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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Chicago Cubs, mired in fourth place within the National League Central, badly wanted a sequence victory towards the Giants. They earned that Saturday, however practically obtained rather more. Right-hander Kyle Hendricks carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and was 4 outs away from throwing the primary within the Majors this yr earlier than Giants left fielder Mitch Haniger smashed a full-count pitch into the hole in left-center area for a clear two-out double. Hendricks obtained a fast third out and obtained to look at Julian Merryweather end a mixed one-hitter and a 4-0 victory, giving the Cubs an opportunity to brush the sequence Sunday and return to Chicago with a good 5-5 journey by way of San Diego, Anaheim and San Francisco. Hendricks’ lone blemish earlier...

ATLANTA — Ronald Acuña Jr. and Marcell Ozuna every a two-run homer within the second inning off MacKenzie Gore and the Atlanta Braves received their seventh consecutive sport, 6-4 over the Washington Nationals on Saturday. ...

MILWAUKEE -- In the context of Paul Blackburn's late-blooming Major League profession, his dominant efficiency on Saturday qualifies as a classic outing. When Blackburn carved out an outstanding first half of the 2022 season, a standout stat from that journey to incomes his first profession All-Star choice later that summer season was the 1.28 ERA he posted on the street, which ranked lowest amongst Major League pitchers. His begin in Saturday’s 2-1 win in 10 innings over the Brewers at American Family Field -- Oakland’s fourth consecutive victory, which sealed a second straight street sequence win as properly -- felt like a flashback to that magical trip. Blackburn shut down Milwaukee’s offense over six scoreless innings, permitting simply 4 singles and one stroll. Just as with the majori...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Griff O’Ferrall led off the sport with the primary of Virginia’s 4 dwelling runs Jake Gelof went 3 for five with a double, a house run and 4 RBIs, and the Cavaliers set a program document for runs in a brilliant regional recreation of their 14-4 win over Duke 14-4 Saturday. ...

ST. PETERSBURG -- Shortstop Corey Seager registered the primary five-hit efficiency of his 819-game Major League profession on Saturday afternoon because the Rangers returned to their high-scoring offensive type and defeated the Rays, 8-4, at Tropicana Field. Seager was 5-for-5 -- a triple wanting the cycle -- to spotlight the Rangers’ 12-hit assault, and that included 4 RBIs on a two-run homer and two-run double. The Rangers (41-22) received a gritty beginning pitching efficiency from Nathan Eovaldi (9-2), who's unbeaten in his final 10 begins. Eovaldi allowed 4 runs and 7 hits over 6 1/3 innings. Right-hander Josh Sborz was summoned within the seventh and issued a two-out stroll to Randy Arozarena, filling the bases. But Isaac Paredes, representing the tying run, grounded out to 3rd base...

DENVER -- There aren’t many baseball gamers who might pull off a catch like that – and a throw like that – in a scenario like that. Then once more, there aren’t many baseball gamers like Manny Machado. The Padres' star third baseman has made his share of excellent defensive performs over a decade plus within the huge leagues. But he could have outdone himself on Saturday afternoon in the course of the Padres’ 3-2 victory over the Rockies at Coors Field. With the Padres clinging to a one-run lead with a runner on third base within the backside of the eighth inning, pinch-hitter Mike Moustakas lofted a foul pop down the left-field line. Machado ranged towards the wall, slid on the filth, then started juggling the baseball – first off his glove, then once more off his glove and onto his face,...

This story was excerpted from Brian McTaggart’s Astros Beat e-newsletter. To learn the total e-newsletter, click on right here. And subscribe to get it recurrently in your inbox. Astros basic supervisor Dana Brown can have his first actual probability to place his stamp on the membership within the subsequent two months with the MLB Draft in mid-July and the Trade Deadline a few weeks later. Brown, employed simply earlier than Spring Training started, admitted as a lot this week, saying he would finally be judged by his roster administration, the Draft and the Trade Deadline. Brown, a scout at coronary heart, has spent many nights on the street the final couple of months scouting 18 gamers the Astros could take into account taking within the first spherical of the MLB Draft, however the Au...

June 10: OF Jake Fraley (proper wrist contusion) positioned on 10-day injured checklist, retroactive to June 8; OF TJ Friedl reinstated from the ILFraley, who has hit .262 with seven homers and 38 RBIs this season, was hit by a pitch from Caleb Ferguson in Tuesday night time’s sport in opposition to the Dodgers. He pinch-ran in Wednesday’s sport however didn’t hit. Manager David Bell hopes to have Fraley again as quickly as he’s eligible to return. “He's getting a cortisone injection today just to speed up the process, and it was definitely the right decision to put him on the IL because [the injury] could be aggravated and turn into something he has to deal with the whole year,” Bell mentioned. “So I think we can knock it out and get him back next weekend.” Friedl hit .326 with three home...

How do you stop Luis Arraez from getting a success? It’s a query that’s change into more and more tough to reply, provided that the Marlins infielder got here into Friday hitting .403 in his first season with Miami, making him one in every of a really uncommon set of gamers to hit .400 by means of his staff’s first 63 video games. The numbers, once more getting into Friday, are so cartoonish that they’re barely plausible. Arraez has 87 hits, but simply 11 strikeouts. He’s received only one house run, but he’s been deliberately walked 5 instances. He’s supplied a swing 416 instances and missed his goal simply 28 instances, a league-best 6.7% swing-and-miss price. He’s even chasing way over final yr. It hasn’t mattered. The hits carry on coming, sufficient in order that his 161 OPS+ is the N...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Shohei Ohtani had their early struggles Friday evening, but each performed huge components within the Los Angeles Angels extending their successful streak to 5 video games. ...