Life on the bubble: MLB teams at trade deadline see fortunes turn in a hurry
(PhatzRadio Sports / USA Today Sports) —- BALTIMORE — In the American League wild card race, where you’re only out of it if you want to be, four games can make a world of a difference. The...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Simmons slugs Angels to 7-3 win over Red Sox
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andrelton Simmons drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run homer, Albert Pujols went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 7-3 victory over the...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Valbuena’s solo homer lifts Angels to 3-2 win over Red Sox
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw left after two innings with lower back tightness that is sending him to the disabled list, and the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a blown save by Kenley Jansen to beat...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Paxton, Seager pace Seattle Mariners past Boston Red Sox
CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Engel and Matt Davidson homered and the White Sox snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the crosstown rival Cubs at Wrigley Field on Monday. The Cubs lost for...
View ArticleAs MLB trade deadline nears, contenders must be willing to part with prospects
(PhatzRadio Sports / USA Today Sports) —- They are called prospects, minor-league players who one day have a chance to play in the big leagues. Some will make it. A few will become stars. Most...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Segura’s single in 13th rallies Mariners past Red Sox 6-5
NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Frazier had an unforgettable first at-bat in his home debut at Yankee Stadium, grounding into the major leagues’ first run-scoring triple play since 2006 as New York beat the...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Red Sox ace Ks 11 in 4-0 win over Mariners
SEATTLE (AP) — Chris Sale pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, 20-year-old Rafael Devers became the youngest Boston player to hit a home run since Tony Conigliaro in September 1965 and the Red Sox...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Gardner homers, Judge cracks tooth, Yanks top Rays 6-5 in 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals tied a franchise record with eight home runs, including two apiece by Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman, and Max Scherzer pitched six innings of three-hit ball...
View ArticleMLB Trade Deadline: Contending teams thrive off MLB trade deadline deals
(PhatzRadio Sports / AP) —- ST. LOUIS — The sound of the showers hitting the tile floor in the Colorado Rockies’ visiting clubhouse at Busch Stadium was deafening. The Rockies, one of baseball’s...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Indians beat White Sox 9-3 to extend win streak to 8
BOSTON (AP) — Salvador Perez and Mike Moustakas homered off emergency starter Rick Porcello, who took over when David Price went back on the disabled list because of inflammation in his left elbow, and...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Leon helps Red Sox win 9-8 in 10, end Royals’ 9-game streak
CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch hitter Brandon Guyer was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning for the go-ahead run, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Alonso’s HR in 12th powers A’s past Twins, 6-5
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrian Beltre doubled for his 3,000th career hit Sunday, reaching the milestone in the Texas Rangers’ 10-6 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. The Rangers already were down 4-0 when...
View ArticleFive burning questions for MLB trade deadline 2017
(PhatzRadio Sports / USA Today Sports) — Major League Baseball’s trade deadline strikes at 4 p.m. ET on Monday. While there have already been a number of moves, the action figures to hit another...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Rafael Devers, Doug Fister lead Red Sox to victory against Indians
MIAMI (AP) — Washington lefty Gio Gonzalez lost his no-hit bid in the ninth inning when Dee Gordon led off with a clean single, and the Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 Monday night. Gonzalez was...
View ArticleMLB: Winners and losers of the MLB trade deadline
(PhatzRadio Sports / USA Today Sports) —- Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline saw aces Yu Darvish and Sonny Gray join contenders, but other big names stayed put including Justin Verlander and Zach...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Red Sox win under Christian Vazquez’s 9th inning heroics
BOSTON (AP) — With the game on the line, Christian Vazquez launched a long drive that even Austin Jackson couldn’t reach. Vazquez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Devers has 3-run homer for Red Sox in 9-5 win over White Sox
CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Kluber upstaged Sonny Gray’s debut for New York by pitching a three-hitter and leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-1 win over the sloppy Yankees on Thursday night. Kluber (9-3)...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Moreland lifts Red Sox over White Sox 3-2
NEW YORK (AP) — Yu Darvish fit right in with the steamrolling Dodgers, striking out 10 over seven innings of three-hit ball during his Los Angeles debut to pitch the top team in the majors past the New...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Benintendi, Bradley homer and Red Sox beat White Sox 4-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Yasiel Puig hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the thundering Los Angeles Dodgers went deep five times, rallying past the New York Mets 7-4 on Saturday to extend their...
View ArticleMLB Roundup: Red Sox win 6th straight game, sweep White Sox
CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Wieters hit a tiebreaking grand slam off Carl Edwards Jr. in Washington’s five-run eighth inning, helping the Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on Sunday. Bryce Harper started the...
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