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Two-strike, two-out grand slam in ninth inning sinks Padres, helps Tigers spoil sweep
SAN DIEGO — Martín Pérez pitched well Thursday night.
Robert Suarez did not.
A grand slam by Parker Meadows, the Tigers’ No. 9 hitter, with two strikes and two outs in the ninth inning, denied the Padres a series sweep and kept them from winning for the seventh time in Pérez’s seven starts.
Pérez had been a when, not an if, for the ...Read more
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Pirates bounce back from being no-hit with offensive outburst, topple Nationals
PITTSBURGH — On the heels of the Pirates’ most challenging offensive performance of the season, it didn’t take long to get off the schneid.
With two away in the first inning of Thursday night’s game at PNC Park, Oneil Cruz smacked a double for the Pirates’ first hit since Tuesday evening’s victory against the Cubs. While Cruz wouldn...Read more
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Rockies' Austin Gomber dominates Braves in 3-1 victory
Austin Gomber aced the Braves Thursday night at Truist Park.
The left-hander pitched one of the best games of his career, dominating the Braves for eight innings in the Rockies’ 3-1 victory.
Gomber allowed a single run on five hits — just one hit after the second inning — struck out five and didn’t walk any. He threw 92 pitches, 67 for...Read more
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Ranger Suárez sharp over five innings as Phillies beat Marlins for fifth consecutive victory
MIAMI — Lop off another number from the countdown to the Phillies’ first division title since 2011. But two digits were even more significant Thursday night:
— Five, as in the innings pitched by Ranger Suárez.
— Zero, as in the runs allowed by the lefty.
Because the Phillies’ chances of winning the World Series — the only goal ...Read more
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Giants overcome Blake Snell's one-inning start to walk off Diamondbacks
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite their team’s sinking playoff hopes, just one win to show for the first five games of their homestand and the season’s two lowest attendance figures the past two days, almost 28,000 Giants fans showed up Thursday to watch the reigning August pitcher of the month take the ball in his first start of September.
They’...Read more
Mariners end their time in Oakland with 6-4 win over A's
OAKLAND, Calif. — The winning pitcher in the Mariners’ final game ever played at the venerable and decaying Oakland Coliseum was from a kid who was born and raised less than three miles from the concrete structure that will soon be without a baseball team for the first time since 1968.
In a delicious bit of serendipity, Bryan Woo, who was ...Read more
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Twins beat Rays, 4-3, behind home runs from Edouard Julien, Matt Wallner
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As disappointing as things appeared for the Twins with injuries piling up and the club playing one of its worst stretches of the season during a playoff race, they still have Pablo López available to pitch every five or six days.
López gave up a run for the first time in his last four starts, halting a 23 1/3-inning ...Read more
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Bobby Miller is still not October ready as Dodgers are routed by Angels
Ever since they returned from midseason treks to triple-A Oklahoma City, Bobby Miller and Walker Buehler have been in a similar boat.
The Dodgers continued to believe in their potential, even after porous and injury-plagued first halves of the season.
But to be counted on in October, they’d have to back it up with their late-season ...Read more
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Mariners score season-high 16 runs against A's to snap four-game losing skid
OAKLAND — In the 12 th game of his Major League managerial career, Dan Wilson seems to have uncovered the perfect game plan to avoid the frustrating and crushing feeling of losing by one run or on a walkoff hit.
What is this groundbreaking strategy?
Score a whole bunch of runs early in the game off the starting pitcher, score even more in ...Read more
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Fernando Tatis Jr. delivers walk-off win after Yu Darvish shows rust in return to Padres
Yu Darvish returned on Wednesday night.
Maybe it is best to view his outing as the first step in a buildup to when the Padres really need him.
The veteran right-hander’s first start in 98 days was as laborious as it was brief, as the Tigers scored in each of the three innings he began.
But he has time. And he will be needed to help the ...Read more
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Giants continue plummeting as Zac Gallen tosses 6 no-hit innings
SAN FRANCISCO — Beelining toward their third straight .500 or worse season, the Giants notched four hits in a loss to the postseason-contending Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen no-hit the Giants for the duration of his six-inning start, consistently getting into two-strike counts and generating whiffs on offspeed pitches out of ...Read more
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White Sox snap a 12-game losing streak with an 8-1 victory against the Orioles
BALTIMORE — Nicky Lopez entered Wednesday with six career home runs in six major-league seasons — most recently on Aug.12 of last year while with the Atlanta Braves.
The Chicago White Sox infielder added to that total in the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles, leading off the game with a home run to right field.
“Kind of crazy, ...Read more
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Marcus Stroman struggles as Yankees fall to Rangers, 10-6
ARLINGTON, Texas — When the Yankees announced that they were pushing Marcus Stroman’s next start back on Aug. 7, the right-hander used the extra time to work on his mechanics.
That effort seemed to help Stroman, as he had a 6.32 ERA over 10 starts prior to the delay but a 2.35 ERA in four starts after it. On Wednesday, however, the veteran ...Read more
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Shota Imanaga and 2 relievers throw a combined no-hitter for the Cubs in a 12-0 rout of the Pirates
CHICAGO — Shota Imanaga hopped off the mound to end the seventh inning as he watched the latest Pittsburgh Pirate flail and fail to get a hit.
Imanaga’s stellar night ended with that strikeout of Pirates third baseman Jared Triolo, exiting after seven no-hit innings Wednesday night at Wrigley Field. With his pitch count up to 95, not helped...Read more
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Royals end 3 ugly streaks, move up in AL Central race with win over Guardians
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals’ biggest rally in a week began with a ball hit all of 3 feet and ended with one blasted 423 feet.
On the former hit, all Cleveland third baseman José Ramirez could do was glove Paul DeJong’s dribbler to open the fourth inning.
But that seemingly innocuous infield single started a four-run frame Wednesday ...Read more
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Jesse Winker's grand slam helps Mets sweep Red Sox for 7th consecutive win
NEW YORK — It took a grand slam and some shrewd managing by Carlos Mendoza, but the Mets matched their season-high win streak with their seventh straight on Wednesday night at Citi Field.
The Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with an 8-3 win, their second sweep in a row. It marked the third time this season the Mets have...Read more
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Rockies go down early, never recover in 16-strikeout performance as Braves clinch series
Colorado Rockies fans didn’t need to watch past the first inning on Wednesday to find out how the second game of the series in Atlanta panned out.
Colorado went down 4-0 in that opening frame en route to a 5-2 loss. The Rockies struck out 16 times, and everyone in the lineup had at least one K as the Braves clinched the series to drop ...Read more
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Cardinals get clutch hit from Luken Baker in 10th to best Brewers, win series
MILWAUKEE — At this point, the St. Louis Cardinals have faced so many close games, so many claustrophobic outcomes decided in the late innings and held tight by the bullpen that nothing fazes them when plunged once again into extra innings.
Even a newcomer picks up the pulse by osmosis.
As if dared by the Brewers to pinch-hit for one of ...Read more
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Yankees will look to maximize Jon Berti's versatility whenever he returns
ARLINGTON, Texas — When the New York Yankees first acquired Jon Berti at the start of the season, Aaron Boone raved about the veteran’s versatility.
The Bombers needed him to play third base with DJ LeMahieu sidelined by a fractured foot, but Boone hoped to have Berti eventually play all over the diamond. That made sense, as Berti came from...Read more
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Rays have a big inning, and nab a big win over Twins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Manager Kevin Cash has been talking for what seems nearly the entire season about his offensively-challenged Rays needing to have that one big inning to break out.
And in the fourth inning of their 139th game, they did.
The eight runs they scored Wednesday were their most in a single frame in more than a year. And they...Read more
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