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Cardinals, Brewers, Dodgers and Royals add pitchers in flurry of trades on day before MLB’s deadline

The St. Louis Cardinals added starting pitcher Erick Fedde and Milwaukee, the team they are chasing in the NL Central, acquired starter Frankie Montas as several playoff hopeful teams made trades Monday. Kansas City got veteran right-hander Michael Lorenzen on the day before the MLB trade deadline, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers picked […]

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Lowe hits 2-run homer, Eovaldi works 6 solid innings and Rangers beat Cardinals to snap 3-game skid

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run homer, Nathan Eovaldi worked six solid innings and the Texas Rangers snapped a three-game skid with a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. Wyatt Langford added three hits for the Rangers, who have gone 6-5 since the All-Star break. Corey Seager, Jonah

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Adames, Chourio hit homers to lift Brewers past Braves 8-3

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the sixth and rookie Jackson Chourio added a two-run shot in the eighth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers past the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Monday night. Adames’ 416-foot home run, his 17th of the season, came off reliever Jesse Chavez (1-2) and put the Brewers

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Britain wins first gold medal at Paris Olympics with victory in equestrian team eventing

VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Britain won its first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday when it successfully defended its equestrian team eventing title. Laura Collett, Tom McEwen and Rosalind Canter sealed the win in the jumping section — the third part of the eventing competition — following Saturday’s rain-soaked dressage and Sunday’s cross

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Wilyer Abreu, Masataka Yoshida, Dominic Smith and Romy Gonzalez power Red Sox past Mariners 14-7

BOSTON (AP) — Wilyer Abreu capped a 12-pitch at-bat with an RBI single and Masataka Yoshida hit the next pitch for a two-run homer as the Boston Red Sox scored seven runs in the third inning on the way to a 14-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. Yoshida also had a double

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Alonso homers to start the Mets on their way to a 15-2 blowout against the Twins

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso homered to start a six-run fourth inning and the New York Mets blew out the Minnesota Twins 15-2 on Monday night, turning the opener of an interleague series between playoff contenders into a lopsided laugher. Jeff McNeil and Luis Torrens each drove in three runs for the Mets, who

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Spiers dominant in return, Cubs’ Pearson ejected for pitch to Stephenson’s head as Reds win 7-1

CINCINNATI (AP) — Carson Spiers allowed one hit in five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list, and the Cincinnati Reds homered three times in a 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night. Cubs reliever Nate Pearson and manager Craig Counsell were ejected in the eighth inning after Pearson hit Tyler

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Judge, Chisholm both homer twice, Rice, Volpe also go deep and Yankees rout Phillies 14-4

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Judge homered twice to increase his major league-leading total to 39, Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit his first two home runs for the Yankees and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 14-4 on Monday night for its first three-game winning streak since early June. Judge, Chisholm and Ben Rice all took All-Star

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