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Mariners overcome Yordan Alvarez's cycle to beat Astros
Jorge Polanco and Luke Raley hit home runs as the Seattle Mariners snapped a five-game skid and moved into a virtual tie for first place in the American League West with a 6-4 victory against the visiting Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon.,Right-hander Bryan Woo (4-1) pitched 5 2/3 innings for the ...
Braves star 2B Ozzie Albies (wrist) to go on injured list
Atlanta Braves three-time All-Star second baseman Ozzie Albies will be placed on the injured list after hurting his left wrist during Sunday's 6-2 loss to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.,Braves manager Brian Snitker said he expects to receive news on the severity of the injury later Sunday night.,...
Mariners' Julio Rodriguez suffers apparent right ankle injury
Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez left Sunday's game vs. the Astros in the sixth inning with an apparent right ankle injury.,Rodriguez, 23, crashed into the outfield wall trying to track down a triple by Houston's Yordan Alvarez. Rodriguez initially had the ball in his glove, but it po...
Joe Mauer, Todd Helton, Adrian Beltre, Jim Leyland enter Hall of Fame
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Joe Mauer closed out Sunday's National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony with 27 words that summarized the experience for he and his fellow honorees.,"To stand here today and say that I am now a small part of baseball history is a statement that will never fully sink in f...
Hayden Birdsong fans 12 as Giants edge Rockies
Jorge Soler homered among his two hits, Tyler Fitzgerald also went deep, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 in Denver on Sunday.,Hayden Birdsong (2-0) struck out a career-high 12 batters in just his fifth major league start. He kept Colorado hitless until the fourth inning an...
Rangers defeat Orioles, salvage final game of series
Jonah Heim hit a three-run homer and four Texas pitchers cooled off Baltimore's bats as the Rangers salvaged the finale of their three-game series against the Orioles with a 3-2 win on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.,Heim's fourth-inning blast provided enough support for starter Andrew Heaney, Josh Sbor...
Rays hit 4 more homers, fend off Yankees late
Randy Arozarena homered again and Richie Palacios hit his first career leadoff homer as the Tampa Bay Rays hit four homers for the second straight day in a 6-4 victory over the host New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon.,Jose Siri added a two-run homer in the seventh and Jose Caballero contributed a ...
Rhys Hoskins, Eric Haase power Brewers past Twins
Rhys Hoskins hit a tiebreaking, two-run home run in the top of eighth inning, Eric Haase blasted two home runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Jackson Chourio finished 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and three RBIs for M...
Cubs topple Diamondbacks in 10 innings, avert sweep
Nico Hoerner scored the tying run in the ninth and drove in the winning run in the 10th to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 win against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks, avoiding a sweep of the three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Dansby Swanson was intentionally walked to start the 10th, which put ru...
Rays hit 4 more homers in taking series from Yankees
Randy Arozarena homered again and Richie Palacios hit his first career leadoff homer as the Tampa Bay Rays hit four homers for the second straight day in a 6-3 victory over the host New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon.,Jose Siri added a two-run homer in the seventh and Jose Caballero contributed a ...
Marlins get timely hits, solid relief to top Mets
Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jake Burger each homered on Sunday while the Miami Marlins' bullpen recorded 4 1/3 scoreless innings in their 4-2 win over the visiting New York Mets.,Declan Cronin (2-2), the first of four relievers, got the win after working 1 1/3 innings in relief of starter Trevor Rogers. A...
Michael King flirts with no-hitter as Padres edge Guardians
Michael King took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of his latest stellar start and Kyle Higashioka hit a two-run double as the San Diego Padres sent the Cleveland Guardians to a rare home-series loss with Sunday's 2-1 victory.,King (8-6) retired the first 10 Guardians he faced before walking Ange...
Seth Lugo goes the distance as Royals top White Sox
Seth Lugo threw a complete game, Bobby Witt Jr. tallied three hits and the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 4-1 on Sunday, clinching a three-game sweep.,Lugo (12-4) allowed just one run on three hits, while striking out six and walking none en route to Kansas City's ninth win i...
James Wood's late 3-run blast carries Nats to sweep of Reds
Rookie James Wood's three-run homer in the eighth inning broke a tie and lifted the Washington Nationals to a 5-2 win and a sweep of the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.,Keibert Ruiz grounded a single to right field with two outs in the eighth of right-hander Lucas Sims (1-4), and Ildemaro Vargas...
Tyler Phillips, Phillies' bullpen twirl shutout to end Pirates' streak
Tyler Phillips pitched six shutout innings and Nick Castellanos homered to help the Philadelphia Phillies notch a 6-0 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.,Castellanos, Alec Bohm and Garrett Stubbs each had two hits, one RBI and one run for Philadelphia, which halted a three-...
George Springer, Ernie Clement guide Blue Jays over Tigers
George Springer had two home runs, a double and three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Sunday afternoon.,Ernie Clement hit the go-ahead RBI single in the sixth as the Blue Jays avoided a three-game series sweep.,Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a grand slam for the T...
Cardinals power their way past Braves
The visiting St. Louis Cardinals hit four solo home runs to back the solid effort from starting pitcher Miles Mikolas and beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series.,The win gave St. Louis a 4-2 win in the season series and pulled the Cardinals to within 2 1/...
Yankees bench slump-ridden DJ LeMahieu
The New York Yankees benched infielder DJ LeMahieu for Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, and possibly for longer.,LeMahieu, who is hitless in his last 17 at-bats and batting .177 on the year, rode the pine for the series finale while Oswaldo Cabrera manned third base.,Before the game, manage...
Rays place RHP Ryan Pepiot (knee infection) on 15-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays placed starting pitcher Ryan Pepiot on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right knee infection diagnosed over the All-Star break that required hospitalization.,In a corresponding move, the Rays recalled right-hander Tyler Zuber from Triple-A Durham.,Pepiot, who was schedul...
Report: Jays SS Bo Bichette has said he would welcome trade
Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette has said he would prefer to be traded, USA Today reported Sunday.,Bichette, who went on the injured list Saturday due to ongoing issues with his right calf, has not indicated publicly that he wants to be moved, but he "told friends that he would welcome a trad...