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☆ Rangers down Blue Jays, move ahead in AL wild-card race
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

September 13 - Robbie Grossman hit a two-run home run and the visiting Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Tuesday night. The Rangers (80-64) have won the first two games of the four-game series to move a half-game ahead of the Blue Jays (80-65) in the American League wild-card race. Toronto left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu (3-3) allowed three runs on five hits with one walk and five strikeouts in six innings. The Rangers took a 2-0 lead in the fourth on their first two hits of the game. Biggio took third on pinch hitter Santiago Espinal's double, and a run scored on pinch hitter Ernie Clement's groundout.

Persons: Robbie Grossman, Corey Seager, Davis Schneider, Hyun Jin Ryu, Max Scherzer, Seager, Grossman, Mitch Garver's, Jonah Heim's, Jose Leclerc, Yimi Garcia, Leody Taveras, Josh H, Smith, Tim Mayza, Spencer Horwitz, Leclerc, Brock Burke, Biggio, Santiago Espinal's, Ernie Clement's groundout, Chris Stratton, Burke, Trevor Richards, Travis Jankowski's, Aroldis Chapman, Schneider's Organizations: Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas, The Rangers, Blue Jays, American League, Toronto, Rangers, Cavan Biggio's, Thomson Locations: Toronto, Texas, Scherzer

☆ Bo Bichette, Blue Jays edge Royals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/8] Sep 8, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Santiago Espinal (5) and Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) celebrate a win over the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsSeptember 9 - Bo Bichette returned from the injured list and had two RBIs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 5-4 Friday night. Bichette, who had been out with a right quad injury, had an RBI double to tie the game at 1-1 in the sixth and an RBI single in the Jays' four-run seventh. Dairon Blanco hit a solo home run for the Royals (44-98) as the teams opened a three-game series. Romano worked around two walks and Perez's RBI single in the ninth to get his 33rd save.

Persons: Santiago Espinal, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, John E, Bo Bichette, Bichette, Dairon Blanco, Collin Snider, Alec Marsh, Yusei Kikuchi, Blanco, Kevin Kiermaier, Davis Schneider, Cavan Biggio, Marsh, Whit Merrifield, Trevor Richards, Freddy Fermin blooped, Nick Loftin, Kyle Isbel, Chad Green, Richards, Austin Cox, Alejandro Kirk's, Carlos Hernandez, George Springer, Tucker Davidson, Ernie Clement, Green, Bobby Witt Jr, Salvador Perez, Tim Mayza, Edward Olivares, Jordan Romano, Romano Organizations: CAN, Toronto Blue Jays, Kansas City Royals, Rogers Centre, Jays, Royals, Toronto, Cavan, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Toronto

☆ Bryce Harper homers twice as Phillies pound Blue Jays
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/40] Aug 16, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola (27) pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsAugust 17 - Bryce Harper hit two solo homers and Jake Cave added a solo shot as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Wednesday. Daulton Varsho hit a two-run homer for the Blue Jays. Toronto took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second. The Phillies took a 5-4 lead in the fifth.

Persons: Aaron Nola, John E, Bryce Harper, Jake Cave, Cave, Daulton Varsho, Kevin Gausman, Nick Castellanos, Bryson Stott, Trea Turner, Cavan Biggio, Varsho, Harper, Brandon Belt, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, George Springer, grounder, Biggio, Kyle Schwarber, Castellanos, Santiago Espinal, Espinal, Matt Chapman, Realmuto, Tim Mayza, Schwarber, Alec Bohm, Jay Jackson, Bowden Francis, Matt Strahm, Craig Kimbrel, Gregory Soto Organizations: Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers Centre, Phillies, Blue Jays, Toronto, Cavan, Brandon, Philadelphia's, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Toronto, Philadelphia

☆ Orioles, fortified at deadline, ready to continue run vs. Blue Jays
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

August 2 - The visiting Baltimore Orioles, who fortified their pitching by adding right-hander Jack Flaherty at the trade deadline on Tuesday, will try to maintain their dominance of the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. The Orioles are 7-1 against the Blue Jays and have clinched the season series. The Blue Jays also made a deal with the Cardinals, acquiring shortstop Paul DeJong, who did not play Tuesday. "(DeJong) is an interesting fit for us without the injury," Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said. The Blue Jays are scheduled to start left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (8-3, 3.79) on Wednesday.

Persons: Jack Flaherty, Kyle Gibson, Kyle Bradish, Flaherty, Mike Elias, We've, Paul DeJong, Bo Bichette, Santiago Espinal, Ross Atkins, Matt Svanson, Jordan Hicks, Yusei Kikuchi, Grayson Rodriguez, Anthony Santander Organizations: Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Orioles, Blue Jays, American League East, Louis Cardinals, Cardinals, Jays, Baltimore, AL East, Toronto, Thomson Locations: Toronto

☆ MLB roundup: Giants' J.D. Davis belts walk-off HR
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Rangers starter Martin Perez (8-4) gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks with a strikeout in 5 2/3 innings. Rockies starter Chris Flexen (0-5) had six walks, a hit batter and a run-scoring wild pitch in 3 2/3 innings. Toronto right-hander Alek Manoah struck out six and allowed one run, four hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings. Starter Quinn Priester (2-1) allowed five runs and five hits in five-plus innings, with seven strikeouts and six walks. Patrick Corbin (7-11) allowed four runs on six hits and no walks while striking out two over 5 2/3 innings.

Persons: J.D, Davis, John Hefti, Camilo Doval, Justin Turner, Jansen, Sean Manaea, Ryan Walker, Tyler Rogers, Max Muncy, Joe Kelly, Emmet Sheehan, Evan Phillips, Luke Weaver, Elly De La Cruz, Yu Darvish, Seong Kim, Diego, Darvish, Luis Campuano, Gary Sanchez, Martin Perez, Ronald Acuna Jr, Acuna, Eddie Rosario, Julio Teheran, Bryce Elder, Brent Rooker, Zack Gelof, Seth Brown, Tyler Soderstrom, Ramon Laureano, Paul Blackburn, Chris Flexen, Hunter Brown, Yainer Diaz, Jose Abreu, Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez, Rene Pinto, Houston, Chas McCormick, Diaz, Jake Meyers, Taj Bradley, Alejandro Kirk, Santiago Espinal, Manoah, Taylor Ward, Ward, Reid Detmers, Riley Greene, Joey Wentz, Luis Arraez, Johnny Cueto, Mike Clevinger, Tim Anderson, Andrew Vaughn, Anderson, Logan Allen, Clevinger, Allen, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Kyle Higashioka, Isiah Kiner, Falefa, Clarke Schmidt, Tyler Wells, Bobby Witt Jr, Witt, Michael Massey's, Bailey Ober, Ian Happ, Yan Gomes, Louis, Jameson Taillon, Michael Fulmer, Mark Leiter Jr, Javier Assad, Daniel Palencia, Adam Wainwright, Endy Rodriguez, Liover Peguero, Alika Williams, Quinn Priester, David Bednar, Brandon Marsh, Jake Cave, Johan Rojas, Aaron Nola, Riley Adams, Max Scherzer, Dominic Smith, Joey Meneses, Stone Garrett, Patrick Corbin, Mark Vientos, Francisco Lindor, Tommy Pham, Francisco Alvarez, Carlos Carrasco, Dominic Canzone, Canzone, Scott McGough, Julio Rodriguez, Arizona's Kevin Ginkel, Tom Murphy, Corbin Carroll, Andres Munoz, Carroll Organizations: San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Oracle, Red Sox, Giants, Dodgers, Reds, Cincinnati, National League West, Padres, Rangers, Braves, Brewers, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Athletics, Rockies, Colorado, Oakland, Sunday, Astros, Rays, Houston, Tampa Bay, Blue Jays, Angels, Toronto, Los, Los Angeles ., Tigers, Marlins, Miami, Five Detroit, White Sox, Cleveland . Chicago, Chicago, Yankees, Orioles, Baltimore, Royals, Kansas City, Twins, Cubs, Cardinals, St, Pirates, Phillies, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Nationals, Mets, Washington, New, Texas Rangers, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Arizona, Seattle, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, USA, Angeles, Muncy, Texas, Milwaukee, Oakland, Denver, Los Angeles, Los Angeles . Toronto, Detroit, Miami, Chicago, New York, Kansas, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Arizona

☆ MLB roundup: Shohei Ohtani hits 36th homer as Angels beat Pirates
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Devers capped the scoring by hitting a solo home run -- his 24th homer of the season -- in the seventh inning. New York's Carlos Carrasco (3-4) allowed five runs on 10 hits in 2 1/3 innings (58 pitches). Yankees 8, Royals 5Anthony Rizzo hit his first homer in over two months and collected a season-high four hits as host New York beat Kansas City. He yielded those four runs on six hits and struck out six in six innings to pick up the win. Oakland's Luis Medina was pulled after five innings, having given up just one run on two hits.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Kiyoshi Mio, Ohtani, Luis Rengifo, Andrew Velazquez, Rengifo, Tyler Anderson, Carlos Estevez, Carlos Santana, Jacob Webb, Bryan Reynolds, Rafael Devers, Adam Duvall, Devers, Connor Wong, Chris Murphy, Carlos Carrasco, Brandon Nimmo, Alex Faedo, Faedo, Alex Lange, Spencer Torkelson, Andy Ibanez, Joe Musgrove, Gary Sanchez, Anthony Rizzo, Gleyber Torres, Jordan Lyles, Torres, Salvador Perez, Michael Massey, Luis Severino, MacKenzie Gore, Riley Adams, Gore, Lane Thomas, Joc Pederson, Scott Alexander, Bryce Harper, Aaron Nola, Gregory Soto, Craig Kimbrel, David Fry, Harper, Johan Rojas, J.T, Realmuto, Trea Turner, Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott, Jake Fraley, Fraley's, Spencer Steer, Steer, Christian Encarnacion, Strand's, Derek Law, Arizona's Tyler Gilbert, Gunnar Henderson, Ryan O'Hearn, Mike Baumann, Yennier Cano, Felix Bautista, Wander Franco, Yandy Diaz, Luis Arraez, Arraez, Pierce Johnson, Jesus Luzardo, Randal Grichuk, Brenton Doyle, Ozzie Albies, Michael Harris II, Ronald Acuna Jr, Albies, Elvis Peguero, Daysbel Hernandez, Ryan Jeffers, Kyle Farmer, Emilio Pagan, Zach Remillard, Eloy Jimenez, Cody Bellinger, Jameson Taillon, Louis, Bellinger, Dylan Carlson's, Louis ' Jordan Montgomery, Nolan Arenado, Jonah Heim, Leody, Brad Miller, Ezequiel Duran, Martin Perez, Emmet Sheehan, Mauricio Dubon, Houston's Hunter Brown, Oakland's Luis Medina, Yainer Diaz, JJ Bleday, Jordan Diaz, Santiago Espinal, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Mike Ford Organizations: Los Angeles Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Angel, Angels, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, The Pirates, Pirates . Red Sox, Mets, Boston, New, Tigers, Padres, Detroit, San, Yankees, Royals, New York, Kansas City, Nationals, Giants, Washington, Phillies, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Reds, Diamondbacks, Cincinnati, Orioles, Rays, Baltimore, Tampa, American League East, Marlins, Miami, Rockies, Braves, Brewers, Atlanta, White Sox, Minnesota, Twins, Chicago, Cubs, Cardinals, St, Rangers, Dodgers, Texas, Astros, Athletics, Houston, Oakland, Blue Jays, Mariners, Toronto, Seattle, Brandon Belt, Thomson Locations: Anaheim , California, USA, Anaheim , Calif, New York, San Diego, Diego, San Francisco, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Arizona, St . Petersburg, Fla, Colorado, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Atlanta, York, Los, Arlington , Texas, Texas

☆ MLB roundup: Rockies stun Yanks in bottom of 11th
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY SportsJuly 17 - Alan Trejo hit a walk-off homer in the 11th inning, C.J. Cron hit a grand slam, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in Denver on Sunday. Cabrera and Gleyber Torres each had two hits for New York in the rubber game of a three-game series. Robert finished with three RBIs, and Andrew Benintendi added three hits, three runs and an RBI for the White Sox. Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who took two of three games for their second straight series win.

Persons: Alan Trejo, Isaiah J, Downing, Cron, Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza, Nolan Jones, Nick Ramirez, Ramirez, Ron Marinaccio, Trejo, Michael Toglia, Jones, Gavin Hollowell, Cabrera, Gleyber Torres, Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker, Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, Rafael Montero, Phil Maton, Shohei, Tucker, Los Angeles, Jaime Barria, Bregman's, Luis Guillorme, Mark Canha, Brett Baty, Nick Robertson, Guillorme, Freddie Freeman, David Robertson, James Outman, Michael Conforto, Patrick Bailey, Alex Wood, Ryan Walker, Bryan Reynolds, Henry Davis, Jared Triolo, Yerry De Los Santos, Kyle Bradish, Bradish, Anthony Santander, Johnny Cueto, Luis Robert Jr, Jake Burger, Robert, Andrew Benintendi, Matt Olson, Josh Jung, Will Smith, Cody Bradford, Trevor Stephan, Cleveland's Steven Kwan, Vladimir Guerrero's, Danny Jansen, Santiago Espinal, Kevin Kiermaier, Jansen, George Springer, Ketel Marte, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Christian Yelich, Devin Williams, Matt McLain, Kyle Schwarber, Edmundo Sosa, Schwarber, Bryson Stott, Bryce Harper, Brandon Marsh, Stott, Jeff Hoffman, Seong Kim, Xander Bogaerts, Fernando Tatis Jr, Trent Grisham, Bobby Witt Jr, Drew Waters, Brady Singer, Zach Eflin, Singer, Eflin, Nolan Gorman, Louis, Paul Goldschmidt, Jack Flaherty, Josiah Gray, Dominic Smith, Keibert Ruiz, Masataka Yoshida, Kutter Crawford, Yoshida, Rafael Devers, Casas, Crawford, Mike Tauchman, Alex Kirilloff, Kirilloff, Zack Gelof, Minnesota's Jhoan Duran, Bryce Miller, Miller, Cal Raleigh, J.P, Reese Olson Organizations: Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, Coors Field, USA, Sunday, Yankees, New York, Astros, Angels, Houston, Los, Mets, Dodgers, New, Los Angeles, The Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, San, Pittsburgh . Giants, Orioles, Marlins, Baltimore, Sox, Braves, Chicago, White Sox, NL, Atlanta, Rangers, Cleveland, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Toronto, Santiago, Brewers, Reds, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, National League Central, Phillies, Padres, Philadelphia, San Diego, Royals, Rays, Kansas City, Tampa, The Rays, Tampa Bay, Cardinals, Nationals, Red Sox, Cubs, Boston, Athletics, Oakland, Mariners, Tigers, Seattle, Detroit, Cal, Thomson Locations: Denver , Colorado, USA, C.J, Denver, Colorado, Los Angeles, Anaheim , Calif, Los, New York, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Miami, Atlanta, Oakland, Texas, Arlington , Texas, Arizona, Kansas, Tampa Bay, Washington, Red, Minnesota

☆ MLB roundup: Cubs' Kyle Hendricks takes no-hitter into 8th in win
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Nathan Eovaldi (9-2) earned the win despite allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings. Reds 8, Cardinals 4Rookie Andrew Abbott blanked St. Louis for 5 2/3 innings as visiting Cincinnati rolled to a victory. The 24-year-old has permitted two runs on 12 hits with 23 strikeouts in 23 innings. Aaron Nola (5-5) was charged with six runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings to take the loss for Philadelphia. J.P. France (2-1) allowed three runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings.

Persons: Kyle Hendricks, Mitch Haniger, Darren Yamashita, Christopher Morel, Hendricks, Michael Conforto, Matt Mervis, Jakob Junis, Mervis, Morel, John Brebbia, Ozuna, Ronald Acuna Jr, Travis d'Arnaud, Kevin Pillar's, Acuna, MacKenzie Gore, Jared Shuster, A.J, Minter, Stone Garrett, Corey Seager, Seager, Nathan Eovaldi, Francisco Mejia, Taj Bradley, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Gurriel, Nick Ahmed, Ryne Nelson, Matthew Boyd, Kerry Carpenter, Miguel Cabrera, Andrew Abbott, St, Louis, Abbott, Luke Maile, Spencer Steer, Miles Mikolas, Dylan Carlson, Nolan Arenado, Carlos Correa, Max Kepler, Trevor Larnach, Joe Ryan, Jorge Lopez, Adam Cimber, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Whit Merrifield, Santiago Espinal, Nathan Lukes, Martinez, Bobby Miller, Mookie Betts, James Outman, Freddie Freeman, Miller, Aaron Nola, Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr, Drew Carlton, Josh Hader, Nolan Jones, Ezequiel Tovar, Jake Bird, Kyle Freeland, Xander Bogaerts, Tatis, Mark Canha, Francisco Alvarez, Brandon Nimmo, Kodai, Ji Hwan Bae, Johan Oviedo, Cole Irvin, Anthony Santander, Gunnar Henderson, Adam Frazier, Brady Singer, Edward Olivares, Aledmys Diaz, Diaz, Tony Kemp, Joel Payamps, Oakland, Sam Long, Victor Caratini, Oakland's Paul Blackburn, Milwaukee's Julio, Jose Abreu, Houston, Bryan Abreu, Ryan Pressly, Cleveland, Josh Naylor, Triston McKenzie, Jean Segura, Joe Kelly, Puk, Yoan, Steven Okert, Jorge Soler, Luis Arraez, Arraez, Andrew Vaughn, J.P . Crawford, Eugenio Suarez, Julio Rodriguez, AJ Pollock, Bryan Woo, Shohei Ohtani, Patrick Sandoval Organizations: Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Oracle, Cubs, Giants, Braves, Atlanta, Nationals, Rangers, Rays, Tampa, The Rangers, Diamondbacks, Tigers, Arizona, Detroit, Reds, Cardinals, Cincinnati, Blue Jays, Minnesota, Toronto, Twins, Dodgers, Phillies, Philadelphia, Padres, San Diego, Colorado, Rockies, Mets, Pirates, New York, Pittsburgh, Orioles, Royals, Baltimore, Kansas City, Irvin, Athletics, Brewers, Oakland, Milwaukee, Blackburn, Astros, Cleveland, Marlins, White Sox, Chicago, The Marlins, Miami, Mariners, Angels, Seattle, Four Mariners, The Mariners, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, USA, Washington, Texas, St . Petersburg, Fla, Eovaldi, Tampa Bay, St, Minnesota, Los Angeles, Denver, San Diego, New, York, Kansas, Milwaukee, Milwaukee's Julio Teheran, Teheran, J.P, France, Miami, Anaheim , Calif, Angeles

☆ MLB roundup: Zac Gallen extends scoreless run in D-backs' win
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Arizona's Emmanuel Rivera had an RBI single among his two hits and scored a run. Evan Longoria also had an RBI single for the Diamondbacks, who won two of the three games in the series after losing four of their previous five contests. Padres 5, Cubs 3Fernando Tatis Jr. ripped a two-run single in the seventh inning to give San Diego the lead for good in its win in Chicago. Tatis added an insurance run with an RBI single in the ninth. Rodolfo Castro added a two-run single, and Bryan Reynolds, Andrew McCutchen and Ji Hwan Bae each had an RBI single for the Pirates.

☆ Grapefruit League roundup: Pete Alonso hits first HR for Mets
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Daniel Vogelbach had two hits with an RBI and Abraham Almonte went 2-for-2 with two RBIs for the Mets. Justin Dirden went 2-for-2 with a homer and a key single in the seventh-inning uprising. Bobby Dalbec also went 2-for-2 with a homer and two RBIs and two runs for Boston. CJ Abrams went 2-for-3 with a run scored and Erick Mejia singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning for the Nationals. Phillies 7, Yankees 4Weston Wilson went 2-for-2 with four RBIs to help host Philadelphia defeat New York in Clearwater.

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