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Mauricio Dubon's pinch-hit HR caps Astros' rally, sinks Pirates
Mauricio Dubon clubbed his first career pinch-hit home run and the Houston Astros won their seventh consecutive game with starter Framber Valdez on the mound, topping the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Wednesday to salve the finale of a three-game interleague series., ,Dubon turned on a first-pi...
Ian Happ haunts Reds again, leads Cubs to 13-4 win
Ian Happ went 3-for-4 with a tape measure home run and Seiya Suzuki added a pair of doubles and three RBIs as the visiting Chicago Cubs salvaged the series finale with a 13-4 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.,Happ, who attended the University of Cincinnati, has 18 homers and 49 RBIs in 56 ca...
San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays Took Divergent MLB Trade Deadline Paths
Like many MLB Trade Deadlines, this one was dominated by buyers and sellers. The San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays took divergent paths this deadline....
MLB roundup: O's get grand slam from Jackson Holliday, beat Jays
Top prospect Jackson Holliday hit a fifth-inning grand slam for his first career home run in his return to the major leagues as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 on Wednesday afternoon.,Holliday, who had only two hits across 34 at-bats during a spring promotion, retu...
Rafael Devers, Red Sox walk off vs. Mariners
Rafael Devers led off the bottom of the 10th inning with an RBI double that scored Tyler O'Neill and handed the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 win over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Wednesday., ,Devers had three hits in the victory, which gave the Red Sox their second win in the three-game series. Boston p...
D-backs hang on to edge Nats
The Arizona Diamondbacks erupted for four runs in the sixth inning and held on for their seventh win in eight games, a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals in Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon.,The Nationals, who lost their fourth game in a row, scored one run in the eighth on Luis Garcia Jr.'s RB...
Marlins end Taj Bradley’s scoreless streak in 6-2 win over Rays
Jake Burger blasted a two-run homer during a three-run third inning as the Miami Marlins earned a split of a two-game series with a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Marlins rocked red-hot right-hander Taj Bradley (6-5) for four runs on four hits in h...
Report: Rays traded pricey talent after failed sale bid
The Tampa Bay Rays' decision to offload some of their top talent before Tuesday's trade deadline partially stemmed from a deal to buy the team that never came to be, the New York Post reported Wednesday. ,Rays owner Stuart Sternberg was looking to sell the team to a group of local investors for $1.6...
Orioles All-Star 3B Jordan Westburg fractures hand
Baltimore Orioles All-Star third baseman Jordan Westburg sustained a fractured right hand when hit by a pitch in Wednesday's game against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.,Westburg was plunked by a fastball from Toronto's Yerry Rodriguez in the fifth inning.,Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is hopeful Wes...
Braves use clutch hits, power display to down Brewers
Austin Riley grounded a go-ahead two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 6-2 victory over the host Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon.,After Milwaukee reliever Jared Koenig walked Jorge Soler to load the bases with two outs in the seventh, Elvis Peguero ...
Tommy Pham helps Cardinals rout Rangers, 10-1
Tommy Pham continued his happy homecoming by driving in two runs and scoring twice as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers 10-1 Wednesday afternoon.,Pham, who spent parts of five seasons with the Cardinals to start his career, hit a grand slam Tuesday on his first game since arriving i...
Royals wallop White Sox 10-3 to complete sweep
Freddy Fermin smacked a two-run home run among his four hits and Salvador Perez had three hits and two RBIs as the visiting Kansas City Royals routed the Chicago White Sox 10-3 on Wednesday to cap a series sweep.,Brady Singer pitched seven strong innings to earn the win for the Royals. ,Chicago stum...
Twins drub Mets 8-3 to salvage finale
Pablo Lopez tossed six strong innings Wednesday afternoon as the visiting Minnesota Twins salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague series with an 8-3 victory over the New York Mets.,Matt Wallner went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer for the Twins, who lost a series for just the sixth time in 20 t...
Orioles top prospect Jackson Holliday hits grand slam after call up
Called up from Triple-A Norfolk on Wednesday morning, Baltimore Orioles top prospect Jackson Holliday began his second stint in the majors in grand fashion later in the day.,Holliday, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2022 MLB Draft, hit his first career home run -- a grand slam -- in the fifth inning o...
Jackson Holliday, Orioles overpower Blue Jays
Top prospect Jackson Holliday hit a fifth-inning grand slam for his first career home run in his first game back in the major leagues as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 on Wednesday afternoon.,Holliday, who had only two hits in 34 at-bats in a spring promotion, ret...
DJ LeMahieu’s grand slam powers Yankees' sweep of Phillies
DJ LeMahieu hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs to help the visiting New York Yankees complete a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 6-5 victory on Wednesday afternoon.,Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and scored a run for New York, which has won five in a row overall...
Marlins end Bradley’s scoreless streak in 6-2 win over Rays
Jake Burger blasted a two-run homer in a three-run third inning as the Miami Marlins earned a split of their two-game series Wednesday afternoon with a 6-2 win over the host Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Marlins rocked red-hot right-hander Taj Bradley (6-5) for four runs on four hits in...
Red Sox add RHP Lucas Sims to roster
The Boston Red Sox added newly acquired right-hander Lucas Sims to their roster among a series of moves on Wednesday. ,The Red Sox acquired Sims from the Cincinnati Reds ahead of the trade deadline on Tuesday along with right-hander Luis Garcia. The club will add Garcia to the roster Thursday or Fri...
Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole in line for weekend start
New York Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole appears to be back on track to join the starting rotation this weekend. ,Cole will throw a bullpen session on Friday before the Yankees make his slot official after he was scratched Tuesday due to fatigue. He's considered likely to make his eighth start of 2...
Cards tab Michael McGreevy to make debut, put Lance Lynn on IL
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Michael McGreevy was promoted from Triple-A Memphis to make his major league debut against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.,The Cardinals also placed right-hander Lance Lynn on the 15-day injured list with right knee inflammation.,McGreevy, 24, will become the eighth ...