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NEW YORK -- The ninth inning of Sunday’s recreation between the Red Sox and Yankees was intense. It had an actual playoff really feel to it. When it was over, it was Boston that got here out on prime in a 6-5 victory to comb the three-game sequence. First baseman Justin Turner proved to be the distinction. He completed with 4 RBIs and drove within the game-winner within the prime of the ninth off nearer Clay Holmes. With runners on first and third, one out and the rating tied at 5, Turner doubled down the right-field line to attain Pablo Reyes. “I try to keep it simple and not try to do too much -- get something I can get in the outfield to make sure to get one run in. Sometimes, good things happen. I feel good. I like being in those situations,” Turner mentioned. Turner had one other hero...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Bryce Harper stretched his left arm and flashed goosebumps to Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber — only a trio of Philadelphia Phillies who had been exhilarated Little League World Series followers for a second, not high-priced sluggers in a pennant race. ...

NEW YORK -- Aaron Boone met lately with managing normal accomplice Hal Steinbrenner and normal supervisor Brian Cashman, a session that prompted the Yankees supervisor to explain his entrance workplace’s mindset as being “frustrated” by the membership’s efficiency.  “We understand we’re in a tough spot and it’s not going well,” Boone mentioned on Sunday. “We’re in the business of trying to fix it and trying to [determine] what are the best moves moving forward for us to try and get us on track.” The Yankees (60-64) misplaced their eighth consecutive sport on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Red Sox, 6-5. It marks the membership’s longest dropping streak since August 1995. The franchise’s 30-season streak of profitable information is in jeopardy; their probabilities of qualifying for postse...

SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. capped San Diego‘s four-run eighth inning with a two-run homer, and the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 on Friday night time. ...

If you have been ready to see an expert lineup determine Paul Skenes, you will must maintain ready.  MLB's No. 3 prospect struck out a pair over two no-hit frames in his second begin for the Pirates' High-A Bradenton Marauders on Sunday. The prime total decide on this 12 months's Draft has allowed one hit with out giving up a stroll over 4 scoreless innings as a professional thus far. Skenes was clocked over 98 mph 4 occasions in his newest outing, touching 98.8 on his twenty fifth pitch of the day. He threw a complete of 28 pitches -- 19 strikes. The two Flying Tigers hitters to achieve base towards the LSU standout have been the primary two hitters of the sport. Skenes obtained Lakeland leadoff hitter Jim Jarvis to chase a wild pitch for strike three, however Jarvis scampered to first ...

ATLANTA — All-Star shortstop Brandon Crawford was placed on the 10-day injured listing by the San Francisco Giants on Sunday with a strained left forearm. ...

NEW YORK -- After two months on the injured record due to a facial fracture, Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck is anticipated to pitch towards the Astros on Tuesday at Minute Maid Park. He will pitch six days after throwing his final bullpen session. It might be his first look since June 16, when Houck was belted beneath the suitable eye by a line drive off the bat of Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka firstly of the fifth inning at Yankee Stadium. Houck mentioned he isn't scared, and he needed to be again on the mound the suitable approach.  “I wanted to come back 100 percent, and that way I can give the team everything I have, vs. coming back at 80 or 90 percent,” Houck mentioned. “To miss the time that I did, it was unfortunate. It was a freak accident. But the body feels great. I’m ready ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Ryan Mountcastle singled in Adam Frazier with the go-ahead run as a part of a five-run tenth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Saturday evening. ...

The creation of the common designated hitter has made what occurred Saturday evening in Sacramento one thing mirroring a lunar-like occasion: a pitcher digging into the batter’s field. But Chris Wright isn’t simply any pitcher, he’s a aid pitcher. To additional ramp up the oddity of the second, for one evening solely, he was additionally the Triple-A River Cats’ beginning left fielder. You’ve heard of the emergency catcher, a situation that just about by no means arises. Position gamers pitching? A reasonably frequent prevalence. But with deliberate beginning outfielder Luis Matos a late scratch, Sacramento wanted somebody to take some cuts and shag fly balls in left. Surely, with the excessive propensity of two-way gamers which have emerged in years previous, Wright is one in all that ilk...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Baltimore Orioles rating runs each which method, and that makes pitching towards them fairly a chore. Kyle Gibson is thrilled ...