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DENVER – Pinch hitter Pat Valaika and David Dahl homered in an eight-run fifth inning, Nolan Arenado had four hits, including a home run, and the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 13-9 on Friday night, snapping a 12-game losing streak to the Dodgers. The Rockies withstood a three-run homer by […]

YOKOHAMA – Jose Lopez and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo each homered twice as league play resumed on Friday in the Yokohama BayStars’ 13-3 whipping of the Hiroshima Carp. Lopez, a longtime regular for the Seattle Mariners who is in his seventh season in Japan, opened the scoring with a first-inning solo shot […]

MINNEAPOLIS – Willy Adames and Choi Ji-man had RBI singles, and Yandy Diaz drove in what proved to be the winning run with a sacrifice fly to highlight a three-run 18th inning and lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon. It […]

NEW YORK – Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich have been elected starters for one of the youngest All-Star Game lineups ever, leading the millennial-heavy National League for the Midsummer Classic in Cleveland. Major League Baseball revealed the results from fan balloting for its All-Star starters Thursday. The All-Star Game is […]

NEW YORK – Tom Seaver is getting a statue outside the Mets’ home, and the team is getting a new address. The announcement was made official at a ceremony Thursday. Citi Field will now be listed as 41 Seaver Way in honor of the Hall of Fame pitcher’s number. New […]

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Justin Bour returned from his banishment to the minors with a slightly tweaked swing and a renewed hunger at the plate. With another huge game in his June power surge, both the slugger and his Los Angeles Angels are showing it’s not too late to get something […]

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Shohei Ohtani will throw off a mound Wednesday for the first time since Tommy John surgery. The Los Angeles Angels announced the latest big step in their two-way star’s comeback Tuesday night. Ohtani had surgery Oct. 1 at the conclusion of his AL Rookie of the Year […]

NEW YORK – Aaron Judge and his teammates were joking about which one of them would hit the home run that gave the New York Yankees a major league-record 28 straight games with a long ball. The 6-foot-7 (200-cm) slugger, batting second in the lineup, predicted the mark might fall […]

SENDAI – Aren Kuri allowed three hits and no walks over the distance to throw his first career shutout as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2-0 on Tuesday in the season’s final interleague game. The win lifted the three-time defending Central League champs to within one […]

NEW YORK – Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton stretched the Yankees’ home run streak to a record-tying 27 games, and New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-8 Monday night. Hicks and Stanton each hit three-run drives, and New York matched the mark set by Alex Rodriguez and the 2002 […]