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MARLINS BLOW LEAD TO PADRES, LOSE CLUB-RECORD 12TH STRAIGHT

Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill homered in the four-run eighth inning to help the visiting San Diego Padres rally for a 5-3 win on Sunday and extend the Miami Marlins’ losing streak to a franchise-record 12 straight games.

Machado also had an RBI double in the fifth that sparked the comeback after being down 3-0. Jake Cronenworth contributed three hits and scored twice, and Ty France, Luis Rengifo and Merrill had two hits each for San Diego, which swept the three-game series.

Padres starter Walker Buehler surrendered three runs (two earned) and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. The veteran right-hander struck out seven and walked two. Mason Miller pitched the ninth for his 27th save.

Kyle Stowers doubled and homered for the Marlins, who had lost 11 in a row three other times in team history, most recently in June 2011. Miami starter Janson Junk went 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run and scattering seven hits before Lake Bachar (1-2) allowed two homers in the first four at-bats of the eighth.MLB news

Phillies 11, Yankees 4

Bryson Stott and Alec Bohm combined for nine RBIs as Philadelphia throttled visiting New York to avoid a three-game sweep.

Cristopher Sanchez (13-4) allowed three runs in six innings for the Phillies, who had lost six of eight to open the second half of the season. Stott finished 3-for-4 with five RBIs, while Bohm drove in four runs and scored twice. Trea Turner chipped in with two hits and two runs scored for the Phillies.

Yankees starter Will Warren (7-5) surrendered six runs and six hits in three frames. All-Star Ben Rice doubled, homered and scored twice for New York, which had been 5-1 in its previous six games.

Rays 1, Guardians 0

Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit over seven shutout innings while Chandler Simpson manufactured the game’s lone run as Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep of Cleveland in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Rasmussen (9-5) walked one and struck out nine after allowing Steven Kwan’s double to begin the game. Simpson (two hits) led off the Rays’ fifth with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch and then to third on Ben Williamson’s groundout before scoring on Cedric Mullins’ bunt single.

Parker Messick (8-6) was a hard-luck loser for the Guardians after giving up one run on six hits over 7 2/3 innings. He struck out six with zero walks.

Braves 3, Orioles 2 (11 innings)

Austin Riley doubled in the go-ahead run, Tyler Kinley protected the lead and Atlanta beat host Baltimore in the rubber game of the three-game series.

Dominic Smith drove in two runs with a pair of singles and finished with three hits while starting pitcher Reynaldo Lopez threw 5 2/3 shutout innings for the Braves, who won for the eighth time in their last 11 games. Kinley delivered 1 1/3 scoreless innings, leaving the bases loaded in both the 10th and 11th innings.

Pete Alonso homered for the Orioles, who tied the game in the bottom of the ninth thanks to a costly Ozzie Albies error but then wasted game-winning opportunities in the next two innings. Andrew Kittredge (1-3) took the loss after Shane Baz allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Pirates 8, Cubs 7

Ryan O’Hearn celebrated his 33rd birthday by belting his second grand slam of the season and fourth of his career as host Pittsburgh held on to beat Chicago.

The Pirates’ Shawn Ross launched a two-run homer in his second MLB game while rookie Esmerlyn Valdez also went deep and added an RBI single. Brandon Lowe collected three hits and two runs as Pittsburgh snapped a three-game losing streak.MLB news

Seiya Suzuki hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Cubs. Pete Crow-Armstrong ripped an RBI triple and Dansby Swanson, Nico Hoerner and Pedro Ramirez each added an RBI single.

Nationals 10, Diamondbacks 7

CJ Abrams and James Wood each homered twice as Washington beat visiting Arizona to take the rubber game in the series between National League wild-card contenders.

Abrams finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs to boost his numbers to seven homers and 14 RBIs in his last seven games. Wood became the fifth MLB player to reach the 30-homer mark this season, while Dylan Crews added three hits.

Geraldo Perdomo and Ketel Marte homered for the Diamondbacks and Gabriel Moreno had two doubles and a sacrifice fly.

Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 1

Boston starter Ranger Suarez and four relievers combined to shut down visiting Toronto to clinch the team’s sixth straight series win.

Suarez, pitching for the first time since July 5 due to a groin strain, was taken out after four scoreless innings and 64 pitches, allowing four hits. Jarren Duran and Jahmai Jones each delivered two-run hits to give the Red Sox pitching staff plenty of run support. Boston has won 17 of its last 19 games.

Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman (4-10) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings. Toronto has lost eight straight Gausman starts, and the 35-year-old has not won since May 22. Andres Gimenez prevented the shutout with an RBI single which plated Daulton Varsho with two outs in the ninth.

Royals 5, Tigers 4

Michael Massey hit a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning and visiting Kansas City hung on for a win over Detroit.

Massey’s eighth homer made a winner of Nate Pearson (2-0), who was making his Royals debut after being acquired in a trade with Houston. Lane Thomas had a solo homer and Luke Maile added an RBI double as the Royals salvaged a split of the four-game series.

Dillon Dingler had two hits and drove in two runs for the Tigers.

Mets 8, Dodgers 3

Tyrone Taylor’s go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning propelled New York to the victory over visiting Los Angeles.

The veteran outfielder greeted reliever Evan Phillips with a 405-foot blast into the left field seats for his eighth homer of the season and fifth since July 4. Marcus Semien added another three-run shot for the Mets as they snapped a three-game skid.

Freddie Freeman had an RBI while going 2-for-4 for his fourth straight multi-hit game. Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernandez also went 2-for-4.

White Sox 12, Astros 3

Miguel Vargas hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the sixth inning and Munetaka Murakami added a pair of homers as host Chicago routed Houston to avoid a series sweep.

Murakami went 3-for-5 with a career-high six RBIs. Sean Newcomb (1-2) worked around a hit and walk to get the final two outs in the sixth to notch the victory.

Jeremy Pena cracked solo homers in his first two at-bats and Taylor Trammell added a solo homer for the Astros, whose five-game winning streak came to a close. In his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery, Ronel Blanco (0-1) scattered five runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings with three walks and four strikeouts.

Twins 11, Athletics 8

Ryan Jeffers went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, and Minnesota held on to beat the Athletics in Minneapolis.

Ryan Kreidler finished 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI for the Twins, who won the rubber match of the three-game series. Kody Clemens went 3-for-5 with two triples and an RBI.

Nick Kurtz hit a three-run home run to lead the Athletics. Jeff McNeil was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Brewers 11, Rockies 2

Jacob Misiorowski retired the first 14 batters he faced and finished with 12 strikeouts, Andrew Vaughn homered and host Milwaukee beat Colorado to take the rubber match in the series.

Misiorowski (11-4) struck out seven in a row to start the game and 12 of the first 13 batters he faced with pitches consistently above 100 mph. Cole Carrigg ended the bid for a perfect game with an opposite-field homer to left in the fifth inning.

Carrigg’s home run was his fifth of the season and Willi Castro hit a solo home run in the seventh for the Rockies, who finished with five hits and fanned 15 times.

Reds 5, Cardinals 3 (10 innings)

Cincinnati scored three times in the top of the 10th inning to take the rubber match over host St. Louis.

Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5, including a two-run RBI single in the 10th. Elly De La Cruz added a home run for the Reds. Starter Andrew Abbott allowed two runs on three hits and fanned four in six innings. Brock Burke (4-4) retired all four batters he faced in the eighth and ninth, and Julian Garcia picked up his first career save.

Cardinals starter Kyle Leahy struck out a career-high nine batters while holding Cincinnati to two runs on six hits in six innings. Reliever Matt Svanson (2-3) allowed all three runs (two earned) in the 10th. Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 for St. Louis, scoring once and driving in a run.

Mariners 6, Rangers 4

Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning as Seattle rallied to defeat Texas in an American League West showdown at Arlington, Texas.

Reliever Gabe Speier (2-2) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings with three strikeouts to earn the victory, and Andres Munoz struck out the side in the ninth for his 18th save of the season. The Mariners snapped a four-game skid and moved past Houston to regain second place in the division, 1 1/2 games behind the Rangers.

Ezequiel Duran went deep for Texas, which had won the first two games in the four-game series that concludes Monday.

Angels 4, Giants 3

Jorge Soler and Jo Adell hit fourth-inning home runs, Jose Soriano threw five sharp innings and Los Angeles salvaged one game in their road interleague series against San Francisco.

Mike Trout went 4-for-4 for the Angels, who snapped a three-game losing streak. The four-hit game was Trout’s first since April 2021 and 21st of his career. His other three hits were singles.

Both starters went five innings. Soriano (9-6) allowed just the unearned run and three hits, with three walks and five strikeouts. The Giants’ Carson Whisenhunt (2-1) was charged with all four Los Angeles runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out seven.

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CARDINALS TRADE RHP SCOTT BLEWETT TO ATHLETICS FOR CASH CONSIDERATIONS

The Athletics acquired well-traveled right-hander Scott Blewett from the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday for cash considerations.

The Cardinals designated Blewett, 30, for assignment after he appeared in one game for the team this season. He allowed one hit and two walks with two strikeouts in two innings in a 5-1 loss at the Los Angeles Angels last Tuesday.

Blewett is a career 4-1 with a 4.10 ERA, 34 walks and 63 strikeouts in 74 2/3 innings over 44 games (two starts) in parts of five seasons for the Kansas City Royals (2020-21), Minnesota Twins (2024-25), Baltimore Orioles (2025), Atlanta Braves (2025) and Cardinals.

Kansas City selected Blewett in the second round of the 2014 MLB Draft.

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BASEBALL HALL OF FAME WORTH THE WAIT FOR THREE ’26 INDUCTEES

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Few Baseball Hall of Famers have waited longer than Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent to feel like rookies one more time.

“This is the closest thing to my first at-bat in the big leagues,” Beltran said as he opened his speech Sunday afternoon. “Where I feel excited to be here, but at the same time, I feel very nervous.”

It’s finally time to relax for Beltran, Jones and Kent, whose collective patience was rewarded when they were officially enshrined in front of an estimated crowd of 12,000 on a sun-splashed day at the Clark Sports Center in this bucolic upstate town.

A record 60 living Hall of Famers attended the ceremony, with the 57 already inducted sitting on the stage behind the trio of new inductees, who increase the Hall’s membership to 354 people.Breaking sports news

Beltran was elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America in his fourth year on the ballot while Jones earned enshrinement in his ninth year of eligibility.

“This is a day we’re not going to forget,” Jones said. “I feel like a rookie today.”

Kent, who never received more than 46.5% of the vote during his 10 years on the writers’ ballot from 2014 through 2023, was elected by the contemporary  baseball era committee last December.

“Johnny Bench, he told it to me this morning before we got on the bus that ‘You belong, you belong,’” Kent said. “It hasn’t hit me yet.”

The trio delivered speeches touching on the international flavor of the day and the long paths they took to baseball immortality.

Kent, a 20th-round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays out of Cal in 1989, hit 351 of his 377 homers while playing second base, the most ever by someone at that position. He recalled growing up racing motorcycles as a teenager before his dad offered to buy him a pickup truck if he earned a college scholarship to play baseball.

“That truck is still with me. It sits in my garage as a simple reminder that some of the simplest things …” Kent said before pausing. “The simplest things can change the entire direction of your life.”

Kent hit .274 with 78 homers and a .777 OPS for the Blue Jays, New York Mets and Cleveland from 1992 through 1996 before emerging as a star with the San Francisco Giants. The infielder hit .297 with 175 homers and a .903 OPS and won the 2000 National League Most Valuable Player award during his six seasons in the Bay Area.

“San Francisco was home,” Kent said. “San Francisco was where every lesson I’ve learned finally came together.”

Jones, who signed with the Atlanta Braves out of Curacao for $46,000 as a 16-year-old in 1993, mentioned his 16 fellow Curacao natives who have reached the majors as the first player from Curacao to make the Hall of Fame.

Jones’ .254 average is the second-lowest of any Hall of Fame position player while his 1,933 hits are the fewest for a Hall of Famer who began his career after 1970. But the election of Jones — who averaged 33 homers and over 100 RBIs per season while winning 10 Gold Gloves over 12 seasons with the Braves from 1996-2007 — symbolizes the growing emphasis on rewarding a player’s peak instead of his longevity.

He is the eighth member of the Braves’ NL East dynasty to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining former teammates Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff and John Smoltz as well as executive John Schuerholz and manager Bobby Cox.

“Hitting home runs is great but I took a lot of pride in my defense, because that was winning games,” Jones said. “And the Braves won a lot of games because of pitching and defense.”

Beltran, a second-round pick of the Kansas City Royals in 1995, took the stage to chants of “Puerto Rico!” in honor of his native country. The 49-year-old pulled a Puerto Rican flag from his jacket pocket early in his speech.

Beltran ranks fourth amongst switch-hitters with 435 home runs, behind Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle. Eddie Murray and Chipper Jones. He is also one of just three centerfielders with at least 400 homers and 300 stolen bases along with Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Andre Dawson.

The four-year Hall of Fame wait was likely due to Beltran’s role as the lone active player named in the report on the sign-stealing 2017 Houston Astros, which cost him his job as the New York Mets manager before he skippered a game in 2020.

Beltran entered the Hall sporting a Mets hat on his plaque. He hit .280 with 149 homers, 559 RBIs, 100 stolen bases and three Gold Gloves in 6.5 seasons with the club, with whom he is a special assistant to president of baseball operations David Stearns.

“Every organization shapes your career — New York shaped my life,” Beltran said. “The Mets cap, what it represents to me is growth and it represents the place where I became the best version of myself.”

The leading newcomer on next year’s ballot is Buster Posey, who hit .302 and won an MVP while helping the Giants to three championships during his 12-year career. Chase Utley, who received 59.1% of the vote in his third year on the ballot, is the top returnee.

Former Giants managers Dusty Baker and Bruce Bochy are also strong candidates to be elected via the contemporary  baseball era non-players committee, which is slated to meet in December.

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