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Never-say-die Twins vie to clinch series win vs. Red Sox
The Minnesota Twins powered up late for a series-opening win and will seek to take two games in a row from the host Boston Red Sox when the teams continue their three-game set on Saturday afternoon.,Minnesota rallied from 4-0 and 6-3 deficits to win 8-6 on Friday, as Byron Buxton and Austin Martin e...
Braves' unsung heroes ready for Nationals
The Atlanta Braves continue to find ways to win -- and unlikely contributors have helped to propel the club to a major-league-leading 36 victories.,Ahead of the second contest of a three-game set against the visiting Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon, Atlanta is more than content to continu...
Phillies' ace Zack Wheeler tasked with slowing down red-hot Guardians
Zack Wheeler's return has been everything for which the Philadelphia Phillies could have hoped.,However, Wheeler will face a major challenge Saturday when the host Phillies try to snap the Cleveland Guardians' seven-game winning streak.,In the first game of the weekend series, Cleveland emerged with...
White Sox 1B Munetaka Murakami takes aim at Giants, McCovey Cove
Having padded his impressive RBI total with three in the series opener, power-hitting Munetaka Murakami will take another shot at the San Francisco Bay when the Chicago White Sox continue a three-game road series against the Giants on Saturday afternoon.,Making his first visit to Oracle Park, the le...
Orioles pursue repeat performance on offense vs. reeling Tigers
Jackson Holliday made a big impact Friday in his first home game of the season for the Baltimore Orioles.,Now the team needs an encore performance from the team's most heralded young player.,"It's been a little bit of a grind of a year so far, and just to be up here with these guys and contributing ...
Astros' Kai-Wei Teng eager to add to Cubs' woes
Houston Astros right-hander Kai-Wei Teng will try to continue fine-tuning his role as a starting pitcher when he faces the host Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon in the second contest of a three-game series.,Teng (2-3, 2.61 ERA), acquired from the San Francisco Giants in January, threw five scorele...
Ascending Blue Jays to test mettle vs. Paul Skenes, Pirates
The Toronto Blue Jays will be out for a series win Saturday afternoon when they face the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates and their ace Paul Skenes.,Winners of three in a row, the Blue Jays took advantage of three errors by the Pirates on Friday night to record a 6-2 victory in the opener of the three-ga...
Rays hope Yankees, rain don't slow their momentum
The Tampa Bay Rays are comfortable waiting for the late innings to pull off comebacks, and they certainly are at ease in those situations against the New York Yankees.,After pulling off another late rally in the series opener, the Rays attempt to widen their American League East lead Saturday aftern...
Eugenio Suarez set to return as Reds face Cardinals in doubleheader
Eugenio Suarez had to wait another day before making his return to the Cincinnati Reds' lineup after the scheduled series opener against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals was postponed due to rain on Friday.,Suarez, the Reds' designated hitter, was activated from the 10-day injured list, and his enth...
MLB roundup: Rays top rival Yankees to spoil Gerrit Cole's return
Gerrit Cole pitched six strong innings during his return from reconstructive elbow surgery, but the Tampa Bay Rays scored four times in the eighth inning by capitalizing on shaky infield defense and closed out a 4-2 victory over the host New York Yankees on Friday night.,The Rays scored four times i...
White Sox ride 9-run fourth to win over stumbling Giants
Munetaka Murakami highlighted a nine-run fourth inning with a bases-clearing double, Davis Martin coasted to his fifth straight win and the Chicago White Sox opened a three-game road series with a 9-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.,Andrew Benintendi had a two-run double and m...
Rockies rally past Diamondbacks on ninth-inning RBI hit
Chad Stevens delivered the tiebreaking single with one out in the top of the ninth to help the Colorado Rockies notch a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Phoenix.,Stevens' first hit of the season and third of his career plated Sterlin Thompson with the decisive run as Colo...
Zach Neto (2 HRs), Angels tee off on Jacob deGrom, Rangers
Zach Neto hit two home runs and Anaheim native Wade Meckler hit a three-run home run in his first career Angels at-bat to lead Los Angeles to a 9-6 victory over the Texas Rangers in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., ,It was the fourth multi-home run game of Neto's...
Ramon Laureano swats tiebreaking HR as Padres down A's
Ramon Laureano snapped a tie with a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday night as the San Diego Padres stopped the visiting Athletics 7-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Laureano worked a full count against Jeffrey Springs (3-5) and then hammered a changeup an estimated 401 feet...
Dodgers 3B Max Muncy (wrist) out for 'couple days'
Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy is expected to miss a few games after being hit on the right wrist with a pitch in the eighth inning of Friday night's 5-1 loss against the host Milwaukee Brewers.,Muncy, 35, who was hitless in his first three at-bats, was hit with a 95.5 mph slider from r...
Mitch Garver, Logan Gilbert help Mariners sneak by slumping Royals
Mitch Garver clubbed a two-run homer in the seventh inning, after Logan Gilbert was solid while pitching into the sixth, and the visiting Seattle Mariners edged the scuffling Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Friday night.,Gilbert allowed two hits and two walks while striking out six and never faced any rea...
William Contreras, Brewers jump all over Dodgers
William Contreras set the tone with an early three-run homer and Logan Henderson tossed five innings of two-hit ball to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in the opener of the series between division leaders.,Milwaukee, coming off a sweep of t...
Chadwick Tromp's walk-off hit propels Braves past Nats in 11
Chadwick Tromp laced a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning on Friday to propel the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals.,After Washington reliever Paxton Schultz (0-2) retired the first two batters of the 11th, Tromp drove in his second run for the Braves, who wo...
Jackson Holliday's HR helps O's extend Tigers' skid to 7
Jackson Holliday's first hit in three games since making his season debut this week was a two-run go-ahead home run in the fourth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles went on to beat the visiting Detroit Tigers 7-4 in the first game of a three-game series Friday night.,Pete Alonso smashed a three-run h...
Kevin Gausman pitches Blue Jays to win over sloppy Pirates
Kevin Gausman struck out eight in 6 2/3 effective innings Friday night as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2.,Gausman (4-3) allowed one run, six hits and one walk while earning his first win in five starts. Louis Varland retired the final six batters to earn his seven...