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Reds' De La Cruz hits 1st homer, Dodgers skid at 4 with 8-6 loss
CINCINNATI (AP) — Elly De La Cruz hit a 458-foot drive for his first major league homer and Will Benson hit a game-ending home run in the ninth that lifted the Cincinnati Reds over Los Angeles 8-6 on Wednesday night and extended the Dodgers’ losing streak to a season-high four. ...

Rosario, Naylor each have 3 hits and RBI, Guardians beat Red Sox 5-2
CLEVELAND (AP) — Amed Rosario and Josh Naylor each had three hits and an RBI, Josh Bell drove in a run for the sixth consecutive game and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Wednesday night. Rosario singled twice against Kutter Crawford (1-3), then had an RBI...

Reds' De la Cruz hits 1st big league homer, then triples
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds newcomer Elly De la Cruz hit his first major league homer with a 458-foot, two-run drive off the Los Angeles Dodgers' Noah Syndergaard on Wednesday night and then tripled in an 8-6 win. With fellow rookie Matt McLain on second base, De la Cruz hit...

Brewers' Adames returns less than 2 weeks after getting hit in head with liner while in dugout
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames returned to action less than two weeks after getting hit on the head by a foul ball while sitting in a dugout. Adames started at shortstop and batted second on Wednesday night against Baltimore after getting activated...

Ohtani homers, Trout comes up big in Angels' 7-4 win over Cubs
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout and Matt Thaiss delivered two-run singles during the Angels’ five-run fifth inning, and Shohei Ohtani hit his 16th homer in Los Angeles' 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Taylor Ward also homered for the Halos, who opened their...

Refsnyder has go-ahead RBI single in 4-run 8th, Red Sox beat Guardians 5-4
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rob Refsnyder had the go-ahead RBI single in a four-run eighth inning and James Paxton tied his season high with nine strikeouts, giving the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night. Kiké Hernández drove in two runs and Masataka...

Schwarber's leadoff homer backs Walker, Phils top Tigers 1-0
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit a leadoff homer, Taijuan Walker threw seven scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies won their fourth straight, 1-0 over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Walker (5-3) allowed two hits, Seranthony Dominguez worked the eighth and...
Reds promoting 6-foot-5 SS prospect Elly De La Cruz for debut vs Dodgers
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds are promoting 6-foot-5 shortstop Elly De La Cruz to make his major league debut against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds announced Tuesday that they were calling up the 21-year-old from Triple-A, giving one of the minor league's most enticing...

Julks hits 1st slam, surging Astros homer four times in 11-4 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO (AP) — Corey Julks hit his first career grand slam, Brandon Bielak matched his career high by pitching 6 2/3 innings and the Houston Astros used a season-high 19 hits to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-4 Monday night. Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker hit solo homers and Jake...

McCutchen's sacrifice fly lifts Pirates to 5-4 win, extends Athletics' road losing streak to 15
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning lifted Pittsburgh to a 5-4 victory over Oakland on Monday night, extending the Pirates’ win streak to six games and sending the Athletics to their record-tying 15th consecutive road loss. The 15...
