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SF Giants' Jung Ho Lee extends hit streak, Eldridge homers in loss to Nats
SAN FRANCISCO – Jung Hoo Lee extended his Major League-best hitting streak to 17 games Tuesday night, enticing the Oracle Park crowd to serenade his at-bats.
Such was the case in the fifth inning, when Lee responded with a two-run double that pulled the Giants within 3-2 of the Washington Nationals.
Then Lee got stranded at third base as ...Read more
Padres can't cash in late chances, fall to Reds in 11 innings
The Padres’ No. 5 hitter traveled from El Paso, Texas, to Round Rock to San Diego on Monday to make his season debut. Their No. 6 and 9 hitters also started the year at Triple-A. Their seventh hitter began Tuesday with just 44 plate appearances. Their eight-hole hitter may have homered in three straight games, but also carried a .161 batting ...Read more
Walbert Ureña grinds through 5 scoreless innings as Angels blow out Astros
ANAHEIM — Walbert Ureña showed that he’s good enough to be good even when he’s not very good.
The Angels’ rookie right-hander walked five and hit a batter in five innings, but he still didn’t give up any runs in the Angels’ 10-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
Ureña has been the brightest spot in an otherwise ...Read more
Rockies humble Cubs behind Tomoyuki Sugano's strong start, Cole Carrigg's triple
Tomoyuki Sugano set the tone, Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar provided the power, and Cole Carrigg turned on the juice in the Rockies’ 7-3 win over the Cubs on Tuesday night.
The Rockies never let the Chicago into the game, and the usual chants of “Let’s go Cubbies!” that envelop Coors Field were muted and infrequent.
Carrigg, making...Read more
Paul Sullivan: White Sox call up No. 2 prospect Braden Montgomery -- and he hits a walk-off home run
CHICAGO — Before his major league debut Tuesday night at Rate Field, Chicago White Sox right fielder Braden Montgomery was discussing his inner confidence.
“If you see yourself succeeding, if you can understand what that will be like, then you’ve got a better chance,” he said. “And that’s what you focus on.”
Montgomery succeeded ...Read more
Tigers hit four homers to win rain-delayed opener vs. Twins
DETROIT – It was a warm, wet and muggy night at Comerica Park, conditions that are typically conducive to extended ball flight, a fact validated by the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins.
Both teams rank in the middle of the American League pack when it comes to slugging long balls, but they combined to drive eight balls out of the yard ...Read more
Yankees' Spencer Jones crushes no-doubter for first MLB homer in win over Guardians
CLEVELAND — Spencer Jones finally demonstrated his impressive pop in The Show on Tuesday, drilling his first major league home run in the Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Guardians.
Jones got the Yankees on the board in the second inning when he launched a two-run blast off Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi. A no-doubter, the ball traveled 443 feet ...Read more
Randy Arozarena homers in 10th to send Mariners to wild victory over Orioles
BALTIMORE — Give the Mariners’ fill-in infielders the save in this one.
The Mariners’ late-game relief woes resurfaced in another excruciating ninth inning Tuesday night, forcing the Mariners to turn to rookie right-hander Nick Davila in the 10th inning just a few hours after he was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma.
Officially, Davila ...Read more
Jhoan Duran blows his first save in Phillies' 3-2 walk-off loss to the Blue Jays
TORONTO — For most of the season, when Jhoan Duran made the jog from the bullpen to the mound, the result of the game seemed like a foregone conclusion.
Duran had been perfect in his first 16 save opportunities entering Tuesday, but Toronto managed to end that streak, walking him off, 3-2, in the ninth inning.
The first two batters Duran ...Read more
Ten-run seventh is more than enough for Dodgers in rout of Pirates
PITTSBURGH — The Dodgers have taken their scoring sprees to a new level in recent days.
En route to a 12-3 win Tuesday against the Pirates, the Dodgers put together a 10-run seventh inning. It was the second time in three games that the Dodgers had scored nine or more runs in an inning, racking up nine against the Angels on Saturday.
It ...Read more
After well-timed off-day, Jac Caglianone leads Royals to home win over Rangers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals held Jac Caglianone out of Sunday’s series finale at the Minnesota Twins due to right-shoulder soreness.
There wasn’t much concern about the slugging right fielder’s condition. Royals manager Matt Quatraro felt Caglianone was steadily improving and just decided to give Caglianone an extra day of...Read more
Strong Nick Martinez start, clutch relief work lead Rays to 4-3 win vs. Red Sox
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — With the Rays trying to build on Monday’s win and get back to their recently successful ways, Nick Martinez tried to take matters into his own hands.
After seven masterful innings and holding a three-run lead, he faltered a bit in the eighth, allowing two singles and an RBI double that tucked just inside the first ...Read more
Cardinals back Dustin May, bullpen's scoreless efforts with seven runs in win over Mets
NEW YORK — Dustin May continued his response to a rugged start to the year Tuesday with arguably his most effective outing as a Cardinal.
May helped lead the Cardinals to a series-opening win over the New York Mets with six scoreless innings and six strikeouts that provided distance and stability in a 7-0 win at Citi Field. The outing marked...Read more
Winn wastes Webb's brilliant start as SF Giants fall to Nationals
SAN FRANCISCO – The Giants sent out their best pitcher to face the National League’s top offense on a cloudy, drizzly Monday night at Oracle Park.
Something had to give with Logan Webb on the mound going against James Wood and CJ Abrams’ powerful Washington bats.
Webb’s eight-inning, seven-strikeout gem kept the visitors quiet, but it ...Read more
Angels blow lead and lose to Astros in 10 innings
ANAHEIM — Defensive execution in the 10th inning was the difference between the Angels and the Houston Astros.
The Angels didn’t make the plays they needed to make, while the Astros did, in what turned out to be a 5-4 loss on Monday night.
The Angels took a one-run lead into the ninth inning, when Kirby Yates gave up the tying run, and ...Read more
Padres hit, bunt way to victory over Reds in series opener
Things came together in one inning about as well as they have in a month for the Padres.
They scored just two runs to flip a one-run deficit into a one-run lead in the seventh inning Monday night, and their fun ended with a whimper. But they got big hits and executed small ball.
And a team that had lost 11 of 13 and scored three runs just ...Read more
Yankees' Cody Bellinger investment was already paying dividends before Aaron Judge's injury
Aaron Boone was working out of his office at Yankee Stadium when pitching coach Matt Blake relayed the biggest news of the Bombers’ offseason.
“Cody’s back,” Blake told Boone and staffer Ryan McLaughlin, who was also on the scene.
Boone responded with excitement, as the Yankees had come to terms with a player who had posted a 125 wRC+ ...Read more
Rays pitch well in team effort, combine muscle and hustle, beat Red Sox
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays got back Monday to some of what worked earlier this season, piecing together a well-pitched game (by six relievers) and scoring just enough runs in different ways to also get back to winning.
The 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox was just their fourth over a 14-game span but also what they hope will be a ...Read more
Cristopher Sánchez strikes out 10 as the Phillies top Blue Jays
TORONTO — Cristopher Sánchez glanced at the Phillies dugout and signaled, one more.
He was already at 101 pitches in the seventh inning, and Orion Kerkering had already warmed up in the bullpen. The Toronto Blue Jays had just brought switch-hitting catcher Brandon Valenzuela in the game as a pinch-hitter with two runners on.
Interim manager...Read more
Josh Naylor's go-ahead grand slam propels Mariners past Orioles
BALTIMORE — Another new city, another new fanbase for Josh Naylor to aggravate.
This time, Naylor’s antics all happened with a single swing when he launched a go-ahead grand slam in the fifth inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 6-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the opener of their four-game series Monday before a crowd of 12,...Read more
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