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Michael Busch drives in 4 as Cubs win, sweep D-backs
Michael Busch drove in four runs to lead the host Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday.,Busch doubled and scored a run in the second and broke the game open for good with a three-run triple in the fifth as Chicago finished the three-game sweep with its 11th straight win at...

Cam Smith drives in 2 in 10th, Astros edge Red Sox
Cam Smith had three hits, including a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning, to help the visiting Houston Astros earn a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.,Smith's two-out single came against Zack Kelly (0-2) and drove in Braden Shewmake and Jose Altuve.,Boston had the bases loaded...

Yankees tee off on Orioles to win third straight in 4-game series
Jasson Dominguez scored the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning before hitting a two-run homer and an RBI double during a seven-run eighth as the New York Yankees pulled away for an 11-3 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.,The Yankees won for the 13th time in 15 games an...

Justin Wrobleski, Dodgers end Cardinals’ win streak
Justin Wrobleski tossed six scoreless innings as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.,Andy Pages doubled in a run and Hyeseong Kim, Freddie Freeman and Alex Call each had RBI singles to help Los Angeles end the Card...

Jonathan Aranda, Rays walk off Giants to complete sweep
Jonathan Aranda's walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning capped a four-hit outing, and the Tampa Bay Rays swept the first half of their six-game homestand with a 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The left-handed designated hitter, who went 4 for 5 and ...

Bryson Stott fuels Phillies to win over Marlins
Bryson Stott belted his second three-run homer of the series and Jesus Luzardo struck out 10 batters, fueling the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.,Stott also launched a three-run homer in Philadelphia's 6-5 victory over Miami on Friday in th...

Braxton Ashcraft leads Pirates over Reds in pitchers' duel
Oneil Cruz's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth broke a scoreless tie and the host Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Sunday.,The win gives the Pirates a sweep of the three-game series.,The Reds' Sal Stewart was 0-for-4; he is in the midst of a rough 0-19 stretch.,The...

Nationals' small ball earns 1-run win over Brewers
Nasim Nunez had a pair of RBI singles and the Washington Nationals avoided a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon.,CJ Abrams had two infield singles and scored twice for the Nationals, who had won four of five before getting outscored 10-2 in the fi...

Luke Keaschall helps Twins edge Blue Jays
Luke Keaschall collected two hits and an RBI Sunday and the Minnesota Twins overcame the early exit of their ace starting pitcher to earn a 4-3 win over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.,Minnesota saw Joe Ryan depart after just nine pitches and two hitters with what was termed right elbow soreness. Ry...

Padres activate RHP Griffin Canning from IL to start vs. White Sox
The San Diego Padres activated Griffin Canning to start Sunday's game against the Chicago White Sox and placed fellow right-hander German Marquez on the 15-day injured list.,Canning will be pitching in a major league game for the first time since rupturing his Achilles tendon last June as a member o...

Angels place LHP Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) on IL, select Tayler Saucedo
The Los Angeles Angels placed left-handed starter Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list on Sunday and called up left-hander Tayler Saucedo to take his spot on the active roster.,The move is retroactive to April 30 because Kikuchi suffered inflammation in his left shoulder during his start on Apri...

Cubs activate closer Daniel Palencia from IL
Prior to their Sunday afternoon home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Chicago Cubs activated closer Daniel Palencia from the 15-day injured list.,Palencia was placed on the IL April 17 due to a left oblique strain. The hard-throwing right-hander tuned up for his return by throwing 19 pitch...

Twins ace Joe Ryan leaves after nine pitches Sunday
The Minnesota Twins removed right-hander Joe Ryan after just nine pitches due to right elbow soreness during Sunday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.,Ryan fanned leadoff man Yohendrick Pinango on three pitches, then walked Kazuma Okamoto. After Ryan's full-count fastball to Okamoto finished abov...

Astros' Christian Walker batting cleanup one day after HBP to head
Less than 24 hours after taking a fastball to the helmet, Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker was penciled into the starting lineup for the Astros' series finale on Sunday at Boston.,Facing an 0-2 pitch from Red Sox rookie left-hander Tyler Samaniego, Walker was drilled over his left eye b...

Brewers recall RHP Logan Henderson to start vs. Nationals
The Milwaukee Brewers recalled right-handed pitcher Logan Henderson from Triple-A Nashville and announced him as the starter for their Sunday afternoon road game against the Washington Nationals.,Henderson, 24, will be inserted into the lineup immediately, starting on the mound for the Brewers. Milw...

Braves put RF Ronald Acuna Jr. on IL, recall P Spencer Strider
Atlanta Braves star right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. went on the injured list on Sunday, with right-hander Spencer Strider returning from the IL to make his season debut against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.,Acuna was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring. The Braves selec...

Mets' Clay Holmes to start against Angels for first time
National League ERA leader Clay Holmes will start against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon as the New York Mets try for just their second road series win of the season.,When Holmes takes the mound in Anaheim, Calif., it will be his first career start against the Angels., ,The right-handed ...

Mets' Bo Bichette could move to SS with injury to Ronny Mauricio
New York Mets shortstop Ronny Mauricio broke his left thumb Saturday, meaning starting third baseman Bo Bichette temporarily could take over at his former position.,Mauricio hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning Friday night, leading the Mets to a comeback road win against the Los Angeles An...

Tigers hope to steal a series from Rangers
Aggressiveness on the bases could become a new dynamic for the Detroit Tigers. ,As the Tigers look for a series win in the finale of a three-game home set with the Texas Rangers on Sunday night, Detroit's sudden penchant for stealing bases could be a key.,The Tigers swiped four bases in a 5-1 win on...

White Sox pursue sixth straight victory, sweep of Padres
While the Chicago White Sox's power duo of Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery didn't homer on Saturday night, their ability to hit the long ball has fueled the team's longest winning streak in four years.,Chicago beat the host San Diego Padres 4-0 on Saturday night for its fifth straight victor...