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  • Wenceel Perez, Tigers chase series win over Cardinals

    Wenceel Perez is making it impossible for the Detroit Tigers to send him back to Triple A. Perez is giving the Detroit offense a huge jolt. He blasted his second and third career home runs in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday, leading the Tigers to an 11-6 win over visiting St. Louis. The Cardinals won the opener 2-1 with a ninth-inning rally. The teams will play the rubber match of the series on Wednesday afternoon. Perez is batting .302 with six extra-base hits in 15 games since...

  • MLB roundup: D-backs buzz past Dodgers in 10 innings

    Christian Walker hit two home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks stung the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in Phoenix on Tuesday. Six Arizona pitchers held the Dodgers to zero RBIs through nine innings. The victory came after a 1-hour, 55-minute delay at the outset, as a colony of bees formed on the netting behind home plate. A beekeeper removed the cluster to a standing ovation, and he stayed to throw out the first pitch before play ultimately...

  • D-backs buzz by Dodgers in 10th inning

    Christian Walker hit two home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks stung the Los Angeles Dodgers by picking up a 4-3 victory in Phoenix on Tuesday. Six Arizona pitchers held the Dodgers to zero RBIs through nine innings as the Diamondbacks won for just the second time in their past six games. The victory came after a one-hour, 55-minute delay at the outset, as a colony of bees formed on the netting behind home plate. A beekeeper removed the...

  • Marlins overcome five-run deficit to beat Rockies in 10

    The host Miami Marlins — who trailed by five runs entering the ninth inning — got a walk-off single to right by Dane Myers in the 10th inning as they rallied to defeat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 on Tuesday night. Miami snapped a seven-game losing streak, which had been the longest active skid in the major leagues. Myers went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. He entered the game in the seventh after Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected for arguing a strikeout on a close pitch. Bryan De La Cruz, who tied the...

  • Bolingbrook Golf Club to host LIV's individual championship

    LIV Golf's 2024 individual champion will be crowned at the Sept. 13-15 LIV Golf Chicago event at Bolingbrook Golf Club. "The passionate sports fans of Chicago have embraced the intense competition and fan-first experience that LIV Golf delivers, and this year it will be an incredible setting for a high-stakes event as players battle it out for the individual title and a roster spot for 2025," LIV Golf commissioner and CEO Greg Norman said in a formal statement Tuesday. "We're thrilled to return...

  • Mariners, Braves meet again after playing an instant classic

    What can the Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners possibly do for an encore Tuesday night when they return to the stage at T-Mobile Park? It'll be hard to top their performance on the opening night of their three-game series. The Braves' Max Fried and the Mariners' Bryce Miller both started with six hitless innings and Atlanta star Ronald Acuna Jr. provided some thrills before Seattle's Mitch Garver brought down the curtain with a two-run homer in the ninth. That gave the hosts a 2-1 victory...

  • MLB roundup: M's win pitchers' duel vs. Braves

    Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Atlanta Braves 2-1 Monday night in a pitching duel in which both starters had no-hitters through six innings. Seattle's Jorge Polanco grounded a single to left field leading off against Atlanta's A.J. Minter (5-2). Garver then hammered a 3-2 cutter an estimated 412 feet off the facade of the second deck. Neither Atlanta's Max Fried nor Seattle's Bryce Miller allowed a hit until the...

  • Dodgers stay on winning track, drop D-backs

    Andy Pages drove in three runs and Teoscar Hernandez stroked a two-run double as the Los Angeles Dodgers notched an 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night at Phoenix. Will Smith homered to help the Dodgers win for the seventh time in the past eight games. Shohei Ohtani, Enrique Hernandez and Teoscar Hernandez had two hits apiece for Los Angeles. Ketel Marte had two hits for the Diamondbacks as the defending National League champions lost in their first meeting of the season...

  • Nick Lodolo (11 K's) twirls gem as Reds handle Padres

    Nick Lodolo gave up a leadoff homer Monday night, then didn't give up another hit in seven dominant innings as the visiting Cincinnati Reds stopped the San Diego Padres 5-2 in the opener of a three-game series. Lodolo (3-0) walked two and struck out 11, throwing 68 of his 99 pitches for strikes. He finished his night in style, fanning Ha-Seong Kim with a curveball to end perhaps the best game of his career. Lodolo retired the last 18 men he faced after walking Xander Bogaerts and Kim to open...

  • Joe Boyle stymies Pirates, extends Athletics' hot streak

    Joe Boyle overcame a wild start to throw five innings of one-hit ball as the Oakland Athletics opened a 10-game homestand with a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Dany Jimenez and Michael Kelly combined for three strikeouts over four shutout innings to put the wraps on a two-hit performance for the A's, who won for the fourth time in five games. Oakland's Tyler Nevin homered, singled and drove in two runs. Coming off dropping two out of three games across San Francisco...

  • Jake Irvin, Nats extend Marlins' skid to 7 with sweep

    Jake Irvin responded from his worst outing of the season to pitch six solid innings and CJ Abrams smacked a two-run homer to help the Washington Nationals complete a four-game sweep of the host Miami Marlins, winning 7-2 on Monday night. Irvin (2-2), who gave up four hits, struck out three and didn't issue a walk, was unscathed until Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s two-out, two-run home run in the sixth. Dylan Floro and Matt Barnes completed the combined four-hitter. Irvin allowed six runs and 12 hits in...

  • Tigers' Jack Flaherty expects more of himself when facing Cardinals

    Jack Flaherty spent the majority of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals. He'll face his former team for the first time when the Detroit Tigers right-hander starts the opener of a straight doubleheader on Tuesday. The three-game series was supposed to begin Monday night but was postponed due to inclement weather. Flaherty made 122 appearances, including 118 starts, for the Cardinals during his first 6 1/2 seasons. He compiled a 41-31 record and 3.58 ERA during that time before he was dealt...