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PITTSBURGH — Brandon Woodruff pitched seven shutout innings and Mark Canha’s two-run single capped a six-run fifth inning because the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Tuesday night time. ...

With their 10-3 victory over the Angels on Wednesday evening, the Baltimore Orioles have raised their report, improbably, to 88-51. With another win, it's going to equal essentially the most they've gained since going 89-73 of their final playoff season of 2016, which is spectacular even when you think about it's, uh, solely Sept. 7, and there are nonetheless 23 video games left to play. But it's price, within the midst of a knock-down, drag-out combat between the Orioles and the Rays for the AL East title (and a possible No. 1 seed within the American League playoffs), reflecting on simply how good this season is for the Orioles, within the historic context within the franchise. In reality, there's a good probability they may attain heights the membership did not attain even throughout Ca...

MIAMI — Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer within the eighth inning to interrupt a tie within the Miami Marlins’ 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday evening. ...

ST. PETERSBURG -- For all of the beginning pitching accidents the Rays have sustained this 12 months, from Jeffrey Springs to Drew Rasmussen to Shane McClanahan, keep in mind this because the season’s stretch run heats up: They nonetheless have an ace up their sleeve. Tyler Glasnow prolonged his streak of dominant performances with what he felt to be his finest begin of the season in Tampa Bay’s 3-1 win over Boston on Wednesday evening at Tropicana Field. Glasnow struck out a career-high-tying 14 batters whereas permitting solely three hits over six innings on a season-high 103 pitches -- a top-of-the-rotation efficiency by one of many recreation’s most proficient arms. “I hope I can do that a lot more,” Glasnow stated, smiling. Glasnow’s outing helped the Rays enhance to 10-2 of their pre...

ATLANTA — Michael Soroka’s third promotion to Atlanta this season in his comeback from two Achilles tendon accidents has led to extra well being considerations for the right-hander. ...

The depth of the Astros’ lineup, particularly with a wholesome Yordan Alvarez, José Abreu and Michael Brantley, goes nicely past their beginning second baseman, and it overpowered the struggling Rangers. And on an evening when Altuve was held hitless, the Astros nonetheless pounded the baseball throughout Globe Life Field. The Astros put an exclamation level on a dominating sweep of the Rangers within the finale of the Lone Star Series by driving seven robust innings from Justin Verlander and crushing 5 homers, together with a grand slam and a three-run homer by Abreu, for a 12-3 rout of the Rangers. “If there’s one person that gets impressed by what this team can do, it’s me because I’m new here,” Abreu stated. “I think that this organization, these guys, when the lights are shining brigh...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gregory Santos balked with the bases-loaded because the Kansas City Royals rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night time. ...

ANAHEIM -- Austin Hays was the most recent Oriole to shine at Angel Stadium on Wednesday night time. The 2023 All-Star had one among his greatest video games of the season, recording 4 hits and a house run whereas ending a triple shy of the cycle. His offensive explosion was the main drive within the Orioles’ 10-3 win over the Angels, which secured a sequence sweep and their AL-leading 88th win. With Tampa Bay successful, the Orioles remained 3 1/2 video games forward within the AL East. Hays has been on fireplace of late and has an .899 OPS and .534 SLG since Aug. 1. He wasn’t the one Oriole to indicate up in an enormous means on Wednesday, although. On the offensive facet, Anthony Santander crushed his twenty seventh house run in a three-hit effort, whereas Ramón Urías recorded three hit...

WASHINGTON — Rookie Jacob Young grounded a game-ending single by way of a drawn-in infield, and the Washington Nationals rallied previous the New York Mets 3-2 on Wednesday evening to finish a six-game skid. ...

PHOENIX -- Every sport the D-backs play at this level of the season is labeled a must-win sport. But after struggling a irritating loss Tuesday that precipitated Arizona to drop out of the third and last National League Wild Card spot, the D-backs wanted to reply loudly within the collection finale with the Rockies. Arizona did simply that, erasing a four-run deficit by scoring 11 unanswered runs en path to a 12-5 win over Colorado on Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field. The win not solely ensured a collection win over the Rockies, who've the worst report within the NL, but it surely additionally gave Arizona momentum heading into a vital four-game highway collection in opposition to the Cubs, the membership that’s in second place within the NL Wild Card. “We’re on to Chicago,” D-backs supe...