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Royals, Orioles close outs series with runs at a premium
The team that's able to generate some offense -- any offense -- might be in the best shape when the Kansas City Royals and host Baltimore Orioles meet in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Both teams have recorded a shutout in the series. The Royals responded from a 3-0 ...

Four Royals pitchers shut out Orioles
Kris Bubic threw five shutout innings and three relievers completed the six-hitter in the Royals' 4-0 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.,Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino all hit solo home runs as the Royals won for the 10th time in 12 games. Maikel Garcia we...

Four Royals pitchers shut down Orioles
Kris Bubic threw five shutout innings and three relievers completed the six-hitter in the Royals' 4-0 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.,Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino all hit solo home runs as the Royals won for the 10th time in 12 games. Maikel Garci wen...

Warriors look to hold off surging Rockets in Game 7
The critical junctures during which the Houston Rockets stumbled in this Western Conference first-round series were routinely and rightfully chalked up to their collective playoff inexperience.,But as the series extended, the Rockets settled in. A blowout victory at home in Game 5 shifted the series...

Reports: Coby Mayo, Orioles' top INF prospect, potentially on cusp of call up
Infielder Coby Mayo, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 12 prospect in baseball, was en route to Baltimore on Saturday but has yet to be called up by the Orioles, multiple outlets reported.,He should be on hand at Camden Yards Saturday night as the Orioles host the Kansas City Royals in the second ga...

Ryan O’Hearn, Orioles take aim at Royals in rematch
It doesn't matter to Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn who the opponent is if he hits a home run. They all feel good.,"Hitting home runs are fun," O'Hearn said after he belted a two-run homer in the seventh inning in Baltimore's 3-0 victory on Friday. "It doesn't mean any more for me ...

Rockets force Game 7 with road win over Warriors
Fred VanVleet scored 29 points, Alperen Sengun produced a double-double and the Houston Rockets seized control in the fourth quarter en route to a stunning 115-107 road victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday, forcing a decisive Game 7 of their Western Conference first-round series.,The Roc...

Ryan O'Hearn's HR backs Dean Kremer as Orioles blank Royals
Baltimore's Dean Kremer threw seven shutout innings and Ryan O'Hearn broke up a scoreless tie with a two-run, seventh-inning home run as the Orioles beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 3-0 in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.,Yennier Cano and Felix Bautista each pitched an inning of r...

Red-hot Royals travel to Baltimore for weekend series
It's a new month and a new series for the Baltimore Orioles.,They'll play their first game in May on Friday night against the visiting Kansas City Royals.,The Orioles were expected to be better than 12-18 at this stage of the season.,"Good teams have bad months," Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said....

Warriors look to close out Rockets in Game 6 at home
With 5:50 remaining in the third quarter and Golden State facing a 29-point deficit on Wednesday, Warriors coach Steve Kerr executed a wholesale substitution of all five starters and opted to sit his frontline players for the remainder of Game 5 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs....

Rockets get off to hot start, cruise past Warriors in Game 5
Fred VanVleet scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in a runaway first quarter, and Amen Thompson produced 25 points as the Houston Rockets surged to a 131-116 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of this Western Conference first-round series Wednesday.,Houston seized control wit...

Orioles rally, hold off Yankees to secure series win
Six Baltimore Orioles relievers kept the visiting New York Yankees mostly in check during a 5-4 victory in the rubber match of a three-game series Wednesday night.,Ryan Mountcastle and Ramon Urias homered for the Orioles. Adley Rutschman and Heston Kjerstad each rapped two hits as Baltimore picked u...

Orioles move struggling RHP Charlie Morton to bullpen
The Baltimore Orioles are moving scuffling right-hander Charlie Morton to the bullpen in an effort to get the two-time All-Star back on track. ,Orioles manager Brandon Hyde made the announcement Wednesday and did not rule out a return to the starting rotation for Morton, who's in his first season in...

Reds put INF Jeimer Candelario (back) on 10-day IL
The Cincinnati Reds placed infielder Jeimer Candelario on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday, citing a lumbar spine strain.,The move is retroactive to Monday. Candelario, 31, last played Sunday in 8-1 win against the Colorado Rockies in Denver and was 0-for-4.,On the season, he is hitting .113 wit...

Yankees look to continue offensive success vs. Orioles
The New York Yankees will have a big challenge Wednesday night to come close to matching what happened a night earlier.,But the Yankees will enter the series finale against the host Baltimore Orioles with all sorts of positive feelings. That's what happens when you homer six times in a 15-3 runaway ...

Yankees again start with three homers, trounce Orioles 15-3
Ben Rice homered in each of the first two innings and Aaron Judge hit one of New York's four first-inning solo shots as the Yankees belted the host Baltimore Orioles 15-3 on Tuesday.,Yankees starter Carlos Rodon took a perfect game into the sixth inning while his teammates kept doing damage at the p...

Yankees' latest homer explosion sinks Orioles, 15-3
Ben Rice homered in each of the first two innings and Aaron Judge hit one of New York's four first-inning solo shots as the Yankees belted the host Baltimore Orioles 15-3 on Tuesday.,Yankees starter Carlos Rodon took a perfect game into the sixth inning while his teammates kept doing damage at the p...

Jimmy Butler has Warriors on brink of eliminating Rockets in Game 5
The Golden State Warriors produced a determined effort to outlast the Houston Rockets in Game 3 of this Western Conference first-round series without Jimmy Butler on Saturday, with the reward for their perseverance manifesting in Butler carrying Golden State down the stretch and through the finish l...

Patriots release longtime LS Joe Cardona
Long snapper Joe Cardona, who won two Super Bowls in 10 seasons with the New England Patriots and was their longest-tenured player, was released by the team on Tuesday.,Cardona, 33, joined the Patriots out of Navy as a fifth-round pick in the 2015 draft. He played in 160 regular-season games -- incl...

Kyle Gibson returns to Orioles for matchup vs. Yankees
The Baltimore Orioles are taking a turn toward the past for their Tuesday night game against the visiting New York Yankees.,Veteran right-hander Kyle Gibson will be on the mound for his first major league outing of the season. He spent 2023 with the Orioles, winning a career-high 15 games, before go...