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Angels score early and late with help from Red Sox
ANAHEIM — The Angels took advantage of the Boston Red Sox again.
An eighth-inning throwing error from catcher Connor Wong set up the go-ahead run in the Angels’ 9-5 victory over the Red Sox on Monday night.
The Angels scored their other five runs in a first inning in which Boston starter Walker Buehler walked four batters and hit two. The ...Read more

Nationals beat Padres behind big night by James Wood
The paying customers showed up en masse again Monday, enough of them to make the gathering at Petco Park the 33rd sellout among the 37 home games the Padres have played this season.
And the boos that rained down after Josh Bell hit a single that drove in the Nationals’ sixth run were arguably louder than any heard at Petco Park this season.
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Cardinals launch their bid to challenge Cubs by crushing four homers in 8-2 romp
ST. LOUIS — On the 41st anniversary of what would have been the Willie McGee Game if not for Ryne Sandberg, no Chicago Cub was coming to steal any of the thunder rolling for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals welcomed the Cubs to Busch Stadium for the first time this season by announcing their presence in the race with a show of force. The ...Read more

Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez homer as Mariners surge to win over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley hit long home runs to power a six-run third inning, and Cal Raleigh homered for the fourth day in a row as Mariners’ hot start to a long road trip continued in an 11-2 romp over the Minnesota Twins on Monday.
Raleigh’s extended his major-league home-run lead with his 32nd blast of the season, ...Read more

Ronald Acuña Jr. homers as Braves sink Mets for 9th loss out of last 10 games
NEW YORK — With an extreme heat warning hanging over Citi Field, the Mets’ cold streak continued.
Juan Soto’s sixth-inning home run got the Mets back into Monday night’s series opener against the Atlanta Braves, but his eighth-inning strikeout ended their final rally in a 3-2 loss.
The Mets have now lost nine of their last 10 games, ...Read more

Yankees go 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position as Elly De La Cruz shines in Reds win
The New York Yankees wasted no time getting on the board on Monday. Then they wasted a bunch of opportunities to score some more in a 6-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
The series-opener started on a strong note for the Bombers, as Aaron Judge crushed his 28th home run off Nick Lodolo in the first inning. A solo shot, the ball traveled 398 feet ...Read more

Nick Gonzales leads Pirates to series opening win over Brewers
MILWAUKEE — Coming off one of their better offensive efforts of the season Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates continued to hit the ball well Monday, out-slugging the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 victory at American Family Field. Chase Shugart was the game’s winning pitcher, improving to 4-3 on the season. Former Pirate Nick Mears suffered the ...Read more

Orioles' Trevor Rogers shoves, Jackson Holliday homers to beat Rangers, 6-0
BALTIMORE — Trevor Rogers looks nothing like the pitcher acquired at last year’s trade deadline. It’s one of the best developments for the Orioles all year.
Rogers blanked the Texas Rangers over eight dominant innings Monday to lead the Orioles to a 6-0 win, allowing just three hits and flashing 96 mph on the radar gun — the fastest he�...Read more

Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. files complaint seeking to void future-earnings deal
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. is seeking to void the future-earnings contract he signed with Big League Advance as a minor leaguer in 2017 via a complaint filed Monday in the Superior Court of California in San Diego.
Tatis might be the most high-profile player among the more than 700 athletes that have signed with Big League Advance. The $...Read more

'It's going to be gradual.' Why Dodgers aren't rushing Shohei Ohtani's pitching buildup.
LOS ANGELES — For so long, the biggest question surrounding Shohei Ohtani's future as a pitcher was simple.
When, after a second career Tommy John surgery, would he finally get back on the mound? When, after a year and a half of exclusively hitting, would he be able to resume two-way duties?
This past week, that answer finally arrived.
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'A great celebration': Athletics host Las Vegas ballpark groundbreaking ceremony
LAS VEGAS — The Athletics staked their claim on Las Vegas on Monday, celebrating the groundbreaking of their $1.75 billion Strip ballpark.
Work on the nine acres of the 35-acre site where the 33,000-fan capacity ballpark will rise kicked off in late April, so the event was more of a celebration of over four years of work to get to the point ...Read more

Verdict in Wander Franco trial to come Thursday on reduced charges
TAMPA, Fla. — A verdict in the trial of Rays shortstop Wander Franco will be announced Thursday, the presiding judge said following closing arguments Monday in the Dominican Republic.
Franco originally had been charged with sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor and human trafficking and faced the possibility of up to 30 years in prison...Read more

Paul Sullivan: Remembering the 'Sammy Wars' and other tales from Sosa's long and storied Cubs career
CHICAGO — Closure is something we all crave, whether it’s the perfect ending to a favorite TV series or a resolution of a real-life relationship.
The closure of the long-running Sammy Sosa saga felt like a little of both, part “Breaking Bad” finale and part end of a nearly three-decade story I’ve covered off and on at the Chicago ...Read more

Phillies earn another series win and first place in the NL East with a 7-1 win over the Mets
PHILADELPHIA — Imagine this scenario: It’s the middle innings of a playoff game, and Juan Soto steps to the plate for the New York Mets. It’s probably a close game. Maybe there are runners on base.
Which Phillies pitcher should face him?
Before you answer, go rewatch Soto’s at-bat in the sixth inning Sunday night. It lasted six pitches...Read more

Max Muncy drives in seven runs off two homers in Dodgers' win over Nationals
LOS ANGELES — Upstaging Shohei Ohtani, especially on a day he pitches, is no easy feat.
But at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon, teammate Max Muncy did it twice — hitting two home runs and matching a career high with seven RBIs to lift the Dodgers to a 13-7 defeat of the Washington Nationals, and make Ohtani more of the sideshow in his ...Read more

Cal Raleigh clubs 31st homer as Mariners pummel Cubs to take series
CHICAGO — In the “what else is new?” category, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh hit another home run Sunday, his major league-leading 31 st of the season in just Seattle’s 76th game of the season.
In what did qualify as news, of the happiest kind for the Mariners, Raleigh’s fourth home run in three days helped lead Seattle to a 14...Read more
Mets send struggling Francisco Alvarez down to Triple-A: 'Best for him to go down there and get reps'
PHILADELPHIA — Francisco Alvarez was once billed as the next Mike Piazza, a power-hitting catcher who could do it all at the dish and behind it. But in his third major league season, his development seems to have plateaued.
In a somewhat surprising move, the New York Mets sent Alvarez back to the minor leagues Sunday, optioning him to Triple-...Read more

Giants capitalize on Red Sox's costly errors to secure series win
SAN FRANCISCO — It will go down as one of the odder offensive outbursts of the season.
The Giants scored nine runs in their 9-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park to secure a series win, the most they’ve scored since acquiring Rafael Devers exactly one week ago.
The Giants played both big ball and small ball...Read more

Twins swept by Brewers as comeback bid from six runs down falls short
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins compiled 18 hits Sunday, matching their highest total in a game this year. Byron Buxton hit two more home runs. Carlos Correa and Brooks Lee both had four-hit games.
All it turned into was another loss. A bad month for the Twins pitching staff snowballed with an ugly outing from David Festa, which was compounded with ...Read more

Mickey Moniak's three-run homer lifts Rockies to win over Diamondbacks
DENVER — Mickey Moniak has been reborn in the summer of his 27th year.
The outfielder, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2016 draft, proved that again Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, lofting a three-run homer to right field in the fifth inning off Brandon Pfaadt, to lift the Rockies to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The win, ...Read more
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- Cardinals launch their bid to challenge Cubs by crushing four homers in 8-2 romp
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- Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. files complaint seeking to void future-earnings deal