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Nolan Arenado, Alec Burleson lead Cardinals past Rays
Nolan Arenado and Alec Burleson drove in two runs each as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 Wednesday.,Masyn Winn went 2-for-4 with two runs for the Cardinals, who have won the first two games in this three-game series.,Cardinals starting pitcher Erick Fedde (8-5) allo...
Zach Neto's slam, 6 RBIs lift Angels to split with Yankees
Zach Neto hit a grand slam to cap a six-run second inning and the visiting Los Angeles Angels cruised to an 8-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night in the second game of a doubleheader.,Neto finished with a career-high six RBIs in the nightcap as the Angels earned a split. The Yanke...
Anthony Santander clubs 2 HRs as O's top Jays
Anthony Santander had two home runs, three RBIs and a spectacular catch as the visiting Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Wednesday night.,Jackson Holliday added a two-run homer as the Orioles split the first two games of a three-game series.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in th...
Derek Hill's grand slam powers Marlins past Reds
Derek Hill slugged his first career grand slam and rookie Valente Bellozo won his first major league game as the Miami Marlins beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 6-4 on Wednesday night.,Miami's Jake Burger homered twice to complement Hill's blast. ,The Reds, who lead this four-game series 2-1, were p...
Giants' home runs help Blake Snell down Nationals
Matt Chapman, Heliot Ramos and Mike Yastrzemski smashed solo homers as the visiting San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 7-4 on Wednesday night.,Chapman and Ramos went deep off Nationals starter Jake Irvin (8-10) in a decisive fifth inning to give the Giants a two-run lead they didn't ...
Cubs capitalize on Twins' wild pitching, win series
Ian Happ clubbed a two-run homer and four Chicago relievers combined for five scoreless innings as the Cubs beat the visiting Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Chicago's bullpen thrived following a short outing from starter Javier Assad, who allowed two run...
Yanks take opener of twin bill from Angels behind Luis Gil
Rookie Luis Gil survived five walks in five scoreless innings as the host New York Yankees recorded a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday in the opener of a doubleheader. ,The Yankees won for the eighth time in nine games after dropping 23 of 33 from June 15-July 26 thanks to Gil's ...
Josh Bell powers Diamondbacks in sweep of Guardians
Josh Bell homered in back-to-back innings and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks won 5-3 on Wednesday to complete a doubleheader and three-game series sweep of the Cleveland Guardians, who have lost a season-high five straight.,Bell, who began last season with Cleveland before being dealt to Miami, c...
A's put White Sox back in loss column with 3-2 win
Lawrence Butler capped a three-run seventh inning with a go-ahead sacrifice fly, All-Star Mason Miller returned from the injured list with a 1-2-3 ninth and the Oakland Athletics earned a 3-2 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.,The defeat in the rubber match of a thre...
Astros power up vs. slumping Rangers for series victory
Victor Caratini and Yordan Alvarez each homered as the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 6-4 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.,Yusei Kikuchi (5-9) allowed two runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings in his second start since being acquired from the Toronto...
Cubs take advantage of Twins' wild pitching, win series
Ian Happ clubbed a two-run homer and four relievers combined for five innings of scoreless relief as the host Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Chicago's bullpen thrived following a short outing from starter Javier Assad, who allowed t...
Twins RHP Joe Ryan (triceps) exits start vs. Cubs
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan exited Wednesday afternoon's game against the host Chicago Cubs in the bottom of the third inning with right triceps tightness., ,After throwing a pitch to Pete Crow-Armstrong, who was leading off the frame, Ryan motioned toward the dugout and was visited by...
Orioles put RHP Grayson Rodriguez on 15-day IL
The Baltimore Orioles placed right-hander Grayson Rodriguez on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with right lat/teres discomfort. ,Rodriguez was scratched from his start Tuesday night vs. Toronto. The move is retroactive to Sunday. ,In a corresponding move, the O's recalled LHP Keegan Akin from Trip...
D-backs stay hot with 7-3 win over Guardians in Game 1
Geraldo Perdomo, Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte each hit two-run homers as the surging Arizona Diamondbacks beat the host Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in the opener of Wednesday's doubleheader.,Eugenio Suarez added a run-scoring double for the Diamondbacks, who have won the first two of this three-game s...
Rays reinstate RHP Drew Rasmussen from 60-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays activated right-hander Drew Rasmussen from the 60-day injured list Wednesday.,Rasmussen, who has not pitched in the majors since May 2023, will join the Tampa Bay bullpen.,The 29-year-old is returning from his third major elbow surgery in seven years. ,He went 0-2 with an 8.59 ERA...
A's reinstate All-Star closer Mason Miller from injured list
The Oakland Athletics reinstated All-Star closer Mason Miller from the 15-day injured list on Wednesday.,The 25-year-old right-hander has not pitched since July 22 due to a fractured left pinky finger.,Miller is 1-1 with 15 saves and a 2.21 ERA in 34 appearances out of the Oakland bullpen this seaso...
Dodgers' Brusdar Graterol (hamstring) likely out for season after 8 pitches
The Los Angeles Dodgers likely will be without reliever Brusdar Graterol for the rest of the season after he suffered a severe hamstring injury in his 2024 debut Tuesday night, manager Dave Roberts said.,Graterol, who missed the first 113 games of the season as he rehabbed a shoulder injury, threw e...
Behind Tyler Phillips, Phillies chase series win vs. Dodgers
It will be time for rookie right-hander Tyler Phillips to apply some lessons learned when he takes the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night in a road game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. ,Phillips was rocked for eight runs on five hits with three walks in just 1 2/3 innings of a r...
Paul Blackburn looks to guide Mets past Rockies
Paul Blackburn didn't steal the headlines when the New York Mets acquired him from the Oakland A's before the trade deadline last month.,But he might have been a steal for the National League wild-card contenders. ,Blackburn enjoyed a solid Mets debut Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., when he held th...
New York Yankees Jazz Chisholm Jr. is All That in Pinstripes
The New York Yankees needed a big spark, so they acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Miami Marlins at the MLB Trade Deadline, and he's all that and more in pinstripes....