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ST. LOUIS — Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff residence run, Jeff McNeil had a three-run shot and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Friday night time for his or her third straight victory. ...

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Baseball Prospectus’ editor-in-chief Craig Goldstein joins the present to debate the surging Dodgers (5:26) and what led to their not too long ago concluded win streak, the call-ups of Masyn Winn and Nolan Schanuel (28:07), and the optimum timing of the commerce deadline and the draft (44:43), and why Craig doesn’t wish to transfer it again. Plus, Meg and Craig reply emails on preserving relievers at midnight concerning the rating earlier than they enter the sport (58:00), how groups may need modified their method to the offseason and the deadline in the event that they knew that profitable the World Series would assure that Shohei Ohtani would signal with them (1:03:04), and whether or not the Padres try to save lots of the world by ending beneath .500 (1:11:09). Plus, a Future Blas...

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York decide blocked the state’s retail marijuana licensing program on Friday, dealing a devastating blow to the fledgling market after a gaggle of veterans sued over guidelines that allowed folks with drug convictions to open the primary dispensaries. ...

ANAHEIM -- When the Angels wanted it most, they turned a triple play not seen within the Major Leagues in additional than a half-century. With runners on the corners and none out in a tie sport in opposition to the Rays within the ninth inning, their infield protection delivered. The Angels turned a 6-4-3-2 triple play behind reliever Carlos Estévez, holding their collection opener in opposition to the Rays tied on Friday night time at Angel Stadium, although they ended up shedding in 10 innings, 9-6. It was the primary such triple play within the Majors in additional than a half-century, since 1971, in keeping with the triple play database maintained by the Society for American Baseball Research. Harold Ramírez didn’t make it simple on Estévez, fouling off 5 pitches in a seven-pitch at-ba...

CLEVELAND — Miguel Cabrera drove in a run to tie Mel Ott for eleventh place on the profession RBIs listing and Akil Baddoo homered on the second pitch of the sport, sending the Detroit Tigers to a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians within the opener of a doubleheader on Friday. ...

LOS ANGELES – Prior to Friday night time’s sequence opener at Chavez Ravine, pals of Marlins heart fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr., who had been both followers of the Dodgers or enjoying for the membership, stored reminding him of their 11-game win streak. “I already told them, I was like, ‘You think we care about an 11-game win streak?’” Chisholm stated. “‘Bro, we're trying to make it to the World Series, so an 11-game win streak could be broken any day.’” The Marlins did simply that by homering 5 instances in a sport for the primary time since 2012 in help of ace Sandy Alcantara in an 11-3 win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The new-look lineup that includes Trade Deadline acquisitions Josh Bell and Jake Burger additionally walked six instances. With the victory, the Marlins (64-59) remain...

CINCINNATI — Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered within the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Friday evening within the opener of an interleague collection between playoff contenders. ...

ANAHEIM -- The Rays did a few issues that very simply might have price them Friday evening’s sequence opener at Angel Stadium. In the second inning, Erasmo Ramírez served up Shohei Ohtani’s second profession grand slam to place Tampa Bay in a four-run gap. With the sport tied within the ninth, Harold Ramírez hit into the fourth triple play in franchise historical past. But they did sufficient to win regardless of all that. They slowly climbed out of the outlet Ohtani put them in. They rapidly disregarded the deflating triple play because of run-scoring hits by Luke Raley, Josh Lowe and René Pinto within the tenth inning. Then they turned to Andrew Kittredge, who recorded a save in his first Major League look in 438 days, to seal their hard-fought, 9-6 win over the Angels. According to the ...

CJ Abrams hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run fourth inning, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 Friday evening to spoil Michael Lorenzen’s first begin since throwing a no-hitter 9 days earlier. ...