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Rays outscore Padres in wild 7th, hold on to win series
Chandler Simpson slashed a tiebreaking, two-out single to cap a four-run, seventh-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a wild 7-6 victory and a series win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Down 6-3 after San Diego's three-run top half of the seventh, Yand...
Juan Soto returns, as Mets defeat Astros
Nolan McLean tossed seven innings of two-hit ball and earned the win Saturday for the host New York Mets, who beat the Houston Astros 6-2 in the middle game of a three-game interleague series.,Juan Soto returned from the injured list after sitting out five weeks due to strained left calf and went 1-...
Josh Rojas drives in 4 as red-hot Royals rally past Guardians
Josh Rojas hit a two-run homer and tied his career high with four RBIs as the surging Kansas City Royals scored eight straight runs to beat the host Cleveland Guardians 8-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Rojas had a two-run single in the sixth inning and added a two-run homer in the eighth to lift Kansas Ci...
Merrill Kelly, Lars Nootbaar lead D-backs past Giants in Game 1
Merrill Kelly combined with two relievers on a four-hitter, Lars Nootbaar broke a scoreless deadlock with a seventh-inning, pinch-hit grand slam and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks went on to beat the San Francisco Giants 7-1 in the opener of a day-night double-header on Saturday afternoon.,The ni...
Blue Jays rally from 3 down to edge Mariners
Alejandro Kirk singled in the go-ahead run in a two-run sixth, Jose Soriano pitched seven effective innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 4-3 Saturday afternoon.,The Blue Jays won their second in a row to open the three-game series on a day when former Blue Jays ca...
Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong blasts 3 homers, drives in 6 to thrash Reds
Pete Crow-Armstrong recorded his first three-homer game and drove in six runs to power the host Chicago Cubs to a 17-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.,Crow-Armstrong increased his team-leading homer total to 36 with a solo shot in the first inning, a two-run blast in the second and a t...
Rafael Flores' 3-run shot helps Pirates beat Cards
Rookie slugger Rafael Flores Jr. hit a three-run home run for the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, who effectively used six pitchers in a bullpen game to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Brandon Lowe added a solo homer in the first inning for the Pirates, who overcame shaky defens...
Andrew Benintendi carries White Sox past Twins
Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox held on for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Benintendi's three hits marked the only hits of the day for Chicago, which won anyway to increase its winning streak to f...
Defense, starting pitching help Red Sox blank Yankees
Rookie Jake Bennett pitched six stellar innings and got some massive help from his defense in the fourth inning as the visiting Boston Red Sox earned a 6-0 victory over the New York Yankees in the opener of Saturday's day-night doubleheader.,Wilyer Abreu homered in the first inning against New York ...
Kevin McGonigle, Javier Baez help Tigers tame Dodgers
Kevin McGonigle delivered a bases-loaded single in the ninth to drive in the winning run as the host Detroit Tigers topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Javier Baez scored both runs for Detroit, which had lost eight of its previous nine games. Gleyber Torres drove in the other r...
A's SS Jacob Wilson scheduled for left shoulder surgery
Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson is set to undergo left shoulder surgery, MLB.com reported Saturday, with a timetable for a return not yet established.,Wilson, 24, last played in a game on Aug. 16 with his shoulder injury expected to end his season. That became official Tuesday when he was moved to ...
Yankees sign former top prospect Jarred Kelenic to minor league deal
The New York Yankees became the latest team to take a chance on former top outfield prospect Jarred Kelenic by signing the 2018 first-round draft pick to a minor league contract Saturday.,Kelenic, 27, is set to report to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after he became a free agent when he declined mi...
Shohei Ohtani 'not 100%', return to mound in question
Shohei Ohtani's return to the mound this season remains in question with the two-way star dealing with lingering arm and knee discomfort following a short throwing session in the bullpen Friday.,Multiple reports during the week indicated that Ohtani could return to the mound for a short start Sunday...
Can the Astros Make the Playoffs Without a General Manager?
The Astros fired GM Dana Brown while still in contention for the AL West, leaving Jim Crane to oversee a surprisingly mediocre playoff hopeful....
Mets activate All-Star OF Juan Soto (calf) from IL
The New York Mets activated All-Star outfielder Juan Soto from the 10-day injured list on Saturday.,Soto has been sidelined since straining his left calf on July 24. He missed 15 games with a right calf injury in April. ,Soto, 27, is batting .283 with 21 homers and 52 RBIs in 84 games this season, h...
Larry Christenson, 1980 World Series champ, dies at 72
Larry Christenson, a pitcher who won the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980, died unexpectedly on Friday at age 72, the team announced.,The Phillies' statement did not reveal a cause of death, but the team said Christenson was on a fishing trip with family and friends in his native ...
Angels' resiliency to be put to test in rematch vs. Phillies
Despite seeing his team lose an American League-high 83 games, Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki has gone out of his way to praise his club's resiliency.,"They never give up," Suzuki said after the Angels lost their fifth straight game in true gut-punch fashion. Los Angeles dropped a 5-3 decisi...
Just off IL, Blaze Alexander looks to spark Orioles vs. Athletics
Blaze Alexander has returned just in time for the Baltimore Orioles, who continue their three-game series against the Athletics on Saturday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Alexander was activated from the injured list and hit leadoff on Friday, when the Orioles scored two runs in the 10th inning to beat ...
Brewers seek to continue small-ball success vs. Rangers
The Milwaukee Brewers have earned the best record in Major League Baseball this season by doing the little things.,That's the formula manager Pat Murphy's team will look to employ again Saturday as it hosts the Texas Rangers.,While the Brewers rank last in the majors with just 123 home runs, they ma...
Rays ride big day, big inning into rematch vs. Padres
In terms of a winning the whole day from start to finish, the Tampa Bay Rays will have a hard time topping Friday.,The Rays, who secured their future in the area early in the day, opened their series against the San Diego Padres with a 9-4 victory. They will try to beat the Padres again on Saturday ...