Baseball Page 940 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Brandon Lowe's bases-clearing triple help Rays beat Royals
Brandon Lowe hit a three-run triple and Taj Bradley threw five scoreless innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Sunday.,The Rays were held without a base runner by Royals starter Michael Wacha until the sixth, but Tampa Bay scored four in the inning to help snap a ...
Backed by Braves' bats, Chris Sale stifles Pirates
Chris Sale was stellar through seven innings to help the Atlanta Braves take an 8-1 win and avoid the sweep in the series finale against the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.,Sale (8-1) allowed one run on four hits and struck out eight.,Jarred Kelenic, who entered the game in the game in the bottom...
Julio Rodriguez, Mariners surge past Nationals
Julio Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host Washington Nationals 9-5 on Sunday afternoon.,Ty France also went deep and singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for the American League West-leading Mariners, who blew a 4-0 lead before ra...
Mets rally, halt skid with walk-off win over Giants
Omar Narvaez delivered a walk-off RBI single Sunday afternoon for the New York Mets, who stopped a five-game skid with a 4-3 win over the visiting San Francisco Giants.,The Mets improved to 7-16 this month. The Giants lost for just the second time in their last 10 games.,Giants starter Logan Webb an...
Red Sox avoid sweep, edge Brewers on late RBI hit
Jarren Duran delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to help the Boston Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep by beating the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Sunday., ,After Ceddanne Rafaela led off the inning with a double, Duran singled against reliever Elvis Peguero (4-2...
Reds beat Dodgers to complete three-game sweep
Jonathan India and Nick Martini drove in two runs apiece as the Cincinnati Reds completed a weekend sweep and handed the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers a season-high fifth straight loss with a 4-1 victory on Sunday.,Nick Martinez (2-3) followed opener Brent Suter and allowed one hit over 4 1/3 innings...
Matt Vierling hits walkoff HR as Tigers outslug Blue Jays
Matt Vierling hit a game-winning three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the Detroit Tigers slugged past the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 14-11 on Sunday.,Vierling's game-winner came off Jordan Romano (2-1) and extended Detroit's win streak to three games. Spencer Torkelson singled...
Braves OF Ronald Acuna Jr. (knee) exits game vs. Pirates
Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. sustained an apparent left knee injury during the first inning of Sunday's game against the host Pittsburgh Pirates. ,Acuna, the reigning National League MVP, led off the game with a double to right-center field off Pirates left-hander Martin Perez. ,A...
Royals place 2B Michael Massey (back) on 10-day injured list
The Kansas City Royals placed second baseman Michael Massey on the 10-day injured list on Sunday due to low back tightness.,In a corresponding move, the Royals recalled shortstop Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha.,Massey homered in the fifth inning of the Royals' 8-1 victory over the host Tampa Bay Ra...
Rockies place rookie OF Jordan Beck (hand) on IL
The Colorado Rockies placed rookie Jordan Beck on the 10-day injured list with a fractured left hand on Sunday and recalled fellow outfielder Sean Bouchard from Triple-A Albuquerque.,Beck sustained the injury after landing on his glove hand while making a diving catch of Nick Castellanos' liner in t...
Mariners activate LHP Tayler Saucedo from IL
The Seattle Mariners reinstated left-hander Tayler Saucedo from the 15-day injured list on Sunday. ,Saucedo, 30, sustained a right knee injury while covering first base in the eighth inning of a game against the Minnesota Twins on May 7. He struck out one batter in one scoreless inning of relief in ...
Aaron Judge aims to power Yankees to sweep of Padres
The latest episode of the "Aaron Judge Show" proved to be one for the books, perhaps overshadowing yet another aspect of the New York Yankees' recent success -- the starting pitching. ,Judge homered and doubled in the Yankees' 4-1 win over the host San Diego Padres on Saturday, and he became the fir...
Marlins chase series win vs. D-backs
The Miami Marlins will try to win their fourth straight series on Sunday afternoon when they face the Arizona Diamondbacks in the rubber match of their three-game series in Phoenix.,The Marlins will turn to left-hander Ryan Weathers (2-4, 3.49 ERA), who is 0-1 with a 5.14 ERA in six career appearanc...
Angels' Carlos Estevez hopes for chance to write different ending vs. Guardians
Carlos Estevez was in good company last season, joining Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout as the Los Angeles Angels' All-Star Game representatives. ,This year, Trout is hurt, Ohtani plays for the Dodgers, and Estevez simply hasn't been good enough.,Estevez, the Angels' closer, went on to save 31 games in...
Reds vie to sweep Dodgers, win season series
Brunch and baseball will be the theme Sunday when the Cincinnati Reds and visiting Los Angeles Dodgers play with an adjusted starting time. ,First pitch of the series finale and season finale between the teams will be at 12:10 p.m. ET, 90 minutes earlier than the scheduled 1:40 p.m. start time becau...
Phillies' Ranger Suarez vies for 10th win in clash vs. Rockies
Having Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola at the top of the rotation gives the Philadelphia Phillies an edge against almost any team. Therefore, Ranger Suarez serving as the No. 3 starter seems almost unfair.,Suarez (9-0, 1.36 ERA), after all, leads the majors in wins and is second in ERA. The left-hander ...
Astros' Ronel Blanco back from suspension, will face A's in finale
Ronel Blanco hopes to finish something he started in mid-May as he and the Houston Astros face the host Oakland Athletics in the rubber match of their three-game series Sunday afternoon.,After the Astros swept a May 13-16 four-game home set against the A's, the clubs have battled on even terms in Oa...
Streaking Twins, slumping Rangers heading in opposite directions
The Minnesota Twins haven't lost since holding a closed-door meeting last week.,They'll try to make it five wins in a row when they host the Texas Rangers in the finale of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.,After the Twins lost their seventh straight game last Monday, 12-3 a...
Orioles seek four-game sweep vs. White Sox
The Baltimore Orioles have pulled out victories in the first three games of a series with the Chicago White Sox and go for the road sweep Sunday afternoon., ,The outcomes have been uplifting for the Orioles and equally frustrating for the White Sox., ,"We know we have a shot any time," Orioles infie...
Royals, Rays in opposite directions entering series finale
Michael Wacha will go for his fourth straight victory when the visiting Kansas City Royals, who are on a winning streak of their own, go for a three-game sweep over the struggling Tampa Bay Rays., ,Wacha (4-4, 4.45 ERA) has a 2.37 ERA in wins in three consecutive starts, two on the road and then hom...