MLB News
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MLB: Skenes and the Pirates chase a .500 finish
Pittsburgh sits at 76-77 with nine games left and a shot at its first non-losing season since 2018. Paul Skenes opens the series against Kansas City tonight.
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MLB: Meckler’s walk-off single lifts Angels past Twins in 10
Meckler ends it on the first pitch Wade Meckler didn’t mess around. Bottom of the 10th, first pitch from Kody Funderburk, and the Angels hitter smokes a liner through a crowded infield and into right field. Zach Neto scores. Los Angeles grabs a 5-4 win over the Twins in Anaheim on the opening night of…
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MLB: Dodgers take the NL West for the 13th time in 14 years
Kyle Tucker went 4-for-5 in Cincinnati and the Dodgers walked off with the National League West again. A pitcher called up that morning took the win.
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MLB: Murakami’s first-pitch homer sends the White Sox back into first
One pitch, and the night turns Munetaka Murakami swung at the first thing Framber Valdez threw him and drove it over the center-field fence for a three-run homer. Chicago won 3-1 in Detroit and climbed back into first place in the American League Central. What made it land harder was everything leading up to it.…
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MLB: Meckler’s first walk-off edges the Twins
Wade Meckler swung at the first pitch he saw in the 10th and collected his first career walk-off hit. The Angels beat Minnesota 5-4 after losing the lead in the ninth.
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MLB: Murakami’s 32nd homer puts Chicago back on top
Five hits in 52 at-bats, then one first-pitch swing. Munetaka Murakami’s 32nd home run put the White Sox back level at the top of the AL Central.
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MLB: Trevor Story ends the Rangers’ 63-2 run with one swing
Two hanging breaking balls in Arlington Texas led 3-0. Texas lost 4-3. The eighth inning did all of it on Tuesday night. Wilyer Abreu walked. Willson Contreras wore a Jakob Junis pitch. The Rangers called on All-Star closer Jacob Latz, who struck out Adley Rutschman on three pitches and looked like he had the inning…
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MLB: Padres bet on King at Coors Field, where he owns a 9.53 ERA
Nine wins in 10 games, and a wild-card spot hardening Nine wins out of 10. San Diego arrives in Denver at 83-69 with a postseason berth looking sturdier by the day. The Padres hold a 3.5-game cushion over Arizona (80-73) for the National League’s third wild card. There is still something bigger on the table,…
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MLB: Taj Bradley chases 200 strikeouts in Anaheim
Taj Bradley opens the Twins’ final road trip ten strikeouts short of 200. Across the diamond, the Angels need five wins from ten to dodge 100 defeats.
