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Hard-hitting Matt Wallner, Twins ready for twin bill vs. White Sox
Advanced metrics show that Minnesota Twins outfielder Matt Wallner smacked his team's two hardest-hit balls of the season over the past two games.,"He's a large man with a good swing," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said of Wallner.,However, Mother Nature kept Wallner, his teammates and the host White...
MLB roundup: Josh Naylor, Guardians top Tigers in 10th
Josh Naylor drove in four runs, including the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, as the visiting Cleveland Guardians topped the Detroit Tigers 9-8 on Tuesday night.,Cleveland ended Detroit's four-game winning streak despite squandering a 6-0 lead.,Naylor, who reached base five times, also supplied a t...
Red Sox use eight-run 2nd to power past A's
Wilyer Abreu had four RBIs and Brayan Bello struck out a career-high 11 in 5 1/3 innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the visiting Oakland Athletics 12-9 on Tuesday to open a three-game series.,Abreu crushed a three-run home run before Dominic Smith followed with a solo shot to highlight Boston's eigh...
Chris Sale gets win No. 12 as Braves down D-backs
Adam Duvall slammed a three-run homer and Chris Sale became the majors' first 12-game winner as the Atlanta Braves cruised to a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night at Phoenix.,Marcell Ozuna and Duvall each had two hits and two runs while Jarred Kelenic also had two hits as the...
Adolis Garcia’s late homer carries Rangers past Angels
Adolis Garcia's one-out home run in the eighth inning snapped a 4-4 tie and lifted the Texas Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels Tuesday in Anaheim, Calif.,The Angels trailed 4-1 early, but rallied against Rangers starter Max Scherzer, who was making his fourth start of the season a...
Wild pitch seals Giants' victory over Blue Jays
Brett Wisely tied the game with a two-out, run-scoring single in the ninth inning and Tyler Fitzgerald scampered home on a wild pitch six pitches later as the San Francisco Giants to overtake the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday.,In the game that began with a successful return to the mound ...
Cal Raleigh goes deep from both sides as M's rout Padres
Cal Raleigh homered from both sides of the plate Tuesday night, Julio Rodriguez had a home run among his four hits and Logan Gilbert pitched into the eighth inning as the visiting Seattle Mariners stopped the San Diego Padres 8-3.,Raleigh enjoyed the eighth two-homer game of his career, his second w...
Report: Rays' Wander Franco charged with sexual abuse of minor
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was formally charged with sexual abuse and sexual exploitation against a minor on Tuesday, according to ESPN.,The charges came in the Dominican Republic, where Franco and the minor involved in the case are from.,Kelmin Duncan, a prosecutor for the Puerto Plata ...
Rookie Rece Hinds homers as Reds power past Rockies
Rookie Rece Hinds belted a 458-foot home run and fell a single shy of the cycle in his second career game to power the Cincinnati Reds past the visiting Colorado Rockies, 12-6, Tuesday night.,After making his major league debut on Monday and drilling a 449-foot homer to the upper deck in left, Hinds...
Marvin Harrison Jr. Refuses To Throw Kyle McCord Under Bus in NFL Combine Meeting with New York Giants
HBO's Hard Knocks captured an NFL Combine meeting with the New York Giants and Marvin Harrison Jr., where he repeatedly refused to throw Kyle McCord under the bus....
Pirates belt five homers, blow out Brewers
Joey Bart hit a grand slam to highlight Pittsburgh's five-homer barrage as the visiting Pirates pounded out a 12-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series.,Bryan Reynolds, Rowdy Tellez, Jack Suwinski and Joshua Palacios also went deep for the Pirates, who e...
Alex Bregman's homer helps Astros edge Marlins
Alex Bregman clubbed a two-run, seventh-inning homer in support of Ronel Blanco, who recorded a quality start while lifting the Houston Astros to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Tuesday.,The Astros capitalized on a throwing error by Marlins shortstop Xavier Edwards in the bottom of ...
Red Sox use 8-run 2nd to power past A's
Wilyer Abreu had four RBIs and Brayan Bello struck out a career-high 11 in 5 1/3 innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the visiting Oakland Athletics 12-9 in Tuesday's three-game series opener.,Abreu crushed a three-run home run before Dominic Smith followed with a solo shot that highlighted Boston's e...
Guardians top Tigers in 10 after blowing 6-run lead
Josh Naylor drove in four runs, including the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, as the visiting Cleveland Guardians topped the Detroit Tigers, 9-8, on Tuesday night.,Cleveland ended Detroit's four-game winning streak despite squandering a 6-0 lead.,Naylor, who reached base five times, also supplied a...
Mets lean on Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo to smack Nats
Francisco Lindor and Brandon Nimmo combined for two homers and six RBIs on Tuesday night, leading the host New York Mets to a 7-5 win over the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series.,Starter Jose Quintana gave up just one hit over seven scoreless innings for the Mets, who improved...
Trea Turner, Phillies bully Dodgers
Trea Turner had three hits, including a grand slam, to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 10-1 drubbing of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series. ,Brandon Marsh added a solo home run among his two hits, Bryson Stott also hit a solo shot and Kyle Schwarbe...
Cubs crank out 14 hits in blowout of O's
Michael Busch and Ian Happ homered and the Chicago Cubs opened a seven-game road trip with a 9-2 victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night., ,Seiya Suzuki added a pair of run-scoring hits as the Cubs won for the fourth time in their last five games, marking their best stretch since Apri...
Rays' first-inning uprising sends Yankees to another loss
Isaac Paredes launched a three-run homer to highlight a four-run first inning and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 5-3 win against the New York Yankees in the opener of a three-game series on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Amed Rosario had two hits and scored a run for the Rays, who ended a three-g...
Yankees GM Brian Cashman joins team on road amid slump
Brian Cashman had already planned on traveling to the Tampa Bay area to work on MLB draft prep at the Yankees' spring training complex. But New York's general manager felt compelled to join the team early for Tuesday's series opener at the Rays.,Cashman is watching his roster closely as the Yankees ...
Red Sox 3B Rafael Devers (shoulder) out for AL All-Stars
Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers will sit out the All-Star Game to rest a sore left shoulder.,Devers, 27, has been playing through an injury in the AC joint, Boston manager Alex Cora said Tuesday. The eight-year veteran was set to play in his third Midsummer Classic.,"He's been grinding th...