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Lawrence Butler caps Athletics' rally past Rockies
Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz slugged back-to-back mammoth homers and Lawrence Butler scored the tiebreaking run on an error and later added an RBI single as the Athletics recorded a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night in Las Vegas.,Butler crossed the plate in the seventh inning a...
Bo Bichette's 2 home runs, 6 RBIs carry Mets past Braves
Bo Bichette hit two homers and tied a career high with six RBIs on Friday for the host New York Mets, who beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 in the opener of a three-game series between the National League East rivals.,Juan Soto also homered for the Mets, who have won two straight.,Dominic Smith and Mike Y...
Three Red Sox rack up 3-hit nights in rout of Rangers
Willson Contreras, Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela each homered to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-1 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday night.,Contreras and Abreu each hit a solo home run, and Rafaela belted a two-run homer.,It was a rare home victory for the Red Sox, who ended a fo...
Lawrence Butler caps A's rally past Rockies
Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz slugged back-to-back mammoth homers and Lawrence Butler scored the tiebreaking run on an error and later added an RBI single as the Athletics recorded a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night in Las Vegas.,Butler crossed the plate in the seventh inning a...
Mariners OF Randy Arozarena day-to-day with hamstring strain
Seattle Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena is day-to-day with a hamstring strain after leaving in the third inning of Friday's 10-2 win at the Washington Nationals.,Arozarena was injured when he attempted to beat out an infield hit and lunged for first base as he was thrown out. He was replaced d...
Dominic Canzone, Bryce Miller push Mariners over Nats
Dominic Canzone homered for the second straight game to go with a two-run triple, Bryce Miller pitched eight strong innings and the visiting Seattle Mariners beat the Washington Nationals 10-2 on Friday., ,Colt Emerson and Josh Naylor also homered for the Mariners, who had lost two straight., ,Mille...
Javier Assad, Cubs stifle Giants in near-shutout to win opener
Michael Busch bombed a three-run homer into the San Francisco Bay, Javier Assad combined with two relievers on a four-hitter and the Chicago Cubs opened a three-game road series with a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.,After Giants starter Landen Roupp (5-7) had matched zero...
Angels grab early edge, hold off Rays' comeback attempt
Trey Mancini hit a two-run triple and Logan O'Hoppe had two hits and an RBI to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, an RBI and a run, Denzer Guzman singled and doubled and Mike T...
Bo Bichette's six RBIs, grand slam helps Mets beat rival Braves
Bo Bichette had two homers and tied a career-high with six RBIs Friday night for the host New York Mets, who beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 in the opener of a three-game series between the National League East rivals., ,The Mets have won two straight. Dominic Smith and Mike Yastrzemski laced run-scorin...
Yordan Alvarez has historic night as Astros outlast Royals
Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run homer and grand slam during a nine-run first inning for the Houston Astros, who then hung on for a 10-8 victory over the host Kansas City Royals on Friday night.,Alvarez, an early AL MVP candidate, joins Lee May (1974) and Jeff Bagwell (1994) as Astros to homer twice in ...
Behind eighth-inning homers, Twins outslug Cardinals
Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee homered in the eighth inning, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 9-8 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in Minneapolis.,Kody Clemens belted a three-run home run for Minnesota, which won the opener of a three-game series for just its second victory in six games. Byron...
Dominic Canzone, Bryce Smith push Mariners over Nats
Dominic Canzone homered for the second straight game to go with a two-run triple, Bryce Smith pitched eight strong innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Nationals 10-2 Friday night in Washington., ,Colt Emerson and Josh Naylor also homered for the Mariners, who had lost two straight., ,Miller (3...
Fielding error dooms Reds against Diamondbacks
Cincinnati Reds left fielder Blake Dunn dropped a fly ball with two outs in the ninth to score the go-ahead run and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks went on to a 5-2 win in the opener of the three-game series on Friday evening.,Geraldo Perdomo came up with runners on first and second against Cincin...
Astros' Yordan Alvarez hits 2-run homer, slam in first inning
Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez enjoyed a huge night on Friday at Kansas City -- in the first inning alone.,Alvarez hit a two-run homer two batters into the game, then added a grand slam to cap Houston's nine-run inning against the Royals.,Alvarez became the first player with a two-h...
Alejandro Kirk stars in return as Blue Jays down Yankees
Alejandro Kirk had three hits, a walk, and two RBIs Friday night on his return from a fractured thumb and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5.,Kazuma Okamoto and George Springer each hit two-run homers for Toronto in the opener of a three-game series.,Cody Bellinger hit ...
White Sox ride 7-run fifth past Shohei Ohtani-less Dodgers
Tristan Peters punctuated a seven-run fifth inning with a two-run triple and Anthony Kay pitched five strong innings as the surging Chicago White Sox defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 8-2 on Friday.,American League Central-leading Chicago improved to 3-0 on a five-game homestand against the ...
Trent Grisham (hamstring) leaves Yankees game
New York centerfielder Trent Grisham suffered a hamstring injury in the sixth inning of the Yankees' game with the Blue Jays in Toronto on Friday night and had to exit the contest.,The Yankees reported the injury as right hamstring tightness.,With two outs in the top of the inning, Grisham hit a two...
Three Red Sox rack up three-hit nights in rout of Rangers
Willson Contreras, Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela each homered to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 10-1 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday night.,Contreras and Abreu each hit a solo home run, and Rafaela belted a two-run homer.,It was a rare home victory for the Red Sox, who ended a fo...
Orioles pile it on early, down Padres to kick off series
Samuel Basallo's two-run home run in the first inning gave the Baltimore Orioles the lead for good en route to beat the visiting San Diego Padres 7-3 to open a three-game series Friday night., ,Gunnar Henderson also homered among his three hits and starting pitcher Shane Baz (4-6) worked five inning...
Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski dominates Phillies in 15-K one-hitter
Jacob Misiorowski struck out a career-high 15 batters in his first career complete game, a one-hit gem, in the Milwaukee Brewers' 6-0 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.,Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer for Milwaukee, but the standout star for the Brewers was clearly Misiorow...