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Nathaniel Lowe's walk-off blast ends Reds' rainy win over Tigers
Nathaniel Lowe belted a two-run walk-off home run late Friday night, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers.,After Detroit closer Kenley Jansen (0-1) recorded two quick outs in the ninth, Spencer Steer fell behind 0-2 in the count, then singled on a 2-2 pitch. Lowe conn...
Josh Naylor homers as Mariners edge Cardinals to end 8-game road skid
Josh Naylor hit a tiebreaking home run and George Kirby won his third straight start as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Friday night in an interleague matchup.,The Mariners snapped a streak of eight consecutive road defeats.,Kirby (4-2) allowed two runs on five hits ov...
Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yanks crush Astros; Giancarlo Stanton injured
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered and drove in four and the visiting New York Yankees ran their winning streak to seven by taking control early in their 12-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.,The Yankees lost Giancarlo Stanton to tightness in his lower right leg in the sixth. Stanton was pull...
Royals score 5 runs in 4th inning to beat Angels
Veteran Mike Trout set an Angels franchise record for most career games played at any one position with his 1,367th appearance in center field, but Los Angeles fell to the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Friday night in the opening game of their series in Kansas City.,The Royals scored five runs in the bo...
Athletics' 5 home runs bury Rangers
Nick Kurtz, Carlos Cortes and Tyler Soderstrom each hit solo homers in the first inning as the Athletics opened a three-game series against the Texas Rangers with an 8-1 victory on Friday in Arlington.,Cortes also hit a three-run homer and Zack Gelof slugged a two-run shot among his two hits for the...
White Sox edge Nats in back-and-forth series opener
Sam Antonacci delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and Munetaka Murakami homered as the host Chicago White Sox edged the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Friday.,Seranthony Dominguez worked around a Luis Garcia Jr. double in the ninth for his sixth save, sending the Nationals to the...
Paul Skenes' perfect game bid ends in 7th, but Pirates one-hit Brewers
Paul Skenes took a perfect game bid into the seventh inning and Konnor Griffin celebrated his 20th birthday with his first career homer to pace the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 on Friday in the opener of the three-game series., ,Skenes (4-1) retired the first 20 hitters...
Michael Harris comes off Braves bench for clutch hit, win vs. Phillies
Michael Harris delivered a pinch-hit double to drive in two runs and help the Atlanta Braves rally for a 5-3 win on Friday and hand the visiting Philadelphia Phillies their 10th straight loss.,The losing streak is the longest for Philadelphia since it dropped 11 in a row in 1999. The Braves have won...
Angel Martinez blasts pair of 2-run HRs as Guardians top Blue Jays
Angel Martinez launched a pair of two-run home runs Friday night and the visiting Cleveland Guardians held on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6.,Daniel Schneemann had a solo shot for the Guardians in the opener of a three-game series.,Jesus Sanchez and Kazuma Okamoto homered for the Blue Jays.,The...
Adley Rutschman hits 2 of Orioles' 6 homers in rout of Red Sox
Adley Rutschman hit the first of his two two-run homers in Baltimore's three-homer first inning and the Orioles went on to rip the visiting Boston Red Sox 10-3 on Friday.,Rutschman, who has three home runs in two games since being activated from the injury list earlier this week, finished with six R...
Junior Caminero, Jonathan Aranda each homer twice as Rays beat Twins
Junior Caminero hit a pair of tape-measure home runs and drove in three runs and Jonathan Aranda also homered twice to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night., ,It was the fifth career multi-homer game for Camin...
Michael Lorenzen, double plays help Rockies top Mets
Michael Lorenzen tossed a season-high seven innings and earned the win Friday night for the visiting Colorado Rockies, who beat the New York Mets 4-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Jake McCarthy laced the tiebreaking RBI double in the sixth while Troy Johnston had what proved to be the decisi...
Offenses ready to shine as Padres, D-backs meet in Mexico City
The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres will meet in the third incarnation of the Mexico City Series in a two-game set beginning Saturday.,If form holds, runs will follow.,The Padres and San Francisco Giants combined for 37 runs in the inaugural two-game set in 2023, which the Padres swept wit...
Saturday's Red Sox-O's game moved up due to weather
Saturday's game between the Boston Red Sox and host Orioles has been moved up from 4:05 p.m. ET to 12:05 p.m. due to inclement weather expected in the Baltimore area.,Highs near Camden Yards in Baltimore are expected to be in the low 60s on Saturday with an increasing probability of precipitation in...
Rays acquire RHP Casey Legumina from Mariners
The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Casey Legumina from the Seattle Mariners on Friday in exchange for fellow right-hander Ty Cummings.,To make room on the 40-man roster, the Rays transferred right-hander Edwin Uceta (right shoulder impingement) to the 60-day injured list.,Legumina, 28, is 0-1 with a 4.63 E...
Surging teams collide as Marlins visit Giants
Two teams that have ridden strong pitching to recent success will meet Friday night when the Miami Marlins open a three-game road series against the San Francisco Giants.,Right-handers Sandy Alcantara (2-2, 3.06 ERA) of the Marlins and Adrian Houser (0-2, 5.40) of the Giants will kick off a series p...
Cubs bring 9-game win streak into opener vs. Dodgers
The Chicago Cubs carry the longest winning streak in the major leagues into the opener of a three-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night in a battle of division leaders. ,Chicago extended its winning streak to nine games with an 8-7 victory in 10 innings over the Philadelph...
Yordan Alvarez, Astros strive to do damage against Yankees' stellar pitching staff
The New York Yankees experienced a four-game blip with their pitching last week when they were unable to consistently record outs against the Los Angeles Angels.,The pitching has corrected itself during sweeps of the Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox, and the Yankees are on a six-game winning st...
Brandon Nimmo, Rangers take aim at Athletics
After taking two of three contests from the Pittsburgh Pirates to open a nine-game homestand, the Texas Rangers will welcome the Athletics to Arlington for the opener of a three-game series on Friday night.,The Rangers are feeling good about their offseason trade that landed them a reliable leadoff ...
Brewers open division play vs. Paul Skenes, Pirates
The Milwaukee Brewers will turn to veteran Brandon Woodruff as they finally face a National League Central opponent when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.,Woodruff (2-0, 3.42 ERA) will oppose fellow right-hander Paul Skenes (3-1, 3.27), the reigni...