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SEATTLE — It took one batter and two pitches for the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ plan of assault in opposition to proficient younger righty George Kirby to go sideways. ...

ST. PETERSBURG -- It had been 718 days since Tyler Glasnow final scaled the mound at Tropicana Field. The precise period of time could not have crossed his thoughts when he toed the rubber on Saturday afternoon, however he knew it felt proper. “I remember being like, 'Oh, this is kind of nice to be back out here,’” Glasnow mentioned. “It was just like a feeling I hadn't felt in a while, so it was familiar and it felt nice.” Glasnow’s season debut within the Rays’ 6-5 loss to the Dodgers wasn’t with out its flaws, nevertheless it was at instances a tantalizing reminder of what he’s bringing again to the Rays’ rotation. Sidelined since early Spring Training, Glasnow allowed three runs on 5 hits and one stroll whereas hanging out eight over 4 1/3 innings. It was Glasnow’s first begin at Tropi...

MILWAUKEE — Brewers shortstop Willy Adames was taken to the hospital after getting hit by a foul ball off the bat of teammate Brian Anderson whereas within the dugout throughout Milwaukee’s sport in opposition to the San Francisco Giants on Friday night time. ...

A participant hitting three house runs in a recreation is a outstanding feat. It's additionally each comparatively uncommon and pretty fluky, not not like hitting for the cycle or throwing a no-hitter. Want some context? The most three-homer video games in a single season is 22, which occurred in 2001 and 2019. And whereas there have been not less than 10 in every of the previous eight years, there have been solely three in 2014, achieved by Chris Davis, Ryan Braun and ... Lonnie Chisenhall (keep in mind him?). So sure, it is nonetheless a reasonably unusual and unpredictable incidence. So far this season, there have been 4 such video games, by Adolis García, Paul Goldschmidt, Jordan Diaz and Trayce Thompson. Among the 14 three-homer performances final 12 months, you would possibly recolle...

KANSAS CITY, Mo — Lane Thomas opened the sport with a house run, Corey Dickerson’s three-run shot highlighted an eight-run sixth inning and Luis Garcia had six hits because the Washington Nationals outslugged the Kansas City Royals 12-10 on Friday evening. ...

MILWAUKEE -- The Giants gave homegrown ace Logan Webb a few days of additional relaxation to assist him recover from a decrease again concern that pressured him to exit his final begin after six innings. The 26-year-old right-hander appeared to come back again stronger than ever.  Webb went toe-to-toe with former National League Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes, placing out 11 over seven innings of one-run ball to hold the Giants to a 3-1 win over the Brewers at American Family Field on Saturday afternoon.  “That was exceptional today,” supervisor Gabe Kapler mentioned. “It felt like he put the ball where he wanted to put it today with three different pitches. He looked super strong. He didn’t look like a pitcher that even needed a couple of extra days, but certainly, it looked like it ...

ATLANTA — Craig Kimbrel had a sense this is able to be a particular night time, so he needed about 30 to 40 relations and pals from Alabama to come back watch him attain a uncommon milestone. ...

ST. PETERSBURG -- With the beginning pitching within the midst of its worst stretch of the season, numerous the duties over the previous couple of weeks have fallen on the Dodgers’ potent offense. Clayton Kershaw, who was reinstated from the bereavement record on Friday, bought off to a powerful begin, tossing three scoreless innings due to a slider that was sharper than it had been over his previous few begins. But within the fourth, Manuel Margot hit a two-run single off Kershaw, and Harold Ramírez tacked on with a two-run homer within the fifth. But because the Dodgers have completed all month, the lineup was capable of rescue a beginning rotation that's lacking Julio Urías and Dustin May.  Max Muncy had the recent bat early, a much-needed growth for the Dodgers. Muncy was in a 2-for-2...

MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Kiermaier and Bo Bichette homered in a three-run third, Kevin Gausman received for the primary time in additional than month and the slumping Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Friday evening. ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Baseball is a crew sport -- and typically, the assistance doesn’t even come from your personal crew. The Twins discovered that out in the course of the fifth inning of their eventual 9-7 win towards the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon, after they obtained back-to-back homers from Willi Castro and Matt Wallner -- each of which went off the glove of Toronto heart fielder Daulton Varsho, who was unlucky to determine prominently into each blasts whereas enjoying three hours away from his dwelling in Wisconsin. Castro’s deep drive to heart subject off Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt wasn’t going to go away the yard, however when Varsho made a leaping try on the warning observe, the ball bounced off his outstretched glove and onto the grass berm over the center-field fence for a g...