MLB News
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MLB: Chourio joins a 17-man club with third straight 20-homer year
Seventeen players in the history of the sport, and now one more Pat Murphy has stopped trying to be original about it. His left fielder went deep again Saturday night, a third homer in three games, and the Brewers manager reached for the same vocabulary he has been using all summer. The swing came in…
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MLB: Eldridge ties career highs as Giants split doubleheader with Arizona
Four hits, four RBIs Bryce Eldridge matched his career highs overnight Saturday into Sunday. Four hits, four RBIs, and a 7-2 win for the San Francisco Giants over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of the doubleheader. The Giants had dropped the opener 7-1. The nightcap turned in the fifth inning, with the score…
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MLB: Nationals chase first series win in three weeks after walk-off
Two outs, bases loaded, and a season’s worth of frustration gone Nasim Nunez was standing on third. Dylan Crews was down to his last strike zone read of the night. Then came the single, and Washington had their first walk-off of the entire season, a 5-4 win over Miami in 10 innings on Saturday. “A…
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MLB: Taveras doubles twice as Orioles edge closer to a wild card
One game out of the last wild-card spot That is where Baltimore sit after a 5-3 win over the Athletics in West Sacramento on Saturday night, their fourth in five. Friday’s opener had gone 10 innings and ended 4-3. This one was tidier. Leody Taveras did most of the damage with two doubles and three…
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MLB: Bryce Eldridge’s four RBIs salvage a split for Giants
San Francisco lost the opener 7-1 and took the nightcap 7-2. Bryce Eldridge matched career highs with four hits and four runs batted in.
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MLB: Cristopher Sanchez joins Steve Carlton and Cliff Lee in the Phillies record book
Nineteen scoreless innings on the road, and still no win to show for it Two hits. One walk. Eight strikeouts across seven shutout innings in Anaheim, and Cristopher Sanchez left the mound with nothing next to his name. The Philadelphia left-hander was chasing a 17th win that would have put him alone at the top…
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MLB: Taveras doubles twice as Orioles close on wild card
Shane Baz arrived in West Sacramento with a 5-14 record and a five-start losing streak. He left with a win that put Baltimore a single game off the wild card.
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MLB: Crow-Armstrong hits three homers as Cubs rout Reds
Six RBIs, three swings, one night he had never had before Pete Crow-Armstrong had never left the yard three times in a big-league game. He did it Saturday night. The Chicago Cubs outfielder drove in six runs in a 17-5 home win over the Cincinnati Reds. Solo shot in the first. Two-run blast in the…
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MLB: Nationals hunt a first series win since early August
Washington have not taken a series since Aug. 9. Two wins over Miami and a first walk-off of the season hand them a shot at ending that on Sunday.
