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Four Royals pitchers shut out Orioles
Kris Bubic threw five shutout innings and three relievers completed the six-hitter in the Royals' 4-0 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.,Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino all hit solo home runs as the Royals won for the 10th time in 12 games. Maikel Garcia we...

Red Sox turn to Garrett Crochet to be stopper again vs. Twins
The Boston Red Sox look to avoid their second consecutive series loss when Garrett Crochet takes the mound for a Sunday afternoon rubber game against the Minnesota Twins.,Crochet (3-2, 2.05 ERA) is coming off the second-longest outing of his young Boston career, having pitched seven innings of two-r...

Four Royals pitchers shut down Orioles
Kris Bubic threw five shutout innings and three relievers completed the six-hitter in the Royals' 4-0 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.,Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino all hit solo home runs as the Royals won for the 10th time in 12 games. Maikel Garci wen...

Amed Rosario's big day helps Nationals trample Reds, 11-6
Amed Rosario had three hits, including a tie-breaking three-run homer in the sixth, to help the visiting Washington Nationals claim an 11-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.,James Wood had four hits and scored twice, Nathaniel Lowe delivered three hits, two RBIs and a run and CJ Abrams...

Top of Nationals' order tramples Reds, 11-6
Amed Rosario had three hits, including a tie-breaking three-run homer in the sixth, to help the visiting Washington Nationals claim an 11-6 win against the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.,James Wood had four hits and scored twice, Nathaniel Lowe delivered three hits, two RBIs and a run and CJ Abr...

Rowdy Tellez's pinch single lifts Mariners over swooning Rangers
Rowdy Tellez's pinch-hit run-scoring single in the ninth inning was the difference as the Seattle Mariners' offense was slowed a bit but still beat the swooning Texas Rangers 2-1 on Saturday in the second of a three-game American League West series in Arlington, Texas.,The Mariners have won six stra...

Cubs wallop three homers to clinch series with Brewers
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a three-run homer and Jameson Taillon threw six quality innings on Saturday, propelling the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.,Taillon (2-1) allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk while striking out five, as the Cubs clinched the week...

Aaron Nola wins first game of year, Phillies power past Diamonbacks 7-2
J.T. Realmuto hit a three-run homer in support of Aaron Nola's first win of the season as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on Saturday.,Max Kepler added a two-run home run for Philadelphia, which improved to 6-1 over its last seven games. Nola (1-5) allowed four...

Fernando Tatis Jr. uses legs to lift Padres over Pirates in ninth
Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled to lead off the ninth, swiped third and scored on a wild pitch to lift the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 comeback win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.,Tatis Jr.'s heroics followed a game-tying solo homer by Manny Machado in the seventh inning off Pirates sta...

Padres edge Pirates 2-1 on run-scoring wild pitch
Fernando Tatis Jr. doubled to lead off the ninth and scored on a wild pitch to lift the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 comeback win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.,Tatis Jr.'s heroics followed a game-tying solo home run by Manny Machado in the top of the seventh inning off Pirates sta...

Rays want to steal more bases and wins against Yankees
The New York Yankees prevented the Tampa Bay Rays from getting their running game going Friday, but struggled in that area Saturday and it all but cost them the game.,A day after allowing six stolen bases -- including three in the eighth inning when the Rays took the lead for good -- the Yankees wil...

Twins wait out rain delay, hold off Red Sox to even set
Kody Clemens hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, and the visiting Minnesota Twins held on for a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday to knot the three-game series at a game apiece.,Minnesota was outhit 12-10, with Byron Buxton, Ryan Jeffers and Harrison Bader each recording two. ,The ...

Marlins' Kyle Stowers sinks A's with walk-off slam in 9th
Kyle Stowers turned around a 102-mph fastball for a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning as the Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the Athletics 9-6 on Saturday afternoon.,Stowers' homer off All-Star closer Mason Miller (0-1) was a 396-foot, opposite-field shot to left center that snap...

Marlins' Kyle Stowers walks off Athletics' Mason Miller with grand slam
Kyle Stowers turned around a 102-mph fastball for a walk-off grand slam as the Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the Athletics 9-6 on Saturday afternoon.,Stowers' homer off All-Star closer Mason Miller (0-1) was a 396-foot, opposite-field shot to left center that snapped Miami's six-game losing streak...

Matt Chapman's grand slam rallies Giants past Rockies
Matt Chapman capped a five-run sixth inning with a grand slam and the San Francisco bullpen threw four innings of shutout relief as the Giants overcame the visiting Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.,After the Rockies had scored three times in the top of the sixth to go up 3-1, Colorado sta...

Guardians stun Jays on Daniel Schneemann's go-ahead slam
Daniel Schneemann drove in all of Cleveland's runs with two homers, highlighted by a go-ahead, ninth-inning grand slam, as the visiting Guardians stunned the Toronto Blue Jays with a 5-3 victory Saturday.,Trailing 3-0, Schneemann -- who doubled his season home run total Saturday -- clubbed a solo sh...

Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. to make long-awaited return vs. White Sox
Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch in a major-league game for the first time in 2 1/2 years when he takes the mound for the visiting Houston Astros on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series with the Chicago White Sox.,The 31-year-old McCullers has not appeared on an MLB mound since a 7-0 l...

Rangers activate Corey Seager from 10-day IL
The Texas Rangers activated star shortstop Corey Seager from the 10-day injured list Saturday afternoon.,In a corresponding move, infielder Jonathan Ornelas was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock.,Seager suffered a right hamstring strain on April 22 against the Athletics. Since then, the Rangers have s...

Jake Meyers (two HRs, seven RBIs) propels Astros past White Sox
Jake Meyers tied a franchise record with 13 total bases to help the visiting Houston Astros to an 8-3 win against the Chicago White Sox in the second contest of their three-game series on Saturday afternoon.,Meyers homered twice, tripled, doubled and drove in a career-high seven runs while hitting i...

Dodgers call up INF Hyeseong Kim, put Tommy Edman on IL
The Los Angeles Dodgers called up infielder Hyeseong Kim, an offseason addition from South Korea's KBO League, on Saturday.,Kim, 26, is batting .252 with an .798 OPS in 115 at-bats for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets, notching five home runs and 19 RBIs.,The Dodgers agreed to a three-year, $12.5 m...