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Braves tally six runs in sixth to outslug Guardians
Ronald Acuna Jr., Matt Olson and Michael Harris II each hit home runs in the sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves picked up an 11-5 win over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Friday.,Atlanta sent 10 batters to the plate, pounded out seven hits and scored six runs in the decisive sixth inning.,Acuna'...

Rays shake up order, send Yankees to third straight loss
Yandy Diaz started an early comeback with a two-run homer to spoil Luis Gil's season debut and spark the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Seeking more production from an inconsistent lineup, Rays manager Kevin Cash moved Diaz to the cl...

Kris Bubic tosses gem as Royals blank White Sox
Kris Bubic allowed two hits and struck out a career-high 11 over seven stellar shutout innings, and Carter Jensen clubbed a solo home run, as the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game skid with Friday night's 2-0 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox.,An All-Star last season before his seaso...

Five Athletics' hurlers combine to blank Mets
A quintet of pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout Friday night for the visiting Athletics, who continued surging with a 4-0 win over the slumping New York Mets.,Shea Langeliers laced a third-inning run-scoring single in the third before Jeff McNeil (single) and Denzel Clarke (two-run single) added...

Jorge Soler grand slam puts bow on Angels win over Reds
Jorge Soler belted a grand slam and Jack Kochanowicz allowed one run over seven innings, fueling the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.,Zach Neto launched a two-run homer, Josh Lowe also went deep and Yoan Moncada had an RBI single while reaching base f...

Diamondback pitchers fan 16 Phillies in 1-run victory
Ketel Marte and James McCann each drove in two runs as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,Arizona's Michael Soroka (3-0) settled down after a rough start to allow four runs, five hits and two walks in ...

Keider Montero, Tigers blank Marlins with 2-hitter
Keider Montero tossed six strong innings and three relievers completed the shutout as the host Detroit Tigers snapped a five-game losing streak by blanking the Miami Marlins 2-0 on Friday.,Montero (1-1), who was called up from Triple-A Toledo last weekend, allowed just two hits and a walk while reco...

Astros place SP Cristian Javier and OF Jake Meyers on IL
The Houston Astros lost another member of their starting rotation when they placed right-hander Cristian Javier (right shoulder strain) on the 15-day injured list on Friday before opening a three-game series in Seattle.,In addition, the Astros placed outfielder Jake Meyers (oblique strain) on the 10...

Bryan Reynolds' homer the difference in Pirates' defeat of Cubs
Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run home run, Carmen Mlodzinski threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings and the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Friday afternoon.,Facing Chicago starter Shota Imanaga, Pittsburgh didn't tally its first hit until the top of the seventh.,Cubs reliever Caleb Thie...

Tigers place Parker Meadows (arm) on injured list following outfield collision
The Detroit Tigers placed center fielder Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list on Friday with a broken bone in his left arm sustained in a scary collision with a teammate during a loss at Minnesota on Thursday.,Meadows, 26, fractured the radius bone in his left arm as well as suffering a concuss...

Breaking bat: Mariners break Ichiro statue during reveal
An unveiling of their Ichiro Suzuki statue turned into a bad break for the Seattle Mariners on Friday. ,As a navy blue tarp was pulled back to reveal the bronze statue of Seattle's Hall of Fame right fielder, the bat in the right hand of the Ichiro likeness snapped just above the knuckles and remain...

Broncos ownership buys reported 40% stake in Rockies
Denver Broncos owners Greg Penner and Carrie Walton Penner officially became minority owners of the Colorado Rockies on Friday.,Rockies chairman and CEO Dick Monfort and owner/general partner Charlie Monfort announced the agreement with the Penner Sports Group, a deal that has been approved by Major...

OF Seiya Suzuki returns as Cubs lose reliever Phil Maton to IL
The Chicago Cubs reinstated outfielder Seiya Suzuki from the injured list before Friday afternoon's series opener against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.,Suzuki, 31, has been sidelined by a sprained knee ligament sustained while playing for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic.,The Cubs designa...

Padres continue series vs. Rockies after Xander Bogaerts slam: 'It's huge'
It would be hard to start a homestand in a more dramatic fashion than the San Diego Padres' Xander Bogaerts did Thursday night.,The veteran shortstop hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Padres to a 7-3 win over the Colorado Rockies in the opener of the teams' four-game seri...

White Sox break long losing streak in K.C., pursue repeat win vs. Royals
It's been nearly four years since the Chicago White Sox won back-to-back games in Kansas City. ,After ending their lengthy road skid to the Royals on Thursday, the White Sox will get the chance to accomplish that feat again on Friday night. ,Chicago entered Thursday's opener of a four-game set with ...

Yankees work to end struggles at plate in visit to Rays
The New York Yankees are intrigued at the prospect of playing in a renovated Tropicana Field after letting the Tampa Bay Rays use their spring-training stadium as the Rays' home last season.,New York is even more interested to see if it can solve its current slump at the plate on Friday night when t...

A's visit Mets, strive to take another bite out of Big Apple after blanking Yankees
One run on Thursday afternoon was enough for the Athletics to earn a win and begin pondering what they're capable of this season.,A few hours later, one run was not nearly enough to earn a victory for the New York Mets, who were left to wonder if they had erased the progress they seemingly made just...

Blue Jays bid to build momentum in series opener vs. Twins
The Toronto Blue Jays ended two streaks on Wednesday and will try to stop another streak Friday night when they host the Minnesota Twins.,The Blue Jays snapped a six-game losing streak two days ago with a scruffy 4-3 win that also stopped the Los Angeles Dodgers' five-game winning streak.,The Twins ...

Angels, Reds struggling to score ahead of series opener
The Los Angeles Angels and host Cincinnati Reds will look for a spark to ignite their offenses on Friday night when the teams open a three-game interleague series.,The Angels answered a season-high three-game winning streak by mustering just two runs in each of their past two contests -- both losses...

'Frustrated' Phillies face tall task vs. Michael Soroka, D-backs
The Philadelphia Phillies will pit their cold bats against one of the hottest starting pitchers in the league Friday night when they host Michael Soroka and the Arizona Diamondbacks.,The Phillies have not scored a run in their last 20 innings, and they enter a three-game series on the heels of back-...