MLB Page 254 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Shohei Ohtani slugs NL-leading 30th HR as Dodgers top White Sox
Shohei Ohtani hit his National League-leading 30th home run and Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched seven strong innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers opened a six-game homestand with a 6-1 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,Andy Pages and Michael Conforto each drove in two runs as the Dodg...

Salvador Perez knocks in 3 as Royals double up Mariners
Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Tuesday.,Five Royals combined for 4 1/3 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief as Kansas City won for just the second time in the past 10 games. Lucas Erceg (3-2) got the vic...

Diamondbacks blast 4 homers to beat Giants
Jake McCarthy, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Randal Grichuk and James McCann homered to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-2 win against the San Francisco Giants in the second game of their four-game series on Tuesday night in Phoenix.,Geraldo Perdomo added two hits and an RBI for Arizona, which ended a f...

Astros ride Victor Caratini's slam to victory over Rockies
Victor Caratini's grand slam capped a five-run second inning, and the Houston Astros held on to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in Denver on Tuesday night.,Christian Walker went 3-for-4 with an RBI single while Cam Smith, Mauricio Dubon and Caratini had two hits each for the Astros, who posted their s...

Adolis Garcia leads 14-hit attack as Rangers thrash O's
Adolis Garcia had three hits and drove in four and Alejandro Osuna hit his first career home run to back six solid innings from ace Jacob deGrom as the Texas Rangers walloped the Baltimore Orioles 10-2 on Tuesday in the middle game of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,Corey Seager and Jonah H...

Matthew Boyd pitches Cubs past Guardians, his former team
Matthew Boyd allowed two runs over seven strong innings against his most recent former club as the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 5-2 on Tuesday night.,Carson Kelly ripped a two-run double during Chicago's three-run second and finished with three RBIs.,Boyd (8-3) gave back two ru...

Hot Angels plate 4 runs in 8th, shut out Braves
The visiting Los Angeles Angels broke up a scoreless game with four runs in the eighth inning and beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Tuesday in the opener of their three-game series.,The Angels have won five of their last seven and pulled back to the .500 mark. The Braves have lost five of their last si...

10th-inning sacrifice fly lifts Athletics over Rays
Pinch hitter Austin Wynns drove in Colby Thomas with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as the visiting Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Tuesday.,Thomas, the Athletics' second-ranked prospect who was called up Monday, collected his first major league hit and his first run.,Michael Kelly (2-0...

Astros concerned after Yordan Alvarez (hand) has setback
Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez experienced a setback with his fractured right hand and will see a specialist, general manager Dana Brown told reporters prior to Tuesday's road game against the Colorado Rockies.,Brown said Alvarez will see the specialist on Wednesday.,Alvarez has missed two mo...

Red Sox and Reds suspended by rain after three innings
Continuing rain in the Boston area suspended Tuesday's game between the Boston Red Sox and visiting Cincinnati Reds in the top of the fourth inning. The Red Sox held a 2-1 lead on the strength of a pair of first-inning runs.,The game will resume at 2:30 p.m. ET Wednesday before the regularly schedul...

Pirates shut out Cardinals for second consecutive game
Henry Davis' eighth-inning sacrifice fly scored the game's lone run, lifting the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.,The Pirates extended their winning streak to a season-high five games and dealt the Cardinals their second loss in a row following ...

Giants exercise manager Bob Melvin's contract for 2026
The San Francisco Giants picked up the 2026 option on manager Bob Melvin's contract on Tuesday.,Melvin, 63, is in his second season guiding the Giants. The team has a 45-40 record entering Tuesday night's road game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.,"Having the chance to work alongside Bob every day,...

Edward Cabrera, Marlins blank Twins to win 8th straight
Edward Cabrera pitched seven scoreless innings and Kyle Stowers hit his 14th home run as the host Miami Marlins won their eighth straight game, defeating the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Tuesday night.,It's the Marlins' longest win streak since they moved to Miami in 2012. The franchise record for the lon...

George Springer's big bat helps Blue Jays upend Yankees
George Springer hit a grand slam, added a solo homer and had a career-best seven RBIs Tuesday afternoon as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 12-5 on Canada Day.,Andres Gimenez added a three-run homer for the Blue Jays, who have won the opening two of a four-game series. T...

Brewers-Mets rained out, teams to play twice on Wednesday
Tuesday night's series opener between the Milwaukee Brewers and host New York Mets was postponed due to rain.,The two teams will play a split doubleheader on Wednesday. Game 1 is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET and Game 2 is slated for 7:10 p.m.,Right-hander Freddy Peralta (8-4, 2.90 ERA) is expected to ...

Padres-Phillies postponed, clubs to play doubleheader on Wednesday
The Tuesday night game between the San Diego Padres and host Philadelphia Phillies was postponed due to inclement weather.,The two teams will play a split doubleheader on Wednesday. Game 1 is slated for 1:05 p.m. ET and Game 2 is scheduled for 6:15 p.m.,The Padres are expected to start Nick Pivetta ...

Tigers-Nationals rained out; twin bill slated for Wednesday
The Washington Nationals' home game against the Detroit Tigers was postponed Tuesday due to rain in the area.,Instead, the teams will play a day-night doubleheader Wednesday. The makeup game was scheduled for 1:05 p.m. before their regularly scheduled game at 6:45.,Pitching plans for the twin bill w...

Angels activate OF Jorge Soler (back) from 10-day IL
The Los Angeles Angels activated outfielder Jorge Soler from the 10-day injured list prior to Tuesday night's game at the Atlanta Braves.,Soler has been sidelined with lower back inflammation. He last played on June 17.,Soler, 33, is batting .207 with eight homers and 26 RBIs in 67 games this season...

Braves change hurlers to Grant Holmes to begin series vs. Angels
Braves right-hander Grant Holmes has found victories hard to come by, but he has been delivering some solid outings.,The right-hander will look to further his success on Tuesday night when Atlanta hosts the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game series and nine-game homestand.,The Angels l...

Tigers place OF Kerry Carpenter (hamstring) on IL
The Detroit Tigers are placing outfielder Kerry Carpenter on the 10-day injured list due to a right hamstring issue, manager AJ Hinch said Tuesday.,The Tigers plan to recall infielder Trey Sweeney from Triple-A Toledo in a corresponding move ahead of Tuesday's series opener against the Nationals in ...