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Blake Snell fans 12 as Dodgers take finale against Phillies
Blake Snell struck out a season-high 12 batters as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-0 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday to avert a three-game series sweep.,Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani hit home runs as the Dodgers (85-67) maintained their two-game lead over the San ...
Agustin Ramirez homers as Marlins double-up Rockies
Agustin Ramirez homered, Javier Sanoja had three hits, and the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 8-4 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Troy Johnston and Connor Norby had two hits each and Lake Bachar (7-2) picked up the win for Miami (72-80).,Hunter Goodman had three hits and Kyle Farmer and Jorda...
Satou Sabally, Mercury blow out Liberty, force decisive Game 3
Satou Sabally scored 15 points in a bounce-back performance, leading the Phoenix Mercury to a 86-60 win over the host New York Liberty on Wednesday and tying their best-of-three first-round playoff series at one game each.,The deciding game will be played on Friday night in Phoenix.,Sabally made 5 o...
Julian Fernandez strikes late as NYCFC edges Crew at Yankee Stadium
Julian Fernandez scored in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to lift New York City FC over the visiting Columbus Crew 3-2 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.,Fernandez ripped a shot from the top of the box from a feed by Augustin Ojeda.,New York City (15-9-5, 50 points) beat the Crew for th...
Astros take season series from Rangers, move back atop AL West
Jose Altuve and Jeremy Pena homered as the Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Texas Rangers 5-2 on Wednesday and moved back into first place in the American League West.,The Astros (84-69) not only extended their lead over the third-place Rangers (79-74) to five games, but t...
Yankees ride Trent Grisham’s 2 homers to series win against Twins
Trent Grisham went 2-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs, and the New York Yankees pulled away for a 10-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Cody Bellinger finished 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs for New York (85-67), which won the rubber match of the three-game ...
Mariners' 10-game win streak ends with loss to Royals
Adam Frazier's go-ahead, two-run homer highlighted a four-run eighth inning, and the host Kansas City Royals ended the Seattle Mariners' 10-game winning streak with Wednesday night's 7-5 victory.,After J.P. Crawford gave Seattle (83-69) a 4-3 lead with his solo homer off Lucas Erceg (8-4) in the top...
Blake Perkins' 5 RBIs carry majors-leading Brewers past Angels
Sal Frelick had a three-run homer, Blake Perkins drove in five runs and Brandon Woodruff allowed one run over five innings to pace the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-2 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.,Woodruff (7-2), who missed all of last season followin...
Manny Machado's grand slam powers Padres past Mets
Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the fifth inning Wednesday night for the visiting San Diego Padres, who held on to beat the New York Mets 7-4 in the middle game of a three-game set between the teams holding down the final two National League wild-card spots.,Gavin Sheets (sacrifice fly...
Chandler Simpson stars on defense and at plate as Rays edge Blue Jays
Chandler Simpson made a defensive gem that saved two runs and later produced the tiebreaking RBI, and the Tampa Bay Rays edged the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Wednesday night.,Simpson, who went 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and a run, lined a single to center to break a 1-1 tie in the seventh as ...
Red Sox edge A's in 10, keep pace in wild-card race
Nick Sogard's grounder to second base scored Nate Eaton from third in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the visiting Athletics on Wednesday night.,Sogard pinch-hit for Ceddanne Rafaela with one out and runners on second and third.,The Athletics (71-81) had r...
Red-hot Guardians silence Tigers' bats to extend winning streak
Gavin Williams and a handful of relievers combined on a four-hit shutout as the streaking Cleveland Guardians blanked the host Detroit Tigers 4-0 on Wednesday night.,Williams (11-5) struck out nine in five innings. He gave up three hits and walked two while throwing 100 pitches.,The Guardians (80-71...
Braves pile up hits, runs to sweep Nationals
Matt Olson had three hits, including a home run, and the visiting Atlanta Braves rallied from a 3-0 deficit for a 9-4 win against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday to complete a four-game sweep.,Olson had three homers and nine RBIs in the series as Atlanta outscored Washington 31-10.,Marcell Ozu...
Giants snap skid with 11th-inning explosion against D-backs
Christian Koss' two-run double keyed a five-run 11th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 in Phoenix on Wednesday to end a four-game losing streak.,Jerar Encarnacion had a tiebreaking single off John Curtiss (3-2). Grant McCray hit a sacrifice fly and Rafael Devers c...
Dylan Beavers' homer leads Orioles to sweep of White Sox
Tyler Wells threw six quality innings, Dylan Beavers hit a two-run homer and the visiting Baltimore Orioles posted a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox to complete a three-game sweep on Wednesday afternoon.,Wells improved to 2-0 with a 2.04 ERA in three starts since making his season debut on Se...
Phillies clinch NL East title with 10th-inning win over Dodgers
J.T. Realmuto hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper each hit home runs and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies clinched the National League East title with a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.,Weston Wilson also hit a home run for the Philli...
Justin Herbert, ball-hawking defense lift Chargers over Raiders
Justin Herbert passed for 242 yards and two touchdowns to help the visiting Los Angeles Chargers notch a 20-9 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night.,Keenan Allen and Quentin Johnston caught scoring passes as the Chargers (2-0) defeated the Raiders for the third straight time. Daiyan Hen...
Blowout win sends D-backs over Giants in NL wild-card race
James McCann hit a two-run homer in a six-run sixth inning, Zac Gallen threw six strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat San Francisco 8-1 in Phoenix on Monday to leapfrog the Giants in the National League wild-card race.,McCann homered for the second straight game and Ildemaro Vargas had a...
Colton Cowser's 3-run shot powers Orioles past White Sox
Colton Cowser hit a three-run homer and Kyle Bradish pitched five strong innings for his first win in 15 months as the visiting Baltimore Orioles opened a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox with a 4-1 victory on Monday.,Bradish (1-1) allowed one run on four hits with four walks and nine...
Reds outlast Cards, just 2 back of final NL wild-card spot
Tyler Stephenson drove in three runs as the visiting Cincinnati Reds snapped their three-game losing streak by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6 Monday night.,Sal Stewart went 3-for-5 with a homer, three runs and two RBIs as the Reds (75-75) moved within two games of the New York Mets for the f...