Brandon Lowe homered for the fifth time in six games, Austin Meadows also connected and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading New York Yankees 6-3 Tuesday night.The second-place Rays cut their deficit to 1 1/2 games in the opener of this three-game set. Tampa Bay has won four of five in the season series.Luke Voit hit his third homer in two days and Gary Sánchez also went deep, but New York ended a six-game winning streak and dropped to 10-1 at Yankee Stadium this season. Kevin Kiermaier lined a one-out triple in the third inning and scored on a hit by nine-hole hitter Michael Perez. Meadows followed with a base hit, and then Lowe drilled a three-run shot to center off Masahiro Tanaka (0-1) for a 4-0 lead.Tanaka was charged with six runs — five earned — and eight hits over four innings.Blake Snell (2-0) allowed three runs, four hits and two walks. Nick Anderson and Chaz Roe combined for a scoreless eighth and ninth, with Roe converting his first save opportunity.NATIONALS 8, BRAVES... [More]

Brandon Lowe homered for the fifth time in six games, Austin Meadows also connected and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading New York Yankees 6-3 Tuesday night.The second-place Rays cut their deficit to 1 1/2 games in the opener of this three-game set. Tampa Bay has won four of five in the season series.Luke Voit hit his third homer in two days and Gary Sánchez also went deep, but New York ended a six-game winning streak and dropped to 10-1 at Yankee Stadium this season. Kevin Kiermaier lined a one-out triple in the third inning and scored on a hit by nine-hole hitter Michael Perez. Meadows followed with a base hit, and then Lowe drilled a three-run shot to center off Masahiro Tanaka (0-1) for a 4-0 lead.Tanaka was charged with six runs — five earned — and eight hits over four innings.Blake Snell (2-0) allowed three runs, four hits and two walks. Nick Anderson and Chaz Roe combined for a scoreless eighth and ninth, with Roe converting his first save opportunity.DODGERS 2, MARINERS... [More]

Giants first. Mike Yastrzemski homers. Alex Dickerson flies out to right field to Jo Adell. Donovan Solano grounds out to shortstop, David Fletcher to Tommy La Stella. Brandon Belt strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 1, Angels 0.Angels first. David Fletcher lines out to second base to Brandon Belt. Tommy La Stella homers to right field. Mike Trout flies out to deep right field to Mike Yastrzemski. Anthony Rendon singles to left field. Shohei Ohtani strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 1, Angels 1.Giants second. Evan Longoria walks. Pablo Sandoval homers to right field. Evan Longoria scores. Brandon Crawford strikes out swinging. Tyler Heineman pops out to shallow center field to David Fletcher. Steven Duggar grounds out to shallow right field, Luis Rengifo to Tommy La Stella.2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 3, Angels 1.Giants third. Mike Yastrzemski walks. Alex Dickerson reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Mike Yastrzemski... [More]

Giants first. Mike Yastrzemski flies out to deep right field to Jo Adell. Alex Dickerson flies out to left center field to Mike Trout. Donovan Solano hit by pitch. Brandon Belt homers to center field. Donovan Solano scores. Evan Longoria triples to deep left center field. Pablo Sandoval flies out to center field to Mike Trout.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 2, Angels 0.Angels third. Brian Goodwin doubles to center field. David Fletcher grounds out to shallow infield, Brandon Crawford to Brandon Belt. Brian Goodwin to third. Tommy La Stella out on a sacrifice fly to deep right field to Mike Yastrzemski. Brian Goodwin scores. Mike Trout homers to center field. Anthony Rendon strikes out swinging.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 2, Angels 2.Giants fifth. Mauricio Dubon singles to left center field. Chadwick Tromp flies out to left field to Brian Goodwin. Mike Yastrzemski singles to right field. Mauricio Dubon to third. Alex Dickerson reaches on a fielder's choice to... [More]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs, all against Roel Ramirez in his major league debut, and went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday. Ramirez is the first pitcher to allow four straight homers in his debut. Yoán Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez connected during a six-run fifth inning.It was the 10th time in major league history a team hit four straight homers. The only other time the White Sox did it was on Aug. 14, 2008, against Kansas City, when Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe connected.The White Sox got another solid start from Dallas Keuchel (3-2) and won for just the third time in 11 home games.St. Louis right-hander Dakota Hudson (0-2) allowed one run in four innings in his first start since July 26.INDIANS 8, TIGERS 5DETROIT (AP) — Franmil Reyes homered twice, and the Indians beat the Tigers for the 20th straight time, nearing the major league record for most consecutive... [More]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs, all against Roel Ramirez in his major league debut, and went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday. Ramirez is the first pitcher to allow four straight homers in his debut. Yoán Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez connected during a six-run fifth inning.It was the 10th time in major league history a team hit four straight homers. The only other time the White Sox did it was on Aug. 14, 2008, against Kansas City, when Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe connected.The White Sox got another solid start from Dallas Keuchel (3-2) and won for just the third time in 11 home games.St. Louis right-hander Dakota Hudson (0-2) allowed one run in four innings in his first start since July 26.INDIANS 8, TIGERS 5DETROIT (AP) — Franmil Reyes homered twice, and the Indians beat the Tigers for the 20th straight time, nearing the major league record for most consecutive... [More]

Angels second. Shohei Ohtani singles to deep right field. Brian Goodwin strikes out swinging. Jo Adell grounds out to shallow infield, Kike Hernandez to Matt Beaty. Shohei Ohtani to second. Max Stassi singles to left field. Shohei Ohtani scores. Luis Rengifo lines out to center field to Cody Bellinger.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Angels 1, Dodgers 0.Dodgers third. Keibert Ruiz homers to right field. Mookie Betts singles to right field. Corey Seager flies out to center field to Jo Adell. Max Muncy homers to center field. Mookie Betts scores. Cody Bellinger flies out to deep center field to Mike Trout. Chris Taylor strikes out swinging.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 3, Angels 1.Dodgers fourth. Joc Pederson strikes out on a foul tip. Kike Hernandez walks. Matt Beaty singles to shallow center field. Kike Hernandez to second. Keibert Ruiz pops out to shallow left field to David Fletcher. Mookie Betts singles to shallow left field. Matt Beaty to second. Kike Hernandez scores.... [More]

Angels first. David Fletcher lines out to left field to Chris Taylor. Tommy La Stella reaches on error. Fielding error by Kike Hernandez. Mike Trout homers to center field. Tommy La Stella scores. Anthony Rendon lines out to center field to AJ Pollock. Shohei Ohtani grounds out to shallow infield, Walker Buehler to Cody Bellinger.2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on. Angels 2, Dodgers 0.Dodgers second. Cody Bellinger singles to deep center field. Chris Taylor strikes out swinging. Max Muncy walks. Kike Hernandez walks. Max Muncy to second. Cody Bellinger to third. Austin Barnes strikes out swinging. Mookie Betts singles to left field. Kike Hernandez to second. Max Muncy scores. Cody Bellinger scores. Corey Seager grounds out to shallow infield, Luis Rengifo to Tommy La Stella.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Dodgers 2, Angels 2.Dodgers third. Justin Turner strikes out swinging. AJ Pollock flies out to deep left center field to Taylor Ward. Cody Bellinger singles to deep right field. Chris... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole posted his 20th straight regular-season win, becoming the sixth pitcher to reach the mark by throwing seven sharp innings to lead the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Friday night.Cole (4-0) allowed one run and four hits. He struck out eight, walked none and threw 95 pitches.Cole’s only defeat since May 2019 was in the World Series opener last year, when he pitched for Houston and lost to Washington. The Yankees improved to 7-0 at home for the fourth time since 1959 (also 2017, 1998 and 1987). New York also beat Boston for the seventh straight time.Gary Sánchez homered for the second straight game and Gleyber Torres had four hits, including a two-run double in the third. Mike Tauchman drove in four runs and started in right field for Aaron Judge, who landed on the injured list with a mild right calf strain. Clint Frazier also hit a two-run double in the eighth.DJ LeMahieu had two more hits and ended the night with a .429 average. It was his 69th... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole posted his 20th straight regular-season win, becoming the sixth pitcher to reach the mark by throwing seven sharp innings to lead the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Friday night.Cole (4-0) allowed one run and four hits. He struck out eight, walked none and threw 95 pitches.Cole’s only defeat since May 2019 was in the World Series opener last year, when he pitched for Houston and lost to Washington. The Yankees improved to 7-0 at home for the fourth time since 1959 (also 2017, 1998 and 1987). New York also beat Boston for the seventh straight time.Gary Sánchez homered for the second straight game and Gleyber Torres had four hits, including a two-run double in the third. Mike Tauchman drove in four runs and started in right field for Aaron Judge, who landed on the injured list with a mild right calf strain. Clint Frazier also hit a two-run double in the eighth.DJ LeMahieu had two more hits and ended the night with a .429 average. It was his 69th... [More]

Dodgers third. Austin Barnes singles to shallow center field. Mookie Betts reaches on error. Austin Barnes to second. Fielding error by Anthony Rendon. Corey Seager reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow right field. Mookie Betts out at second. Austin Barnes to third. Justin Turner singles to right field. Corey Seager to third. Austin Barnes scores. AJ Pollock reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Justin Turner out at second. Corey Seager scores. Cody Bellinger grounds out to shallow right field, David Fletcher to Albert Pujols.2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Dodgers 2, Angels 0.Angels fifth. Anthony Rendon homers to left field. Shohei Ohtani grounds out to shallow right field, Kike Hernandez to Edwin Rios. Albert Pujols strikes out swinging. Justin Upton strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 2, Angels 1.Dodgers sixth. Justin Turner walks. AJ Pollock flies out to deep center field to Mike Trout. Cody Bellinger homers to right field. Justin Turner scores.... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyle Hendricks pitched six strong innings in his first appearance against Cleveland since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Anthony Rizzo homered, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 win over the Indians on Wednesday night to match their best start in 50 years.Hendricks (3-1) didn’t have much trouble with the slumping Indians. He allowed one run and seven hits and handled everyone in Cleveland’s lineup but Franmil Reyes, who got three hits.The Cubs are 12-3 in their first season under manager David Ross, matching the club’s start after 15 games in 1970. Rizzo homered in the third off Carlos Carrasco (2-2), David Bote drove in two runs and Kris Bryant connected for a 430-foot shot as the Cubs swept the two-game interleague set.Hendricks hadn’t faced the Indians since Nov. 2, 2016, when he started the dramatic finale as the Cubs beat the Indians in extra innings to clinch their first Series title since 1908. ATHLETICS 8, ANGELS 4ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Piscotty, Matt... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyle Hendricks pitched six strong innings in his first appearance against Cleveland since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Anthony Rizzo homered, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 win over the Indians on Wednesday night to match their best start in 50 years.Hendricks (3-1) didn’t have much trouble with the slumping Indians. He allowed one run and seven hits and handled everyone in Cleveland’s lineup but Franmil Reyes, who got three hits.The Cubs are 12-3 in their first season under manager David Ross, matching the club’s start after 15 games in 1970. Rizzo homered in the third off Carlos Carrasco (2-2), David Bote drove in two runs and Kris Bryant connected for a 430-foot shot as the Cubs swept the two-game interleague set.Hendricks hadn’t faced the Indians since Nov. 2, 2016, when he started the dramatic finale as the Cubs beat the Indians in extra innings to clinch their first Series title since 1908. ATHLETICS 8, ANGELS 4ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Piscotty, Matt... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyle Hendricks pitched six strong innings in his first appearance against Cleveland since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Anthony Rizzo homered, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 win over the Indians on Wednesday night to match their best start in 50 years.Hendricks (3-1) didn’t have much trouble with the slumping Indians. He allowed one run and seven hits and handled everyone in Cleveland’s lineup but Franmil Reyes, who got three hits.The Cubs are 12-3 in their first season under manager David Ross, matching the club’s start after 15 games in 1970. Rizzo homered in the third off Carlos Carrasco (2-2), David Bote drove in two runs and Kris Bryant connected for a 430-foot shot as the Cubs swept the two-game interleague set.Hendricks hadn’t faced the Indians since Nov. 2, 2016, when he started the dramatic finale as the Cubs beat the Indians in extra innings to clinch their first Series title since 1908. ATHLETICS 8, ANGELS 4ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Piscotty, Matt... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyle Hendricks pitched six strong innings in his first appearance against Cleveland since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Anthony Rizzo homered, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 win over the Indians on Wednesday night to match their best start in 50 years.Hendricks (3-1) didn’t have much trouble with the slumping Indians. He allowed one run and seven hits and handled everyone in Cleveland’s lineup but Franmil Reyes, who got three hits.The Cubs are 12-3 in their first season under manager David Ross, matching the club’s start after 15 games in 1970. Rizzo homered in the third off Carlos Carrasco (2-2), David Bote drove in two runs and Kris Bryant connected for a 430-foot shot as the Cubs swept the two-game interleague set.Hendricks hadn’t faced the Indians since Nov. 2, 2016, when he started the dramatic finale as the Cubs beat the Indians in extra innings to clinch their first Series title since 1908. ATHLETICS 8, ANGELS 4ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Piscotty, Matt... [More]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In the first major league game in Buffalo since 1915, Travis Shaw hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays settled into their new nest with a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.Barred from playing in Toronto by the Canadian government over concerns about the coronavirus, the Blue Jays spent nearly three weeks on the road before moving into the ballpark of their Triple-A affiliate as their temporary home this year.Francisco Cervelli’s three-run homer with two outs in the Miami ninth made it 4-all. Logan Forsythe then nearly put the Marlins ahead with a long drive in the 10th that originally was ruled a two-run homer, then reversed to a foul ball on review — the replay cameras were among the upgrades made at the park to get it up to big league standards. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out in the 10th and Shaw singled to right field for his first RBI in 25 at-bats with Toronto.Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer in the sixth and... [More]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In the first major league game in Buffalo since 1915, Travis Shaw hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays settled into their new nest with a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.Barred from playing in Toronto by the Canadian government over concerns about the coronavirus, the Blue Jays spent nearly three weeks on the road before moving into the ballpark of their Triple-A affiliate as their temporary home this year.Francisco Cervelli’s three-run homer with two outs in the Miami ninth made it 4-all. Logan Forsythe then nearly put the Marlins ahead with a long drive in the 10th that originally was ruled a two-run homer, then reversed to a foul ball on review — the replay cameras were among the upgrades made at the park to get it up to big league standards. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out in the 10th and Shaw singled to right field for his first RBI in 25 at-bats with Toronto.Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer in the sixth and... [More]

Angels fourth. Anthony Rendon homers to left field. Shohei Ohtani singles to right field. Albert Pujols singles to left field. Shohei Ohtani to second. Jason Castro homers to center field. Albert Pujols scores. Shohei Ohtani scores. Justin Upton flies out to deep left field to Robbie Grossman. Brian Goodwin homers to center field. David Fletcher grounds out to shallow infield, Matt Chapman to Matt Olson. Tommy La Stella singles to right field. Mike Trout called out on strikes.5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Angels 5, Athletics 0.Angels sixth. Brian Goodwin grounds out to shallow right field to Matt Olson. David Fletcher homers. Tommy La Stella walks. Mike Trout singles to left field. Tommy La Stella to second. Anthony Rendon flies out to deep left field to Robbie Grossman. Shohei Ohtani flies out to deep left field to Robbie Grossman.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Angels 6, Athletics 0.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Hosmer singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the sixth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in the series opener Monday night.Joc Pederson bobbled the ball on Hosmer’s hit to left and couldn’t attempt a throw as Trent Grisham scored from second after Dustin May (1-1) walked him, giving the Padres a 2-1 lead.Austin Hedges homered with two outs in the fifth to tie it at 1. It was Hedges’ third hit and first homer of the season and only the second home run given up by May.Emilio Pagán retired Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner in order in the eighth, and the Dodgers managed just four hits. Betts, Bellinger and Turner were 1 for 4 with a strikeout each. Los Angeles was 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.Cal Quantrill (2-0) got the victory with three innings of relief. He allowed two hits and struck out three.Drew Pomeranz retired the side in the ninth for his third save.ANGELS 10, ATHLETICS 9ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —... [More]

Angels first. David Fletcher singles. Tommy La Stella singles to right field, tagged out at second, Stephen Piscotty to Marcus Semien. David Fletcher to third. Mike Trout singles to right center field. Anthony Rendon homers to left field. Mike Trout scores. Shohei Ohtani walks. Albert Pujols grounds out to shallow left field. Shohei Ohtani out at second.3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Angels 3, Athletics 0.Athletics second. Matt Chapman homers to left field. Mark Canha hit by pitch. Robbie Grossman singles to shallow center field. Mark Canha to second. Stephen Piscotty singles to right field. Robbie Grossman to third. Mark Canha scores. Chad Pinder reaches on a fielder's choice to third base, advances to 2nd. Stephen Piscotty to third. Robbie Grossman out at home. Sean Murphy pops out to second base to Tommy La Stella. Marcus Semien walks. Ramon Laureano reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Marcus Semien out at second.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Athletics 3, Angels... [More]