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Cards' Miles Mikolas seeks bounce-back effort vs. Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas wants to prove his latest outing was just a blip on the radar.,The 35-year-old veteran will get the opportunity on Wednesday evening when he takes the mound against the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the second game of a three-game series.,Mikolas (6-7, 5.3...

Red Sox aim to extend hitting hot streak vs. Marlins
The Boston Red Sox's bats are bringing the heat.,The Red Sox are 12-5 since June 12, and they have at least seven runs in nine of those wins. The latest instance came in an 8-3 victory against the host Miami Marlins on Tuesday, and Boston will look to keep it going in the middle contest of the three...

Gavin Williams returns as Guardians host White Sox
Gavin Williams is finally set to return to a major league mound -- and potentially help the Cleveland Guardians extend their latest run of home success.,Meanwhile, the lowly Chicago White Sox continue to look for anything positive amid their dismal campaign.,Williams makes his anticipated season deb...

MLB roundup: Dodgers earn walk-off win over D-backs
Teoscar Hernandez drove in three runs, including the game-winner on a ninth-inning single, as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.,Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run home run as part of a three-hit night, helping the Dodgers prevail after they...

Rays overcome rain delay to down Royals
Zack Littell threw five shutout innings as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays outlasted the rain for a 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals, opening a three-game series on Tuesday evening.,Littell (3-5) allowed four hits with four strikeouts for his first win since May 11. While snapping his eight-game ...

Teoscar Hernandez's walk-off hit lifts Dodgers over D-backs
Teoscar Hernandez drove in three runs, including the game-winner on a ninth-inning single, as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.,Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run home run as part of a three-hit night, helping the Dodgers prevail after they...

A's use two big innings to topple Angels
Brent Rooker and Lawrence Butler homered in a four-run fourth inning, Mitch Spence pitched effectively into the sixth and the Oakland Athletics defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Tuesday night to open a three-game series.,In the rematch of a 3-0 Angels sweep last week in Los Angeles, th...

Brewers use 9th-inning surge to best Rockies
Rhys Hoskins was hit by a pitch with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the ninth to drive in the winning run as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in Denver. ,Brice Turang came home when Hoskins was plunked. Milwaukee had tied the gam...

Grayson Rodriguez, M's fire two-hitter against Orioles
Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 effective innings as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the host Seattle Mariners 2-0 Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series between division leaders.,The American League East-leading Orioles won for the fifth time in their past six games while the AL West-lea...

Trea Turner (2 HRs, 4 RBIs) propels Phillies past Cubs
Trea Turner went 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBIs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-4 victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.,Garrett Stubbs had a two-run double and Bryson Stott had two hits and two runs as Philadelphia took the opener of the three-game set. The Phillies ha...

Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers shut out Padres
Nathaniel Lowe clouted a pair of two-run homers Tuesday night and Nathan Eovaldi allowed only one hit over seven shutout innings as the Texas Rangers blanked the San Diego Padres 7-0 in Arlington, Texas.,Eovaldi (5-3) struck out six and walked none, facing just one batter over the minimum during his...

Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw resumes throwing program
Los Angeles Dodgers veteran left-hander Clayton Kershaw played catch in the outfield Monday and Tuesday afternoon as he resumed his throwing program following offseason shoulder surgery.,Kershaw, 36, made a three-inning rehab start at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on June 19 before his comeback was halt...

Giants open series with 5-3 win over Braves
San Francisco hit three solo home runs, right-hander Hayden Birdsong pitched five solid innings to earn his first career victory, and the visiting Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Tuesday.,Birdsong, ranked as the team's No. 4 prospect on mlb.com, was making his second major league start. He all...

Twins extend hot streak with series-opening win vs. Tigers
Manuel Margot and Carlos Correa homered as the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 5-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Royce Lewis went 1-for-2 with a two-run double for the Twins before exiting the game because of left groin tightness after the fifth inning. The team labeled ...

Reds hold off Aaron Judge, Yanks for 5-4 win
Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning as the visiting Cincinnati Reds held on for a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.,The Reds won for the third time in five games by building a five-run lead and surviving a big night from Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who hit ...

Mets explode in 10th vs. Nats for second straight night
Pete Alonso hit a two-run homer to cap a five-run 10th inning Tuesday night for the resurgent New York Mets, who beat the host Washington Nationals 7-2 in the second game of a four-game series.,The Mets, who scored six runs in the 10th inning Monday night before hanging on for a 9-7 victory, have wo...

Blue Jays build 7-0 lead, just enough to beat Astros
George Springer hit a three-run home run, Spencer Horwitz had a solo shot and the host Toronto Blue Jays held on to defeat the Houston Astros 7-6 on Tuesday night.,The Blue Jays built a 7-0 lead in gaining a split of the first two games of the four-game series.,Yordan Alvarez hit a three-run homer f...

Bo Naylor's sacrifice fly sends Guardians past White Sox
Bo Naylor delivered a pinch-hit, walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth and the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night despite blowing a pair of multi-run leads. ,Rookie Daniel Schneemann and Tyler Freeman each hit a two-run homer for Cleveland, which...

Nolan Gorman's slam sends Cardinals on way past Pirates
Nolan Gorman hit the second grand slam of his major league career to help the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-4 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of their three-game series on Tuesday.,Alec Burleson hit a two-run homer, Brendan Donovan had three hits, a run and an RBI, and Masyn W...

Red Sox use fast start to coast past Marlins
Kutter Crawford tossed six effective innings for the visiting Boston Red Sox, who scored early and never looked back in an 8-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.,Crawford (4-7) allowed one run on three hits with seven strikeouts.,Marlins pitcher Valente Bellozo (0-1) gave up five runs on seven h...