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CINCINNATI -- Julio Rodríguez on Monday added one other main milestone to a resume that's shortly turning into stuffed with them. Fresh off incomes his first profession American League Player of the Month nod, Rodríguez ripped a homer to right-center discipline in the course of the fourth inning towards the Reds that put him into the MLB report books: He's the primary participant to register no less than 25 homers and 25 steals in every of his first two seasons. The 22-year-old has a uncommon mixture of energy, velocity and youth, as solely eight others have managed no less than that many homers and steals in certainly one of their first two years in The Show. Rodríguez’s twenty fifth blast was amongst his most majestic of 2023, a 411-foot solo shot towards a 95.4 mph middle-middle fastbal...

CHICAGO -- The Giants arrived at Wrigley Field hoping to achieve some floor within the National League’s crowded Wild Card image. Instead, San Francisco skilled why Cubs lefty Justin Steele is within the dialog for the league’s Cy Young Award. On Monday afternoon, Steele was sensible over eight innings, setting a profession excessive with 12 strikeouts and guiding the North Siders to a 5-0 victory on the Friendly Confines. The left-hander restricted San Francisco to simply two hits and retired 16 batters in a row in a single dominant stretch between the second and eighth frames. With the win, the Cubs pulled inside three video games of the NL Central-leading Brewers, pending the end result of Milwaukee’s Monday matchup with the Pirates. Chicago held agency within the second Wild Card spot,...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was arrested close to BMO Stadium, the place Lionel Messi was taking part in in a Major League Soccer recreation with quite a few celebrities in attendance. ...

Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías was arrested and charged with felony home violence on Sunday evening. "We are aware of an incident involving Julio Urías," the Dodgers mentioned in an announcement launched on Monday. "While we attempt to learn all the facts, he will not be traveling with the team. The organization has no further comment at this time." According to Jeff Passan of ESPN.com, Urías was launched from a Los Angeles jail Monday morning on $50,000 bond and has a court docket date set for Sept. 27. A spokesperson for MLB mentioned the league is conscious of the arrest and might be investigating. This marks the second time that Urías has been arrested on home violence prices. In 2019, Urías was arrested after moving into an argument along with his spouse in a car parking zone. His sp...

This story was excerpted from John Denton’s Cardinals Beat e-newsletter. To learn the complete e-newsletter, click on right here. And subscribe to get it usually in your inbox. There will undoubtedly be loads of fanfare over Brunswick, Ga., native and former Braves high prospect Adam Wainwright pitching in Atlanta this week for the ultimate time in his profession, however there'll feelings of a special variety with prized rookie Jordan Walker taking part in an MLB sport again in his house state for the primary time. The 42-year-old Wainwright and the 21-year-old Walker have careers headed in dramatically totally different instructions, however their returns to Georgia might be greeted by related receptions: Both expect greater than 100 family and friends within the stands at Truist Field w...

MILWAUKEE -- The energy surge that started final month and has continued at full throttle in September propelled the Phillies to a 4-2 win over the Brewers on Sunday afternoon at American Family Field, ending Philadelphia's three-game shedding streak. Alec Bohm and J.T. Realmuto belted back-to-back residence runs off Brewers starter Wade Miley to begin the seventh inning because the Phils turned a one-run deficit right into a one-run lead. Standings replace: The Phillies (75-61) maintain a 2 1/2-game lead over the Cubs (73-64) for the highest NL Wild Card spot. They are 5 1/2 video games away from the D-backs (70-67), Giants (70-67), Marlins (70-67) and Reds (71-68). “As an opposing pitcher, you never feel comfortable, no matter who is in the box or where you’re at in the game,” Realmuto s...

NEW YORK -- Pete Alonso is changing into probably the most prolific energy hitter in Mets historical past, and it could not find yourself significantly shut. The above assertion doesn't qualify as hyperbole. It’s backed up by statistics like these: By homering twice in the Mets’ 6-3 win Sunday over the Mariners at Citi Field, Alonso reached 41 residence runs and 100 RBIs on the season. Alonso now owns three of the highest six single-season residence run totals in franchise historical past. Over his first 5 Major League campaigns, one in all which was shortened due to the pandemic, Alonso has hit 40-plus homers thrice -- as many as each different participant within the franchise’s 62-year historical past mixed. The solely different massive leaguers with no less than three 40-homer campaigns...

It might not precisely be the type of callup youngsters dream of or that is was a feel-good sports film, however that does not imply Connor Phillips' second is something much less significant for him, no matter how lengthy it lasts. The Reds known as up Phillips from Triple-A instead when Brandon Williamson grew to become the fourth member of the pitching workers to check optimistic for COVID. From a transaction standpoint, the Reds did not have so as to add Phillips to the 40-man roster (COVID injured listing guidelines), however he will get a minimum of one begin on Tuesday, and the group will take it day-by-day based mostly on when different pitchers return from the IL, COVID or in any other case. There may very well be some poetic justice together with his huge league debut, pitching i...

CINCINNATI -- If there have been any worries after the Cubs scored a mixed three runs over two video games (in Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader and Saturday night time), Chicago put them to relaxation on Sunday afternoon at Great American Ball Park. The Cubs discovered themselves in a slugfest with the Reds early within the collection finale, however Chicago broke it open within the prime of the eighth inning, surging forward to a 15-7 win over Cincinnati to earn a cut up of the collection. “We are in control of our own destiny,” Cubs supervisor David Ross stated. “We have San Francisco, who is right there, Arizona is coming. All these teams are around us, and we’re going to get a chance to play [them]. Milwaukee is on the back side of the month. They’re all important right now. I try not t...

It’s not every single day {that a} top-five organizational prospect relieves a two-time Major League All-Star within the Minors. But Gavin Stone jumped at that likelihood on Sunday, although, when he relieved Walker Buehler after the righty's two excellent frames in his return from proper elbow UCL reconstruction. “I’ve gotten to know Walker pretty good over this year,” he mentioned. “He makes me more competitive … and just gives me more energy. Hopefully, he can get back up there (in Los Angeles) sooner than later, but I’ll definitely take my advantage of having him here.” Buehler, who underwent UCL reconstruction in February, made his first look since pitching for Los Angeles in opposition to San Francisco on June 10, 2022. And it was a dominant one. The 6-foot-2 right-hander threw 15 of...