Baseball Page 774 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Padres rally, edge Mets on Jackson Merrill's walk-off HR
Jackson Merrill cracked a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 comeback win over the visiting New York Mets and a split of the teams' four-game series.,Merrill got a 2-0 count against reliever Edwin Diaz (5-2) and lined a hanging slider an estima...
Giants LHP Robbie Ray exits with tight left hamstring
San Francisco Giants left-hander Robbie Ray left Sunday's start at the Seattle Mariners in the fourth inning with left hamstring tightness.,Leading 2-1, Ray threw an 0-1 fastball to Justin Turner leading off the bottom of the fourth and immediately grabbed the back of his left leg. After consulting ...
Bryan Woo sharp as Mariners win series against Giants
Bryan Woo pitched seven strong innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 4-3 Sunday afternoon to take two of three games in the interleague series.,Woo (6-2), who grew up as a Giants fan in the Bay Area, allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits. The right-hander di...
Athletics use four-run inning to knock off Brewers
Daz Cameron and Zack Gelof capped a four-run fourth inning with consecutive sacrifice flies, Mason Miller retired all four batters he faced for his 21st save and the Oakland Athletics snapped the visiting Milwaukee Brewers' interleague winning streak at 12 with a 4-3 victory Sunday afternoon.,The lo...
Mookie Betts' late HR powers Dodgers past Rays
Mookie Betts hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning and the host Los Angeles Dodgers pulled out a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday to win for the sixth time in their last seven games.,Gavin Stone went seven strong innings and Enrique Hernandez also hit a home run as the Do...
Giants LHP Robbie Ray exits with apparent leg injury
San Francisco Giants left-hander Robbie Ray left Sunday's start at the Seattle Mariners in the fourth inning with an apparent left leg injury.,Leading 2-1, Ray threw an 0-1 fastball to Justin Turner leading off the bottom of the fourth and immediately grabbed the back of his left leg. After consulti...
Hot-hitting Tigers hand White Sox 100th loss of season
The Detroit Tigers took the lead with three runs in the fifth inning and kept adding on in a 9-4 victory over the host Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon.,The White Sox scored two runs in the first inning but could not avert their second consecutive 100-loss season. They have lost seven of their ...
Phillies' 16-hit attack overpowers Royals, clinches series win
Garrett Stubbs went 4-for-4 with three runs and an RBI to help the visiting Philadelphia Phillies pound the Kansas City Royals 11-3 in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm each had two hits and three RBIs, Brandon Marsh had two hits and scored ...
Lars Nootbaar helps Cardinals complete comeback over Twins
Lars Nootbaar ripped a go-ahead, two-run single during the top of the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Victor Scott II added a solo homer for St. Louis, which won the rubber match of the three-game series. Sc...
Aaron Judge swats 50th, 51st homers as Yanks rout Rockies
Aaron Judge hit his 50th and 51st homers to lead the New York Yankees to a 10-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.,Judge joined Hall of Famer Babe Ruth along with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Alex Rodriguez as the fifth player to reach 50 homers at least three times. Rut...
Yasmani Grandal hits walk-off HR as Pirates top Reds
Yasmani Grandal hit a walk-off two-run home run to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win and claim the series against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.,With Bryan De La Cruz on and one out in the ninth, Grandal knocked a fastball into the seats in right-center field against Cincinnati close...
Kevin Gausman, Jays sweep season series from Angels
Kevin Gausman struck out a season-high-tying 10 over seven innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 8-2 Sunday afternoon.,Addison Barger and Alejandro Kirk hit two-run home runs for the Blue Jays, who swept the four-game series and the seven-game season series again...
Marlins power past Cubs, stop 5-game skid
Connor Norby and Jesus Sanchez each homered Sunday as the host Miami Marlins snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.,Norby went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, and Sanchez had a game-high two RBIs. ,Miami right-hander Adam Oller (1-1) allowed one run on four hits and ...
Diamondbacks win sixth straight by rallying past Red Sox
Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run home run to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks complete a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 7-5 victory Sunday.,The Diamondbacks trailed 4-3 until Suarez hit his 20th home run of the season in the sixth inning against Boston starter Tanner Houck. Suarez...
Matthew Boyd, Guardians handle Rangers in rubber game
Matthew Boyd allowed one run over six strong innings and Jhonkensy Noel and David Fry homered as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Texas Rangers 4-2 on Sunday. ,In his third start since debuting with Cleveland after elbow surgery, the 33-year-old Boyd (1-0) lowered his ERA to 2.70, yielding ...
Diamondbacks finish 6-0 road trip by rallying past Red Sox
Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run home run to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks complete a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 7-5 victory Sunday.,The Diamondbacks trailed 4-3 until Suarez hit his 20th home run of the season in the sixth inning against Boston starter Tanner Houck. Suarez...
Mets place RHP Paul Blackburn (hand) on IL
New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn landed on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a bruised right hand.,Blackburn exited his start on Friday at the San Diego Padres in the third inning after being hit in the hand by a comebacker.,Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Sunday that Blackburn...
DJ Herz, Nationals shut down Braves, avoid sweep
Jacob Young had two hits, including an RBI double to highlight a three-run seventh inning, helping the visiting Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Sunday and salvage the finale of the three-game series.,Washington is 7-4 against Atlanta and is guaranteed to win a season series again...
Shohei Ohtani throws from mound for first time in year
Shohei Ohtani's achievements with the bat in his hands this season have been so magnificent that it's easy to forget that the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar also is a top-tier pitcher.,Recovering from a second major elbow surgery, Ohtani won't pitch this season, but he took a big leap toward 2025 on ...
Pirates put RHP Hunter Stratton (knee) on 60-day IL
The Pittsburgh Pirates placed reliever Hunter Stratton on the 60-day injured list Sunday with a rupture of his left patella tendon.,Stratton suffered the injury during Saturday's loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The team said imaging would be done to determine the injury's severity.,Before the Pirates r...