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CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians outfielder Oscar Gonzalez has been optioned to Triple-A Columbus to get extra enjoying time. The crew made the transfer with Gonzalez on Saturday earlier than going through the Minnesota Twins. Infielder Tyler Freeman was recalled to take Gonzalez’s roster spot. ...

When you are a right-handed pitcher from Texas, and also you throw laborious, and you've got been tabbed as "The Next Big Thing," the comparisons are inevitable. Nolan Ryan. Roger Clemens. Wood was nonetheless a fresh-faced child starring at Grand Prairie High School when the comparisons to Ryan and Clemens first surfaced. They adopted Wood to the Draft because the Cubs' No. 1 choose in 1995, by his three years within the Minor Leagues, and to his Major League debut on April 12, 1998, in Montreal. And it definitely was on the forefront of the dialog when Wood took the mound towards the Astros -- a Texas workforce -- at Wrigley Field three begins later. Within Cubs circles, in fact, there was already intrigue surrounding Wood. But it additionally prolonged to Wood's dwelling state, the plac...

SAN FRANCISCO — Joc Pederson hit a go-ahead, two-run single towards Corbin Burnes within the fifth inning that propelled the San Francisco Giants to a 6-4 victory over the scuffling Milwaukee Brewers within the opener of a three-game sequence Friday evening. J.D. Davis and pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores homere...

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper was saluted with a 25-second standing ovation previous to his first at-bat in Friday evening’s sport towards the Boston Red Sox. Harper was taking part in his first sport in Philadelphia since he had Tommy John surgical procedure on his proper elbow...

With their unbelievable begin to the common season, the Pirates went from a 100-loss staff in 2022, to successful 17 of their first 25 video games in ’23. How uncommon is it for a 100-loss staff to open the next season 17-8? Well, solely three different groups within the Expansion Era (since 1961, when the schedule went from 154 to 162 video games) have achieved it: Cleveland in 1986 and ’88, and the Royals in 2003. No staff has ever received 18 of its first 25 following a 100-plus-loss marketing campaign. How lengthy can the Bucs proceed taking part in like this? Will they shock the baseball world much more by making the postseason? Only time will inform, but when we return in time, we are able to a minimum of see what number of different 100-plus-loss groups have had that sort of success...

PHOENIX — Merrill Kelly gave up a looping homer that hardly cleared the wall within the first inning. The remainder of the inning and the remainder of his begin: dominant. ...

Chris Sale logs 10 strikeouts in win over Phillies n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"“This clearly isn’t a straightforward place to return into,” Sale stated. “They are very passionate about sports. With him, obviously he's Bryce Harper. He’s kind of a one of one [type of player] if you ask anybody. You know with the production and everything, him coming back [earlier this week], first game back at home.nn“You kind of understand it, but I still have a job to do, too. And that's to try not to get them more riled up.”nnThat was the signature sequence of the evening during which Sale overpowered the Phillies, save for a th...

SEATTLE -- Kyle Tucker has began in proper discipline for the Astros in each recreation this season and has performed in all however 4 innings. Perhaps there was just a little little bit of fatigue setting in, with Tucker getting into Friday’s recreation in opposition to the Mariners in a 2-for-22 hunch with no extra-base hits. A time off within the cool, crisp air of the Pacific Northwest allowed Tucker to free his thoughts and physique. He roamed the downtown streets Thursday and grabbed some meals with teammates and different workers members. A rejuvenated Tucker confirmed up at T-Mobile Park on Friday evening and went 3-for-4 with a tiebreaking two-run homer within the ninth inning within the Astros’ 6-4 win. “It was a nice little off-day and being able to come in and get our work in b...

KANSAS CITY -- It took till the thirty third recreation of the season, however the A’s lastly have a beginning pitcher with a “W” subsequent to his identify. In Oakland’s 12-8 victory over the Royals on Friday night time, left-hander Kyle Muller benefitted from his workforce’s early offensive explosion and held on for five ⅓ innings to realize credit score for the victory. Coming into the opener of the street journey, the A’s beginning rotation had gone 32 video games with no win (0-16). There have been loads of instances the place the starters have left a recreation in line for the win however the bullpen later gave it up. It wasn’t Muller’s finest outing, however he’ll take it and never look again. The lefty gave up eight hits and was charged with 5 runs, however the A’s stored the Royal...

SAN DIEGO -- On their option to an historic NLDS upset final October, the Padres made do with out Fernando Tatis Jr. They shocked the baseball world anyway, dethroning the 111-win NL West champion Dodgers in 4 video games, flipping this once-lopsided rivalry squarely on its head. But now that Tatis is again, the dynamic has so clearly shifted. The Padres aren't gorgeous anybody. They, too, are one of many sport’s juggernauts in 2023, thought-about the favourite to win the division by many prognostications. On Friday evening, they appeared the half. Tatis’ return to the Padres-Dodgers rivalry was, naturally, a dramatic one. (Heck, it’s his rivalry as a lot as anybody’s. Was Padres-Dodgers even truly a factor earlier than Tatis arrived?) He homered twice off Clayton Kershaw in a 5-2 San Dieg...