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LOS ANGELES — Julio Urías has shaken off an unimpressive begin to his season and returned to the height of his prodigious talents. So have his Los A...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For these in the hunt for proof that Tyler Glasnow is doing simply nice after lacking a flip within the rotation -- after which some -- with again spasms, look no additional than Christian Bethancourt's glove. After the Rays' backstop obtained one significantly nasty fastball from Glasnow, he regarded down at his mitt solely to seek out that the webbing was damaged the place the ball hit the leather-based. "He was throwing very hard," Bethancourt mentioned. Glasnow picked up proper the place he left off because the Rays thumped the Giants, 10-2, in Monday night time's sequence opener at Oracle Park. Backed by a season-high 18 hits from the Tampa Bay offense, the 29-year-old righty logged a top quality begin in his first look since July 31, permitting a run on three hits ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Patrick Bailey hit a two-run homer within the tenth inning and the San Francisco Giants overcame a blown save by All-Star nearer Camilo Doval to beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Sunday, stopping a four-game dropping streak. ...

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals’ velocity has formally put the league on discover. After taking two of three from the Dodgers in July with sensible baserunning and small ball, Kansas City has established an identification that groups have bother containing, particularly when that features slowing down Dairon Blanco. The speedy outfielder, who bunted in two runs throughout the Phillies’ sequence on Kansas City’s newest highway journey, prompted havoc once more within the Royals’ 7-6 victory over the Mariners on Monday night time at Kauffman Stadium. With the game-winning run on third and one out, Blanco laid down a textbook bunt up the first-base line. Pinch-runner Samad Taylor bought an awesome break and sprinted dwelling, gliding over the plate with out a throw to safe the walk-off win. “Just h...

PHOENIX — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has been proper in the course of lots of the finest moments for the Diamondbacks this yr. It’s no coincidence that whe...

SAN DIEGO -- Two days shy of his thirty seventh birthday, Yu Darvish simply retains piling up milestones and accomplishments. His newest was an enormous one. With his sixth-inning strikeout of Baltimore’s Ramón Urías within the Padres’ 4-1 loss on Monday night time at Petco Park, Darvish turned the all-time MLB strikeout chief amongst pitchers born in Japan. Darvish's sixth and remaining strikeout of the night time was the 1,919th of his profession, transferring him previous legendary right-hander Hideo Nomo and into sole possession of first place. Coincidentally, Nomo can be employed by the Padres, as an adviser within the baseball operations division, and he was readily available Monday to witness the accomplishment. “I remember watching him on television when I was a kid, and we all kno...

NEW YORK — Derek Jeter will attend Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day for the primary time since his retirement when New York honors the twenty fifth anniversary of its 1998 World Series championship crew on Sept. 9. ...

ARLINGTON -- Max Scherzer has three wins in three begins for the Rangers. Scherzer pitched a gem on Monday evening, permitting one hit with a season-high 11 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings within the Rangers’ 12-0 rout of the Angels within the collection opener at Globe Life Field. Scherzer dominated from the beginning, putting out the facet within the first inning. It occurred in uncommon vogue with Brandon Drury putting out because of a batter pitch clock violation to finish the inning. That merely foreshadowed the sort of evening it will be for Scherzer and the Rangers. Scherzer allowed his solely hit within the second inning as Mike Moustakas led off with an infield single. The right-hander labored round that and a one-out stroll, ending the inning by getting Matt Thaiss to lin...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Teams that keep within the Williamsport complicated for the Little League World Series will proceed to sleep in single beds within the wake of final yr’s incident the place a boy critically injured his head when he fell out of his high bunk. ...

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