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Yankees place LeMahieu on IL with lingering hip injury and recall top prospect Jasson Domínguez

Sep. 09, 2024 18:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees placed DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list Monday because of a lingering hip issue and recalled top prosect Jasson Domínguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. LeMahieu was placed on the IL because of right hip impingement and manager...

Ed Kranepool, longest-tenured player in New York Mets history and member of Miracle Mets, dies at 79

Sep. 09, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Kranepool, the longest-tenured player in New York Mets history and a member of the Miracle Mets when they won the 1969 World Series, died Sunday. He was 79. The team said in a statement Monday that Kranepool died Sunday after suffering from cardiac arrest in Boca...

Mets RHP Paul Blackburn won't pitch against the Blue Jays because of a sore back

Sep. 09, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn won’t pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays this series because of a sore lower back, manager Carlos Mendoza said Monday. Blackburn had been expected to come off the 15-day injured list to face the Blue Jays. Instead,...

Texas Rangers plan to promote top pitching prospect Kumar Rocker for his MLB debut this week

Sep. 09, 2024 17:11 PM EDT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers plan to add top pitching prospect Kumar Rocker to their roster this week and expect the 6-foot-5 right-hander to make his big league debut Thursday night in Seattle. Rocker's pending promotion was revealed by the team Monday, an off day...

AP PHOTOS: Ohtani chases historic 50-50 club in home runs and stolen bases

Sep. 09, 2024 06:16 AM EDT

Shohei Ohtani is the sixth player in major league history and the fastest ever to reach 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases, needing just 126 games. He’s the only player to hit the 40-40 mark in the same game. He did it in style, too, on a game-winning grand slam with two outs in the...

National League wild card race looks like a barnburner with 3 weeks remaining in regular season

Sep. 09, 2024 05:51 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker had the thousand-yard stare of a man who had been through an emotional roller coaster on Sunday afternoon — and he was on the winning side. “That was probably one of the top two or three most draining games I’ve ever been a...

Pavin Smith homers in first 3 at-bats, has 8 RBIs in Diamondbacks' 12-6 win over Astros

Sep. 09, 2024 00:49 AM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Pavin Smith homered in first three at-bats for his first multi-home run game and drove in a career-high eight runs, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks rout the Houston Astros 12-6 on Sunday night to end a three-game losing streak. Smith became the second Diamondback...

White Sox score 5 runs in the 9th and avoid a series sweep with 7-2 comeback win over the Red Sox

Sep. 08, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Dominic Fletcher's RBI double sparked a five-run ninth inning and the Chicago White Sox avoided a three-game sweep with a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. Chicago starter Chris Flexen’s winless streak extended to 21 straight starts — the longest in...

Cubs beat AL East-leading Yankees 2-1 to avoid a series sweep

Sep. 08, 2024 21:19 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Jameson Taillon allowed only one run in six innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Yankees 2-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. Taillon (10-8) struck out six against his former team. He gave up Anthony Volpe's second-inning, RBI sacrifice fly and allowed...

Giants hit Musgrove hard, swat 4 total homers in a 7-6 win against the Padres

Sep. 08, 2024 20:32 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Chapman, Jerar Encarnacion and Luis Matos homered off Joe Musgrove in the six-run fourth inning and the San Francisco Giants held on to beat the San Diego Padres 7-6 on a hot, wild afternoon Sunday to take two of three games. Curt Casili also connected for the...