Baseball Page 797 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Mariners erupt for five runs in 10th to beat Blue Jays
Cal Raleigh led off a five-run 10th inning with a two-run home run and the visiting Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 Wednesday afternoon.,The Mariners avoided a sweep by winning the finale of the three-game series that opened Toronto's home schedule.,Raleigh hit his second home ru...
Mets get timely hitting in eighth inning to take series with Royals
Harrison Bader snapped a scoreless tie with an eighth-inning RBI single Sunday afternoon and four pitchers combined on a three-hitter for the host New York Mets, who beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 in the rubber game of a three-game interleague series.,The Mets have won seven of 10. The Royals lost ...
Diamondbacks use big fifth inning to down Cardinals
Zac Gallen improved to 3-0 and Christian Walker went 3 for 4 with a run in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-0 victory Sunday over the St. Louis Cardinals at Phoenix.,Arizona, also led by Corbin Carroll's two RBIs and Jake McCarthy's 2-for-3 performance, won two of the three games in the series with St. L...
Jose Altuve's 2-HR day carries Astros over Rangers
Jose Altuve smacked two home runs as part of a three-hit game as the Houston Astros topped the Texas Rangers 8-5 on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.,Altuve drilled a pair of solo shots off Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi (1-1) for his 11th career multi-homer game...
Brewers place RHP J.B. Bukauskas (lat strain) on 15-day IL
The Milwaukee Brewers placed right-hander J.B. Bukauskas on the 15-day injured list due to a right lat strain - one of several moves the team made on Sunday.,Bukauskas (0-0, 1.50 ERA) pitched Saturday, earning the hold in Milwaukee's 11-5 victory over the host Baltimore Orioles. He allowed one hit a...
Jose Berrios dominant as Blue Jays blank Rockies
Right-hander Jose Berrios continued his stellar start to the season as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-0 Sunday afternoon.,In his fourth start of the season, Berrios (3-0, 1.05 ERA) allowed only two hits, struck out seven, walked two and hit two batters.,Justin Turner ...
Andrew McCutchen hits HR No. 300 as Pirates down Phillies
Jack Suwinski hit a go-ahead grand slam and Andrew McCutchen belted his 300th career home run to power the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates past the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-2, on Sunday.,Pittsburgh trailed 2-1 entering the sixth inning before Ke'Bryan Hayes reached on Alec Bohm's error, Rowdy Tellez wal...
Marcell Ozuna's blast helps Braves dispatch Marlins
Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 9-7 win over the Miami Marlins Sunday.,Ozuna finished 3-for-5 and drove in four runs, the final three coming on his seventh homer of the year, after Atlanta was down to its final strike against Marl...
White Sox aim to locate offense in series finale vs. Reds
It's been a historic start to the season for the Chicago White Sox. ,Just not the kind of history they hope to ever repeat. ,At 2-12, Chicago has matched the worst 14-game start in franchise history. The White Sox hope to start turning things around on Sunday afternoon when they wrap up a three-game...
Nationals looking for win, bullpen relief against A's
The Washington Nationals will take the type of dominance they got Saturday out of MacKenzie Gore every day. Well, hopefully not every day, according to manager Dave Martinez.,Gore showed why he was one of the centerpieces of the 2022 trade that sent star outfielder Juan Soto to San Diego in exchange...
Braves look to wake up bats in finale against Marlins
When the Atlanta Braves take the field in South Florida on Sunday, they'll be looking not only for a series win, but for some more consistency out of their offense.,The lack of consistency is why they aren't going for a series sweep.,After putting up an eight-spot in the run column Friday night, Atl...
Phillies reinstate Orion Kerkering (forearm) from IL
The Philadelphia Phillies returned right-hander Orion Kerkering from his rehab assignment with Single-A Clearwater on Sunday and reinstated him from the 15-day injured list. ,Kerkering will slot into the roster spot previously held by right-hander Nick Nelson, who was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Val...
Jackson Holliday gets 1st MLB hit as O's rally past Brewers
Jackson Holliday picked up his first Major League hit as part of a two-run seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Sunday.,Colton Cowser added his fourth home run in four games to provide an eighth-inning insurance run.,Cedric Mullins and Ryan O'He...
Blue Jays send surging Jose Berrios to face Rockies
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios will go for his third win of the season Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies.,The Blue Jays evened the series Saturday when they scored five runs in the first inning and held on for a 5-3 victory...
Tigers' offense comes through late to surge past Twins
Spencer Torkelson's go-ahead single capped a four-run eighth as the host Detroit Tigers rallied for a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.,Javier Baez hit his first homer of the season and Mark Canha supplied a two-run double for Tigers, who split the four-game series with their Cen...
Pirates place LHP Marco Gonzales (forearm) on 15-day IL
The Pittsburgh Pirates placed left-hander Marco Gonzales on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a left forearm muscle strain.,The Pirates recalled right-hander Ryder Ryan from Triple-A Indianapolis to take the place of Gonzales, who has a 2.65 ERA without recording a decision in three starts this se...
Dodgers' Mookie Betts looks to stay hot vs. Padres
Mookie Betts is wearing out San Diego pitching in the early part of the season.,Betts will look to inflict further damage on Sunday when the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Padres in the finale of a three-game series.,Betts went 3-for-5 with two RBIs on Saturday night, when the Dodgers recorded a 5-2 v...
Rangers place LHP Cody Bradford (back strain) on 15-day IL
The Texas Rangers placed left-hander Cody Bradford, the major leagues' early-season co-leader with three victories, on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of a low back strain.,Bradford is 3-0 with a 1.40 ERA, two walks and 17 strikeouts in 19 1/3 innings over three starts. He also leads MLB pit...
Red Sox hold off Angels to take rubber match
Tyler O'Neill, Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida all homered and the Boston Red Sox held on for a 5-4 win over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon.,O'Neill and Connor Wong each had two hits while Yoshida drove in a pair of runs as the Red Sox managed their second straight win. ,Bost...
Guardians walk off on Yankees with 3-run 10th
Andres Gimenez's walk-off sacrifice fly capped a three-run 10th inning and sent the Cleveland Guardians to an 8-7 win over the visiting New York Yankees on Sunday. ,After Anthony Rizzo put New York up 7-5 with a two-run single in the top of the inning off Tyler Beede (1-0), the Yankees' Caleb Fergus...