RF Jose Bautista hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning Sunday in the 3-1 loss to the Texas Rangers. He has 18 RBIs since May 10. He has three homers in his past seven games and seven in his past 17 games.

RF Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning Saturday afternoon in the 3-1 win over the Texas Rangers. It was his ninth homer of the season, the sixth with runners in scoring position. Six of his home runs have either tied a game or given the Blue Jays the lead.

CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo went 3-for-3 with two home runs and starter Kyle Hendricks confined the San Francisco Giants to two runs and five hits as the Chicago Cubs held on for a 5-4 victory Wednesday night.The win was the second straight for the Cubs as they go for the series victory Thursday while the Giants have dropped three of their last four games. Hendricks (4-2) worked seven innings and also struck out five for his second straight victory. Cubs closer Wade Davis gave up a two-run homer with one out in the ninth to Mac Williamson to trim the margin to one. It was the first homer Davis has allowed in relief since Sept. 24, 2015.Davis then walked Michael Morse but got Denard Span to pop out and Joe Panik on a called third strike to post his 10th save.Red Sox 9, Rangers 4BOSTON -- Boston scored seven runs in the seventh inning to rally past Texas, giving Chris Sale his fourth straight victory.Sale (5-2), unbeaten since April 27, struck out six in 7 1/3 innings, failing to strike out... [More]

CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo went 3-for-3 with two home runs and starter Kyle Hendricks confined the San Francisco Giants to two runs and five hits as the Chicago Cubs held on for a 5-4 victory Wednesday night.The win was the second straight for the Cubs as they go for the series victory Thursday while the Giants have dropped three of their last four games. Hendricks (4-2) worked seven innings and also struck out five for his second straight victory. Cubs closer Wade Davis gave up a two-run homer with one out in the ninth to Mac Williamson to trim the margin to one. It was the first homer Davis has allowed in relief since Sept. 24, 2015.Davis then walked Michael Morse but got Denard Span to pop out and Joe Panik on a called third strike to post his 10th save.Red Sox 9, Rangers 4BOSTON -- Boston scored seven runs in the seventh inning to rally past Texas, giving Chris Sale his fourth straight victory.Sale (5-2), unbeaten since April 27, struck out six in 7 1/3 innings, failing to strike out... [More]

BALTIMORE -- Jose Berrios picked up his third straight win with a solid performance and the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 4-3 victory in a Wednesday matinee.The Twins improved to 14-5 on the road and are in first place in the American League Central. It was Minnesota's first three-game sweep in Baltimore since 1996, although the Twins swept a four-game series in 2015. Chris Davis and Jonathan Schoop hit solo home runs in the seventh for the Orioles, ending the day for Berrios, who had been dominant up to that point. Kennys Vargas, Eduardo Escobar, Brian Dozier and Byron Buxton each had two hits for the Twins, who stranded nine runners. Diamondbacks 8, White Sox 6PHOENIX -- Jake Lamb hit his 13th homer of the season, and Arizona patched together just enough pitching to get past Chicago.In completing a three-game sweep, the Diamondbacks (29-19) moved to 10 games over .500 for the first time since they concluded the 2011 season at 94-68. Andrew... [More]

RF Jose Bautista started at third base for the first time since April 14, 2013 Tuesday as manager John Gibbons looked for ways to fill a void created while Josh Donaldson remains on the DL and the Blue Jays had to go without a designated hitter in interleague play. "I mentioned it to him the other day in Baltimore," Gibbons said. "I said it would depend on what would happen with the other guys if they're here or not. Put Chris Coghlan in the outfield or whatever and I might play him some at third." Bautistia has appeared at third twice this season but hadn't played the position regularly since 2011.

RF Jose Bautista was 3-for-4 and hit his sixth homer of the season Wednesday against the Braves, who weren't happy with his bat flip afterward. Bautista, who got off to a slow start, is hitting .354 (11-for-31) with homers in his last nine games. The latest homer came in the eighth inning of an 8-4 loss, the Blue Jays' third straight to the Braves.

RF Jose Bautista, who was used as the DH, hit a two-run homer in the third inning Friday in the 4-0 win over the Seattle Mariners. It was his second homer in his past three games and his fourth of the season. He has 10 career homers against the Mariners.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Buster Posey hit a one-out home run in the bottom of the 17th inning, delivering the San Francisco Giants a walk-off victory over the Cincinnati reds on Friday.The game was the second-longest in AT&T Park history, trailing only an 18-inning marathon between the Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001. It lasted 5 hours, 28 minutes.Posey's homer, his sixth of the season, came off right-hander Robert Stephenson (1-2), the seventh Reds pitcher. It was Posey's third career walk-off homer.Right-hander Cory Gearrin (1-1), the eighth Giants pitcher, got the win after pitching two scoreless innings during which he stranded five baserunners.Astros 5, Yankees 1NEW YORK -- Lance McCullers Jr. pitched six scoreless innings and Houston continued the best start in team history with a victory over New York.McCullers (3-1) followed Dallas Keuchel's six scoreless innings from Thursday's series opener by scattering four hits. He struck out seven without a walk.Brian McCann belted a three-run... [More]

NEW YORK -- Lance McCullers Jr. pitched six scoreless innings and the Houston Astros continued the best start in team history with a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.McCullers (3-1) followed Dallas Keuchel's six scoreless innings from Thursday's series opener by scattering four hits. He struck out seven without a walk.Brian McCann belted a three-run homer, and Carlos Correa and Josh Reddick each had an RBI single for the Astros (25-11), who surpassed the best 36-game start in team history set in 1972.The Yankees tied a season high with their third straight loss.Dodgers 6, Rockies 2DENVER -- Clayton Kershaw improved to 20-6 in 35 career starts against Colorado in Los Angeles' win.Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood had control problems in the second inning and the Dodgers batted around and strafed him for five runs.Kershaw (6-2) is 9-1 with a 2.36 ERA in his last 11 starts against the Rockies.Cubs 3, Cardinals 2ST. LOUIS -- Eddie Butler fired six shutout innings and won his... [More]

NEW YORK -- Lance McCullers Jr. pitched six scoreless innings and the Houston Astros continued the best start in team history with a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.McCullers (3-1) followed Dallas Keuchel's six scoreless innings from Thursday's series opener by scattering four hits. He struck out seven without a walk.Brian McCann belted a three-run homer, and Carlos Correa and Josh Reddick each had an RBI single for the Astros (25-11), who surpassed the best 36-game start in team history set in 1972.The Yankees tied a season high with their third straight loss.Dodgers 6, Rockies 2DENVER -- Clayton Kershaw improved to 20-6 in 35 career starts against Colorado in Los Angeles' win.Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood had control problems in the second inning and the Dodgers batted around and strafed him for five runs.Kershaw (6-2) is 9-1 with a 2.36 ERA in his last 11 starts against the Rockies.Cubs 3, Cardinals 2ST. LOUIS -- Eddie Butler fired six shutout innings and won his... [More]

NEW YORK -- Lance McCullers Jr. pitched six scoreless innings and the Houston Astros continued the best start in team history with a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.McCullers (3-1) followed Dallas Keuchel's six scoreless innings from Thursday's series opener by scattering four hits. He struck out seven without a walk.Brian McCann belted a three-run homer, and Carlos Correa and Josh Reddick each had an RBI single for the Astros (25-11), who surpassed the best 36-game start in team history set in 1972.The Yankees tied a season high with their third straight loss.Twins 1, Indians 0CLEVELAND -- Ervin Santana pitched seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball and Miguel Sano's first-inning homer produced the only run for Minnesota in a win vs. Cleveland at Progressive Field.Santana (6-1) struck out four, walked five, and combined with three relievers on a three-hitter, the Twins' second shutout of the season. Brandon Kintzler pitched the ninth inning to pick up his ninth save.The... [More]

RF Jose Bautista, who was used as the designated hitter Wednesday, hit a three-run homer in the first inning in the 8-7 win over the Cleveland Indians. It was his third homer of the season and it came in his 34th game. It is the deepest he has gone into a season before hitting his third home run since 2009 when he did it in his 63rd game.

RF Jose Bautista ended a 0-for-21 drought at the plate when he singled with one out in the seventh inning Tuesday. It was his longest hitless stretch of the season. He was 0-for-20 from April 15-21. They were his longest hitting funks since he had an 0-for-25 drought June 22-July 1, 2015. Bautista led the majors in pitches seen per at-bat at 4.64 going into the game Tuesday.

OF Jose Bautista went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, seeing his season batting average drop to .180. He now has 41 strikeouts in 111 at-bats -- he had been hitting the ball well in the past week but was part of a Jays lineup that struggled to get on base in Saturday's loss.

RF Jose Bautista recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season and second in a row when he singled and hit a two-run home run Monday. Bautista is 9-for-24 (.342) in his last seven games after his average reached .129.

RF Jose Bautista hit the game-tying double in the eighth inning of the 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday. It was his second hit of the day and the 1,000th of his career for the Blue Jays. He has a 27-game on-base streak against the Rays. "I'll get to enjoy it when my career is over," Bautista said. "Hopefully, I'll get some more. It does kind of bring you back to the long time that I've been here. It's always fun to do it while contributing to a win." RHP Chris Archer threw behind Bautista's back in the first inning and both benches were warned. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said that he feels Archer should be suspended to be consistent with recent rulings. Bautista only said "no" when asked if he felt pitchers should be policed more stringently than they are in such cases. After Bautista flied out, he passed near Archer on his return to the dugout. "I just asked him if he was OK and he said he was good, that's it," Bautista said. Archer said: "I was just trying to go inside and the ball got away from me a little bit."

WASHINGTON -- Anthony Rendon went 6-for-6 with three home runs and a career-high 10 RBIs, and Matt Wieters had three hits, including two homers and four RBIs, as the first-place Washington Nationals crushed the New York Mets 23-5 on Sunday, salvaging the series finale in convincing fashion.It was the first multi-homer game in the career of Rendon, who entered the day with five RBIs. He set a career high with six hits and lifted his average from .226 to .278. Washington hit a team-record seven homers.Rendon had a two-run single in the first inning, a solo homer in the third, a three-run homer in the fourth, a three-run double in the fifth and a solo homer in the eighth off Kevin Plawecki, normally a catcher. The MLB record for RBIs in a game is 12, set by Jim Bottomley and Mark Whiten.The Nationals are the first team in major-league history to score at least 14 runs five times in April. Ryan Zimmerman also had three hits for Washington, which set a franchise record (including Montreal) for... [More]

OF Jose Bautista was 1-for-3 Sunday to raise his season average to .132. He was thrown out at second trying to stretch a single into a double against the Angels. "He's just trying to make something happen," manager John Gibbons said.

OF Jose Bautista was 0-for-4 with a double play and a strikeout, his 25th of the season, and is hitting .123. But he drove Cameron Maybin to the track in the third and hit a gapper that Kole Calhoun ran down in the eighth. His home run Friday night was his first of the season and ended his third-longest home run drought since joining the Blue Jays. He had gone 67 at-bats without a home run. The other streaks were in 2009, lasting 85 and 77 at-bats.