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Coby Mayo had never hit 20 home runs in a big-league season. Overnight at Camden Yards he hit his 20th and his 21st, and Baltimore’s six-game losing streak was over.

A high chopper flips it all The infield was in. It did not matter. Shay Whitcomb punched a high chopper toward shortstop, deep in the hole and well behind the drawn-in defense, and Nate Furman raced home from third with one out in the bottom of the 11th. Giants 5, Cardinals 4 in San Francisco…

Ten punchouts, and a point made Emmet Sheehan made a mockery of his demotion. The Dodgers right-hander was back up from the minors on Monday night and struck out 10 Reds in a 6-3 win. Five and two-thirds innings. Three hits, one walk, one run, and a strikeout total that matched his career high. Sheehan…

84 games without the captain The Yankees activated Aaron Judge from the 60-day injured list Monday night. The three-time MVP is available for the home series that starts Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies. He had not played since May 31. A stress fracture in a right rib, initially read as a bone bruise until further…

Twelve strikeouts, two hits, 109 pitches. Jesus Luzardo went the distance for the first time in his career, and Kyle Schwarber’s 43rd homer was the only run he needed.

The softest hit of the night decided it Jeff McNeil did not need to square it up. Bases loaded, two outs, bottom of the ninth, and a slow roller to shortstop was enough. He beat the throw, Donovan Walton scored from third, and the Athletics walked off the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday night…

A chopper to deep shortstop, an automatic runner sprinting home, and the Cardinals’ playoff math got worse. San Francisco took it 5-4 in 11 innings.

Ohtani closes the book on pitching July 3. That was the last time Shohei Ohtani stood on a big league mound, and it will stay that way until next spring. The Japanese star confirmed it on Sunday night, moments after the Dodgers’ 6-3 win over Cincinnati. “Most likely not, and I’ll focus on hitting from…

The Athletics ran wild on Dylan Cease, then won it on a ball that never left the infield. Toronto’s wild-card margin shrinks again.