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Nationals roar ahead with 7-run inning, hand Cardinals 3rd straight loss 14-3

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Keibert Ruiz hit a three-run home run to cap Washington’s seven-run outburst in the sixth inning, and the Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 14-3 on Saturday night. After failing to score with the bases loaded in each of the prior two innings, the Nationals finally broke the game open after […]

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Kershaw returns from shoulder surgery, Ohtani hits 31st homer, Dodgers beat Giants 6-4

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw allowed two runs over four innings in his return from shoulder surgery, Nick Ahmed and Shohei Ohtani homered on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Thursday. Kershaw made his first big league appearance since last October’s NL Division

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Byron Buxton homers and doubles to lead Twins to 9-3 win over Tigers

DETROIT (AP) — Byron Buxton hit a home run and a double, Christian Vázquez had a homer and three hits and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-3 on Friday night. “I think everybody put something on the table to win this game,” said Vázquez, who has three of his five homers this season

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Ryan Mountcastle’s 10th-inning single lifts Orioles over Marlins 7-6 for 4th win in 12 games

MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Baltimore Orioles rebounded after wasting a six-run lead to beat the Miami Marlins 7-6 on Thursday for their fourth win in 12 games. AL East-leading Baltimore (61-41) avoided getting swept in the three-game series against the NL-worst Marlins (37-66). “Great

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Bryan De La Cruz, Jake Burger help Marlins strike early in 6-2 victory over the Brewers

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bryan De La Cruz and Jake Burger homered off Freddy Peralta in the first inning to put the Miami Marlins ahead for good in a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. Miami’s Josh Bell also went deep with a ninth-inning drive against Janson Junk for his 1,000th career hit.

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Rooker hits 10th homer in July, Athletics secure winning month with 5-4 victory over Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brent Rooker hit his 10th home run in July, Seth Brown had three hits and drove in three runs, and the Oakland Athletics secured their first winning month in two years, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Friday night. Oakland is 13-7 in July, snapping a string of 11 consecutive full

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Fitzgerald hits 2 home runs, Harrison strikes out 11 and Giants beat Rockies 11-4

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyler Fitzgerald continued his power surge with two home runs, Kyle Harrison tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 11-4 on Friday night. Fitzgerald, with a pair of two-run homers, became the first Giants player to hit seven home runs in an

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Skubal leads Tigers to 7-2 win over Twins in final start before the trade deadline

DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal gave up five hits and two runs in seven strong innings in his last start before the trade deadline and the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Saturday night. Javier Báez homered for the third straight game and Colt Keith had a home run and a

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Bell’s 3-run homer in 7th inning helps lift Marlins past Brewers 7-3

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Josh Bell hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run rally in the seventh inning that lifted the Miami Marlins to a 7-3 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. “It feels good,” said Bell, who homered for the fourth consecutive game. “For the most part, I feel I’m on

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