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Cristopher Sanchez, Phillies aim for sweep of Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez added another chapter to his feel-good story on Wednesday, when he was named National League Pitcher of the Month for June.,Sanchez looks to build on his success when he takes the mound against the host Chicago Cubs on Thursday.,Philadelphia ...
Blue Jays feeling pressure ahead of finale vs. Astros
The Toronto Blue Jays will aim to split their four-game series with the Houston Astros when they play their final home game before the All-Star break Thursday afternoon.,The Astros are looking for the series win after taking the third game 9-2 on Wednesday. They are 4-2 on a 10-game road trip. The B...
Fresh off comeback win, Nationals seek series split vs. Mets
For the Washington Nationals, an 11:05 a.m. first pitch Thursday provides an immediate opportunity to build off an exciting comeback win.,For the New York Mets, the quick turnaround moves them one game closer to getting back Edwin Diaz and their bullpen finally becoming whole again.,The Nationals wi...
Rowdy Tellez, Pirates aim for series win over Cardinals
Rowdy Tellez is beginning to look like the player the Pittsburgh Pirates envisioned in the middle of their lineup when they signed him to a free-agent deal in the offseason.,Tellez will try to continue his hot streak when the Pirates host the St. Louis Cardinals in the rubber game of their three-gam...
Michael Wacha's strong start leads Royals over Rays
Michael Wacha tossed six strong innings, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.,After Isaac Paredes' two-out solo homer, his 14th, put the Rays ahead in the first, Wacha (5-6) permitted just one other hit and no more runs. He walked three and...
Christian Walker homers twice as Diamondbacks crush Dodgers
Christian Walker continued to torment his division rival with two more home runs, and Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also went deep as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks rolled to a 12-4 road victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday., ,Walker now has seven home runs in eight games ag...
Dean Kremer returns from IL, leads Orioles past M's
Dean Kremer pitched five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list and Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in three runs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-1 victory against the host Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.,Baltimore has won the first two games of a three-game series involving divisi...
Galaxy take on LAFC in latest installment of El Trafico
Expect some fireworks during and after the match Thursday when Los Angeles FC visits archrival Los Angeles Galaxy in the latest installment of El Trafico at the historic Rose Bowl.,The fierce foes will be battling for the top spot in the Western Conference standings. Though tied in points, LAFC (12-...
Athletics' Joey Estes, 22, fires 5-hit shutout vs. Angels
Joey Estes pitched a five-hit shutout as the Oakland Athletics made it two in a row over the visiting Los Angeles Angels with a 5-0 victory Wednesday night.,Estes, at age 22 years and 269 days, became the youngest major-leaguer to throw a shutout since Zach Eflin accomplished the feat for the Philad...
RSL get back on track, end Dynamo's unbeaten run
Andres Gomez scored his 11th goal and assisted on two more, Braian Ojeda put his team in front for good in the second half and Real Salt Lake held on for a 3-2 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah.,Diego Luna also scored a wonderful goal from long range just before halftime as...
Brewers continue to roll, blank Rockies
Christian Yelich homered and Colin Rea tossed seven shutout innings to help the Milwaukee Brewers post a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night in Denver.,William Contreras and Brice Turang had three hits apiece and Yelich had two for Milwaukee, which won for the eighth time in the...
Michael Wacha's strong start again leads Royals over Rays
Michael Wacha tossed six strong innings, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.,After Isaac Paredes' two-out solo homer, his 14th, put the Rays ahead in the first, Wacha permitted just one other hit while finishing six innings, walking three ...
Phillies power up in second straight win over Cubs
Rafael Marchan hit a solo homer and Alec Bohm added a two-run blast as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Wednesday.,Philadelphia broke an eighth-inning tie with two runs against Tyson Miller (2-1). Trea Turner scored on Edmundo Sosa's sacrifice fly and Whit Merrifield f...
Late rally leads Fire to 4-3 victory over Union
Hugo Cuypers' brace in the final eight-plus minutes Wednesday night enabled the Chicago Fire to erase a two-goal deficit and beat the visiting Philadelphia Union 4-3.,Cuypers' header off a Chris Mueller assist in the 82nd minute drew Chicago (5-10-6, 21 points) within a goal. Gaston Gimenez tied the...
Columbus tops Nashville SC for third straight win
Cucho Hernandez assisted on goals by Christian Ramirez and Diego Rossi to help the host Columbus Crew extend their winning streak to three with a 2-0 victory over Nashville SC on Wednesday.,Ramirez scored in the 30th minute on a disputed goal and Rossi added another in the 65th.,In the past three ma...
Giacomo Vrioni's latest brace leads Revs past Atlanta United
Giacomo Vrioni scored twice in the first half to lead the New England Revolution to a 2-1 win over visiting Atlanta United on Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass.,The Revolution (7-11-1, 22 points) are 5-1-0 in their last six matches, but Wednesday's victory was a strong rebound after their 5-1 loss to th...
Yordan Alvarez, Yainer Diaz power Astros' rout of Jays
Yordan Alvarez had a solo home run and two RBI doubles as the visiting Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 on Wednesday night.,Yainer Diaz added three RBIs while going 3-for-4 with a walk to help the Astros take a 2-1 lead in the four-game series.,Houston pulled away by scoring four in...
Orlando City top Toronto FC thanks to own goal
Martin Ojeda scored an equalizing goal for Orlando City and then the Lions got an own goal by Toronto FC just before halftime to give the visitors a 2-1 win on Wednesday., ,Nickseon Gomis was the guilty party on the own goal that proved to be the decider for Orlando (6-9-6, 24 points), which protect...
Late goal carries Inter Miami to win over Charlotte FC
Benjamin Cremaschi scored a dramatic goal while sliding in the box late in the match as Inter Miami kept rolling despite a depleted roster, defeating host Charlotte FC 2-1 on Wednesday night.,Robert Taylor had the other goal for Miami (14-3-5, 47 points), which has won four consecutive matches -- al...
Nats overcome 5-run deficit to beat Mets
James Wood laced the tie-breaking run-scoring seventh-inning single for his first career RBI Wednesday night for the Washington Nationals, who overcame a five-run deficit to beat the visiting New York Mets 7-5 in the third game of a four-game series.,Luis Garcia Jr. homered twice -- a three-run shot...