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PHILADELPHIA -- Most groups would like to be the Phillies proper now. Following Saturday evening’s 8-4 victory over the Marlins, they're in a supremely sturdy place to make the postseason. They have a three-game lead over the Cubs for the No. 1 National League Wild Card with 21 video games to play. FanGraphs offers them a 98 % probability to make the postseason. But the Phillies aren’t simply making an attempt to make the postseason. They try to win the World Series. And their probabilities enhance considerably with Nick Castellanos and Aaron Nola enjoying nicely. Castellanos and Nola every entered Saturday in slumps -- to various lengths and levels. Castellanos had simply three hits in his previous 29 at-bats, having struck out 11 occasions and walked twice in an eight-day droop. Phillies...

The Baltimore Orioles have the very best file within the American League, and youthful expertise is a giant cause why. Gunnar Henderson is the odds-on favourite to seize Rookie-of-the-Year honors, whereas Adley Rutschman has already reached star standing in simply his second MLB season. The dynamic duo are the first-place crew’s co-leaders in WAR. They aren’t the one gamers making an influence. The well-balanced Mike Elias-constructed membership has additionally obtained significant contributions from the likes of Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle, and Austin Hays. On the pitching facet, a mixture of veterans and less-established arms have greater than held their very own, in some circumstances outperforming expectations. From the better-known to the lesser-known, a large number of ...

CINCINNATI -- A workforce coping with roster mayhem as a lot as opponents these days, the very last thing the Reds wanted Saturday was extra hassle.  But hassle discovered them anyway as a pregame mishap throughout warmups left Reds third baseman Noelvi Marte unable to play in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Cardinals at Great American Ball Park. Marte was not prepared when teammate Elly De La Cruz threw a ball to him, and it struck him within the face earlier than he fell to the bottom.  “I didn’t actually see a lot. I used to be sort of locked in," said Reds rookie starter Carson Spiers, who was walking in from the bullpen when the accident happened. "I really heard the ball hit Marte within the mouth, or the nostril or wherever it acquired him. I didn’t actually see Elly throw it. I used to ...

BOSTON -- A giant sport typically incorporates a standout participant, a clutch hitter or a dominant pitcher who takes the highlight in a win. It is perhaps a special man from night time to nighttime, but it surely’s not typical that the standout participant is constantly a gaggle of gamers. Unless you’re Baltimore. After a 92-minute rain delay, the Orioles held on for a 13-12 victory over the Red Sox for his or her seventh straight win and seventh consecutive sport with 10 or extra hits, their longest streak since Sept. 19-24, 2011. Baltimore (90-51) reached 90 wins in its fewest video games in franchise historical past since 1979 (136 video games). The second of three video games on this sequence noticed 25 runs scored and 37 hits between the 2 groups, making the Orioles the primary cre...

CHICAGO -- When the D-backs got here into Wrigley Field on Thursday to open a four-game set, they had been attempting to maintain maintain of the No. 3 National League Wild Card spot. Three days -- and three wins -- later, Arizona has not solely strengthened its maintain, it is out of the blue only one sport behind the Cubs, who maintain the No. 2 spot. It hasn’t been playoff baseball, however it certain has felt prefer it, with all three contests being tightly contested in entrance of huge crowds with only a contact of fall chill within the air. On Saturday afternoon, the 2 groups locked up in a 10-inning battle that resulted in a 3-2 Arizona win. Here’s a have a look at some issues it's best to find out about Saturday’s sport: It didn’t begin out significantly nicely for the D-backsArizo...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Logan Webb has obtained the bottom run assist amongst certified beginning pitchers within the Majors this season, however he lastly bought some much-needed respiratory room on Saturday evening.  The Giants continued their offensive turnaround by erupting for 13 hits in a 9-1 drubbing of the last-place Rockies at Oracle Park, serving to Webb snap his private three-game shedding streak and safe his first win since Aug. 2. San Francisco scored a mixed two runs in Webb’s earlier three begins, however the membership matched that output within the first inning alone. Mike Yastrzemski drove Colorado right-hander Chase Anderson’s first pitch of the sport to middle area for a leadoff double, and Thairo Estrada adopted with a two-run shot to left area to provide the Giants an early ...

ATLANTA -- About half-hour earlier than Matt Olson took one other step towards breaking the Braves’ season document for residence runs, Andruw Jones stated he predicted the primary baseman can be the one who would erase the mark Jones set in 2005. “When we got Matt Olson, I told a buddy of mine, ‘I think this is the guy who is going to hit 50 home runs,” Jones stated. “The first year he hit [34] and came up short. He’s just got that swing. I’m pushing for him and hopefully, he can break it.” Olson moved inside three of Jones’ document when he hit his MLB-leading forty eighth homer in an 8-4 loss to the Pirates on Saturday night time at Truist Park. The seventh-inning solo shot accounted for one of many few highlights for the Braves, who used Dylan Dodd as their beginning pitcher to assist ...

With the bases loaded and two outs in a 2-2 sport within the Seventh, Ornelas didn’t ship the clutch hit that evaded Texas on Friday. But he didn’t must. Robbie Grossman scored what turned the game-winning run on a wild pitch, and the Rangers breathed a giant sigh of reduction after a 3-2 win at Globe Life Field over the Athletics snapped a four-game shedding streak. Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi made his second begin after getting back from a proper forearm pressure, regaining a lot of the speed and stuff on his pitches that had evaded him within the first. Martín Pérez adopted with a powerful bulk outing in reduction (one hit and three strikeouts in 2 2/3 scoreless innings). After Chris Stratton allowed a two-run residence run to Zack Gelof to tie issues up within the sixth, Grossman, who...

HOUSTON -- The solely method the Astros are going to quiet the quickly-growing narrative that their dwelling ballpark is working in opposition to them is to start out profitable some video games in Houston. They took an encouraging first step on Saturday night time, topping the Padres, 7-5, at Minute Maid Park to halt their dwelling shedding streak at six video games. Houston additionally averted falling beneath the .500 mark at dwelling, and can as an alternative take a 36-35 document into Sunday’s collection finale. Because nobody else within the American League West has taken agency maintain of the division lead, the Astros have been on a little bit of a hamster wheel by way of their ups (sweeping the Rangers) and downs (being swept by the Yankees). Saturday’s win gave them some tangibl...