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WASHINGTON — Lane Thomas matched a Nationals report with 4 stolen bases, and Washington recorded its first collection sweep in practically two years with a 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. ...

NEW YORK -- No one has received extra October video games than Andy Pettitte, making the fan-favorite left-hander a great clubhouse addition to assist the Yankees gear up for his or her postseason push. Pettitte is again with the Yankees as an advisor, MLB.com confirmed on Sunday. News of Pettitte’s return was first reported by NJ Advance Media. The 51-year-old Pettitte will function a sounding board for supervisor Aaron Boone, supplementing the enter of pitching coach Matt Blake and the membership’s different pitching coaches. Pettitte’s return to the group, for whom he pitched from 1995-2003 and once more from 2007-13 (sitting out the ‘11 season after a primary crack at retirement), follows the current hiring of hitting coach Sean Casey, who performed 12 years within the Majors and has b...

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NEW YORK -- The scouting report was crystal clear as Jonathan Loáisiga examined the 6-foot-7 body of Aaron Judge on Sunday morning, digging in for his first at-bats in opposition to game-speed pitching since June 3. Absolutely, positively nothing inside. Loáisiga and Judge earned optimistic critiques from their stay batting observe session at Yankee Stadium. Judge noticed 16 pitches, fouling off 5; although he didn’t put a ball in play in opposition to the righty, he additionally didn't seem to favor his injured proper large toe. “He’s healing and trying to get back as soon as possible, and I’m a sinker pitcher, so I don’t want to make a mistake. Everything away,” Loáisiga stated by means of an interpreter. “When you take into consideration how long he hasn’t seen live pitching in an envir...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ryan O’Hearn had a pinch-hit RBI single within the ninth inning and the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles rebounded after blowing a five-run result in beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in three days, 6-5 on Saturday. ...

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CJ Abrams homered on his bobblehead evening, Josiah Gray earned his first win since June 30 and the Washington Nationals routed the San Francisco Giants 10-1 on Saturday evening. ...

ARLINGTON -- Prior to Saturday’s 16-3 win over the Rangers, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts was joking that he had given his first baseman a tough time in regards to the 2020 National League Championship Series when the membership arrived in Texas. That sequence pitted Roberts’ Dodgers in opposition to Freddie Freeman’s Braves, and Los Angeles received in seven video games. Because it came about through the pandemic-shortened season, every contest was performed at Globe Life Field, the place the Dodgers returned this weekend for the primary time since profitable the World Series that fall.  “I do believe I was giving Freddie a ribbing about beating them here in ’20, when he was with the Braves,” Roberts mentioned with a smile.  Back in the identical venue three years later, Roberts was gla...

Spencer Strider got here up in a dialog I had with Max Scherzer previous to Friday night time’s sport at Fenway Park. We have been speaking in regards to the veteran right-hander’s evolution as a pitcher — I’d first interviewed Scherzer in 2010 — and velocity and strikeout charges have been predictably among the many matters that popped up. Hence the point out of the 24-year-old Atlanta Braves hurler with the high-octane heater and eye-popping 39.7% strikeout fee. “He’s got a heck of a fastball, for sure,” Scherzer mentioned once I talked about Strider. “And he’s nonetheless creating. One of the issues Flash Gordon advised me once I was a rookie arising with the Diamondbacks is that you just don’t stroll into this league as an ace. His feedback have been, ‘Guess what? When Pedro and...

BOSTON -- Triston Casas didn’t get discouraged with himself as he struggled by means of the early weeks of his rookie season. The Red Sox didn’t quit on him both, permitting him to hit himself out of his droop. Casas is now being rewarded for his perseverance, and the Red Sox are seeing the fruits of their persistence. The left-handed-hitting slugger hit a pair of mammoth homers in opposition to potential Hall of Famer Max Scherzer on Saturday evening at Fenway Park, lifting Boston to an 8-6 victory over the Mets. It was a part of a five-homer barrage by the Red Sox, 4 of them coming off Scherzer. The latter blast by Casas was the massive one, a two-run rocket to heart with one out within the backside of the sixth inning that snapped a 3-3 tie. Casas, who's cerebral, particularly for a 23-...