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Giants get offensive, homer three times in 10-5 win against Nationals
The Giants rediscovered their offense Friday, battering one of their former pitchers and winning, 10-5, against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.
Coming as it did after a 3-0 win over Cincinnati to close out that series, the Giants improved to 8-12 and could return home with a 5-4 road trip should they sweep Washington with wins on ...Read more
Ryan McMahon's two-run homer lifts Yankees over Royals
NEW YORK — Ryan McMahon’s struggles have been well documented during the early parts of his 2026 season.
The third baseman entered the night hitting .119 with just five singles to account for.
He had yet to have an extra-base hit until Friday night — a go-ahead, two-run home run that helped the Yankees secure a 4-2 win against the Kansas...Read more
Taijuan Walker's struggles continue in Phillies' 9-0 loss to Braves
PHILADELPHIA — Ahead of Taijuan Walker’s start against the Braves Friday night, the Phillies tried changing up his routine.
The first inning has been especially problematic for Walker this season: In his first three starts, he had a 27.00 ERA in the first inning. The idea was that ramping up his pitches at the end of his pregame bullpen and...Read more
Ranger Suarez throws eight scoreless, Red Sox win on 10th-inning walk-off
BOSTON — When the Red Sox signed Ranger Suarez to a five-year, $130 million contract this past offseason, this is exactly the kind of performance they had in mind.
No overpowering stuff. Not a lot of swing and miss. But a never ending stream of soft contact leading to one zero after another on the scoreboard.
Suarez was excellent on Friday, ...Read more
Bubba Chandler's strong start paves the way for Pirates' win against Rays
PITTSBURGH — After Brandon Lowe’s deep fly ball skipped off the warning track and into the left-field stands for a ground-rule double, fireworks — which are intended for home runs — boomed above PNC Park.
That was in the bottom of the second inning Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. Four innings later, in the sixth, the fireworks ...Read more
Orioles rally to stun Guardians, 6-4, as Jeremiah Jackson does it again
CLEVELAND — The Orioles were nearly no-hit on Thursday. Somehow, the offense looked just as bad on Friday.
Through seven innings, it appeared the Orioles had left their bats back in Baltimore and were still waiting on them to be shipped to Cleveland. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, they came alive in the eighth inning, scoring three runs to ...Read more
Bill Plaschke: Stop trying to keep Roki Sasaki in the starting rotation. He belongs in the bullpen.
LOS ANGELES — Fans chanted his name. Teammates toasted his name. His manager deified his name, claiming he had just unleashed one of the greatest bullpen performances in baseball history.
Everybody loved him. Nobody doubted him. And in the middle of the Dodgers' postseason run last October, nobody was more valuable than him.
Remember Roki ...Read more
Orioles' Jackson Holliday dealing with 'tricky injury,' father Matt says
CLEVELAND — The Orioles’ decision to shut down Jackson Holliday after he struggled at the plate during his minor league rehabilitation assignment raised concerns about the health of his wrist.
The Orioles didn’t provide much clarity about Holliday’s injury, only describing the cause of the shutdown as “mild right wrist soreness.” ...Read more
Kodai Senga struggles again as Mets' skid hits nine games with 12-4 loss to Cubs
CHICAGO — The Kodai Senga renaissance isn’t going as planned. But then again, nothing for the Mets is going as planned so far this year.
Coming off the worst start of his career, Senga lasted only 3 1/3 innings Friday, in a 12-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Mets’ losing streak has now reached nine, the most consecutive ...Read more
Padres nearing deal to sell for record-breaking price
SAN DIEGO — The Padres are on the verge of historic new ownership.
San Diego’s biggest sports franchise is about to be sold for a record price to a group headed by Jose E. Feliciano and his wife, Kwanza Jones, a source confirmed Friday morning. The sale is subject to the approval of 22 of MLB’s other 29 owners, which is expected to happen...Read more
Chase Dollander pitches brilliantly as Rockies beat Astros, snap six-game losing streak
Talented right-hander Chase Dollander pitched like the ace he’s expected to become in the Rockies’ white-knuckle, 3-2 win over the host Astros at Daikin Park Thursday night.
The victory, buffered by Colorado’s shutdown bullpen, snapped Colorado’s six-game losing streak.
Dollander didn’t get the start — Colorado used Juan Mejia as ...Read more
Padres win eighth consecutive game, complete sweep of Mariners
SAN DIEGO — No comeback. No walk-off extra-base hit.
Just a little midgame drama and just another victory.
A night after they scored five runs in the ninth inning, another burst of runs put the Padres up early Thursday, and the back end of their bullpen held on late in a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
The Padres’ eighth ...Read more
Orioles nearly no-hit, then nearly come back in 4-2 loss to Guardians
CLEVELAND — The Orioles are good at almost being no-hit.
They’re even better at avoiding history in the last inning.
The Orioles on Thursday night failed to record a hit entering the ninth inning — the third straight season in which Baltimore’s bats have nearly been on the receiving end of a no-hitter. This time, it was Guardians left-...Read more
Rays rally in 9th to sweep White Sox, boost AL-best record to 11-7
CHICAGO — The Rays just had to be patient on Thursday afternoon.
Twice the White Sox scored a run, and twice the Rays rallied but could only get even. The ninth started the same way, when Junior Caminero led off with a homer to once again tie the score.
But this time, they found ways to keep the rally going and, thanks to a pair of bases-...Read more
Worth the wait: Tigers sweep Royals with three runs in ninth inning
DETROIT — That was a long day at the ballpark.
And, for the Tigers, it was worth the wait.
Riley Greene hit a two-run double to tie the game with two outs in the ninth inning, and Colt Keith followed with the winning single as the Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals, 10-9, on Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park.
"A crazy game to say ...Read more
Giants snap four-game losing streak as tempers flare against Reds
CINCINNATI — The Giants desperately needed a stopper. Landen Roupp played that role to perfection.
Roupp turned in his finest start of the season as the Giants beat the Reds, 3-0, to snap a four-game losing streak on Thursday afternoon at Great American Ball Park, pitching six shutout innings and no-hitting the Reds for the first five frames....Read more
Mike Trout blasts another homer as Angels rout Yankees
NEW YORK — The Angels have demonstrated this week that, if nothing else, they are resilient.
They suffered two gut-wrenching ninth-inning losses this week, and rebounded both times to win the next day.
It helps to do that when you’ve got Mike Trout doing his best impression of three-time MVP Mike Trout.
Trout homered for the fourth ...Read more
Yankees' Gerrit Cole to begin rehab assignment Friday
NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole is ready for real games.
The Yankees’ right-hander will begin a rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Friday. It will be his most significant step yet in his recovery from Tommy John surgery.
On Thursday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the plan is for Cole’s pitch count to be in the mid-40s. The...Read more
Pirates drop extra-inning matchup with Nationals, split series
PITTSBURGH — The first half of the Pirates’ game Thursday afternoon against the Washington Nationals was a clean, scoreless pitchers' duel. The second half was anything but.
The Nationals beat the Pirates, 8-7, in 10 innings at PNC Park. Each team scored four runs in the fifth, combining for 15 total runs in the final six innings. The ...Read more
LA's Blue Era: How popular are the Dodgers? Even the Lakers look up at them. Way up.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers are too good, and too rich. If the owners of other major league teams ultimately deem that combination so objectionable that they shut down the sport this winter because of it, they will risk a rupture in one of the greatest fan bases in American sports history.
The four million tickets the Dodgers sold ...Read more
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