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HOUSTON — Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani will skip his subsequent scheduled pitching begin Wednesday at Texas after telling supervisor Phil Nevin he was feeling some arm fatigue. ...

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Keibert Ruiz hit the primary pitch of the ninth inning into the right-field bullpen to provide the Washington Nationals a 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night time. ...

CHICAGO -- Including Saturday night time’s 3-2 win over the White Sox, the Brewers have tallied 24 one-run victories this season. Their run differential may be simply +2 on the season, however Milwaukee has been efficient at popping out on prime in shut video games all 12 months. Multiple components play into sustaining success in tight video games this deep into the season, like well timed hitting. The Brewers trailed 2-0 going into the seventh inning, stymied to that time by White Sox starter Jesse Scholtens. Mark Canha led off with a stroll, Andruw Monasterio singled, and each runners moved into scoring place on a deep fly ball from Brice Turang. That arrange Tyrone Taylor’s game-tying double and a go-ahead single from William Contreras. But though his double tied the sport, Taylor has ...

SEATTLE — An evening devoted to honoring top-of-the-line pitchers of his technology ended with just one run scored, 19 mixed strikeouts and an overwhelming right-hander named Félix on the mound on the finish. ...

NEW YORK -- As the Braves swept a doubleheader in opposition to the Mets on Saturday at Citi Field, it was once more apparent how a lot has modified for these National League East rivals inside a 12 months. Memories of the battles these groups waged over final season’s remaining two months pale additional into the space because the Braves claimed a 21-3 victory within the first sport and a 6-0 win within the nightcap. “[There’s] a lot more pleasure [beating the Mets] because they always say they are going to beat us,” Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies mentioned. “That’s all I can say.” Matt Olson elevated his MLB lead with a pair of homers within the opener, and Spencer Strider spent the second sport extending the scoreless streak fellow beginning pitchers Charlie Morton and Allan Winans ...

Kenley Jansen was a 19-year-old catching prospect within the Los Angeles Dodgers group when he performed for the 2007 Great Lakes Loons. Sixteen years and 417 saves later, he appears again at his time in Midland, Michigan fondly. The All-Star nearer didn’t hit a lot — his conversion to the mound in 2009 got here for a motive — however the general expertise formed who he's right this moment. “I loved everything about that city, man,” stated Jansen, a local of Curaçao who additionally referred to as Midland dwelling in 2008. “It was cold, but probably also my favorite city from my time in the minor leagues. We played at Dow Diamond and that place was packed every night. The fans were great. I lived with Rob Wright and Lori Wright — Danny Wright, too — and I don’t even consider them m...

Ohtani may be having the finest season of all-time, interval. The two-way famous person is second within the Majors with 40 residence runs and leads all certified hitters with a 182 wRC+ on the plate. On the mound, he is struck out 165 batters with a 3.17 ERA in 130 2/3 innings. Cumulatively, he is been price 8.1 WAR (FanGraphs model) and is monitoring for the uncommon eleven-plus win season, one thing finished by solely Aaron Judge (2022) and Barry Bonds (2001-02, 04) within the twenty first century. Acuña, in the meantime, is placing collectively a power-speed season that we have not often seen in baseball historical past. He turned the first participant with 20 residence runs and 50 stolen bases earlier than August in a season. The 25-year-old is on tempo for 37 residence runs and 75 st...

PHOENIX -- The streak was over. After 9 straight somber treks again to the clubhouse following losses, the D-backs lastly walked off the sector victorious following a 3-0 win over the Padres on Saturday night time at Chase Field. Paul Sewald, the nearer the D-backs acquired on the Trade Deadline, recorded the ultimate out. As he went by way of the postgame handshake line, he hugged supervisor Torey Lovullo and shared a message with him. “We finally did it,” Sewald mentioned. Since Sewald joined the D-backs, he had skilled nothing however losses, together with a heartbreaker final Sunday in Minnesota by which he gave up a pair of ninth-inning dwelling runs to blow a save. “I’m just thankful we finally won a game while I was here,” Sewald mentioned. “I didn’t care if it was going to be 22-0 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Rangers supervisor Bruce Bochy has all the time been identified for his administration of the pitching workers lengthy earlier than he obtained to Texas.  And whereas his administration throughout Saturday night time’s recreation in opposition to the Giants wasn’t precisely deliberate, it labored out all the identical.  Bochy mentioned Texas starter Andrew Heaney had a bit of little bit of a chilly earlier this week in Oakland and was unable to finish his bullpen. Bochy and pitching coach Mike Maddux knew Heaney's stamina coming off that bug may not have carried him deep into the sport. Instead, the Rangers bullpen and offense carried them to a 9-3 victory over the Giants at Oracle Park to safe a sequence win and a successful Bay Area street journey.  Bochy rapidly acknowl...