By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes was bored and driving through the northern Pittsburgh suburbs on Monday — a rare in-season off day — when the Pirates ace caught the familiar lights of a baseball field out of the corner of his eye. The next thing the ...
By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Burleson homered and drove in three runs Tuesday night to power the surging St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-0 victory over the New York Mets. Dustin May tossed six solid innings to snap a seven-start winless streak for the Cardinals, who ...
MIAMI (AP) — Otto Lopez hit a tiebreaking RBI single to start off Miami's four-run eighth inning and Joe Mack went 4 for 4 and scored three runs as the Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-6 on Tuesday night for their sixth win in seven games. Lopez's run-scoring single started a ...
By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a two-run homer to lead off the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Tuesday night. Mitch Garver also homered for the AL West-leading Mariners, who have won 11 of their last 14 games ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nick Martinez gave up six hits over seven innings, Ben Williamson and Nick Fortes hit RBI doubles, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night. Martinez (6-2) allowed three runs while striking out two. Kevin Kelly added a hitless ...
By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Valenzuela hit a game-winning single in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays scored twice off Jhoan Duran to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Tuesday night. Duran (1-3) blew a save opportunity for the first time this ...