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Streaking Dodgers kick off 10-game trip at Braves
The Los Angeles Dodgers will try to extend their five-game winning streak and continue their early-season dominance over the Braves when they begin a 10-game road trip on Friday in Atlanta.,The Dodgers are coming off a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins and are tied with the New York Mets for the...
White Sox pitchers overwhelm Brewers
Luis Robert Jr. had two hits and four RBIs, Miguel Vargas smacked a three-run home run and Sean Burke pitched six shutout innings as the host Chicago White Sox routed the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0 on Thursday afternoon.,Chicago averted a three-game series sweep behind a timely, nine-hit attack and a res...
Reds blast Cardinals 9-1 to split four-game set
Jose Trevino homered and drove in three runs to help the Cincinnati Reds earn a split of their four-game series against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals with a 9-1 victory on Thursday afternoon.,Spencer Steer also homered and singled for Cincinnati, which was swept in a doubleheader on Wednesday. Sa...
Zac Gallen, Diamondbacks take series from host Mets
Zac Gallen pitched six sharp innings in his 150th career start and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks held on for a 4-2 victory over the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon.,Gallen (2-4) ended a four-start winless skid and bounced back from allowing nine runs in his past two starts against the Chicag...
Bobby Witt Jr. extends streak as Royals sweep Rays
Bobby Witt Jr. slugged a two-run homer, extending his career-best hitting streak to 22 games, and had three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals completed a three-game road sweep with an 8-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday afternoon.,In the Royals' season-high 15-hit output, Maikel Garcia was 3-fo...
Cubs use power display to defeat Paul Skenes, Pirates
Seiya Suzuki hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon.,Suzuki hit one of the Cubs' three solo home runs in the fifth inning off Pirates ace Paul Skenes (3-3) to erase a 2-0 deficit and help the Cubs ta...
Yankees claim OF Bryan De La Cruz off waivers
The New York Yankees claimed outfielder Bryan De La Cruz off waivers from the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.,The Yankees optioned De La Cruz, 28, to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.,De La Cruz batted .191 in 16 games this season for Atlanta. He is a career .251 hitter with 58 homers and 208 RBIs in 491 ...
White Sox activate INF Chase Meidroth from injured list
The Chicago White Sox reinstated rookie infielder Chase Meidroth from the 10-day injured list on Thursday.,He takes the roster spot of rookie infielder Gage Workman, who went on the 10-day IL with a right hip flexor strain.,Meidroth, 23, landed on the IL on April 21 with right thumb inflammation. ,M...
Rangers place C Kyle Higashioka on injured list
The Texas Rangers placed catcher Kyle Higashioka on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a mild left intercostal strain.,The move is retroactive to Wednesday, one day after Higashioka sustained the rib injury while running out a three-run double in the eighth inning of the Rangers' 15-2 victory ove...
D-backs put Justin Martinez on IL, transfer A.J. Puk to 60-day IL
Arizona's bullpen took another hit Thursday as the Diamondbacks placed right-hander Justin Martinez on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation.,The team also transferred closer A.J. Puk to the 60-day injured list due to left elbow inflammation and called up left-hander Jose Castillo...
Phillies acquire RHP Daniel Robert from Rangers
The Philadelphia Phillies acquired Daniel Robert from the Texas Rangers on Thursday in exchange for fellow right-hander Enrique Segura.,The Phillies optioned Robert, who was designated for assignment Monday by Texas, to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.,Robert, 30, made four relief appearances for the Rangers...
Reds demote struggling Alexis Diaz, call up Luis Mey
The Cincinnati Reds optioned reliever Alexis Diaz to Louisville on Friday and called up fellow right-hander Luis Mey from the Triple-A club.,Diaz has struggled mightily since his return from the injured list, posting a 12.00 ERA without a decision in six appearances for Cincinnati this season.,With ...
Overreactions and Bold MLB Predictions Heading Into May 2025
From Aaron Judge chasing .400 to the Philadelphia Phillies' recent decline, here are six bold MLB predictions entering May 2025....
Looking for first 2025 win, Giants' Justin Verlander takes on Rockies
Justin Verlander heads into May still looking for his first win as a member of the San Francisco Giants., ,The three-time Cy Young Award winner, just 38 victories shy of joining the 300-win club, will make his seventh start of the 2025 season on Thursday night when the Giants open a four-game series...
Fresh off big rally, Blue Jays seek series win vs. Red Sox
Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios likely would accept a repeat performance of his previous outing against the Boston Red Sox when the clubs meet in the rubber match of a three-game series in Toronto on Thursday night.,Berrios allowed one run and four hits over seven innings on April 7 at Fenway Pa...
Angels' Mike Trout hopes to play vs. Tigers after knee scare
The Los Angeles Angels will host the Detroit Tigers Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif., to begin a four-game series with a list of concerns that is only growing.,Not only have the Angels lost five in a row, they got another Mike Trout injury scare in a 9-3 loss Wednesday to the Seattle Mariners.,Trou...
Ascending Phillies vie to complete sweep of Nationals
Kyle Schwarber has been around long enough to know there will be plenty of pluses and minuses in a 162-game season.,Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies currently are in a positive stretch, and they hope to continue that trend Thursday night when they host the Washington Nationals.,Philadelphia h...
A's look to take another series as they face struggling Rangers
The Athletics will go for their third straight series win when they battle the swooning Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a four-game American League West set in Arlington, Texas., ,The Athletics have penciled in left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-3, 6.04 ERA) to start in the matinee ...
Brewers bid for series sweep of struggling White Sox
The Milwaukee Brewers will aim to continue their mastery of the host Chicago White Sox when the clubs meet in the final contest of a three-game series on Thursday afternoon.,The Brewers won the first two games by scores of 7-2 and 6-4 to run their winning streak against the White Sox to eight games....
Against Rays, Royals look to continue string of strong pitching performances
Playing their best baseball of the young season, the Kansas City Royals hope to see their dazzling pitching continue Thursday afternoon when they visit the Tampa Bay Rays.,Winners in the first two contests of the three-game series -- and in eight of its past nine games -- Kansas City has a chance to...