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SAN DIEGO -- The D-backs bought out to get the win within the first sport of their doubleheader in opposition to the Padres on Saturday, after which for good measure, they discovered a approach to steal a bullpen sport with an 8-1 victory within the nightcap, sweeping San Diego to take three of 4 video games within the collection. The two groups had been initially scheduled to play only one sport on Saturday, however with Hurricane Hilary bearing down on Southern California, they had been pressured to maneuver Sunday’s sport as much as Saturday. After a 7-25 stretch during which nothing appeared to go their method, the D-backs are rolling, having received seven of their previous 9. Arizona began co-ace Merrill Kelly in Game 1 and used high-leverage relievers Kevin Ginkel and Paul Sewald to...

Charlie Morton simply retains chugging alongside. Three months shy of his fortieth birthday, and in his seventeenth big-league season, the right-hander is 12-10 with a 3.54 ERA over 24 begins with the Atlanta Braves. His most up-to-date outing was particularly spectacular. Relying closely on his knee-buckling bender, but in addition topping out at 96.9 mph along with his heater, he dominated the New York Yankees to the tune of six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts. How for much longer can he proceed to defy Father Time and excel in opposition to baseball’s greatest hitters? “I don’t think about that,” Morton replied in response to that query. “I think about, ‘When am I going to go home?’ I always thought the game was going to dictate when I went home. If you look at my career, ther...

LOS ANGELES — Jorge Soler hit two of the Marlins’ season-high 5 homers off Tony Gonsolin, and Miami snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 11-game successful streak with an 11-3 victory Friday night time. ...

Jose Altuve singles for profession hit No. 2,000 n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","kind":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"wealthy"},"__typename":"Markdown","content material":"“I know we lost today and not in a good way, but I’m really happy and thankful with my teammates, my family and God,” mentioned Altuve, who went 3-for-5. “Two-thousand is a huge accomplishment.”nnAltuve joined Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell (2,314 hits) and Craig Biggio (3,060) as the one Astros to achieve 2,000, and nobody did it as quick because the 5-foot-6 Venezuelan. Altuve wanted 1,631 video games to achieve the milestone and have become the seventh energetic participant -- and first who made his debut in 2011 or late...

ST. LOUIS — Cardinals rookie shortstop Masyn Winn did get a memento baseball to take residence after recording his first main league hit in his MLB debut. ...

ANAHEIM -- The Rays’ lengthy Saturday at Angel Stadium acquired off to a irritating begin. They misplaced Game 1 to the Angels, 7-6, and had been left to lament weakly struck however well-placed hits off starter Tyler Glasnow, defensive errors by Jonathan Aranda and catcher René Pinto and never fairly sufficient offense to finish one other comeback. “What could go wrong did go wrong, kind of,” Glasnow mentioned. But the Rays left the ballpark with quite a lot of issues to be ok with after breaking out on the plate and blowing out the Angels, 18-4, in Game 2. Unlike Glasnow’s outing, just about all the things that might go proper within the nightcap did precisely that. The Rays fell one run shy of their membership document, placing collectively their highest-scoring sport since July 14, 201...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Despite the Angels turning their first triple play in 26 years and Shohei Ohtani hitting his second grand slam within the majors, Los Angeles nonetheless discovered a technique to lose. ...

2023 Little League Classic FAQ n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"The Little League World Series, which is performed a number of miles away on the Little League International Complex Lamade and Volunteer Stadiums, began Wednesday and runs by way of Aug. 27 and options groups from all over the world.nn• Phillies support local team in LLWSnn“I never got a chance to go to the Little League World Series, but I can only imagine playing in front of however many thousands of people attend those games,” Nola said. “I can’t even imagine. I’d be really nervous, too, as an 11- or 12-year-old.”","type":"text","__typename":"OEm...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Carlos Santana hit a go-ahead, three-run homer within the seventh inning to steer the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-8 win over the Texas Rangers in a matchup of division leaders on Friday evening. ...

Austin Hays house run will get caught in foul pole n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Not within the sense that it was a sky-scraping moonshot, however as a result of it firmly lodged into the left-field foul pole and caught there till one enterprising A's fan retrieved it, taking house a singular memento.nnHays' solo homer, his twelfth of 2023, was additionally the Orioles' first hit of the evening off A's left-hander Ken Waldichuk. It got here off the bat at 97.1 mph and hooked down the left-field line, simply managing to remain truthful and night the sport at a run apiece.nnNo stranger to crushing baseballs on t...