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ORIOLES HALT RED SOX’S TEAM-RECORD-TYING 15-GAME WIN STREAK A four-run first inning helped the visiting Baltimore Orioles earn a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday, ending Boston’s 15-game winning streak.…
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MLB ROUNDUP: CUBS ERUPT IN 6-RUN FIRST, CRUSH FRAMBER VALDEZ, TIGERS The host Chicago Cubs sent 12 batters to the plate in a six-run first inning as they rolled to a comfortable 11-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Pete Crow-Armstrong was a…
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DODGERS ACQUIRE RELIEVER SETH HALVORSEN FROM THE ROCKIES FOR TWO MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies general manager Josh Byrnes orchestrated a trade with his former team Monday, sending right-hander Seth Halvorsen to the Los Angeles…
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MLB ROUNDUP: MAX KEPLER COMPLETES COMEBACK AS D-BACKS STUN CARDINALS Max Kepler delivered the game-winning RBI in the 10th inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks scored eight unanswered runs in an 8-7 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday in Phoenix.…
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MLB ROUNDUP: A’S SNAP 10-GAME SKID WITH 15-1 ROUT OF NATIONALS Jacob Wilson homered during a three-hit outing, Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes also went deep and the Athletics broke a 10-game slide with a 15-1 beatdown of the Washington Nationals on…
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MLB ROUNDUP: NATIONALS EXTEND A’S LOSING STREAK TO 10 IN 23-4 BEATDOWN Andres Chaparro hit two homers and had eight RBIs — more than doubling his season total from 7 to 15 — as the Washington Nationals torched the lowly Athletics 23-4 on Friday night at…
BASEBALL UNION HEAD CRITICIZES MLB SALARY CAP AD CAMPAIGN, SAYS CLAIMS OF ECONOMIC WOE ARE PERVERSE
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The head of baseball’s players’ union chastised management on Tuesday for its advertising campaign in support of a salary cap while Commissioner Rob Manfred maintained the proposal was developed in response to fans. Bruce Meyer, who…
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JORDAN WALKER SPOILS PHILLY’S KYLE SCHWARBER PARTY, RALLIES TO WIN HOME RUN DERBY PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jordan Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and wore the top of his jersey splayed open as he dug in for his final…
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: RED SOX ENTER ALL-STAR BREAK ON 9-GAME WINNING STREAK Anthony Siegler had the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning Sunday for the visiting Boston Red Sox, who won their ninth straight game by edging the New York Mets 3-2 in the…
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT DAY 2
Second round 38. Colorado Rockies: Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA CBT penalty 39. Toronto Blue Jays (10-pick penalty): Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State 40. Los Angeles Dodgers (10-pick penalty): Bo Lowrance, SS, Christ Church Episcopal HS (SC) Continued…