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ATLANTA -- Ronald Acuña Jr. is the main motive the Braves have produced so many spectacular first-inning statistics. But his MVP-caliber contributions prolong far past the opening body. Acuña started his first four-hit efficiency of the season by tallying a pair of singles throughout a seven-run first that propelled the Braves to an 11-4 victory over the Phillies on Sunday night time at Truist Park. The offensive eruption offered greater than sufficient assist to Spencer Strider, who reached 100 strikeouts in a season in fewer innings than some other beginning pitcher in fashionable AL or NL historical past. There had been loads of good developments because the Braves ended a 10-game homestand by securing a break up on this four-game collection. Matt Olson loved his second multi-homer spor...

OMAHA, Neb. — Kevin Keister and Nick Lorusso hit fifth-inning residence runs and Maryland used 5 pitchers in a four-hit 4-0 victory over Iowa within the championship recreation of the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday. ...

McMahon lashed a three-run double within the Rockies’ four-run fourth, and his two-run shot within the fifth gave him homers in three straight video games for the second time in his profession. McMahon’s homer, which gave him a career-high-tying 5 RBIs, got here three batters after Charlie Blackmon went deep for the second time in three video games. The beforehand struggling McMahon’s massive performances within the final two video games have been keys to the Rockies finishing a 5-2 homestand towards the Marlins and Mets. Before his homer Friday, McMahon had gone 103 at-bats with out one, and even with the massive days his batting common is a lower-than-expected .238. “It’s not going to be one certain guy every day,” mentioned McMahon, whose different run of three video games with a homer ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Edward Olivares made fairly the impression on Sunday. A smoking impression on the scoreboard in left area. ...

Liam Hendriks returns to White Sox after most cancers battle n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"DETROIT -- In probably the most inspirational tales of the 2023 season, Liam Hendriks will be returning to the White Sox following his successful battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the club announced in a welcome back video on Sunday. Hendriks is expected to be activated on Monday ahead of the team's series with the Angels. nnIn all fairness, if the White Sox had let their indomitable closer make the rules, Hendriks would probably have left the hospital after ringing the victory bell that signified he was ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michael Massey’s single with two outs within the ninth scored MJ Melendez to cap a late rally that lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday. ...

NEW YORK -- Sunday was speculated to be a battle of aces. It changed into something however. With Gerrit Cole matched up in opposition to the Padres’ Yu Darvish, it was the Yankees’ bats that stole the present en path to a 10-7 victory within the sequence finale at Yankee Stadium, as New York claimed the sequence win over San Diego. The Bombers batted round in a seven-run third inning, knocking Darvish out of the sport and dealing him his worst lack of the season. Cole, in the meantime, improved to 6-0 with a 2.93 ERA regardless of permitting six runs (5 earned) with three walks in six-plus innings. He punched out 9 Padres, coming only one shy of his twenty fourth double-digit-strikeout recreation as a Yankee, which might surpass Ron Guidry for essentially the most in franchise historical ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Astros’ shortstop Jeremy Peña hit a two-run residence run in his first at-bat since getting a deliberate break day, backing one other stable outing from Framber Valdez as Houston despatched the Oakland Athletics to their tenth consecutive loss with a 6-3 win Saturday. ...

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays’ longest homestand of the season ended Sunday with considered one of their most weird video games but, a back-and-forth slugfest by which no lead felt secure and clear innings had been exhausting to seek out. In the tip, a sport that featured 28 whole hits and a mixed six house runs took its ultimate activate an infield single. Luke Raley beat a sluggish grounder to first base to steer off the seventh inning, hustled to 3rd on a Yandy Díaz single and scored the game-winning run on a Wander Franco groundout. The Rays bullpen made that lead rise up, sealing an 11-10 win over the Dodgers. Jalen Beeks pitched a scoreless seventh, and Jason Adam labored round a two-out stroll within the eighth. As high-leverage reliever Pete Fairbanks walked gingerly again to the dugo...

DETROIT — Zach McKinstry homered in a three-run seventh inning because the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-3 on Saturday. McK...