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Kyle Harrison, bullpen snap Giants' losing streak with 2-0 win vs. Marlins

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Kyle Harrison has created quite the conundrum for the Giants.

Harrison turned in a fine start as San Francisco beat the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park, 2-0, tossing five scoreless innings with five strikeouts and allowing one lone hit. The command was a tad shaky, evidenced by three walks, but his four-seam fastball exhibited great life. ...Read more

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Mike Trout returns and Robert Stephenson exits as Angels beat Guardians, snap losing streak

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CLEVELAND — The relief of the Angels’ 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians — with Mike Trout back in the lineup — was tempered by another injury.

Right-hander Robert Stephenson left Friday’s game after just three pitches. The initial diagnosis was right bicep discomfort. It’s a disturbing development for a pitcher who just two ...Read more

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Rays get walked off by Astros on 9th-inning homer after starters duel

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The Rays lost, 2-1, to the Astros Friday in Houston, walked off when Yainer Diaz hit a two-out homer in the ninth off reliever Garrett Cleavinger.

Tampa Bay dropped to 29-28. It had won eight of its previous nine and 13 of 19, including Thursday’s series opener.

The Rays took an early 1-0 lead. Jose Caballero, batting leadoff for the first ...Read more

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Mike Trout was 'itching' to get back into Angels' lineup

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CLEVELAND — Believe it or not, Mike Trout actually came back early.

Although four weeks on the injured list might have been more than some expected when Trout first suffered a bone bruise in his left knee on April 30, the Angels’ plan for him in recent weeks was focused on a return on Monday in Boston, according to Manager Ron Washington.

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Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery

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LOS ANGELES — Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips is scheduled to get Tommy John surgery next week and will miss the rest of the season, manager Dave Roberts announced Friday.

Phillips had missed the last three weeks because of forearm discomfort — and had not progressed in his recovery despite initial optimism that he would only miss the ...Read more

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Juan Soto ends hitless skid, Francisco Lindor homers twice in Mets' 4-2 win vs. Rockies

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NEW YORK — The Mets continue to express confidence that Juan Soto will start to produce like the generational hitter he is. Friday night at Citi Field, he repaid some of that confidence with a two-hit game to help the Mets defeat the Colorado Rockies, 4-2.

An RBI double and leadoff single might not be much, but the Mets will take it.

The ...Read more

Phillies' offense struggles in series-opening loss against Brewers

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PHILADELPHIA — Phillies reliever Tanner Banks hadn’t allowed an earned run in four straight appearances before taking the ball from Taijuan Walker in the fifth inning on Friday night.

Christian Yelich needed just one pitch — an elevated slider — to emphatically end that streak with a three-run home run, powering the Brewers to a 6-2 ...Read more

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Paul Sullivan: Cubs' rotation outlook is hazy -- just like the skies at Wrigley Field in Friday's loss

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CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs’ rotation will be under the microscope at least until Shota Imanaga returns from his left hamstring strain, which could be sometime in June if his rehab goes according to plan.

In the meantime, they’ll try to get by with Jameson Taillon and four starters who came into the season as question marks due to past ...Read more

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Orioles beat White Sox, 2-1, as Zach Eflin deals and small ball does just enough

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BALTIMORE — Zach Eflin didn’t look like himself his past two starts.

The Orioles’ right-hander was solid in his return from the injured list May 11 but proceeded to give up 12 combined earned runs over his next two outings, allowing a lot of hard contact and seven home runs. A soft assignment in the Chicago White Sox on Friday provided a ...Read more

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. expects to play third for Yankees when short rehab assignment ends

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LOS ANGELES — Jazz Chisholm is expected to return soon — not only to the Yankees, but to the hot corner as well.

Chisholm, working his way back from a calf strain, began a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Thursday. He led off, went 2 for 3 with a single, a double, a walk and two runs scored, and most notably played third base.

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Mariners melt down in extra innings against Nationals

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Mariners starter Emerson Hancock was outstanding, Leody Taveras had a huge game and Seattle kept its lead in the American League West.

Those bright spots were overshadowed, however, by a dreadful 10th inning for the Mariners in which reliever Collin Snider gave up seven runs — five earned — in a 9-3 loss to the Washington Nationals on ...Read more

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Junior Caminero leads way as Rays rally to blast Astros

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Losing an early three-run lead wasn’t going to keep the Rays from winning another game.

After the Astros rallied to tie Thursday’s game in the sixth inning, the Rays responded in a big way, scoring five runs in both the seventh and eighth innings, and rolling to a 13-3 victory at Daikin Park in Houston.

The win was the Rays’ eighth in ...Read more

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Phillies avoid shutout but drop series finale vs. Braves, 9-3, in nightcap of doubleheader

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PHILADELPHIA — Edmundo Sosa threw his bat to the ground in frustration, and then slammed down his helmet for good measure.

He had swung through a slider in the dirt from Chris Sale to end the sixth inning, and in doing so helped the Braves lefty become the fastest pitcher in MLB history to reach 2,500 strikeouts.

Eight of those came at the ...Read more

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Angels' Mike Trout expected to be available Friday in Cleveland

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Mike Trout will be activated from the injured list when the Angels play in Cleveland on Friday night, a source confirmed.

The Angels had no official announcement, but their official transactions page listed Matthew Lugo being optioned to Triple-A on Thursday.

Trout has been out since May 1 because of a bone bruise in his left knee. The Angels ...Read more

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Bill Shaikin: 'Another log on the fire.' Yankees eager to avenge World Series meltdown against Dodgers.

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LOS ANGELES — For Dodgers fans, the must-have souvenir from last year's World Series was not a cap or T-shirt commemorating the team's championship. It was one of the stickers that popped up all over town, reproducing the Fox Sports score box that showed the New York Yankees leading, 5-0, with two out in the fifth inning.

For the Yankees, it ...Read more

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Dodgers acquire former All-Star closer Alexis Díaz in trade with Reds

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LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, Alexis Díaz was an All-Star closer with the Cincinnati Reds.

Now, the 28-year-old right-hander is set to become a Dodgers reclamation project.

Amid a wave of early-season injuries to their bullpen and rotation, the Dodgers agreed to acquire Díaz from the Reds on Thursday, the team announced.

Díaz, who was ...Read more

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Rafael Marchán makes most of his chance to lead Phillies past Braves, 5-4

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PHILADELPHIA — Upon getting rained out Wednesday, the Phillies asked their best pitcher if he preferred to start the matinee first game or the nighttime finale of Thursday’s doubleheader.

Zack Wheeler picked the opener, then swiftly reconsidered.

“Is it too late to switch?” he asked.

“You can do whatever you want,” manager Rob ...Read more

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George Kirby roughed up again; Nationals hand Mariners worst loss of year

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The bullpen door sprang open at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, and immediately the sounds of dubstep electronic dance music began blaring through the T-Mobile Park speakers.

Dubstep, you ask? It’s George Kirby’s favorite, all dark and ominous and irritating. It’s fingers scratching a chalkboard, the kind of music you’d blast into your sibling’s...Read more

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Angels blanked by Yankees in 5th straight loss

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ANAHEIM — The Angels have wasted some pretty good pitching this week.

Thanks to an offense that has been virtually nonexistent, the Angels were swept by the New York Yankees, losing 1-0 in the series finale on Wednesday night.

The Angels held the powerful Yankees to nine runs in three games – including holding two-time American League MVP ...Read more

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Rain clears in time for Cardinals to storm back (again), douse Orioles and take series

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BALTIMORE — It took longer for the mist and drizzle to clear than it did for the Cardinals to solve the Baltimore Orioles’ left-handed starter, but by the time it did this much remained clear:

That offense that Nolan Arenado described as “never out of it” and a lineup capable of mulching opponents with long, grinding at-bats — “What...Read more