MLB Page 964 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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...
Bobby Witt Jr. homers as Royals get past Brewers
Bobby Witt Jr. homered to lead the Kansas City Royals past the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon in the rubber game of their three-game set.,Witt led off the eighth inning with his fifth homer -- and first since April 11. He scored three times and leads the majors with 36 runs sc...
Padres blank Cubs behind Dylan Cease's 12 strikeouts
Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings of one-hit ball and the San Diego Padres got a few timely hits in their 3-0 win against the host Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.,With the win, the Padres took the series over the Cubs, 2-1. They also won a three-game series against Chicago last month.,Cease (5-2)...
Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter reaches plea deal with prosecutors
Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, reached a plea deal with prosecutors on Wednesday and is facing 87 to 108 months in federal prison for stealing nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar, federal prosecutors announced. ,Mizuhara, 39, is pleading guilty to two count...
Athletics place SS Darell Hernaiz (ankle) on IL
The Oakland Athletics placed rookie shortstop Darell Hernaiz on the 10-day injured list Wednesday because of a left ankle injury.,Hernaiz was hurt while trying to leg out an infield hit in the second inning of the Athletics' 15-8 loss to the visiting Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. Oakland was trail...
Rain forces postponement of Mets-Cardinals
The series finale between the New York Mets and host St. Louis Cardinals was postponed by rain on Wednesday. ,The game has been rescheduled for Aug. 5. ,The Mets were gunning for a sweep of the three-game series. ,Both teams have an off day on Thursday. The Mets return home to host the Atlanta Brave...
Blue Jays bunch up hits, end Phillies' seven-game winning streak
Vladimir Guererro Jr. and Kevin Kiermaier each had three hits to lift the Toronto Blue Jays past the host Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Wednesday.,Davis Schneider added two hits and an RBI, while Kiermaier drove in two runs, and Guerrero and Bo Bichette hit RBI singles for the Blue Jays.,Blue Jays st...
Guardians rally to tie in 9th, down Tigers in 10th on walkoff
Brayan Rocchio delivered a game-winning single in the 10th inning as the host Cleveland Guardians defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon.,The Guardians rallied for the win with single runs in each of the last three innings. ,After Detroit failed to score in the top of the 10th, Tyler...
Angels rally, ride bullpen to win over Pirates
Willie Calhoun hit a sacrifice fly to cap a three-run rally in the sixth that lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-4 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon.,Calhoun plated Logan O'Hoppe, whose run-scoring single preceded Brandon Drury's RBI double.,Los Angeles' bullpen took ...