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- and Gary Sanchez broke out of a long slump with a three-run double in the eighth. Giancarlo Stanton had a sacrifice fly for New York
- which improved the best record in the majors to 45-20. Jonathan Holder
- David Robertson
- Dellin Betances and Adam Warren each worked an inning to finish the four-hitter. Loaisiga (1-0) was called up from Double-A Trenton to fill in for injured starter Masahiro Tanaka. The 23-year-old righty
- who walked only four batters in 45 minor league innings this year
- struggled a little with his command
- issuing four walks while striking out six. Pitching against his former team
- Eovaldi (1-2) allowed only two runs over the first seven innings until the Yankees chased him in the eighth. He was charged with five runs and eight hits in 7 1/3 innings during his first career outing against New York. He struck out five and walked one. TWINS 6
- INDIANS 3 CLEVELAND (AP) – Corey Kluber had a rare rocky performance
- lasting just five innings and losing for the first time in seven starts as Kyle Gibson outpitched the Cy Young winner and Brian Dozier hit a two-run homer to lead Minnesota past Cleveland. Kluber (10-3) allowed a homer on his fourth pitch of the game to Eddie Rosario and was pulled after throwing just 65 pitches by manager Terry Francona. It was the shortest outing this season for the All-Star [url=http://www.buccaneersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-alex-cappa-jersey]http://www.buccaneersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-alex-cappa-jersey[/url]
- who came in 5-0 with a 0.76 ERA against AL Central teams and was riding several other impressive streaks. Gibson (2-4) limited the Indians to one run and three hits in seven innings and got his first win since his season debut on March 31. Yan Gomes homered in the ninth and the Indians closed to 6-3 before closer Fernando Rodney struck out Francisco Lindor with one on for his 15th save. CUBS 13
- CARDINALS 5 ST. LOUIS (AP) – Kris Bryant ended a 24-game homerless drought
- the longest of his career
- and Ian Happ and Kyle Schwarber also went deep as Chicago routed St. Louis. Bryant drilled a two-run shot off an ineffective Michael Wacha for his first home run since May 14. The 2016 NL MVP capped a six-run fifth inning with an RBI single and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh. His four RBIs were a season high. Jon Lester ran his scoreless streak to 17 innings before giving up a solo home run to Marcell Ozuna in the fourth as the Cubs won for the first time in four tries at Busch Stadium this season. Lester (8-2) allowed two runs in six innings to earn his fourth straight win. Anthony Rizzo had three hits and Schwarber launched a three-run homer that traveled a projected 465 feet to straightaway center. Wacha (8-2) gave up a career-high nine runs
- eight earned
- in a season-low four-plus innings. Matt Carpenter homered and drove in two runs
- but the Cardinals lost their third consecutive game. DODGERS 3
- GIANTS 2 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ross Stripling pitched four-hit ball over 6 1/3 innings
- Enrique Hernandez and Matt Kemp went deep to give the Dodgers a major league-leading 32 homers this month
- and Los Angeles beat rival San Francisco in their series opener. The Dodgers improved to 10-2 in June while sending the Giants to a 17th loss in their last 23 road games. Stripling (6-1) extended his career-best winning streak to six games and is 4-0 at home this season. The right-hander gave up a two-run homer to Pablo Sandoval and had six strikeouts with no walks. Kenley Jansen earned his 16th save. Derek Holland (4-7) gave up three runs – two earned – in five innings. He struck out seven. Earlier in the day
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- RED SOX 6 SEATTLE (AP) – Denard Span’s pinch-hit double in the eighth inning drove in two runs
- leading Seattle over Boston. Span
- hitting for Guillermo Heredia with one out
- hit a liner into the right-field corner after Ryon Healy walked and Ben Gamel singled. Rob Whalen pitched four shutout innings of relief for the Mariners. Ryan Cook (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless eighth and Edwin Diaz earned his major league-leading 26th save. Matt Barnes (0-2) took the loss. Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer as part of a six-run third that gave Boston a 6-3 lead
- but a spectacular defensive play by Seattle second baseman Dee Gordon on a hard-hit ball up the middle by Bogaerts that ended the sixth kept Boston from adding another run. ANGELS 8
- ATHLETICS 4 OAKLAND
- Calif. (AP) – Ian Kinsler homered and drew a bases-loaded walk
- Mike Trout had three hits and a sacrifice fly
- and injury-plagued Los Angeles beat Oakland to snap a four-game skid. Tyler Skaggs (6-4) struck out eight over seven strong innings
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- bringing their total to a franchise-record 15 at one time and leaving just 12 members of the opening day roster active. Jose Briceno and Jose Miguel Fernandez had RBI singles in the third as Los Angeles bounced back with a big offensive night after having lost four straight following a six-game winning streak. The Angels avoided matching their longest skid of the season. Oakland starter Chris Bassitt (0-2) was done after four innings after he allowed six runs – only two earned on a s The Minnesota Twins have reinstated shortstop Jorge Polanco after he served an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. Polanco was reinstated Monday before the Twins’ game with the Milwaukee Brewers. Speaking through the team’s interpreter
- Polanco said that the time away from the game ”was very difficult.” The Twins are hoping that the 24-year-old shortstop builds off his breakout 2017 season. Polanco batted .316 with 10 homers and 42 RBIs over his last 55 games in 2017. ”I’m really glad that I’m back
- ” he said. ”Looking forward to going out there and playing hard.” Polanco flied out to left in his first at bat of the 2018 season. Twins manager Paul Molitor welcomed Polanco back. ”It’s good to see him
- ” Molitor said. ”He had to pay a price for something that happened. He took it head on
- took accountability and did his time
- so to speak.” Molitor had a bit of advice for Polanco. ”Be yourself
- ” Molitor said. ”Don’t worry about trying to make an extreme impression or whatever it might be that you might try to make up for lost time. Just be the player that we know that you can be. That’ll be plenty good enough.” To make room for Polanco on the 40-man roster
- the Twins designated outfielder Ryan LaMarre for release or assignment. —
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- who had won five straight overall and eight straight at home
- had runners on first and third with none out in the eighth against reliever Chris Devenski
- but Matt Duffy lined into a double play and Jake Bauers grounded out. Hector Rondon pitched the ninth for his fifth save in seven opportunities. Marisnick’s homer in the fifth came off Ryan Yarbrough (7-4) and was his seventh of the season. It ended the Rays’ streak of 26 scoreless innings
- the second-longest in franchise history. RED SOX 4
- ANGELS 2 BOSTON (AP) – Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer and Rafael Devers had a solo shot to help Boston beat Los Angeles. Boston completed a season sweep of the Angels for the first time since they joined the American League as an expansion club in 1961. The Red Sox have won four straight and six of seven as they head to New York to open three-game series between the rivals on Friday night with first place in the AL East on the line. Hector Velazquez (6-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief. Craig Kimbrel earned his 24th save with a scoreless ninth inning. Andrelton Simmons hit a solo homer and Albert Pujols had an RBI single for the Angels
- who have lost six straight. Los Angeles was up 1-0 until Devers led off the fifth with his 13th homer
- to center off of Jamie Barria (5-4). DODGERS 11
- CUBS 5 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Anthony Rizzo’s three-run double and Addison Russell’s two-run homer highlighted a seven-run seventh inning as Chicago broke loose after Los Angeles starter Clayton Kershaw exited. The Cubs pounded out 15 hits
- including four by Rizzo. Russell drove in four runs in the final regular-season meeting between the teams that played each other in the NL Championship Series the last two years. They met seven times in 10 days
- with the Cubs winning four games over the two series. The Dodgers staked Kershaw to a 3-1 lead before he departed after five innings because of a pitch limit. The Cubs jumped on reliever Walker Buehler (4-2)
- who arrived earlier in the morning from Triple-A Oklahoma City
- where he had been set for a rehab assignment. Albert Almora Jr. homered on Buehler’s second pitch and Russell’s sacrifice fly tied it at 3 in the sixth. Steve Cishek (2-0) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of relief. ROCKIES 9
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- tying him for the NL lead with Washington’s Bryce Harper. Trevor Story added three hits for Colorado
- which had lost four straight at San Francisco. The Rockies blew leads of 5-2 and 7-5 and were down 8-7 before scoring twice off closer Sam Dyson (2-2) to avoid a series sweep. Adam Ottavino (4-1) gave up two runs but retired three batters to win. Wade Davis pitched the ninth for his 22nd save. DIAMONDBACKS 4
- MARLINS 0 MIAMI (AP) – Zack Greinke pitched seven innings and was an offensive dynamo
- too
- helping Arizona beat Miami. Greinke singled twice
- drove in a run
- stole a base and scored. He leads Arizona pitchers this year with four RBIs and four runs
- raised his season average to .300
- and is now 7 for 7 lifetime in steal attempts. As for pitching
- Greinke (8-5) won for the fifth time in his past six starts. Paul Goldschmidt continued his recent tear with three hits
- and Nick Ahmed added two hits. Each scored and drove in a run. Trevor Richards (2-5) allowed three runs in four innings. Miami rookie Brian Anderson went 0 for 4 to end his 24-game on-base streak
- which had been the longest active string in the National League. PHILLIES 4
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- Rhys Hoskins homered again and Philadelphia started a pivotal division series by beating Washington. Hoskins hit a two-run shot in the seventh inning for his 13th home run of the year and a 4-1 lead that propelled the Phillies within two games of idle Atlanta for first place the NL East. Both the Phillies and Nationals entered this four-game set within striking distance of the Braves. Nola (10-2) struck out eight and walked only two over 114 pitches and 7 2/3 innings. He has won seven straight decisions at home dating to last season. Tommy Hunter allowed two runs in the ninth before Seranthony Dominguez got the final two outs for his sixth save. Tanner Roark (3-9) struck out five over seven innings for the Nationals
- who fell to 4-12 since June 9. BREWERS 6
- REDS 4 CINCINNATI (AP) – Eric Thames hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and Milwaukee slowed Cincinnati’s best surge of the season. The game included a benches-clearing incident in the third inning as Cincinnati’s Joey Votto exchanged words with Brewers catcher Erik Kratz. Thames gave the Brewers a 5-4 lead when he homered in the seventh inning off reliever Amir Garrett (0-1). Eric Sogard added a sacrifice fly in the ninth. Junior Guerra (4-5) gave up Jose Peraza’s second career leadoff homer and Jesse Winker’s two-run shot while The Baltimore Orioles go for their first series sweep of the season against an unlikely opponent. The O’s
- who entered the weekend with the worst record in the American League
- will try to take three straight from the Atlanta Braves
- who began the series tied for the best record in the National League. Atlanta has been swept only once this season. Baltimore will send right-hander David Hess (2-3
- 4.82 ERA) against Atlanta’s Brandon McCarthy (5-3
- 4.89) on Sunday at SunTrust Park. Baltimore has found its offense in Atlanta
- scoring 17 runs in the first two games. Mark Trumbo had a grand slam Saturday and Chris Davis returned from an eight-game hiatus to hit a home run Friday and drive in three runs Saturday. “I feel a lot better
- ” said Davis
- who entered the series hitting .150. “I feel like I’m getting there
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- ” Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. “I’m happy that they are getting their turn. The mood and the effort
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- but how much of that can you take? You worry about that because nobody is happy about losing.” Hess will be making his eighth start and has made quality starts in four of them. He’s received an average of 4.10 runs in support. But his last victory came on May 25 against Tampa Bay. The rookie will be making his first career start against Atlanta. He has started seven games this season and has struggled in the last two outings. He allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings against Washington on Tuesday and five runs in 3 1/3 innings against Boston on June 12. His last four starts have reaped two losses and two no-decisions. McCarthy was on the verge of losing his spot in the rotation
- but received a reprieve when rookie Mike Soroka had to be placed on the disabled list for the second time with shoulder soreness. Otherwise
- he would likely have been moved to the bullpen. McCarthy threw 5 2/3 innings in his last start against San Diego on June 15 and allowed two runs. In 14 starts
- McCarthy has allowed three or fewer earned runs in 10 games. McCarthy has made 10 career appearances (eight starts) against Baltimore and compiled a 2-2 record with a 4.28 ERA. He has not faced the Orioles since 2014. Atlanta would like to see McCarthy pitch deeper in the game in order to give the bullpen a break. Luke Jackson
- Sam Freeman and Peter Moylan have pitched the last two days and are likely unavailable. Concern remains about closer Arodys Vizcaino
- who has complained of right shoulder soreness and hasn’t pitched in six days. Vizcaino has suffered shoulder issues this season and had a cortisone injection this week. “It’s one of those spots in the year with him
- ” manager Brian Snitker said. “We went through it a couple times with him last year. There are times he’s going to have to be down
- just to get him through the year.”
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- who gained 538 in the 41-33 victory. McDaniels is believed to be the Indianapolis Colts preferred candidate for their head coaching opening
- while Patricia is expected to be take over the Detroit Lions. They have already interviewed for the vacancies and spent the week leading to the Super Bowl shrugging off questions about the future. They did the same again Sunday night
- though each was noticeably subdued after coming up short in their bid to win back-to-back rings with the Patriots. ”I’m not talking about that tonight
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- then lost in his past three. Last Friday
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- then settled down in his subsequent three innings. “That one had more well-thrown pitches than any of the games that he’s pitched … but the select few bad pitches he made really hurt him
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- and he gave it a go
- but you could tell he was having trouble swinging in that second at-bat.” Eddie Rosario was scratched prior to the game Thursday with soreness in his right shoulder. He leads the team with 16 homers this season and has been having a good month as well
- batting .357 with a .757 slugging percentage. Rosario said he’d be back in the lineup against Texas and Molitor admitted resting the 26-year-old was a precautionary move. “I just think we’re trying to keep the big picture in mind
- ” Molitor said. “So
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- who was optioned to Class A Fort Meyers to work on hitting the slider
- and center fielder Byron Buxton
- whose fractured toe has shown improvement but not enough to return from a minor league rehab assignment. Missing all that firepower will leave right-hander Fernando Romero a much smaller margin for error as he takes the mound for his 10th career start. Romero has cooled off since going 2-0 with a 1.66 ERA through his first four big league outings
- going 1-2 with a 6.46 ERA over his last five. That number is somewhat skewed by an eight-run disaster at Kansas City back on May 30
- but Romero’s strikeout rate has plummeted from 9.11 per nine innings to 5.95 over his last four starts. “Gosh
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- ” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said of Weaver after his last start. “But that last inning
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- Velasquez carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning. He gave up just one hit and two runs before exiting after 6 2/3 innings and 105 pitches. “I thought that was as confident as I’ve ever seen him
- ” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler told MLB.com about Velasquez. “But most notably for me was how comfortable he looked in his own skin today. It was a breath of fresh air
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- maintain that easiness and maintain that confidence
- that’s when he’s going to reach his true potential.” Velasquez is 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA and 1.297 WHIP in two career starts against St. Louis. The Phillies are going for their fourth straight win after getting an unlikely walk-off victory in the 10th inning Monday night. Aaron Altherr hit a game-winning
- two-run double that bounced past a diving Marcell Ozuna in left field. Philadelphia’s 6-5 win came after its bullpen gave up two runs with two outs in the ninth inning and the go-ahead run on a Tommy Pham homer in the 10th. “They came back in the ninth against us
- but we still thought we could win this game
- ” Altherr told NBC Sports Philadelphia after his heroics. “It shows how resilient this team is. We never give up and always fight.” The Cardinals
- meanwhile
- have dropped six of their last eight games.
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