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Christian Walker delivers as Diamondbacks pound White Sox 15-4 to strengthen wild-card positioning
CHICAGO (AP) — Christian Walker homered twice and drove in six runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks added to their wild-card push with a 15-4 victory over the lowly Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. Walker hit a solo shot in the second inning and a two-run drive in the sixth in his...
Chicago White Sox place All-Star OF Luis Robert Jr. on IL with left knee injury
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox placed All-Star outfielder Luis Robert Jr. on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday, ending his career-best season. Robert left Sunday’s 3-2 win at Boston in the second inning. The slugger has a mild MCL sprain in his left knee, and the team said...
Ginkel falters as Diamondbacks blow 3 leads in 6-4 loss to Yankees and tie Cubs for 2nd wild card
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Ginkel blew the last of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ three leads in a 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday, dropping them into a tie with the Chicago Cubs for the National League’s second wild card. Ginkel (9-1) loaded the bases in the eighth inning by...
Yankees miss playoffs for first time since 2016 with windy 7-1 loss to Diamondbacks
NEW YORK (AP) — The last time the New York Yankees missed the postseason, Aaron Judge was a .179 hitter with 27 games of experience in 2016. Now he's ending his first year as Yankees captain on a team that could not get into an expanded playoff field. A year after...
Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte scratched vs. Yankees because of illness
NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was scratched from Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees because of an illness. Marte was in Arizona’s original lineup as the leadoff hitter, then was scratched shortly before the scheduled first pitch....
Yankees-Diamondbacks are rained out, rescheduled for Monday. More bad weather forecast for Sunday
NEW YORK (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks' game at the New York Yankees on Saturday was postponed because of a forecast of sustained rain. The Yankees made the announcement more than four hours before the scheduled first pitch at 1:05 p.m. EDT. The game was...
Judge hits 3 homers for 2nd time in a month as the Yankees slow down the Diamondbacks, 7-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Three big swings by Aaron Judge resulted in a costly loss for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Judge became the first player in Yankees history with two three-homer games in one season Friday night as New York cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Diamondbacks. ...
Judge hits 3 home runs, becomes first Yankees player to do it twice in one season
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge became the first New York Yankees player to hit three home runs in a game twice in one season when he connected in the seventh inning Friday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. “It’s incredible,” Judge said after New York's 7-1 victory. “You...
Analysis: MLB's recently expanded playoff field helps provide great playoff races in both NL, AL
PHOENIX (AP) — Rookie sensation Corbin Carroll was all smiles Wednesday, a few minutes after stealing his 50th base of the season, cracking his 25th homer and leading the streaking Arizona Diamondbacks to their fifth straight win. If the 22-year-old is fazed by September...
Carroll hits 25th homer, steals 50th base to lead Kelly and the Diamondbacks past the Giants, 7-1
PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll swiped his 50th base of the season, followed with his 25th homer and then made a nice, running defensive play to track down a line drive in left field that wrapped up Arizona's 7-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Just another day in one...
