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SAN DIEGO — Former World Series MVP Cole Hamels has retired after his try at a comeback together with his hometown San Diego Padres fell brief. The ...

ARLINGTON -- Jordan Montgomery made it 2-for-2 for newly acquired Texas starters incomes a win of their debut. A day after Max Scherzer battled again from a gradual begin, Montgomery did the identical in throwing six-plus innings of two-run ball within the Rangers’ fourth straight win, a 6-2 victory over the Marlins on Friday. Montgomery, acquired in a commerce with the Cardinals on Sunday, allowed single runs within the first and second innings, however he then put collectively 4 scoreless innings. The left-hander had retired 11 consecutive batters going into the seventh however gave up a leadoff single and a stroll to finish his evening. Rangers reliever Josh Sborz entered and ended the menace within the seventh. Offensively, Texas homered 3 times, together with two by Adolis García. It ...

CINCINNATI — Lane Thomas hit his second homer of the sport within the tenth inning to seal a 6-3 comeback win by the Washington Nationals over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday evening. ...

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BALTIMORE — Nobody does pregame banter fairly like Buck Showalter, however after commenting on the brand new Topgolf facility close to Camden Yards - and shying away from questions on how emotional his return to Baltimore is - the New York Mets’ supervisor turned the dialog to this yr’s Orioles. ...

DETROIT -- The Rays on Friday referred to as up infielder Curtis Mead, their No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline, earlier than their three-game collection in Detroit on Friday evening. The 22-year-old will put on No. 25. Mead, the No. 31 prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline, missed almost two months earlier this season on account of a fractured left wrist, however he has been ripping up Triple-A pitching since making his comeback on June 22. He has slashed .333/.433/.505 by means of his earlier 28 video games, which incorporates almost twice as many walks (19) than strikeouts (10). “I take a lot of pride in not striking out a whole lot," he said last month. "Striking out is probably the thing that frustrates me the most. I really just try and stay to the big part of the field, trying to hit b...

The Reds are on the verge of their first playoff look since 2020 and their first actual playoff look since 2013, after they misplaced the loudest baseball sport within the historical past of Pittsburgh. (I travel on whether or not 2020 counts as an actual postseason, relying on what’s expedient for my argument. In this case, I feel it's a must to rating not less than one run for it to rely as a playoff look.) And in pursuit of that finish, the Reds’ possession and entrance workplace have elected… to not ship reinforcements. They traded for Sam Moll on the deadline, however that’s it. The Reds are extra related than they’ve been in a decade, and this poor group is getting Siege of Jadotville’d. Water is working low, and assist is just not coming. So it’s all as much as you, Andrew Abb...

CHICAGO — Max Fried dominated via six innings in his return from the injured checklist, Sean Murphy and Marcell Ozuna homered on back-to-back pitches in Atlanta’s seven-run fourth inning and the Braves cooled off the Chicago Cubs 8-0 Friday. ...

CHICAGO -- If anybody questioned whether or not Max Fried could be rusty after a three-month stint on the injured listing, the Braves lefty answered resoundingly in Friday’s 8-0 win at Wrigley Field. And for anybody questioning what kind of influence Fried can have on an already sturdy Atlanta staff the remainder of the way in which, look no additional than his dominant efficiency towards the Cubs. Fried, who went on the injured listing on May 9 with a left forearm pressure, was activated earlier than Friday’s recreation. He tossed six shutout innings, permitting simply three hits -- all singles -- and struck out eight. Atlanta backed its ace with an enormous fourth inning. The Braves despatched 11 batters to the plate, tallying eight hits -- six for further bases -- and scored seven runs....

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports It’s been a tough week for the Yankees, filled with unhealthy luck and questionable choices that highlighted a season that had already begun to spin uncontrolled. With the group above .500 however caught within the basement of a really aggressive AL East, common supervisor Brian Cashman did little or no to fortify the roster earlier than the August 1 commerce deadline regardless of its important holes, together with two left by place gamers who had landed on the 60-day injured listing prior to now two weeks. Then, within the span of 24 hours, the Yankees misplaced Domingo Germán and Anthony Rizzo, each for alarming and unsettling causes. Prior to Wednesday evening’s sport, the Yankees introduced that Germán can be positioned on the restricted listin...