MLB Page 551 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Drew Thorpe's solid outing helps White Sox top Rockies
Drew Thorpe threw six solid innings, helping lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Friday.,In his fourth career start, Thorpe (2-1) allowed just two runs on two hits, striking out four and walking one. Tommy Pham finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs and two walks, a...
Cardinals continue to roll, blank Reds
Andre Pallante and four relievers combined on a four-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals shut out the visiting Cincinnati Reds 1-0 Friday.,Pallante (4-3) allowed four hits in 5 1/3 innings while walking three and striking out five. He has thrown 11 1/3 scoreless innings in his two starts against the R...
Salvador Perez, Royals jump all over Guardians in blowout
Salvador Perez hit a long home run and had two RBIs as the Kansas City Royals routed the visiting Cleveland Guardians 10-3 on Friday night.,Perez led off the second inning with a 447-foot blast to left, his 13th home run of the season. Hunter Renfroe sliced his eighth homer to right for a 2-1 Royals...
Jackson Chourio's first grand slam lifts Brewers past Cubs
Rookie Jackson Chourio hit his first career grand slam to pace Milwaukee to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Friday night, the Brewers' fifth consecutive victory.,Chourio's slam with two outs in the fourth off Jameson Taillon put the Brewers up 4-2. Christian Yelich reached on a field...
Yankees end slide, blast Blue Jays 16-5
Juan Soto hit a three-run home run and Gleyber Torres added a two-run shot and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 16-5 Friday night.,Torres also had a sacrifice fly and Aaron Judge had three hits and two RBIs as the Yankees scored a season-best in runs to end a four-game lo...
Yanks end slide, blast Blue Jays 16-5
Juan Soto hit a three-run home run and Gleyber Torres added a two-run shot and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 16-5 Friday night.,Torres also had a sacrifice fly and Aaron Judge had three hits and two RBIs as the Yankees scored a season-best in runs to end a four-game lo...
Mets continue recent surge, pull away from Astros
Tyrone Taylor, Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil each homered Friday night for the red-hot New York Mets, who beat the Houston Astros 7-2 in the opener of a three-game series.,Francisco Alvarez hit a first-inning sacrifice fly and Francisco Lindor added an eighth-inning RBI double for the Mets, who improv...
Charlie Morton, Braves cruise past Pirates
Charlie Morton gave up just three hits over 6 1/3 shutout innings and Marcel Ozuna hit a three-run double to highlight a five-run third inning and lead the host Atlanta Braves to a 6-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night.,Morton (5-4) didn't allow...
Nine-run inning sparks Padres' rout of Red Sox
The San Diego Padres scored nine runs in the fifth inning Friday night and extended their winning streak to four games by beating the host Boston Red Sox 9-2.,The big inning featured a two-run homer from Kyle Higashioka (his ninth), a three-run shot from Jackson Merrill (his 11th) and two-run single...
Orioles' dominant pitching, clutch hits beat Rangers
Baltimore starting pitcher Albert Suarez outdueled Max Scherzer as the Orioles defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.,Colton Cowser homered for Baltimore's first run as the Orioles, who have captured the first two games of the four-game series, have won three in a row overall.,Suar...
Yandy Diaz, Jose Siri push Rays past Nationals
Yandy Diaz broke the Tampa Bay franchise record for longest hitting streak, Jose Siri homered twice and the Rays beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Diaz made history in a quirky manner in the third inning. The reigning American League batting champion thought he walk...
Cristopher Sanchez throws shutout as Phillies top Marlins
Cristopher Sanchez threw his first career shutout to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the Miami Marlins 2-0 on Friday.,Sanchez (6-3) allowed only three hits with nine strikeouts and no walks.,Bryson Stott had an RBI groundout and a sacrifice fly for all of the offense.,The Phillies placed st...
Padres place LHP Tom Cosgrove (elbow) on 15-day injured list
The San Diego Padres placed left-handed reliever Tom Cosgrove on the 15-day injured list on Friday because of left elbow inflammation.,In corresponding moves, the Padres selected left-hander Austin Davis from Triple-A El Paso and transferred right-hander Joe Musgrove (right elbow inflammation) from ...
Phillies send 1B Bryce Harper, DH Kyle Schwarber to IL
The Philadelphia Phillies' offense will be in search of alternate means of run production after both first baseman Bryce Harper and designated hitter Kyle Schwarber were placed on the 10-day injured list Friday.,Harper is set to miss some time with what has been characterized as a mild left hamstrin...
Orioles place RHP Corbin Burnes on paternity list
The Baltimore Orioles placed right-hander Corbin Burnes on the paternity list Friday and recalled left-hander Matt Krook from Triple-A Norfolk.,Burnes, 29, gave up one run on nine hits over seven innings in a win against the Texas Rangers on Thursday as he improved to 9-3 and lowered his ERA to 2.28...
Cardinals OF Lars Nootbaar (oblique) to begin rehab assignment
After spending a month on the injured list with an oblique strain, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar is set to begin a rehab assignment Friday at Double-A Springfield.,Nootbaar, 26, has not played since May 29, when his two hits gave him seven total hits in a span of four games as he was ...
Report: Nats preparing to promote OF James Wood
The Washington Nationals plan to call up outfield prospect James Wood to make his major league debut Monday, 106.7 The Fan reported Friday.,Wood, 21, is ranked as the league's No. 3 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline and is tearing the cover off the ball this season at Triple-A Rochester.,He entered F...
Dodgers' Landon Knack takes center stage in rivalry with Giants
The Los Angeles Dodgers will introduce rookie right-hander Landon Knack to what has become a one-sided rivalry when they visit the San Francisco Giants for the start of a three-game series Friday night.,Having failed to win a season series from the Dodgers since 2021, the Giants will attempt to put ...
Twins get good news on injury front, visit Mariners
A lopsided getaway day victory nearly turned "ugly" for the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon.,Oft-injured shortstop Carlos Correa left the game in the seventh inning after being hit on the right wrist by a pitch from Arizona's Bryce Jarvis.,X-rays were negative and Correa, who said his entire h...
A's visit Diamondbacks, look to end 11-game road losing streak
The Oakland Athletics will try to end an 11-game road losing streak when they open a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix.,The A's are coming off a three-game sweep by the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., and they've dropped five straight overall.,"Ther...