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When the backup catcher takes the mound, the game is already gone Jhonny Pereda is a catcher. He finished Sunday night on the mound. That single detail covers most of what happened at T-Mobile Park. The Chicago Cubs beat the Seattle Mariners 19-2 to dodge a sweep in a series they had opened badly and…

Eight innings, nothing Eight innings. Zero runs. Philadelphia had produced absolutely nothing against St. Louis. Then came the ninth. Two outs were already on the board when Edmundo Sosa ripped a three-run double into the gap and Citizens Bank Park finally found its voice. Bryan De La Cruz singled to left to tie it. Kyle…

Three straight singles and a bunt tore open the sixth inning, and by the eighth the Yankees had beaten Toronto 8-3 behind homers from Chisholm and Grisham.

Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice, drove in four and collected four hits as San Diego finished off a three-game sweep of Minnesota with an 8-1 win.

Tyler Mahle stayed hot, Michael Harris II homered late, and Atlanta walked out of Williamsport with a 4-2 win the Braves needed more than the Brewers did.

First pitch of the game, last swing of the game Randy Arozarena took the very first pitch of the night over the wall. Eight innings later, two outs in the bottom of the ninth, he did it again and Seattle had a 5-4 win over the Cubs. He also took one away in the middle…

One hit. That was all the Texas Rangers managed on Saturday night in Arlington, and it cost them ground in the American League wild-card race.

Boston had one runner in scoring position through eight innings. Then three runs landed in the ninth and San Francisco went home beaten 3-2.

Three runs before he recorded three outs Pittsburgh hung three on Tarik Skubal in the first inning. Dodger Stadium went quiet in the way it does when a very expensive acquisition looks like it might not work. Then he retired 20 of the next 23 hitters. Seven innings, 11 strikeouts, three runs, five hits, one…