussen (6-2) allowed just two hits in the dominant outing. He struck out the side in order twice ...