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Dodgers jump out to early lead but falter late in loss to Cardinals
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was flawless over his first five innings in the Dodgers’ 8-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, giving up no hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
“It comes down to starting pitching,” Roberts said pregame, after his team gave up 13 runs in a loss Tuesday. “And obviously it’s a young, hungry team out ...Read more
Pitchers' duel ends with Angels giving up 5 runs in ugly 10th inning
ANAHEIM — You were right to have a bad feeling about the Angels’ game when it went to extra innings.
The Angels lost, 6-3, to the New York Yankees in 10 innings on Wednesday night, losing for the 13th time in 17 extra-inning games this season.
It was an ugly finish to what had been a sharp pitchers’ duel between the Angels’ Reid ...Read more
Tigers salvage win in 12 innings to avoid Twins sweep
MINNEAPOLIS — The body blows kept coming and the Detroit Tigers kept standing. Finally, in the 12th inning, Spencer Torkelson delivered a haymaker.
His 21st home run, a two-run shot into the second deck in left field triggered a five-run outburst, sending the Tigers to a much-needed, series-salvaging, 11-6 win over the Minnesota Twins at ...Read more
Carter Jensen sets Royals' leadoff home run record in loss to Marlins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals will enter the offseason with a lot of questions surrounding their active roster.
However, it’s clear that rookie catcher Carter Jensen will not be of much concern. The standout KCMO product continues to shine for his hometown team.
And on Wednesday — in a 9-6 loss to the Marlins — Jensen set a...Read more
Devers stays hot, Eldridge, Hill drive in two apiece as Giants beat Pirates in 10 innings
PITTSBURGH — A night after a gutting walk-off loss, the Giants responded by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4 in 10 innings, on Wednesday night.
San Francisco scored two runs in the top of the 10th inning off former Giants closer Camilo Doval on an opposite-field, go-ahead RBI double by Bryce Eldridge and Turner Hill’s sacrifice fly. ...Read more
Griffin Jax roughed up in return from IL, Rays lose to last-place Mets
TAMPA, Fla. — Griffin Jax looked like he was back to form when he took the mound Wednesday for his first big-league game in a month, having been sidelined by right elbow discomfort that was addressed with rest, an injection and rehab.
But he didn’t have the results he typically does, allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks while ...Read more
Twins' Walker Jenkins and Tigers' Max Clark can't escape the comparisons. Now they're MLB rivals.
MINNEAPOLIS — This is no Magic vs. Bird rivalry, but Twins rookie center fielder Walker Jenkins will be compared to Detroit Tigers rookie center fielder Max Clark for the rest of his career.
There are just too many similarities. They are both center fielders from the same graduating class in high school. The Tigers took Clark with the No. 3 ...Read more
Rockies win series over Orioles with dramatic late-game offense, walk-off single in 11th by Brett Sullivan
DENVER — Warren Schaeffer isn’t feeling any dissatisfaction after that one.
Prior to the matinee rubber match on Wednesday against Baltimore at Coors Field, the Rockies manager spoke at length about the frustration he’s been dealing with amid the club’s struggles in close games this season.
“What’s most frustrating for me is when ...Read more
Phillies' bats go silent to waste Andrew Painter's gem as win streak snapped at six
PHOENIX — It took just one swing to decide it.
Andrew Painter had done his part for seven shutout innings against the Diamondbacks to preserve the scoreless tie. But Arizona catcher James McCann ambushed the first pitch thrown by reliever Jonathan Bowlan in the eighth inning for a go-ahead home run in a 1-0 Phillies loss on Wednesday.
The ...Read more
Red Sox doomed by sloppy play vs. Mariners, suffer sixth loss in last eight games
BOSTON— It’s been assumed for weeks now that the Red Sox have a playoff spot all locked up. They’ve been comfortably ensconced in the American League’s second wild-card spot, and until this past Sunday looked to have a great shot at catching the Yankees for a chance to host their first-round series.
But if the Red Sox don’t get their ...Read more
Orioles squander late leads, lose 6-5 to Rockies ahead of pivotal homestand
DENVER — The Baltimore Orioles were one out away from clinching a series win and a happy flight back to Baltimore. Colorado, robbed of a walk-off Monday, exacted its revenge.
Andrew Kittredge, aided by Colton Cowser’s game-winning catch in his last save opportunity Monday, couldn’t finish off the Rockies this time as Zac Veen tied the ...Read more
Padres lose early lead, drop series to Reds at end of tough road trip
CINCINNATI — A miserable road trip ended on a miserable day with some miserable play.
The Padres began hot on a stifling Midwest afternoon but faded quickly, around the time Casey Mize allowed four runs in the second inning of what became a 7-3 loss to the Reds.
“We put up three, and I gave them right back in the second,” Mize said. So ...Read more
Bryce Harper stays red-hot as Phillies beat the Diamondbacks, 7-1, for sixth straight win
PHOENIX — After a blazing August, Bryce Harper stayed red-hot on the first day of September.
The Phillies right fielder posted a .333 batting average and 1.069 OPS last month, and kept things rolling on Tuesday with a 4-for-4 game against the Diamondbacks. Harper delivered four singles in the 7-1 win over Arizona, the Phillies’ sixth in a ...Read more
Angels fall to Yankees hours after learning the team is being sold
ANAHEIM — The new ownership for the Angels won’t take the helm until next season.
Until then, there’s still plenty of housecleaning to perform.
The Angels took the field at Angel Stadium on Tuesday night, just hours after the jaw-dropping news that Arte Moreno had sold his controlling interest in the team to Rams owner Stan Kroenke.
It ...Read more
Sluggish Dodgers open homestand with lopsided loss to Cardinals
The Dodgers’ August woes followed them into the first day of September.
Roster expansion, returning three players from the injured list, the mental relief of turning the calendar page — none of that gave the Dodgers the boost they needed against the Cardinals on Tuesday.
Instead, the Dodgers lost 13-8 to a team that entered the day 4 ½ ...Read more
Royce Lewis, Ryan Jeffers hit three-run homers and Twins put up football score against Tigers
MINNEAPOLIS — All it took to ignite the Minnesota Twins’ offense Tuesday, in a 15-2 blowout victory over the Detroit Tigers, was one poorly located throw.
This came before the Twins erupted for a 10-run sixth inning. It came before Royce Lewis and Ryan Jeffers drilled separate three-run homers.
With the score tied in the fifth inning, the ...Read more
Pirates avoid near-disastrous collapse, outlast Giants in walk-off victory
PITTSBURGH — On paper this was supposed to be a pitching duel. The reigning National League Cy Young winner and the award’s fourth-place finisher last season.
Yet a pitching duel it certainly was not. Paul Skenes gave up five runs in the second inning Tuesday night at PNC Park, and San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb was shellacked to ...Read more
Orioles test Luis De León in MLB debut, take 4-2 loss to Rockies
DENVER — Craig Albernaz wasn’t going to throw Luis De León into the fire.
The Orioles manager said before Tuesday’s game that he didn’t want to “ambush” the 23-year-old pitching prospect after the club called him up for the first time in his career that afternoon. De León was only a few weeks into his temporary new role as a ...Read more
Padres don't capitalize early, Reds do so late to even series
CINCINNATI — For the third time in four days, the San Diego Padres turned to the back end of their bullpen to get them safely through the latter innings of a game.
For the third time, it did not work out.
The Cincinnati Reds scored two runs against Adrian Morejón in the eighth inning and then survived Fernando Tatis Jr.’s second home run ...Read more
Royals manager Mike Quatraro ejected late in 6-3 loss to Marlins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals have returned to Kauffman Stadium to begin the final stretch of their 2026 season.
They arrived with a new batch of September call-ups. They promoted minor league relievers Nolan Hoffman and Easton McGee from Triple-A Omaha, and outfielder Drew Waters was also back with the big league club.
September...Read more
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