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3 takeaways from Cubs' West Coast trip, including Kyle Hendricks' struggles and Christopher Morel's stellar defense
PHOENIX — Hayden Wesneski’s phone kept buzzing with so many missed calls and text messages in the wee hours Wednesday that he eventually awoke to find it on the floor.
Thankfully, Wesneski got an assist from his Triple-A Iowa roommate Matt Mervis, who woke him up at 1 a.m. with a knock on the door to let him know their manager, Marty Pevey,...Read more
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Bally Sports settlement to send as much as $78 million to Padres
The Padres will recoup just a fraction of what they were owed when Bally Sports San Diego's parent company defaulted on its television contract last season, according to a copy of an agreement filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday.
Diamond Sports Group agreed last year to pay the Padres as much as $78.9 million, as first reported by Awful ...Read more
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Phillies survive late Rockies rally to sweep series with 7-6 win
PHILADELPHIA — This was one of the Phillies’ best offensive nights of the season, and it almost went to waste because of a bullpen implosion. They had a comfortable 7-1 lead entering the eighth inning, when Gregory Soto took the ball from Yunior Marte. Soto allowed three straight singles to load the bases, a sac fly and two walks (one of ...Read more
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Tanner Houck throws complete-game shutout as Red Sox top Guardians, 2-0
BOSTON — Last year Tanner Houck’s season never quite got off the ground, and he couldn’t take the next step to become the workhorse the club long hoped he could be.
Now Houck may be leveling up right before our eyes, and Wednesday he delivered one of the finest outings of his young career.
The 27-year-old was sensational in Boston’s 2-...Read more
Rays rally late again to take lead, but Angels pull out the win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Amed Rosario looked like he was going to be the Rays’ star of the game for a second straight night, hitting a two-run go-ahead homer with two outs in the eighth inning.
But little has come easy for the Rays in this first month of the season.
Closer Pete Fairbanks faltered again, allowing two runs and turning what ...Read more
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Dodgers shut out by Nationals, drop another series at home in Landon Knack's first start
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers right-hander Landon Knack recovered from a brutal two-run, three-hit, 28-pitch first inning in his big league debut to blank the Washington Nationals on one hit over the next four innings and keep the Dodgers within striking distance on Wednesday.
But the Dodgers never struck.
An offense that ranks second in the major ...Read more
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Sweep slips through Cardinals' fingers in Oakland as they fall to 0-6 in series finales
OAKLAND, Calif. — With a chance to close out their limited history at the Oakland Coliseum with a winning record and something they’ve been chasing in the present, the Cardinals let a lead slip from them in the middle of the game.
The Athletics bullpen assured they did little about it late in the game.
In what is likely the Cardinals’ ...Read more
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Mariners sweep Reds behind another Bryce Miller gem
SEATTLE — More of the same from Bryce Miller.
Something new from Mitch Garver.
Garver, the Mariner's new designated hitter, hit his first home run of the season to break a tie in the sixth inning to support another sensational start from Miller in the Mariners' 5-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon.
Cal Raleigh hit a ...Read more
Royals settle for doubleheader split with Game 2 loss at White Sox
CHICAGO — The Kansas City Royals got their second look of the season at Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Erick Fedde on Wednesday afternoon.
On April 5, Fedde allowed six hits and one earned run against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The veteran hurler turned in a repeat performance 12 days later.
Fedde tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings as the...Read more
Braves use one of their classic comebacks to sweep Astros in Houston
HOUSTON — The Astros are struggling, but on paper, they are still a talented team. They have the track record to match it: They have appeared in seven consecutive American League Championship Series, with two World Series rings in that span.
Over three games this week, the Braves got to see how they stack up against Houston — though the ...Read more
Aaron Judge comes up clutch as Yankees fight back vs. Blue Jays, avoid series sweep
TORONTO — Just when it looked like the Yankees were going to be swept for the first time this year, a few longballs and a ninth-inning rally sparked a come-from-behind, 6-4 win over the Blue Jays.
Giancarlo Stanton started the ninth off with a 437-foot home run. The solo shot put the Yankees down 4-3 before Jose Trevino delivered a pinch-hit,...Read more
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Salvador Perez returns from injury, blasts go-ahead homer as Royals beat White Sox in first game of doubleheader, 4-2
CHICAGO — Chicago lived up to its “Windy City” moniker on Wednesday.
Winds swirled around 20 mph at Guaranteed Rate Field as the Kansas City Royals faced the Chicago White Sox in Game 1 of a straight doubleheader. The conditions factored into a low-scoring affair.
But they couldn’t stop Salvador Perez.
The Royals captain returned from...Read more
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Giants beat Marlins, clinch a road series. Now, can they start a winning streak?
MIAMI — Keaton Winn was in tip-top form, the Giants provided him just enough run support, and they beat the Marlins, 3-1, to clinch their first series win of the season away from Oracle Park.
Now comes the hard part.
“Have we won two games in a row yet?” manager Bob Melvin pondered before first pitch Wednesday morning.
Yes, but just ...Read more
Brewers finally break through against Michael King, beat Padres
MILWAUKEE — Michael King gets the ball and throws the ball.
For almost the entirety of his 7 2/3 innings Wednesday, the Padres right-hander caught the throw from catcher Kyle Higashioka, heard a pitch call in his ear, stepped on the rubber and threw pitches that got bad swings and puzzled takes and weak contact.
There was not much time for ...Read more
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Orioles sweep Twins, 4-2, on Cedric Mullins' walk-off homer as Albert Suárez makes triumphant MLB return
BALTIMORE — Seven years after throwing his last pitch in the major leagues, 34-year-old journeyman Albert Suárez took the ball as a spot starter for the Orioles on Wednesday and threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings to help Baltimore beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-2.
As it turned out, it wasn’t the most dramatic moment of the afternoon contest as ...Read more
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Starling Marte, Harrison Bader hit homers to help Mets sweep Pirates
NEW YORK — Sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the word “SWEEP” was written in the sand on the shuffleboard table that sits just inside the entrance of the Mets clubhouse. Call it a premonition or encouragement, whatever it was, it worked.
The Mets finished off a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 9-1 win on ...Read more
Tigers rally again, but come up short vs. Rangers
DETROIT — They don't stop. They don't always win, but they don't stop.
The Tigers, who came into the game Wednesday with six come-from-behind wins (out of nine), fought out of a 4-1 deficit to take a tie game into the ninth.
In the end, though, they couldn't overcome three errors. The Texas Rangers, with a pinch-hit RBI double in the top of ...Read more
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Bill Shaikin: How Harry Edwards continues to honor Jackie Robinson's legacy
LOS ANGELES — On Monday, the Dodgers celebrated the remarkable life and enduring impact of Jackie Robinson, the stories now handed down among the generations. Robinson died 52 years ago. With each passing year, we are increasingly fortunate to hear from someone who can tell firsthand stories of Robinson as a friend and mentor.
Harry Edwards ...Read more
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Mookie Betts and the bullpen lead Dodgers past the Nationals
Mookie Betts continued his opening-month rampage with a career-high-tying five hits, and a struggling bullpen closed the game with six scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in front of a sellout crowd of 52,718 at Chavez Ravine on Tuesday night.
Betts doubled twice, singled three times, scored ...Read more
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Logan Gilbert leads Mariners past Reds for first series win of season
The offensive numbers weren’t quite as gaudy in terms of runs scored or total hits or a lopsided outcome, the process remained the same for a second straight game. In the end, the outcome of the game — the most important result — was another victory for the Mariners.
With the roof open on a clear but crisp Tuesday evening, and a frigid, ...Read more
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