MLB Page 644 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Yankees look to take down Astros for 10th straight time
About three hours before Yankees right fielder Juan Soto saw his first pitch against the Houston Astros on Wednesday, New York manager Aaron Boone described his slugger's at-bats by saying: "It's a show. You can feel the energy of the crowd, literally every pitch it's theater.",Then Boone watched So...
Guardians visit lowly White Sox for four games
David Fry only occasionally finds himself in the starting lineup, but the utilityman might be the Cleveland Guardians' most indispensable player.,Fry could play a key role again when the Guardians begin a four-game series against the host Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,Cleveland is 24-13 after winni...
Cardinals aim to get back on track in Milwaukee
The St. Louis Cardinals will look for veteran right-hander Sonny Gray to continue his hot start when they open a four-game road series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.,Gray (4-1, 0.89 ERA) will be opposed by rookie right-hander Tobias Myers (0-2, 6.23 ERA) as Milwaukee returns home for a s...
Giants vie for three-game sweep of skidding Rockies
Wins have been scarce for the Colorado Rockies -- and their starting pitchers.,Cal Quantrill has one of the rotation's two victories, and he will shoot for another when Colorado wraps up a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday in Denver.,Quantrill (1-3, 4.31 ERA) will face S...
Looking for split vs. Twins, M's turn to Logan Gilbert
Seattle Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert has dominated nearly every lineup he has faced through his first seven starts.,On Thursday afternoon, Gilbert (3-0, 1.69 ERA) will try to maintain his success against one of the hottest teams in the majors.,The Minnesota Twins will go for a series victory ...
Diamondbacks face Reds in search of 1st series sweep of season
The Arizona Diamondbacks will attempt to finish their first series sweep of the season Thursday when they conclude their three-game set with the host Cincinnati Reds Thursday afternoon. , ,The Diamondbacks won their season-high third straight game Wednesday when they held off the Reds 4-3., ,The thi...
MLB roundup: Chris Sale, Braves blank Red Sox
Chris Sale threw six shutout innings and Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 win over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Wednesday and a sweep of their two-game series.,Sale (5-1) scattered six hits, walked one and struck out a season-high 10 batters against his former te...
Giants hand Rockies 4th straight setback
Michael Conforto homered among his three hits, Blake Sabol also had three hits, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Matt Chapman and Mike Yastrzemski had two hits each for San Francisco, which has won two straight after dropping four in a row.,Eli...
Orioles top Nationals in 12th after blowing two late leads
Jorge Mateo singled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and the visiting Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Wednesday night after blowing two-run leads in the ninth and 11th innings.,Mateo led off with a single against Jordan Weems (1-1) that scored Jordan Westburg. Mateo en...
Rangers outslug A's to earn doubleheader split
Adolis Garcia, Josh Smith and Jonah Heim had consecutive RBI hits in a three-run eighth inning Wednesday night that helped the Texas Rangers outlast the host Oakland Athletics 12-11 and salvage a split of their doubleheader.,The A's won the first game 9-4, riding a home run apiece and a combined six...
Twins lean on long ball to put away Mariners
Willi Castro went 2-for-3 with a triple, a homer and two RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for a 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night in Minneapolis., ,Carlos Correa and Trevor Larnach each added solo home runs for the Twins. Minnesota has won two of its first three games aga...
Chris Sale sharp as Braves shut out Red Sox
Chris Sale threw six shutout innings and Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 win over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Wednesday and sweep their two-game series.,Sale (5-1) scattered six hits, walked one and struck out a season-high 10 batters against his former team. T...
Juan Soto knocks in five as Yankees thrash Astros
Juan Soto hit a two-run homer two batters into the bottom of the first inning and finished with five RBIs as the host New York Yankees continued their recent success against the Houston Astros with a 9-4 victory on Wednesday.,Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton added solo shots as the Yankees won thei...
Paul DeJong, White Sox pull out finale at Tampa Bay
Paul DeJong hit his second home run in as many games as the Chicago White Sox salvaged a game in their three-game series, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,In a 2-for-4 outing, the shortstop socked a two-run homer in the fifth off Rays starter Aaron Civale (2-3), an...
Surging Diamondbacks hand Reds 7th straight loss
Jordan Montgomery allowed just two runs over seven innings and Gabriel Moreno drove in the go-ahead run to lead the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks past the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Wednesday night. , ,Eugenio Suarez homered against his former team and collected two hits while Moreno also added two hits...
Pirates calling up Paul Skenes, top pitching prospect in majors
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Wednesday that they are promoting right-hander Paul Skenes, the top pitching prospect in baseball, and he is expected to start Saturday's home game against the Chicago Cubs.,Skenes, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft out of LSU, has dominated Triple-A batters f...
Reds 1B Christian Encarnacion-Strand (wrist) lands on 10-day IL
The Cincinnati Reds placed first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday due to a fractured right wrist. ,Encarnacion-Strand is expected to miss four to six weeks. ,In another move, Cincinnati signed free-agent first baseman Mike Ford to a one-year major league c...
Shea Langeliers, Brent Rooker slug Athletics past Rangers
Shea Langeliers and Brent Rooker each homered while combining for six hits and eight RBIs, propelling the Oakland Athletics over the visiting Texas Rangers 9-4 on Wednesday afternoon in the opener of a doubleheader.,Brett Harris also homered and the Oakland bullpen held the Rangers scoreless over th...
Mariners place LHP Tayler Saucedo (knee) on IL
The Seattle Mariners on Wednesday placed left-handed reliever Tayler Saucedo on the 15-day injured list and called up left-hander Kirby Snead amid a flurry of moves. ,Seattle also reinstated right-hander Eduard Bazardo from the 15-day IL, optioned rookie RHP Emerson Hancock to Triple-A Tacoma and tr...
Dodgers beat Marlins to extend winning streak to seven
Gavin Stone went seven strong innings, Teoscar Hernandez had a home run with three RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Wednesday afternoon., ,The Dodgers pulled off a perfect 6-0 homestand with series swe...