Mauer, Buxton lead Twins over Brewers 7-2 Byron Buxton and Joe Mauer each had three singles and the Minnesota Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers for the fourth consecutive game, 7-2 on Thursday night. The Twins, who have won five straight and are 7-3 in August, had 12 hits — 11 […]
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Mets’ Jacob deGrom leaves in 7th after getting hit by batted ball New York Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom was lifted in the seventh inning of Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies after getting hit on the back of his right arm above the elbow with a line drive by […]
LEADING OFF: Davies goes for 14; Votto on hitting streak A look at what’s happening all around the majors today: STREAKING Milwaukee right-hander Zach Davies (13-5), tied for second in the NL in wins, faces Minnesota for the first time. He is 6-1 with a 2.38 ERA in his last […]
Dodgers win 80th game of season, rallying over Diamondbacks Hitless in 23 previous at-bats, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson faced Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke with two outs in the seventh inning and a man on second base. Pederson, who’d struck out in his first two at-bats against Greinke, […]
Colón, Dozier lead Twins to 4-0 win over Brewers Bartolo Colón surprised his manager and then baffled the Milwaukee Brewers. Colón pitched seven innings for his second consecutive win since joining the Twins, Brian Dozier added a home run, double and single and Minnesota beat the Brewers 4-0 on Wednesday […]
Anderson, Gonzalez lead White Sox to 7-1 rout of Astros For much of the season, Tim Anderson has been struggling to duplicate the promise he showed last year as a rookie. He’s finally starting to feel he’s making progress. Anderson homered and drove in three runs, Miguel Gonzalez tossed eight […]
Zimmerman, Gonzalez pace Nats over Marlins 10-1 Gio Gonzalez went from changing diapers to fooling the Marlins with his changeup once again while Ryan Zimmerman continued re-writing the Nationals record book. Zimmerman had four run-scoring hits, including two solo home runs, drove in five runs, received two curtain calls and […]
Verlander dominates Pirates in lopsided Tigers’ win Justin Verlander hasn’t had a vintage season. Still, he has never stopped believing that he can perform like an ace. In his last three starts, he’s proving his point. On Wednesday night, Verlander allowed one hit over eight innings as the Detroit Tigers […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers Are Horrifying The Los Angeles Dodgers are 46 games above .500 in early August, on pace for a 114-win season, and recently added Yu Darvish, who in his Dodgers debut struck out 10 and gave up only three hits in seven shutout innings against the Mets. […]
Rookie Smith powers White Sox past Astros 8-5 A couple unheralded Chicago White Sox rookies helped get veteran left-hander Derek Holland back to the winning side, beating the reeling ace of the American League’s best team. Kevan Smith had a home run and drove in four runs and Adam Engel […]
