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Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports Evan Longoria’s locker is crowded. Hanging from a rack are t-shirts and shorts, sweat-wicking warmup tops and Diamondbacks jerseys in white, black, purple, grey and tan. Shelves and cupboards maintain a smattering of private results; on the ground sits a three-tiered rack only for his sneakers. But amongst these ballplayer emblems are footlong white containers discovered extra usually within the closets of baseball followers than within the lockers of the game’s stars. Inside, they’re full of baseball playing cards. This 12 months at Chase Field, it’s frequent to glimpse Longoria breezing into the clubhouse, a pair such containers tucked underneath an arm. The 37-year-old veteran needs to share the enjoyment of his favourite interest. “He’s always bri...

SAN DIEGO -- Behind a season-high 4 dwelling runs off Yu Darvish, two of which got here off the bat of Carlos Santana, and Quinn Priester’s strong begin, the Pirates shocked the Padres on Monday evening at Petco Park, 8-4. “It’s great,” mentioned Priester, who recorded his first Major League win. “Definitely want to enjoy it. Really fun. It’s great to have it against a team like that. A lot of really good players. It just goes to show me that I compete.” After permitting seven runs in his Major League debut every week in the past towards the Guardians, Priester allowed 4 runs throughout 5 1/3 innings towards San Diego’s star-laden lineup, three runs coming through two dwelling runs by Ha-Seong Kim. Priester, 22, is ranked because the Pirates' No. 4 prospect by MLB Pipeline, however he wasn...

MILWAUKEE -- No one is extra dissatisfied about Jesse Winker’s manufacturing for the Brewers than Winker himself, however on Monday, he discovered a method to contribute in a brand new position off the bench.  Blake Perkins took a four-pitch stroll earlier than Winker’s pinch-hit single pushed the profitable run into scoring place for Christian Yelich’s walk-off single, giving the Brewers a 3-2 win over the Reds at American Family Field on an evening Milwaukee’s pitching and protection shined as soon as once more, however the offense largely floundered. No matter. With Joey Wiemer’s home-run-saving catch within the first inning and Sal Frelick’s first profession dwelling run within the sixth, the Brewers beat the Reds for the ninth time in 11 tries this season and moved 1 1/2 video games f...

LOS ANGELES -- For a Blue Jays staff that has at instances struggled to provide you with huge hits, Daulton Varsho actually got here via on Monday evening at Dodger Stadium. Varsho's decisive two-run double proved the game-winning hit in Toronto's 6-3 victory over the Dodgers in 11 innings. “Huge spot for him,” stated supervisor John Schneider. “Big knock in a big spot. That hopefully does wonders for him.” Going up towards the National League West division leaders, the Blue Jays knew they'd their work minimize out for them, they usually performed a detailed recreation all evening. Matt Chapman’s eighth-inning homer -- his first dwelling run in 42 at-bats relationship again to July 6 -- briefly gave them the lead, earlier than Max Muncy re-tied it within the backside of the body. After the...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting simply superb after profitable the All-Star Home Run Derby. The Toronto slugger went deep Sunday for the fourth tim...

PHOENIX -- A day that started with the give attention to starter Adam Wainwright returning to the mound in quest of profession win No. 199 finally zeroed in on the late-game theatrics of the Cardinals’ offense, which rallied within the ninth to attain 5 runs, as St. Louis claimed the opening contest of the collection in Arizona, 10-6. The essential blow was delivered by Tyler O'Neill, who arrived at Chase Field on Monday scheduled for an off-day after 4 consecutive begins. Thrust into motion as a defensive substitute within the seventh, it was his bases-clearing double within the ninth that offered a cushion for the underside body. It was additionally -- with one swing on a dangling slider -- a breath of recent air in a season that has been sidetracked by a decrease again pressure that com...

MIAMI — Luis Arraez singled dwelling the successful run with the bases loaded within the tenth inning and the Miami Marlins ended an eight-game shedding streak with a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. ...

For most groups, playoff races contain quite a lot of scoreboard-watching. This has been very true because the implementation of the second and third Wild Cards, which, along with injecting much more chaos into the ultimate weeks of every season, have tended to encourage some uncommon allegiances -- as a result of if the Red Sox want the Yankees to win to select up a sport within the standings, often, the town of Boston will make an exception. But a number of groups on the postseason bubble -- the Red Sox amongst them -- will not be relying too closely on issues they cannot management in 2023. Those groups will, in impact, management their very own destinies by advantage of their schedules. Here are 5 golf equipment who will see quite a lot of their direct competitors down the stretch and ...

PHILADELPHIA — Colton Cowser hit a tiebreaking double within the ninth inning after serving to to throw out the potential go-ahead run within the eighth to carry the surging Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night time. ...

NEW YORK -- Nobody says no to former Major Leaguer CC Sabathia on the subject of giving again to the neighborhood, and Monday evening was no totally different when the third annual CC Sabathia and Friends Celebrity Softball Game befell at Yankee Stadium. Former teammates comparable to Johnny Damon and Dellin Betances had been in attendance, whereas rapper Ja Rule, NBA participant Rudy Gay and teen Jalen Jeter Martin -- Derek Jeter’s nephew -- additionally took their hacks within the batter’s field. “CC’s authenticity [is the reason people show up to this game],” stated broadcaster Ryan Ruocco. “He really doesn’t change no matter who is in the room, who he is in front of. He truly is himself for every audience and somebody who is passionate about giving back.” According to Martin’s mom and ...