LOS ANGELES (AP) — Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam off Hyun-Jin Ryu and added a solo shot to help the Yankees set a club record for homers in a month, and New York routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 Friday night in a matchup of the two teams with the best records in baseball.Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez and Gleyber Torres also homered as the Yankees ended a four-game skid. They have a major league-leading 57 homers in August, their most in any month.Starting on five days' rest, James Paxton (10-6) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings to win his fifth straight start. He struck out 11 and walked none.Ryu (12-4) gave up seven runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings in his shortest outing since June 28.BRAVES 2, METS 1, 14 INNINGSNEW YORK (AP) — Billy Hamilton singled home the go-ahead run in the 14th inning for his first hit with Atlanta, and the Braves earned sixth straight win despite yet another sensational game by Jacob deGrom.The Mets tied a major league record by striking out 26 batters — including... [More]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam off Hyun-Jin Ryu and added a solo shot to help the Yankees set a club record for homers in a month, and New York routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 Friday night in a matchup of the two teams with the best records in baseball.Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez and Gleyber Torres also homered as the Yankees ended a four-game skid. They have a major league-leading 57 homers in August, their most in any month.Starting on five days' rest, James Paxton (10-6) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings to win his fifth straight start. He struck out 11 and walked none.Ryu (12-4) gave up seven runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings in his shortest outing since June 28.BRAVES 2, METS 1, 14 INNINGSNEW YORK (AP) — Billy Hamilton singled home the go-ahead run in the 14th inning for his first hit with Atlanta, and the Braves earned sixth straight win despite yet another sensational game by Jacob deGrom.The Mets tied a major league record by striking out 26 batters — including... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Hamilton singled home the go-ahead run in the 14th inning for his first hit as a Brave, and Atlanta beat the New York Mets 2-1 Friday night for its sixth straight win despite yet another sensational game by Jacob deGrom.The Mets tied a major league record by striking out 26 batters — including 13 by deGrom — but had their five-game winning streak end.At 21, Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. became the second-youngest player with a 30-homer, 30-steal season. Only Mike Trout did it faster than Acuña.Hamilton's grounder off Jeurys Familia (4-2) was just out of reach for diving second baseman Joe Panik, allowing Tyler Flowers to score from third.DeGrom homered and struck out eight straight batters during one dominant stretch, pitching seven innings of one-run ball.Luke Jackson (7-2) pitched two scoreless innings to win. Mark Melancon delivered a 1-2-3 14th to close out the 4 hour, 37-minute game for his fifth save.MARLINS 19, PHILLIES 11MIAMI (AP) — Starlin Castro homered twice... [More]

CHICAGO (AP) — Aníbal Sánchez pitched one-hit ball into the ninth inning and helped himself with two perfectly placed bunts, leading the Washington Nationals to a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.Washington had a short turnaround with an afternoon start after its 7-1 victory at Pittsburgh on Thursday night. The Nationals didn't arrive in Chicago until early Friday morning, but their loaded lineup looked as if it got more than enough rest.Juan Soto and Adam Eaton homered as Washington improved to 13-4 in its last 17 games, putting pressure on NL East-leading Atlanta and strengthening its position atop the wild card standings. It has outscored its opponents 129-66 since Aug. 5.Chicago had won five in a row, but it was unable to overcome a shaky start by Jon Lester (10-9) and another rough performance at the plate.Sánchez (8-6), who flew into Chicago ahead of time on Thursday, allowed one earned run while improving to 8-0 in his last 16 starts.INDIANS 4, ROYALS 1CLEVELAND (AP) —... [More]

Indians second. Jason Kipnis singles to center field. Franmil Reyes doubles to deep center field. Jason Kipnis to third. Tyler Naquin singles to deep right field. Franmil Reyes scores. Jason Kipnis scores. Roberto Perez strikes out swinging. Francisco Lindor homers to center field. Tyler Naquin scores. Oscar Mercado strikes out swinging. Carlos Santana walks. Yasiel Puig reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Carlos Santana out at second.4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Indians 4, Royals 0.Royals sixth. Nicky Lopez singles to center field. Whit Merrifield flies out to deep right field to Yasiel Puig. Jorge Soler called out on strikes. Hunter Dozier triples to deep center field. Nicky Lopez scores. Alex Gordon walks. Ryan O'Hearn strikes out on a foul tip.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Indians 4, Royals 1.

Orioles second. Renato Nunez walks. Jonathan Villar homers to center field. Renato Nunez scores. Pedro Severino doubles to right center field. DJ Stewart singles to shallow center field. Pedro Severino to third. Stevie Wilkerson doubles to deep left center field. Pedro Severino scores. Richie Martin hit by pitch. Hanser Alberto walks. Richie Martin to second. Stevie Wilkerson to third. Trey Mancini grounds out to shortstop. Hanser Alberto out at second.3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Orioles 3, Royals 0.Royals third. Whit Merrifield homers to center field. Jorge Soler grounds out to third base, Hanser Alberto to Trey Mancini. Hunter Dozier called out on strikes. Alex Gordon singles to center field. Cheslor Cuthbert lines out to left field to Anthony Santander.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Orioles 3, Royals 1.Orioles fifth. Trey Mancini grounds out to first base to Ryan O'Hearn. Anthony Santander homers to center field. Renato Nunez homers to center field. Jonathan Villar singles... [More]

Royals second. Alex Gordon singles to right field. Ryan O'Hearn singles to right field. Alex Gordon to third. Meibrys Viloria out on a sacrifice fly to deep center field to Anthony Santander. Alex Gordon scores. Bubba Starling called out on strikes. Brett Phillips strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 1, Orioles 0.Orioles seventh. Jace Peterson singles to center field. Hanser Alberto flies out to deep right field to Bubba Starling. DJ Stewart singles to second base. Jace Peterson to second. Rio Ruiz singles to left field. DJ Stewart to second. Jace Peterson scores. Chance Sisco lines out to deep center field to Brett Phillips. DJ Stewart to third. Jonathan Villar flies out to Bubba Starling.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Royals 1, Orioles 1.Orioles eighth. Trey Mancini walks. Anthony Santander pops out to Hunter Dozier. Trey Mancini to second. Renato Nunez pops out to Ryan O'Hearn. Jace Peterson walks. Hanser Alberto homers to center field. Jace Peterson scores. Richie Martin scores. DJ Stewart flies out to deep left field to Alex Gordon.3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Orioles 4, Royals 1.

Orioles second. Jace Peterson singles to center field. Hanser Alberto flies out to right field to Jorge Soler. DJ Stewart doubles to deep right field. Jace Peterson scores. Pedro Severino grounds out to third base. DJ Stewart out at third.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Orioles 1, Royals 0.Royals sixth. Nicky Lopez singles to left field. Nick Dini reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Nicky Lopez to third. Fielding error by Hanser Alberto. Whit Merrifield singles to center field. Nick Dini to second. Nicky Lopez scores. Alex Gordon singles to right field. Whit Merrifield to second. Nick Dini to third. Hunter Dozier singles to left field. Alex Gordon to second. Whit Merrifield scores. Nick Dini scores. Jorge Soler walks. Hunter Dozier to second. Alex Gordon to third. Cheslor Cuthbert pops out to shallow center field to Hanser Alberto. Bubba Starling lines out to shallow center field to Hanser Alberto. Humberto Arteaga strikes out swinging.3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3 left on. Royals... [More]

Royals fourth. Whit Merrifield lines out to deep right field to Michael Conforto. Alex Gordon walks. Hunter Dozier singles to shallow right field. Alex Gordon to third. Jorge Soler reaches on error. Hunter Dozier to second. Alex Gordon scores. Fielding error by Pete Alonso. Cheslor Cuthbert grounds out to shortstop. Jorge Soler out at second.1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Royals 1, Mets 0.Mets fifth. Juan Lagares singles to left field. Aaron Altherr singles to center field. Juan Lagares to second. Amed Rosario grounds out to shortstop. Aaron Altherr out at second. Juan Lagares to third. Joe Panik singles to center field. Juan Lagares scores. Pete Alonso grounds out to third base, Cheslor Cuthbert to Ryan O'Hearn.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Mets 1, Royals 1.Mets seventh. Luis Guillorme grounds out to first base to Ryan O'Hearn. Juan Lagares singles to center field. Aaron Altherr hit by pitch. Juan Lagares to second. Amed Rosario walks. Aaron Altherr to second. Juan Lagares to... [More]

Mets third. Amed Rosario flies out to right field to Brett Phillips. J.D. Davis singles to left field. Pete Alonso reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. J.D. Davis to second. Fielding error by Whit Merrifield. Michael Conforto singles to left center field. Pete Alonso to third. J.D. Davis scores. Todd Frazier grounds out to shortstop. Michael Conforto out at second.1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Mets 1, Royals 0.Royals fifth. Bubba Starling called out on strikes. Ryan O'Hearn singles to deep right field. Meibrys Viloria doubles to deep right field, advances to 3rd. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Throwing error by Joe Panik. Nicky Lopez doubles to shallow left field. Meibrys Viloria scores. Whit Merrifield flies out to right field to Michael Conforto. Alex Gordon grounds out to first base, Pete Alonso to Noah Syndergaard.2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Royals 2, Mets 1.Royals eighth. Alex Gordon singles to right center field. Hunter Dozier singles to right center field, advances to 2nd. Alex Gordon to third. Jorge Soler walks. Brett Phillips walks. Jorge Soler to second. Hunter Dozier to third. Alex Gordon scores. Bubba Starling singles to shallow center field. Brett Phillips to second. Jorge Soler to third. Hunter Dozier scores. Ryan O'Hearn strikes out swinging. Meibrys Viloria grounds out to second base. Bubba Starling out at second.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Royals 4, Mets 1.

LONDON (AP) — Gary Sánchez hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a nine-run seventh inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 12-8 Sunday for a two-game sweep of the groundbreaking, high-scoring trip across the pond.DJ LeMahieu doubled off Marcus Walden (6-1) leading off the seventh and hit a two-run double against Josh Taylor later in the inning as the Yankees opened an 11-4 lead, sending 14 batters to the plate in their highest-scoring inning in four years.Didi Gregorius went deep against Ryan Brasier in the eighth, extending New York's record streak of games with home runs to 31. Combined with the Yankees' 17-13 win Saturday, the teams scored 50 runs on the weekend, four more than their previous scoring mark in consecutive games against each other.Adam Ottavino (3-2), the second of six New York relievers, got the win.Before a sellout crowd of 59,059 at Olympic Stadium, Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez became the first... [More]

LONDON (AP) — Gary Sánchez hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a nine-run seventh inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 12-8 Sunday for a two-game sweep of the groundbreaking, high-scoring trip across the pond.DJ LeMahieu doubled off Marcus Walden (6-1) leading off the seventh and hit a two-run double against Josh Taylor later in the inning as the Yankees opened an 11-4 lead, sending 14 batters to the plate in their highest-scoring inning in four years.Didi Gregorius went deep against Ryan Brasier in the eighth, extending New York's record streak of games with home runs to 31. Combined with the Yankees' 17-13 win Saturday, the teams scored 50 runs on the weekend, four more than their previous scoring mark in consecutive games against each other.Adam Ottavino (3-2), the second of six New York relievers, got the win.Before a sellout crowd of 59,059 at Olympic Stadium, Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez became the first... [More]

LONDON (AP) — Gary Sánchez hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a nine-run seventh inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 12-8 Sunday for a two-game sweep of the groundbreaking, high-scoring trip across the pond.DJ LeMahieu doubled off Marcus Walden (6-1) leading off the seventh and hit a two-run double against Josh Taylor later in the inning as the Yankees opened an 11-4 lead, sending 14 batters to the plate in their highest-scoring inning in four years.Didi Gregorius went deep against Ryan Brasier in the eighth, extending New York's record streak of games with home runs to 31. Combined with the Yankees' 17-13 win Saturday, the teams scored 50 runs on the weekend, four more than their previous scoring mark in consecutive games against each other.Adam Ottavino (3-2), the second of six New York relievers, got the win.Before a sellout crowd of 59,059 at Olympic Stadium, Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez became the first... [More]

LONDON (AP) — Gary Sánchez hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a nine-run seventh inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 12-8 Sunday for a two-game sweep of the groundbreaking, high-scoring trip across the pond.DJ LeMahieu doubled off Marcus Walden (6-1) leading off the seventh and hit a two-run double against Josh Taylor later in the inning as the Yankees opened an 11-4 lead, sending 14 batters to the plate in their highest-scoring inning in four years.Didi Gregorius went deep against Ryan Brasier in the eighth, extending New York's record streak of games with home runs to 31. Combined with the Yankees' 17-13 win Saturday, the teams scored 50 runs on the weekend, four more than their previous scoring mark in consecutive games against each other.Adam Ottavino (3-2), the second of six New York relievers, got the win.Before a sellout crowd of 59,059 at Olympic Stadium, Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez became the first... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Johan Camargo had a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the 10th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 Sunday to win their fifth straight series.Overcoming an injury to standout rookie starting pitcher Mike Soroka, the Braves used the long ball and their bullpen to win the deciding matchup of a three-game set between NL East rivals.Camargo connected off Tanner Rainey (1-2) after Ozzie Albies drew a one-out walk, and Atlanta held on for its seventh victory in 10 extra-inning games this season.Josh Donaldson and Ronald Acuña Jr. also went deep for the first-place Braves.Juan Soto homered for the Nationals, who have lost two in a row following a five-game win streak.A.J. Minter (2-4) worked the ninth and Luke Jackson earned his 11th save despite giving up a run, two hits and a walk.ASTROS 9, YANKEES 4NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Altuve hit a leadoff homer, rookie Yordan Alvarez connected again and Houston ended its first seven-game skid in four years.New York had... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Johan Camargo had a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the 10th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 Sunday to win their fifth straight series.Overcoming an injury to standout rookie starting pitcher Mike Soroka, the Braves used the long ball and their bullpen to win the deciding matchup of a three-game set between NL East rivals.Camargo connected off Tanner Rainey (1-2) after Ozzie Albies drew a one-out walk, and Atlanta held on for its seventh victory in 10 extra-inning games this season.Josh Donaldson and Ronald Acuña Jr. also went deep for the first-place Braves.Juan Soto homered for the Nationals, who have lost two in a row following a five-game win streak.A.J. Minter (2-4) worked the ninth and Luke Jackson earned his 11th save despite giving up a run, two hits and a walk.ASTROS 9, YANKEES 4NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Altuve hit a leadoff homer, rookie Yordan Alvarez connected again and Houston ended its first seven-game skid in four years.New York had... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Sánchez, Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu homered in a hurry, connecting in a six-run fourth inning that powered the New York Yankees past the Houston Astros 10-6 on Thursday night for their sixth straight win.Edwin Encarnación hit his AL-leading 23rd home run, and second since being acquired by New York from Seattle, as the Yankees handed Houston its season-worst fifth loss in a row.The Astros dropped a matchup of division leaders despite Jake Marisnick's two home runs and solo drives by Alex Bregman and rookie Yordan Álvarez.Sánchez opened the fourth with his 22nd homer. With rain falling, Torres connected for a three-run jolt off rookie Framber Valdéz (3-3). LeMahieu tagged reliever Chris Devenski for a two-run homer and a 6-0 lead. The inning included two delays — a short break to fix the mound and a 37-minute stoppage when the showers fell too hard.Nestor Cortes Jr. (2-0) pitched three innings after another fine start by opener Chad Green. The veteran reliever struck... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Sánchez, Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu homered in a hurry, connecting in a six-run fourth inning that powered the New York Yankees past the Houston Astros 10-6 on Thursday night for their sixth straight win.Edwin Encarnación hit his AL-leading 23rd home run, and second since being acquired by New York from Seattle, as the Yankees handed Houston its season-worst fifth loss in a row.The Astros dropped a matchup of division leaders despite Jake Marisnick's two home runs and solo drives by Alex Bregman and rookie Yordan Álvarez.Sánchez opened the fourth with his 22nd homer. With rain falling, Torres connected for a three-run jolt off rookie Framber Valdéz (3-3). LeMahieu tagged reliever Chris Devenski for a two-run homer and a 6-0 lead. The inning included two delays — a short break to fix the mound and a 37-minute stoppage when the showers fell too hard.Nestor Cortes Jr. (2-0) pitched three innings after another fine start by opener Chad Green. The veteran reliever struck... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Sánchez, Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu homered in a hurry, connecting in a six-run fourth inning that powered the New York Yankees past the Houston Astros 10-6 on Thursday night for their sixth straight win.Edwin Encarnación hit his AL-leading 23rd home run, and second since being acquired by New York from Seattle, as the Yankees handed Houston its season-worst fifth loss in a row.The Astros dropped a matchup of division leaders despite Jake Marisnick's two home runs and solo drives by Alex Bregman and rookie Yordan Álvarez.Sánchez opened the fourth with his 22nd homer. With rain falling, Torres connected for a three-run jolt off rookie Framber Valdéz (3-3). LeMahieu tagged reliever Chris Devenski for a two-run homer and a 6-0 lead. The inning included two delays — a short break to fix the mound and a 37-minute stoppage when the showers fell too hard.Nestor Cortes Jr. (2-0) pitched three innings after another fine start by opener Chad Green. The veteran reliever struck... [More]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The last time Detroit Tigers teammates Brandon Dixon and Grayson Greiner were at TD Ameritrade Park, they were on opposing teams in the 2012 College World Series finals.Dixon's tiebreaking double in the ninth inning produced a national championship for the Arizona over South Carolina. Greiner's fly to right in the bottom half ended the game.As the Tigers' game against the Kansas City Royals in Omaha on Thursday night started drawing closer, Dixon couldn't help but razz Greiner about the last time they were together here."The only bad thing about this whole trip has been to hear all these questions about losing a national championship to Brandon," Greiner said. "He has ripped on me pretty good the last couple weeks, knowing we're coming out here."As part of the buildup for the CWS, which starts Saturday, Major League Baseball brought a regular-season game to Nebraska for the first time. The NCAA and MLB have worked to strengthen their relationship in recent years, and... [More]