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PGA Championship closed to spectators Monday due to weather
Spectators were rained out for Monday's practice rounds at the PGA Championship in Charlotte, N.C.,The grounds at Quail Hollow Club were closed to fans due to the expected severe weather. Anyone with a Monday ticket could use it on Tuesday or Wednesday.,Players were still allowed to practice for the...

Guardians try to wake up bats against Brewers
The warmest weekend of the year in Cleveland coincided with the coldest performances by the Guardians' offense this season.,Back-to-back outstanding starts by Ranger Suarez and Zack Wheeler helped the Philadelphia Phillies limit Cleveland to seven total hits in the final two games of their series. T...

Brewers spoil Drew Rasmussen reunion game with Rays
Christian Yelich went 2-for-4, with a home run and two runs scored, and the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win against the host Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.,Reliever Tyler Alexander (2-3) was perfect through 1 2/3 innings to earn the win. Closer Trevor Megill did the sa...

Brewers recall RHP Elvis Peguero, demote Tobias Myers
The Milwaukee Brewers recalled Elvis Peguero from the Nashville Sounds on Sunday and optioned fellow right-hander Tobias Myers to the Triple-A club.,Peguero, 28, posted a 5.68 ERA without a decision in five relief appearances with the Brewers this season. He appears to have gotten back on track with...

Rays' Drew Rasmussen looking forward to holiday, facing Brewers
Sunday will be a special day for Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen.,The right-hander looking forward to taking to the mound on Mother's Day in tribute to his mother, mother-in-law and wife.,"It's just really cool to get to pitch on a day to celebrate them," he said.,He also will get to ...

Rays top Brewers on Travis Jankowski's walk-off single
Travis Jankowski connected for a walk-off RBI single to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-2 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.,Jankowski knocked the ball into left field off Milwaukee reliever Grant Anderson (1-2), scoring Kameron Misner, who had drawn a walk and stole second.,Rays re...

Home skid snapped, Rays seek another win over Brewers
The Tampa Bay Rays finally can go into a home game after winning a game at home.,The Rays host the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon with fresh memories of a 4-3 victory in the series opener that snapped Tampa Bay's seven-game home losing streak.,Taylor Walls' bases-loaded walk with two outs i...

Rays end home skid with 4-3 win over Brewers
Taylor Walls drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the eighth inning to break a tie and give the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.,Walls took a 3-2 pitch well below the strike zone from loser Jared Koenig (2-1), who gave up two hits and walk in the inn...

Brewers, Rays open series looking to bust bad trends
The Milwaukee Brewers have struggled mightily on the road while the Tampa Bay Rays simply can't get it right at home.,The Brewers and Rays will bid to change their end of that narrative on Friday night when they open a three-game series in Tampa.,Sporting a 7-12 record on the road, Milwaukee will tu...

Report: Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao coming out of retirement
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao plans to end his retirement and return to the ring on July 19 against Mario Barrios in Las Vegas, ESPN reported Thursday.,Pacquiao, 46, will be fighting for the first time since losing a unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugas in 2021.,The fight will be for Barrios' WBC welt...

Mackenzie Hughes (63) out in front at Myrtle Beach
Canada's Mackenzie Hughes holds a slight lead at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic after starting out with an 8-under-par 63 on Thursday at Dunes Golf and Beach Club in South Carolina.,Hughes finished strong with five birdies over his final six holes, including each of the last four. He stuck his a...

Astros pound Brewers 9-1 behind Jeremy Pena’s 4 RBIs
Framber Valdez threw seven quality innings and Jeremy Pena homered and drove in four as the visiting Houston Astros earned a 9-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon.,Valdez (2-4) allowed just one run on three hits while striking out seven and walking two. Yainer Diaz drove in t...

Brewers C William Contreras playing through fractured finger
Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras intends to continue playing through a fractured finger that the team believes he first suffered last season. ,An X-ray revealed the fracture on his left middle finger, his catching hand, which had grown so painful the team ordered the scan. Contreras plans...

Astros look to end road struggles at Brewers
The road-weary Houston Astros will turn to left-hander Framber Valdez as they try to salvage the final game of the three-game series against the host Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.,Valdez (1-4, 4.39 ERA) will be opposed by right-hander Quinn Priester (1-0, 5.79).,Milwaukee clinched the series with ...

Brewers get off to fast start, hang on to edge Astros
Jake Bauers homered to cap a four-run first inning, rookie Chad Patrick took a shutout into the seventh and the Milwaukee Brewers hung on for a 4-3 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Tuesday night.,Patrick (2-3), who had lost his previous three starts, allowed just one hit through six innin...

Rays place RHP Hunter Bigge (lat strain) on 15-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays placed right-hander Hunter Bigge on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday because of a right lat strain.,The move is retroactive to Friday. In a corresponding move, the Rays recalled right-hander Cole Sulser from Triple-A Durham.,Bigge, 26, last pitched on Thursday, allowing two hits...

Astros still looking for timely hitting in series vs. Brewers
The visiting Houston Astros will be looking to convert their scoring opportunities when they face the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in the second contest of the three-game series.,Rookie Chad Patrick (1-3, 2.87 ERA) will get the start for the Brewers against fellow right-hander Hayden Wesneski (1-2, ...

Brewers muscle past Astros to open three-game set
Christian Yelich had a two-run home run and Tobias Myers led a stellar pitching effort in the Milwaukee Brewers' 5-1 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.,Myers (1-0) allowed one run on six hits in 5 1/3 innings, bouncing back from his previous star...

Brewers' Tobias Myers bids to find form in encounter vs. Astros
The Milwaukee Brewers will look for a bounce-back start from right-hander Tobias Myers when they open a three-game series Monday night against the visiting Houston Astros. ,Myers (0-0, 5.14 ERA), who lasted just two innings in his last start, will oppose fellow right-hander Ronel Blanco (2-2, 5.08)....

Shota Imanaga leaves with injury, Cubs blanked by Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers snapped a scoreless tie with four runs in the sixth inning after Cubs starter Shota Imanaga departed with injury, avoiding a sweep with a 4-0 victory over visiting Chicago on Sunday.,Imanaga was locked in a scoreless duel with Freddy Peralta in the sixth when he reached back an...