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Angels lose to Blue Jays again in extra innings
TORONTO — The failure that cost the Los Angeles Angels Saturday’s game happened long before Ryan Zeferjahn allowed the winning run.
The Angels lost 4-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings, the same score as the extra-inning loss the day before.
Again, they could look back on missed opportunities to score earlier in the game. The Angels ...Read more
Red Sox ride seven-run third inning to 10-3 victory vs. Nationals
Friday morning the Red Sox set off their Fourth of July fireworks early, erupting for seven runs in the fifth inning en route to a blowout win over the Washington Nationals.
As it turned out, they saved some extra for Saturday’s rematch too.
The Red Sox blew out the Nationals again, riding a seven-run third inning to a decisive 10-3 win in ...Read more
Twins beat Rays, 6-5, on walk-off bunt
MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday at Target Field, Twins outfielder Harrison Bader hit a walk-off home run to beat Tampa Bay, 4-3.
On Saturday at Target Field, Brooks Lee won it 6-5 with a walk-off push bunt that never got to first base.
His bunt that wobbled down the foul line drove in Byron Buxton in a ninth inning when the Twins got their first ...Read more
Yohel Pozo's homer catapults Cardinals to comeback victory against Cubs
CHICAGO — The baseball Yohel Pozo crushed to radically change the St. Louis Cardinals’ fortunes at Wrigley Field left a vapor trail as it reached Waveland Avenue and an exhale as its results stirred his teammates in the dugout.
Down by two runs when the inning began and facing the heat of a squandered lead and potentially wasted weekend, ...Read more
Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt likely needs Tommy John surgery, Aaron Boone says
NEW YORK — The Yankees’ rotation suffered another significant blow, as Clarke Schmidt likely needs Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, manager Aaron Boone said.
The update came two days after Schmidt exited his start in Toronto with forearm tightness.
“Not great news on that front,” Boone said before Saturday’s game against the ...Read more
Dylan Hernández: Dodgers must aggressively pursue pitchers before the trade deadline
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are counting on Max Muncy to be ready to produce in October.
As they should.
Muncy is expected to be sidelined for six weeks with a bone bruise in his left knee but that won't push them into the market for another third baseman between now and the July 31 trade deadline.
"I don't think that changes much, knowing ...Read more
Dodgers' pitchers get torched during historic lopsided loss to hated Astros
They are two longtime Dodger villains, hated for two vastly different reasons.
As the last remaining position player from the Houston Astros’ trash-can-banging, and (in the eyes of most Dodgers fans) World Series-stealing 2017 championship team, Jose Altuve always receives a rude welcome from the fans at Chavez Ravine.
As one of the most ...Read more
Dodgers suffer worst loss at Dodger Stadium, routed by Astros
LOS ANGELES — By posting a 2.93 ERA and holding hitters to a .217 average over his first 40 innings out of the bullpen this season, Ben Casparius pitched his way into the Dodgers’ depleted starting rotation.
He is pitching his way back to the bullpen.
Casparius was ripped for six runs in the first three innings Friday night, and things ...Read more
Royals' offense erupts with fireworks in series-opening win vs. Diamondbacks
Fans who attended Chase Field on Friday night were promised fireworks in celebration of the Fourth of July.
Little did they know their ticket would include an additional show.
The Kansas City Royals rolled into town sitting on a powder keg. Their dormant offense needed the right environment to ignite and the right player to light a spark.
...Read more
SF Giants embarrassed by A's on all-around shoddy Fourth of July night
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Giants flew out of Phoenix with much-needed good vibes. Camilo Doval redeemed himself on Wednesday, and Robbie Ray shoved on Thursday. They salvaged a split of their four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, arriving in West Sacramento with a chance to win three in a row for the first time in weeks.
They ...Read more
With Max Muncy expected back from knee injury, Dodgers stick with trade deadline plans
LOS ANGELES — When Max Muncy first went down on Wednesday night, clutching his left knee and writhing in pain after a collision with Chicago White Sox baserunner Michael A. Taylor on a steal attempt at third base, Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes couldn’t help but let his mind go to a dark place.
“Obviously, [there were] a lot of ...Read more
Tigers edge Guardians in opener on solo homers by Perez, McKinstry
CLEVELAND — Manager AJ Hinch wasn’t playing any "scene of the crime" games Friday night. Yes, Progressive Field is where the Tigers’ playoff run ended last season. But as far as bringing any emotional leftovers into this series?
“No,” he said flatly. “This is a team we know well and it’s a team we’ve played a lot of close games ...Read more
Orioles edge Braves, 3-2, as Charlie Morton outduels Spencer Strider
ATLANTA — Charlie Morton is no stranger to watching fireworks over the Battery skyline.
The right-hander returned to Atlanta on Friday to face the team with whom he spent the past four seasons and won a World Series in 2021, outdueling Braves ace Spencer Strider to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a July 4 win, 3-2.
Jordan Westburg, back in the...Read more
Padres walk off a win over Rangers after Xander Bogaerts' exit
SAN DIEGO — The Padres walked off 3-2 win in 10 innings on Friday evening over the Texas Rangers to begin the final homestand before the All-Star break.
Time will tell if if they’ve lost their shortstop for a stretch.
Xander Bogaerts grabbed at his right hamstring after swinging at the first pitch he saw with the bases loaded in the bottom...Read more
Jo Adell's homer is not enough as Angels lose to Blue Jays in 10 innings
TORONTO — Jo Adell delivered in a huge clutch moment on Friday night.
Unfortunately for the Angels, no one else could.
Adell’s game-tying three-run homer in the seventh inning was the Angels’ only hit in 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position, and they lost 4-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays in 10 innings.
Sam Bachman made a throwing ...Read more
Rockies' Coors Field misery continues vs. road-challenged White Sox
DENVER — The Colorado Rockies’ Fourth of July was a Yankee Doodle dud.
Chicago White Sox right-hander Adrian Houser made sure of that, pitching eight strong innings in the Sox’s 3-2 victory Friday night at Coors Field.
The White Sox, who lost a modern-era record 121 games last season, entered the night with a 9-35 road record, worst in ...Read more
Colson Montgomery called up to make his White Sox debut in Denver -- 'a cool full-circle moment'
DENVER — Colson Montgomery was initially caught off guard.
“I was in the cage hitting (with Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday), and one of our coaches told me to go into the manager’s office,” Montgomery said Friday afternoon. “I was confused why because there were 25 minutes before the game.
“I had my bat and coffee, and I was kind ...Read more
Mets' Juan Soto pounds Yankees as Subway Series shifts to Queens
NEW YORK — It didn’t take long for Juan Soto to reverse his Subway Series fortune.
Seven weeks after he was booed relentlessly by Yankees fans during a rough weekend in the Bronx, the Mets slugger launched a two-run home run in Friday afternoon’s first inning as the interborough rivalry shifted to Citi Field.
Soto admired the 393-foot ...Read more
Cubs set a franchise record with 8 homers in 11-3 rout of Cardinals -- but Jameson Taillon is out at least a month
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs celebrated the Fourth of July by putting on the biggest fireworks display in franchise history.
The Cubs hit a team-record eight home runs Friday — led by three from Michael Busch and two from Pete-Crow Armstrong — as they rolled to an 11-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series at...Read more
Cal Raleigh ties Ken Griffey Jr.'s HR record in Mariners' win over Pirates
SEATTLE — Within a short span during the first couple weeks of what’s officially summer, there are several benchmarks that show up in a baseball season.
Teams reach the 81-game mark, the true midway mark of the season. The All-Star break comes a couple weeks later and is generally considered the midpoint of the season even if more than half...Read more
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