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Ty France, Padres back sharp Randy Vazquez in win over Twins
Ty France homered and knocked in three runs Friday night while Randy Vasquez sailed through seven innings as the San Diego Padres knocked off the visiting Minnesota Twins 6-2.,Vasquez (9-6) allowed only two hits and two runs, walking none and fanning three, in an 87-pitch effort. It was only the fou...
Dodgers OF Andy Pages (hand) leaves Pirates game
Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages left Friday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth inning with a left hand injury., ,Pages was hit in the back of the hand by a pitch from Pirates right-hander Bubba Chandler in the third inning. He remained in the game before he was replaced...
Travis Bazzana's 4-hit game spurs Guardians to win over Rockies
Petey Halpin and Patrick Bailey homered, rookie Travis Bazzana tied his career high with four hits, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 in Denver on Friday.,Bailey also doubled while Jo Adell and Nathaniel Lowe had two hits each for Cleveland, which remained a game behind the T...
Angels' error in ninth hands Rangers walk-off victory
A throwing error by Denzer Guzman resulted in a 2-1 walk-off win for the Texas Rangers over the Los Angeles Angels in 10 innings on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.,Guzman's RBI double broke the scoreless deadlock in the top of the inning, but Wyatt Langford served an 0-2 pitch from Ben Joyce (0-1)...
Surging Royals defeat Tigers to extend winning streak to six
Noah Cameron tossed five scoreless innings, while Kyle Isbel, Vinnie Pasquantino and Carter Jensen each hit a solo home run, as the host Kansas City Royals won their season-high sixth straight game, 5-2 over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.,Though Cameron (8-8) wasn't as dominant as Sunday, durin...
Yordan Alvarez, Hayden Wesneski lead Astros in shutout of A's
Hayden Wesneski logged five scoreless innings of one-hit ball, Yordan Alvarez and Isaac Paredes posted consecutive RBI doubles in the fifth and the Houston Astros claimed the opener of a three-game intradivision series against the visiting Athletics 4-0 on Friday.,Alvarez finished 2-for-3 with two r...
White Sox rally with 3 HRs, walk off Mets on 4th HR
Jake Rogers belted a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth and Miguel Vargas, Randal Grichuk and Colson Montgomery hit three straight homers in the sixth as the host Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Mets 6-4 on Friday.,Rogers reached Jefry Yan (1-1) with two outs and a runner ...
Javier Sanoja knocks in game-winner as Marlins walk off Nationals
Javier Sanoja grounded a bases-loaded single past a drawn-in infield in the bottom of the ninth, giving the host Miami Marlins a 3-2 walk-off win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.,Reliever Clayton Beeter (5-4) took the loss, in large part due to his throwing error in the ninth.,Agustin ...
Willson Contreras' HR fuels Red Sox's big inning in win over Giants
Wilyer Abreu went 3-for-4 with an RBI triple while Willson Contreras crushed a three-run home run to highlight a five-run third inning for the Boston Red Sox in a 6-4 win over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Friday.,Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran also had multi-hit games for the Red Sox, who...
Spencer Jones' 2-run HR helps Yankees top Blue Jays for 5th straight win
Spencer Jones hit a two-run homer in the second inning and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to five games with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.,The Yankees won for the ninth time in their past 13 games thanks to Jones' seventh homer. A night after ...
Phillies rally past Cardinals in 10th as win streak hits 7
Alec Bohm ripped a two-run triple in the 10th inning, fueling the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,After Jose Fermin's RBI single staked St. Louis to a 6-5 lead in the top of the 10th, the Phillies put runners on...
Pete Alonso blasts 30th homer of season as Orioles take down Rays
Dylan Beavers homered for the third game in a row and Pete Alonso's 30th home run of the season broke a tie to spark the Baltimore Orioles past the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.,Alonso's two-run blast broke a tie with two outs in the fifth inning t...
Jacob Misiorowski outduels Chris Sale as Brewers edge Braves
Jacob Misiorowski pitched six shutout innings and outdueled Chris Sale in a matchup of Cy Young Award candidates as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Friday.,Misiorowski (13-5) allowed four hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Antonio Senzatela gave up one run over two...
Yankees place 3B Ryan McMahon (thumb sprain) on IL
New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon was diagnosed with a left thumb sprain and placed on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to Thursday.,The Yankees recalled utility man Max Schuemann from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a corresponding move.,McMahon was hurt Wednesday during New ...
Diamondbacks determined to close difficult week with success against Reds
The Arizona Diamondbacks will return home Friday night to open a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds with hopes of nudging back into a National League wild-card spot.,The team came back to Phoenix after losing two of three games against the Red Sox in Boston without All-Star infielder Kete...
After getting rocked in his last start, Cubs' Matthew Boyd set to face M's
If not for St. Louis Cardinals slugger Joshua Baez, Matthew Boyd would be having a heckuva second half of the season.,The Chicago Cubs veteran left-hander is scheduled to start in his home state Friday night in the opener of a three-game interleague series against the host Seattle Mariners.,Boyd was...
Rockies, with moving parts at pitcher, open home series with Guardians
The Colorado Rockies returned from a 5-4 road trip with some momentum, but the Los Angeles Dodgers swept that away this week.,After an 0-3 start to their homestand, the Rockies will open a three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night in Denver. ,Colorado right-hander Tanner Gord...
Angels' Zach Neto in a groove entering opener vs. Rangers
Los Angeles' Zach Neto will try to follow up a career night when the Angels face the Texas Rangers on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.,Neto set career highs with five hits and seven RBIs in the visiting Angels' 18-3 drubbing of the Houston Astros on Thursday. Los Angeles took two of three games fro...
Mired in last place, Royals still 'don't quit' as Tigers visit
The Kansas City Royals will try to reach a season-high sixth consecutive win when they open a three-game series with the visiting Detroit Tigers on Friday night. ,In a 12-hit attack on Thursday, Kansas City earned a 6-2 victory that capped its first four-game sweep of the A's since 1994. ,The Royals...
Astros aim to dismiss recent woes, focus on Athletics
The schedule appeared to favor Houston entering last weekend, with a nine-game homestand against three teams with losing records providing the Astros an opportunity to create a cushion atop the American League West.,Instead, with an 18-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday in the rubber match...