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Rays keep City Connect win streak going, top White Sox
Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes belted home runs, starting pitcher Zach Eflin broke a personal two-game losing streak and the Tampa Bay Rays handled the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Arozarena homered for the second time in three games by launching his sixth blast of ...

Bryce Harper's grand slam powers Phillies past Blue Jays
Bryce Harper hit a grand slam, Kody Clemens added a home run, triple and four RBIs and the host Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday.,Bryson Stott contributed two hits, Edmundo Sosa hit an RBI triple and Nick Castellanos added an RBI double for the Phillies, who have ...

Corbin Carroll drives in five as D-backs drub Reds
Corbin Carroll drilled a three-run homer and drove in his team's first five runs as Zac Gallen threw six shutout innings, helping the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks down the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Tuesday.,Carroll, the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year, matched his career-high RBI total set on ...

Trevor Williams, Nationals silence O's
Trevor Williams and four relievers combined on a three-hit shutout and the Washington Nationals defeated the visiting Baltimore Orioles 3-0 on Tuesday night.,Joey Meneses and Jesse Winker had two hits apiece for the Nationals, who, at 18-17, are over .500 for the first time since July 2, 2021. Washi...

Andy Ibanez homers twice as Tigers top Guardians
Andy Ibanez clubbed a solo homer and three-run shot during his 4-for-4 night, and Ryan Vilade recorded his first three career RBIs as the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-7 on Tuesday. ,Ibanez led off the game against Cleveland's Logan Allen and hit his first homer of the seas...

Cardinals C Willson Contreras (fractured arm) departs after being hit by bat
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras departed Tuesday night's game against the Mets with a fractured left forearm after being struck by the bat of New York's J.D. Martinez.,Martinez swung at a pitch in the second inning, and his bat struck Contreras above his glove hand on the arm. Contrera...

Rangers score 10 in second to roll past A's
Marcus Semien hit a leadoff homer and finished 4-for-5 with four RBIs, and the Texas Rangers scored 10 runs in the second inning to beat the host Oakland Athletics 15-8 on Tuesday afternoon.,Jonah Heim also had four hits and Leody Taveras added three more as the Rangers equaled their season-high for...

Cubs OF Cody Bellinger (broken ribs) off IL, starting vs. Padres
Two weeks after breaking two ribs, Chicago Cubs outfielder Cody Bellinger was activated off the injured list and put third in the lineup at designated hitter for Tuesday's home game against the San Diego Padres.,Bellinger, a two-time All-Star, was injured when he ran into Wrigley Field's brick outfi...

D-backs reinstate RHP Paul Sewald from IL
The Arizona Diamondbacks reinstated right-handed relief pitcher Paul Sewald from the 15-day injured list on Tuesday.,Sewald began the season on the IL because of a strained left oblique. The closer is with the team in Cincinnati ahead of a three-game series with the Reds that begins Tuesday night.,S...

Braves place LHP Tyler Matzek (elbow) on 15-day injured list
The Atlanta Braves placed left-handed reliever Tyler Matzek, who has struggled since his return from Tommy John surgery, on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday because of inflammation in his throwing elbow.,The move is retroactive to Sunday. In a corresponding move, the Braves recalled left-hander Ra...

Doctor: Season debut of Dodgers' Walker Buehler a success
Walker Buehler said he wished his first outing in almost two years for the Los Angeles Dodgers "could've gone better.",To his doctor, noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache, it couldn't have gone better for Buehler against the Miami Marlins on Monday night.,Buehler underwent Tommy John surgery...

Dodgers' Japanese stars aim to take down Marlins
Two of the biggest contributors to the Los Angeles Dodgers' turnaround over the past two weeks will take center stage Tuesday in the middle game of a three-game series against the visiting Miami Marlins.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be on the mound to start against the Marlins for the first time in his c...

Cardinals, Mets starting pitchers face off in rematch
Miles Mikolas outperformed Jose Butto when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Mets 4-2 on April 26 in New York.,The starting pitchers will get a rematch when the Cardinals host the Mets Tuesday in the middle game of a three-game set.,In the series opener on Monday, the Mets snapped a three-game lo...

Brewers pursue offensive improvement vs. Royals
The Milwaukee Brewers, in a two-day batting funk, hope to rebound on Tuesday after a taking a series-opening, 3-2 loss to the host Kansas City Royals.,The Brewers matched a season low with three hits on Monday and got all their offense on one swing from Gary Sanchez. That came a day after Milwaukee ...

Shota Imanaga looks to continue stellar stretch as Cubs face Padres
National League Rookie of the Month Shota Imanaga will look to continue his stellar debut season when he takes the mound on Tuesday for the Chicago Cubs against the visiting San Diego Padres.,Imanaga (5-0, 0.78 ERA) has sparkled for Chicago since the 30-year-old joined the Cubs after eight seasons i...

Rockies seek glimmer of hope in series opener vs. Giants
The Colorado Rockies expected to have growing pains as they rebuild with younger players, but the lessons have been hard.,Colorado has just eight victories, has yet to win consecutive games this season and has trailed in all but one of its 34 games. Things don't get easier when the Rockies host the ...

Twins look to shut down Jorge Polanco, Mariners again
The Minnesota Twins traded Jorge Polanco to the Seattle Mariners during the offseason, but their affection for the 30-year-old veteran has not waned.,"He's one of my favorites," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said of Polanco. "The organization here owes him a lot.",But Minnesota would like to hand him...

Rangers hope offense doesn't miss beat against A's
The Texas Rangers will look for more production from their outfield and designated hitters when they go for a second consecutive win over the host Oakland Athletics on Tuesday.,The Rangers rallied for a 4-2 win in the series opener. Corey Seager hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the eighth innin...

MLB roundup: Bryce Harper carries Phillies to 6th straight win
Bryce Harper homered, singled and drove in three runs, Zack Wheeler tossed seven strong innings and the host Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-1 to complete a four-game series sweep on Monday.,Kyle Schwarber ripped a solo home run among his two hits and Nick Castellanos added...

Rays hope to keep momentum going against White Sox
If there is any element of payback in baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays exacted a measure of it on Monday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,After losing three games in Chicago to the lowly White Sox two weekends ago, the Rays pounded them 8-2 and will look to do it again on Tuesday night in the middle game o...