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Rays team up to beat Mets again behind big fourth inning
NEW YORK — The Rays cobbled together a big inning for the second straight game, scoring five runs in the fourth to beat the Mets again, this time 8-4.
Shortstop Taylor Walls had a big role in the win, delivering two doubles and dropping a squeeze bunt in the middle of the fourth-inning outburst.
The Rays improved to 38-32, moving to a season...Read more
Nolan Gorman's blast, Phil Maton's wily escape down Brewers, end Cardinals' losing streak
MILWAUKEE — What could have been a runaway became a tightrope walk.
Nolan Gorman’s three-run, mammoth homer after a teammate was plunked by a pitch shoved the Cardinals out to a six-run lead in the fifth inning all while their starter, Andre Pallante, was piling up a season-high total of strikeouts. After a bruising week, here was the balm ...Read more
Pope Leo XIV encourages peace and harmony at Chicago's Rate Field celebration
CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV spoke directly to the young people scattered throughout the audience at Rate Field Saturday afternoon, telling them that they are the “promise of hope” and that the world looks to them to help spread a message of peace and harmony among all people.
“We have to look beyond our own, if you will, egotistical ways. We...Read more
Max Kepler's solo homer lifts Phillies past Blue Jays, extends winning streak to three
PHILADELPHIA — Max Kepler didn’t see many pitches to hit on Saturday.
He had walked twice before stepping up to the plate in the eighth inning against Toronto, and the first two pitches from Blue Jays reliever Chad Green were well outside the strike zone.
But then Green put a four-seam down the middle, and Kepler connected with an ...Read more
Twins lose to Astros when Jhoan Duran gives up walk-off run
HOUSTON — Joe Ryan halted the run of troublesome starts by the Twins’ veteran starting pitchers on Saturday.
Didn’t matter. Twins still lost.
Cam Smith hit a ground-ball single up the middle in the bottom of the ninth off Jhoan Duran, scoring Christian Walker from third base, and the Astros clinched the season series against the Twins ...Read more
Spencer Strider, Braves bullpen overpower Rockies hitters en route to 19 strikeouts, 4-1 win
Chase Dollander and the Colorado Rockies hope they caught a glimpse into the future Saturday afternoon.
Spencer Strider carved up Rockies hitters with a dominant performance, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 4-1 victory at Truist Park. Strider struck out 13 batters in six shutout innings, and only one of the Rockies’ four baserunners against ...Read more
Royals drop 5th consecutive game in shutout loss to A's
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — What once looked like a promising season is falling apart for the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals’ offense is nowhere to be found. On Saturday, the club posted three hits against Athletics left-hander Jacob Lopez. He tossed six shutout innings despite entering play with a 6.00 ERA.
There were opportunities to score. ...Read more
Tyler Anderson gives up six runs in Angels' 6-5 loss to Orioles
BALTIMORE — The assignment for Tyler Anderson was to do what so many other left-handed pitchers have done to the Baltimore Orioles this season.
The Orioles came into the game as the worst-hitting team in the majors against lefties, and they still scored six runs against Anderson in the Angels’ 6-5 loss Saturday afternoon.
The Orioles’ ....Read more
Pirates' offense comes up short again in 2-1 loss to Cubs
CHICAGO — Like Thursday, the Pirates’ only offense in the first six innings against the Cubs came from Andrew McCutchen in the first.
Also like Thursday, it cost them in yet another one-run loss.
The Cubs beat the Pirates, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Chicago native Ryan Borucki took the loss, allowing the deciding homer to...Read more
Dylan Hernández: Cowardly Dodgers remain silent as ICE raids terrorize their fans
LOS ANGELES — As part of their Pride Night celebration, a Dodgers official received a commemorative scroll from Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath before the team opened its three-game series against the San Francisco Giants.
"It is truly my pleasure to be celebrating Pride with the Dodgers," Horvath said. "Especially a time like ...Read more
Reds slam Jack Flaherty, KO Tigers with six-run fifth inning
DETROIT — Saturdays have not been kind to the Tigers. Plain and simple.
The 11-1 thumping they took from the Reds at Comerica Park was their seventh straight Saturday loss. That’s 27% of their losses.
Go figure.
In this one, though, they paid the price for violating one of the foundational tenets of their own organizational philosophy: ...Read more
Padres offense remains stuck in loss to Diamondbacks
PHOENIX — What’s up with the Padres?
Just the same old thing.
The offense did close to nothing. The starting pitcher did not make it out of the fifth inning.
The San Diego Padres lost 5-1 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Chase Field.
It was their third loss in four games.
The Padres’ biggest shortcoming is they have not ...Read more
Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggles as Giants beat Dodgers to move into tie atop NL West
LOS ANGELES — The billing couldn’t have been bigger. Dodgers vs. Giants. Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Logan Webb. One of the game’s oldest rivalries, pitting what were supposed to be two of the game’s top pitchers.
On Friday night at Dodger Stadium, however, only one right-handed ace showed up.
In the first meeting of the season between the ...Read more
Mariners rally late to beat Cleveland, climb back to .500
SEATTLE — Back home, and back to .500, the Seattle Mariners finally found a way back to their brand of baseball Friday night.
For one night, at least.
The Mariners scored four runs in the seventh inning to rally from an early two-run deficit, backing a strong start from Luis Castillo in a 7-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians to open a ...Read more
Cardinals sputter again vs. Brewers and lose 6th straight
MILWAUKEE — To end their longest losing streak of the season the Cardinals may have to explore a different way to get things started.
Following five innings without a hit to begin Thursday’s shutout loss, the Cardinals managed one hit in the first four innings of Friday’s game. The host Brewers did not have to generate much offense ...Read more
The Royals lose their fourth straight game -- with KC legends in attendance
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before the first pitch of Friday’s game, the crowd inside Kauffman Stadium cheered loudly for Royals legend Alex Gordon, who was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame.
It didn’t get louder than that until the Royals finally gave the crowd something to cheer for in the bottom of the ninth inning. But that rally fell ...Read more
Orioles outlast the rain, Angels in 2-0 win as Charlie Morton notches 10 Ks
BALTIMORE — Four hours, 37 minutes and two rain delays after the originally scheduled first pitch, the Orioles beat the Los Angeles Angels, 2-0, on Friday night.
Charlie Morton earned the win with 10 strikeouts — tied for his season high — over five shutout innings, scattering five hits and a walk to lower his season ERA to 6.05. The ...Read more
Red Sox beat Yankees in 10th after Aaron Judge spoils Garrett Crochet's shutout
BOSTON — Aaron Judge is without question among the most dominant players of his generation, and this season the New York Yankees superstar has been hitting at an absurd clip.
He offered yet another reminder of his greatness Friday, when he got off the mat after three humbling at bats and leveled Garrett Crochet with a breathtaking knockout ...Read more
Rays use 6-run inning, strong relief work to beat Mets, 7-5
NEW YORK — Danny Jansen hit a two-run homer to cap a six-run sixth inning as the Rays rallied to beat the Mets, 7-5, on Friday night.
After Rays starter Taj Bradley was knocked out in the fifth inning, five Rays relievers held the Mets down.
Edwin Uceta did the heaviest lifting, getting the last two outs of the seventh with two on, then ...Read more
Chris Paddack the latest Twins starter to get shelled as Astros roll in series opener, 10-3
HOUSTON — Twins pitchers frequently credit each other for providing good examples they try to emulate on the mound.
So does it work both ways?
Maybe so, given the shocking meltdown the starting rotation has suffered this week. On Friday, Chris Paddack, who had lowered his ERA in 12 consecutive games, followed the example of Simeon Woods ...Read more
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