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May 24, 2026 MLB Players of the Day
Reid Detmers struck out 14 Texas Rangers, gave up just one hit over eight innings, did not allow a walk, but received no decision as the Angels downed Texas, 2-1, sweeping the three-game series on a bizarre ending - a walk-off botched double play attempt.
The only hit Detmers allowed happened to be a leadoff second inning solo home run by Jake Burger that briefly gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead, the Angels tying the game in the bottom of the 3rd on an RBI single by Mike Trout.
Following the Burger homer, Detmers set down the next 21 batters in order before handing the ball over to reliever, Sam Bachman, who almost blew the game, loading the bases with two outs before getting Burger on a swinging strikeout. Despite the no-decision and a 1-5 record, Detmers has 75 strikeouts in 11 starts, 63 innings.
With runners on first and second in the Angels’ 9th, Oswald Peraza grounded into what looked to be a sure inning-ending double play, but second baseman, Justin Fescue bobbled the ball as he approached the bag at second and threw wildly to Berger at first. Jorge Soler, who had singled with one out, came home from second on the error.
The win and the series sweep still left LA in last place in the AL West, at 20-34. Texas remained tied with the Mariners for second place in the division, 2 1/2 behind the A’s. The Rangers return home to open a series with the Astros Monday. The Angles hit the road to Detroit for a three-game series beginning Tuesday.
AL Streaks: Twins, won 4; Red Sox, Rangers, lost 3.
In a game involving 11 pitchers, neither the home squad Marlins nor the visiting Mets managed to push a run across for 8 1/2 innings, until Heriberto Hernandez — who had entered the game earlier as a pinch-hitter and stayed in as the Marlins’ left fielder — stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 9th.
Hernandez proceeded to take a Devin Williams offering 416-feet to dead center, ending the game with a walk-off grand slam, a 4-0 Miami win, getting the Marlins closer to .500 (25-29) while keeping the Mets (22-31) in last place in the NL East.
Miami completed a three-game sweep of the troubled New Yorkers and head to Toronto Monday for a three-game series. The Mets head home, hoping to halt their losing streak at three games when they open a series with the Reds, also beginning Monday.
NL Streaks: Marlins, won 3; Cubs, lost 8.
The Royals put up three runs in the bottom of the first inning, and that was more than enough of a cushion for starter, Stephen Kolek, who blanked Seattle on four hits, tossing a complete game shutout in Kansas City’s 5-0 victory, evening the series at a game apiece Saturday at Kauffman Stadium in KC.
Kolek (3-0, 2.77) allowed four hits, one walk and struck out two, needing 108 pitches to get through the nine innings. The win was Kolek’s second career complete game shutout, having thrown one last season for San Diego.
The Royals haven’t had much to cheer about recently. Saturday’s win was only their second in the past 10 games. They are nine games out in the AL Central, at 21-31. The Mariners (25-28) remained ties with Texas in second place in the AL West, 1 1/2 games behind the A’s. The rubber match of the three-game series is Sunday.
AL Streaks: Rays, won 5; Tigers, lost 7.
The Dodgers have a lot of ways and plenty of talent to beat others, and they proved that Saturday night in Milwaukee as Teoscar Hernandez went 3-for-4 and drove in six runs in a runaway 11-3, Los Angeles win.
After spotting the Brewers three first inning runs, the Dodgers took over the lead, 4-3, in the 4th. After Andy Pages doubled home Freddie Freeman, Hernandez delivered a 3-run homer (7th) off the left field foul pole extension. Hernandez singled in another run in the 8th and two more in the 9th, as the Dodgers cruised to victory. The Dodgers had 10 hits and took advantage of 11 walks from Milwaukee pitchers. Hernandez upped his RBI total to 31.
The win evened the three-game series with the deciding game Sunday in Milwaukee. Both teams lead their respective divisions. Milwaukee holds a two-game edge over the Cardinals in the Central while the Dodgers remained 1/2-game up on the Padres in the West.
NL Streaks: Marlins, Padres, won 2; Cubs, lost 7.
Kyle Manzardo’s solo homer in the top of the 9th rived to be the game winner after
Gavin Williams tossed eight innings of shutout ball in Cleveland’s 1-0 victory at Philadelphia Friday night.
Williams tied White Sox starter, Davis Martine for the AL lead in wins with his seventh against three losses. Inducing a double play to end the eighth inning, Williams left the mound after giving up just four hits while fanning 11. Cade Smith pitched a perfect ninth for his major league-leading 17th save of the season.
The win was Cleveland’s seventh straight, keeping them 3 1/2 games ahead of the White Sox in the AL Central. Philly lost its third straight, but managed to hold onto second place in the NL East, albeit 10 1/2 games behind 36-16 Atlanta. The three-game series continues Saturday with Cleveland’s Slade Cecconi taking the mound against Zack Wheeler.
AL Streaks: Guardians, won 7; Tigers, lost 7.
Friday night’s opener of a three game series with the Nationals in Atlanta went 11 innings, ending in walk-off fashion, as the Braves out-lasted Washington, 5-4.
The hero of the night turned out to be seldom-used catcher, Chadwick Tromp, who only entered the game in the seventh inning. The game tied at 2-2 after nine, the Nats put two on the scoreboard in the top of the 10th. Tromp singled in the first run and scored on an infield single, tying the game at 4-4.
Tromp got up again in the bottom of the 11th, the score still tied, and delivered the game winner, singling to center to drive in Eli White. Tromp, 31, is a native of Aruba. Playing in just his third game of the season, he’s 4-for-7 with a .571 batting average.
Atlanta has won three straight and has the best record in the NL (36-16). Games two and three of the series are set for Saturday and Sunday at Truist Park.
NL Streaks: Braves, Brewers, won 4; Cubs, lost 6.
Joey Cantillo shut down the Tigers for 5 2/3 innings and five relievers finished the job as Cleveland defeated Detroit, 3-1, completing a four-game sweep at Detroit’s Comerica Park.
Cantillo improved to 4-1, throwing 67 of 98 pitches for strikes, allowing just three hits and three walks while fanning six. In 11 starts this season, the lefty hurler has fanned 51 batters in 56 innings.
The Tigers didn’t score until the 8th inning as Cleveland’s bullpen - one of the best in the majors - kept the Guardians well out in front of the AL Central division, 3 1/2 games up on the White Sox. The Tigers took over sole possession of last place in the division, 9 1/2 out. Detroit has dropped 14 of its last 16 games, scoring three runs of fewer in 12 of those losses. Over their last six, the Tigers scored a total of 10 runs.
Cleveland won its sixth straight while sending the Tigers to their sixth consecutive loss. The two teams hit the road Friday. The Guardians open a series in Philadelphia while the Tigers will be further down !-95 at Baltimore for the weekend.
AL Streaks: Guardians, won 6; Tigers, lost 6.
The Braves just keep rolling along, leading the NL East by 9 1/2 games after dispatching the Marlins, 9-3, Thursday in Miami.
Atlanta took their third straight over the Marlins after dropping the series opener, 12-0. Michael Harris II opened the Braves’ scoring with a two-run homer in the opening frame and finished the Marlins off with a solo shot in the ninth, his 10th and 11th home runs of the season.
The result of Miami’s third straight loss dropped them into last place, 1/2-game behind the Mets and 13 behind division-leading Atlanta.
For the weekend, the Marlins get a visit from the Mets while Atlanta hosts Washington, both series beginning Friday and ending Sunday.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, won 5; Cubs, lost 5.
After dropping the first two of their four-game series in New York,
Trey Yesavage kept Yankee bats in check, allowing just two hits over six innings, leading the Blue Jays to a 2-1 decision in New York Wednesday.
Yesavage, didn’t walk any batters, struck out eight and left the mound after six innings in a 0-0 deadlock. The Blue Jays scored a pair of runs in the top of the 7th to put the 22-year-old hurler in a winning position. Four relievers picked up where Yesavage - making just his fifth start of the year - left off. The Yankees finally pushed across a run in the ninth, but fell short.
The result left the Yanks four games behind Tampa Bay in the AL East. The Rays downed Baltimore, 5-3, sweeping their series with the O’s. Tornto is tied for third place in the division with Boston, 11 1/2 games behind the Rays. The series wraps up Thursday in the Bronx.
AL Streaks: Guardians, won 5; Tigers, lost 5.
Sal Stewart led a 15-hit Cincinnati attack as the Reds downed the Phillies, 9-4, Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Stewart went 4-for-5, including a double and two-run homer, scored three times and drove in a pair of runs. Stewart scored in the second and seventh innings, building a 7-4 lead. The Reds’ infielder (3rd base, 1st base) slammed the door shut with his homer in the 9th, his 12th of the season and drove in his 33rd and 34th runs of the year, tied for 7th-best in the National League
With the Reds taking two of three, they improved to 26-24, in fourth place in the NL Central, 4 1/2 back of Milwaukee. The Phillies are tied with the Nationals for second pace in the NL East, nine back, chasing Atlanta.
Both teams gat a day off Thursday before returning to home parks. The Phillies host the Guardians and the Reds host the Cardinals, both weekend series starting Friday.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, won 4; Cubs, lost 5.
Nick Kurtz went 3-for-5, scored twice and drove in five runs as the Athletics bombed the Angels, 14-6, Tuesday night at Angel Stadium in Anaheim California.
Kurtz, who had a stellar rookie season - .290/36/86 - improved his RBI total to 34, near the lead in the AL, with an RBI single in the 3rd inning, a two-run single in the 6th and a two-run double in the 8th, after which he scored on Brent Rooker’s seventh home run of the season.
The A’s win evened the four-game series at a game apiece with games three and four set for Wednesday and Thursday. The Athletics remain a game up on Texas, atop the AL West. The Angels slumped back to their usual position of last in the division, 7 1/2 games off the pace at 17-32.
AL Streaks: Rays, won 3; Tigers, lost 4.
Washington has a rising star in outfielder, James Wood, who possesses all the talents of an all-star for years to come. In Tuesday’s 9-6 win over the visiting Mets, Wood put on a display of speed and power, going 3-for-4, highlighted by an inside-the-park home run in the 2nd inning that erased most of the Mets’ 5-0 lead.
Wood is batting .259 with 13 home runs, 34 RBI, and seven stolen bases.
The Nationals added three runs in the 3rd and Wood scored one of two unearned runs in the 4th as Washington evened the four-game series at a game apiece.There have been a total of 38 runs scored in the first two games, depleting the pitching staffs of both teams, so games three and four may produce more multi-run games.
Tuesday’s result left the Mets alone in last place in the NL East, 11 1/2 games behind division-leading Atlanta. The Nationals are in third place, nine back with the Phillies in second place, albeit eight games behind the Braves.
NL Streaks: Diamondbacks, won 3; Cubs, Pirates, lost 4.
Monday was a rough night for pitchers in both leagues.
The Mets scored 10 runs in the 12th inning of a 16-7 win at Washington. The two teams used 13 pitchers, and one position player - infielder Jorrbit Vivas - in the marathon. Paxton Schultz took the worst of it, allowing five hits, a walk, seven runs (6 earned) in a third of an inning and took the loss.
Toronto reliever, Yariel Rodriguez, needed just 1/3 of an inning to blow a two-run Blue Jays lead in the 7th, giving up a pair of two run homers to Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm in a 7-6 Yankee win.
A’s starter, J.T. Ginn, took a no-hitter into the ninth, gave up a leadoff single to Adam Frazier and the next hitter, Zach Neto, nailed a 413-foot walk-off homer to center, turning a no-hit bid into 2-1 win for the Angels.
Tampa Bay banged out 18 hits against five Baltimore hurlers in a 16-6 stomping of the Orioles in the opener of a three-game series at Tropicana Park. Baltimore starter Trevor Rogers (2-5) gave up eight hits and eight runs (7 earned) in 3 2/3 innings.
Rays’ leadoff hitter, Yandy Diaz went 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two singles, drove four runs and scored four times. As dangerous as ever at the plate, Diaz is sporting a .310 batting average with seven home runs and 31 RBI. He’s fourth in the AL batting leaders, and also tied for fourth in RBI with five other players.
The series continues Tuesday and Wednesday in Tampa.
AL Streaks: Guardians, won 3; A’s, Tigers, lost 3.
Appropriately named Aaron Bummer walked five, allowed three hits, two of them home runs and six earned runs in the fifth inning of a 12-0 Marlins win over the visiting Braves.
Javier Sanoja registered a grand slam off Bummer as his first homer of the season, his only hit of the game, but a big one.
Miami’s win came in the opener of a four-game series against the NL-leading Braves (32-16). Miami (22-26) needs to keep winning to get into contention in the division and bring Atlanta back to earth. The series continues Tuesday through Thursday.
NL Streaks: Phillies, won 5; Cubs, Pirates, Reds, lost 3.
Edgar Quero picked the perfect time to his his first home run of the season. The White Sox catcher socked a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, leading the White Sox to a 9-8 win over the Cubs, taking the series, two games to one.
Cuban-born Quero hadn’t had a hit in a week, but he went 3-for-5 on Sunday, poking a pair of singles, one of which drove in a run in the 2nd inning, and scoring twice.
The White Sox improved to 24-22, good for second place, one game behind Cleveland in the AL Central. The Cubs, despite dropping their last two, remain in first place in the NL Central, 1 1/2 up on Milwaukee and St. Louis.
The Cubs head back to Wrigley Field to host the Brewers starting Monday while the Sox head west for a series with Seattle.
AL Streaks: Blue Jays, White Sox, Guardians, won 2; Angels, lost 6.
Gavin Sheets went 3-for-3 with a pair of walks, two homers, and a double to lead San Diego to an 8-3 road win at Seattle, Sunday, completing a sweep of the three-game series at T-Mobile Park.
Sheets, batting third in the Padres’ lineup got his team off to a solid start with a solo homer in the 1st, and followed that with a two-run blast in the 6th inning. The Padres scored three more runs in the 6th for a 7-0 lead.
After Seattle closed the gap to 7-3, Sheets polished them off with an RBI double, Plating Fernando Tatis Jr. to complete San Diego’s scoring. Sheets’ homers were his eighth and ninth of the season, his four RBI night improving his total to 21.
The result left Seattle in third place in the wide-open AL West, two games behind the A’s and one behind second place Texas. The Padres trail the Dodgers by 1/2 game.
Both teams begin new series on Monday, with Seattle remaining at home to host the White Sox, while the Padres return home for a crucial series with the Dodgers.
NL Streaks: Dodgers, won 5; Pirates, lost 3.
With Rivalry Weekend rolling along, Munetaka Murakami socked a pair of home runs to lead the White Sox over the Cubs, 8-3, Saturday at Rate Field in Chicago, evening the three-game series at one apiece.
Murikami sent a solo shot over the center field wall in the 3rd inning and smacked a two-run dinger in the 5th. His 16th and 17th home runs put him one ahead of New York’s Aaron Judge for the American League lead. More importantly, they helped the Sox to stay within a game of AL Central leader, Cleveland. The 26-year-old rookie first baseman from Kumamoto, Japan is batting .236 with 32 RBI
The White Sox, losers of more than 100 games the last three seasons - including a record 121 in 2024 - are riding a Windy City revival that has them in contention at 23-22. Meanwhile, the 29-17 Cubs still hold a 1 1/2 game edge over the Brewers in the NL Central with the Chicago rivalry series concluding Sunday.
AL Streaks: Astros, won 2; Royals, lost 6.
It’s official! The Phillies own Pennsylvania.
Winning the second straight in the three-game rivalry series between the teams from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the Phillies’ 6-0 win at Pittsburgh Saturday secured bragging rights, at least for the 2026 season, well, at least for now. The two teams have a rematch four-game series slated for June 29 through July 2nd at Philadelphia.
Christopher Sanchez proved the difference-maker in Saturday’s whitewash, hurling a complete game, six-hit shutout, throwing 74 of 108 pitches for strikes, walking none while striking out a season-high 13 Pittsburgh batters. The win improved Sanchez’s record to 5-2 and lowered his ERA to 1.82, best in the National League.
The three-game series concludes Sunday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
NL Streaks: Dodgers, won 4; Pirates, lost 2.
Houston hasn’t had much to cheer about this season, as the team is a disappointing 18-28 and six games out in the AL West division.
One bright spot has been starter Spencer Arrighetti, who took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and came away with his fifth win against one loss as the Astros took the first of a three-game series with Texas, 2-0, Friday night at Daikin Park in Houston.
Arrighetti cruised into the eighth having allowed no hits, three walks, striking out five. After walking leadoff batter Alejandro Osuna and getting Kyle Higashioka on a fly out to left, Justin Foscue ended the dream with a single to left. The no-hit bid dashed, Bryan King got the last two outs of the inning and held Texas hitless in the 9th for a five-out save, his fourth.
Arrighetti finished 7 1/3 innings, allowing one hit, walking four and striking out five. Game two of the three-game set is Saturday.
AL Streaks: Rays, Yankees, Astros, Tigers, Athletics, won 1; Royals, lost 5.
Kyle Schwarber has been on a tear and the Phillies have benefitted, having won 13 of their last 17 games, including Friday’s 11-9, 10-inning win at Pittsburgh.
Though Schwarber wasn’t involved in the extra-inning scoring, the Phillies wouldn’t have been in a position to win without his two home runs and five RBI. Schwarber socked a two-run home run in the 5th, adding another two-run blast in the 7th and walked with the bases loaded in the 9th as the Phillies rallied to tie the game. He added a single to go 3-for-5 with two homers and five RBI and now leads the majors with 20 long balls. His 35 RBI are fifth-best in the majors with four National Leaguers in front of him.
Game two of the all-Pennsylvania series is Saturday at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park.
NL Streaks: Dodgers, won 3; Giants, lost 3.
Luke Raley socked a 1st-inning, three-run homer to get the Mariners off to a fast start in their 8-3 win at Houston Thursday, taking three of four from the Astros and tying Texas for second place in the AL West, one game behind the A’s.
Raley’s home run was his second in as many games and he’s hit five in May with 14 RBI, helping the Mariners close in on the .500 mark (22-23). He also singled and scored in the 8th, tacking on another run.
Seattle heads home Friday to open a weekend series with the Padres. Houston, just 1/2 game out of last place in the division, have lost five of their last six and remains home, hosting the Texas Rangers for three games over the weekend.
AL Streaks: White Sox, won 5; Royals, lost 4.
J.J. Bleday singled, whacked a pair of homers and drove in six runs in five at-bats as the Reds swamped the Nationals, 15-1, Thursday at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.
Bleday socked a three-run shot in the fifth inning and followed with a two-run blast in the seventh. Capping the Reds scoring, he singled home the final Reds’ tally in the eighth. A fifth-year player, Bleday is off to a good start, batting .321, with five homers and 18 RBI in just 16 games.
The Reds have plummeted to the bottom of the NL Central, but are just five games back. Every team in the division has a winning record. The Reds have dropped 10 of their last 13 games, and hit the road to Cleveland for a three-game series starting Friday. The Nationals return home to meet the Orioles in a three-game, I-95 series opening Friday.
NL Streaks: Mets, won 3; Giants, Diamondbacks, lost 2.
After nine innings, Toronto and Tampa Bay found themselves deadlocked at 1-1, demanding extra innings to see if the Rays could complete their sweep of the home-standing Blue Jays.
It looked good for the Rays after plating two runs in the top of the 10th, but Toronto center fielder, Daulton Varsho was hiving none of it when he stepped to the plate with the bases full with one out in the bottom of the frame. Varsho took an offering from Rays’ reliever Aaron Brooks the opposite way, hitting a big fly over the wall in left field for a walk-off 5-3 Blue Jay victory.
It was Varsha’s only hit of the night, but it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Despite the loss, the Rays maintained their two-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East. New York fell, 7-0, at Baltimore. The Blue Jays remain underwater, a 19-24 record relegating them to fourth place in the division, only 1/2 game ahead of the Red Sox.
Both squads get a day off Thursday before opening weekend series on Friday. Tampa Bay returns home to host the Marlins while Toronto hits the road for Detroit.
AL Streaks: White Sox, won 4; Angels, Royals, lost 3.
For the second time this season, a ballplayer missed hitting for the cycle by not getting what’s considered the easy part, a single. Ildemaro Vargas did it on April 26 in a 12-7 Arizona win over San Diego, the game the second of two played in Mexico City.
On Wednesday night it was Colorado’s Mickey Moniak, who doubled, tripled and homered in five at-bats, leading the Rockies to a 10-4 win at Pittsburgh.
Despite the Rockies struggling to stay out of last place, Moniak has been pretty much tearing it up with a .315 batting average, 12 home runs and 26 RBI. Colorado has not been so propitious, alone in last place in the NL West, already 8 1/2 games out at 17-26.
The three-game series between the Rockies and Pirates is tied at a game apiece and concludes Thursday in Pittsburgh.
NL Streaks: Braves, won 4; Diamondbacks, lost 2.
Minnesota starter,
Bailey Ober hurled a complete game, 3-0 shutout of the visiting Miami Marlins Tuesday in Minneapolis. It was one of the most impressive mound showings this season.
The Marlins were completely stymied by Ober’s incredible mound performance. The 6’9” righty in his sixth season with the Twins allowed just two singles, struck out seven and issued no walks. After a two out single in the fourth inning, Ober set down the next 16 batters in order and needed no bullpen help, throwing just 89 pitches, 64 for strikes. Neither of the players with hits advanced past first base.
The result, the first in a three-game series, left both teams at 19-23. The Marlins and Twins will go at it again on Wednesday and Thursday.
AL Streaks: Rays, White Sox, Twins, won 3; Astros, lost 4.
Paul Skenes is forging a pathway to a second straight Cy Young award. Last season, Skenes went 10-10 with a 1.97 ERA over 187.2 innings and 216 strikeouts for the last-place Pirates (NL Central).
His record is likely to be better this year. After Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the visiting Rockies, Skenes is 6-2 with a 1.98 ERA and the Pirates are just four games behind the division-leading Cubs in a race that has yet to produce a clear leader. All five teams are within five games of each other.
Skenes took a no-hitter into the 7th inning, broken up when Mickey Moniak stroked a one-out single. Unfazed, Skenes kept the Rockies off the scoreboard, allowed a Troy Johnston double in the 8th before turning the ball over to reliever Gregory Soto for the ninth. Soto got his fourth save despite allowing back-to-back doubles and Colorado’s only run.
In eight complete innings, Skenes allowed just two hits, didn’t walk anyone and fanned 10. The victory came in the opener of a three-game series which continues Wednesday at PNC Park.
NL Streaks: Brewers, won 5; Dodgers, lost 4.
Tampa Bay moved two games in front of the Yankees in the AL East after the Rays won, 8-5 at Toronto and the Yankees lost their fourth straight, 3-2, at Baltimore.
Jonathan Aranda made the most of his trips to the plate in Tuesday’s victory, knocking in Tampa Bay’s first run with a sac fly in the first, a run-scoring single in the second, and a solo homer in the 5th inning. Leading off the 7th, Aranda was plunked, took second and third on consecutive ground outs and scored on a catch single by Richie Palacios. Officially Aranda went 2-for-3, scored twice and drove in three runs. His 32 RBI are tops in the American League, two up on New York’s Aaron Judge. He’s carrying a .277 batting average with eight home runs.
Tampa’s win opened a three-game series in Toronto, with games two and three set for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Rogers Centre.
AL Streaks: Rays, Orioles, White Sox, Twins, won 2; Yankees, lost 4
Rafael Devers isn’t off to a blazing start and neither are the Giants, but, Monday’s 9-3 road win over the Dodgers may be a step in the right direction for both Devers and his team.
Devers socked his fifth home run of the season, a second inning leadoff solo shot and drew a bases-loaded walk for another Giants’ run in the 7th that gave the Giants a 4-3 advantage. In the 9th, Devers drew an intentional walk and later scored as the invaders from Northern California plated three more runs.
San Francisco’s win came in the opener of a four-game series in LA which may be more important to the Giants than the Dodgers, who are just 1/2 game back of NL West’s division leader, San Diego. The Giants are 7 1/2 back and just 17-24. The series continues Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.
NL Streaks: Brewers, won 4; Dodgers, lost 3.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Brice Turang crunched a 411-foot solo home run to left-center, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 win over the visiting New York Yankees Sunday and a sweep of the three-game weekend series.
Turang (.298, 6, 23) ripped the first pitch he saw from reliever David Bednar - a 77-mph curveball - out of the park for the walk-off win. Aaron Judge knocked his MLB-leading 16th home run (tied with Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber) in the first inning, but was hitless after that.
The Brewers improved to 22-16, good for a tie for second place in the NL Central with the Cardinals, 3 1/2 behind the Cubs. Milwaukee has won four in a row and return home Tuesday to face the San Diego Padres. The Yankees head south to Baltimore for a series with AL East rival Baltimore. New York dropped out of a tie for first in the AL East with Tampa Bay, 4-1 winners at Boston Sunday. The Yankees are now one game back.
NL Streaks: Brewers, won 4: Nationals, Mets, Cubs, Dodgers, Rockies, lost 2.
Jacob DeGrom tossed seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits, enabling the Texas Rangers to score a 3-0 win over the Cubs Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.
DeGrom (3-2, 2.62) was at his very best against the NL Central leaders, striking out 10 without surrendering a walk. He threw 65 of 94 pitches for strikes. Jacob Latz came on to earn his fourth save of the season with two innings of hitless ball. During the game, DeGrom recorded his 1,900th strikeout. He is 110th all-time and ninth among active pitchers.
Taking two of three from the Cubs, the Rangers improved to 9-9 at home and 19-21 overall. Chicago still leads their division by 3 1/2 games over the Cardinals and Brewers. Texas is alone in second place in the AL West where only the A’s have a winning record (21-19).
Texas remains home, opening a series with Arizona Monday. The Cubs get a day off before heading to Atlanta to meet the Braves on Tuesday.
AL Streaks: White Sox, Twins, Rangers, won 2; Yankees, lost 3.
In Saturday’s 14-1 win by the Blue Jays over the visiting Angels, Toronto banged out 20 hits.
Ernie Clement (left) and Brandon Valenzuela right accounted for nine of them.
Clement went 5-for-5, socking a 7th-inning solo home run to go with four singles, scoring three times and driving in a pair. Valenzuela singled twice, doubled and mashed a three-run homer in the 5th inning, driving in four and scoring three times. Clement and Valenzuela were the #8 and #9 batter’s in Toronto’s lineup.
The Blue Jays will be looking to sweep the three-game series on Sunday, after winning Friday’s game, 2-0. Credit to Toronto’s pitching, which has allowed just one LA run over the first two games.
AL Streaks: Athletics, won 3; Tigers, lost 5.
Philadelphia’s third baseman, Alec Bohm went 3-for-4 and drove in four runs as the Phillies hammered the Rockies, 9-3 Saturday in the City of Brotherly Love.
Bohm, off to a dull start batting .177 even after his solid performance, doubled and homered twice for the Phillies, launching solo shots in the 3rd and 4th innings, and then putting the game away with a two-run double in the 8th.
The Phillies evened the series at a game apiece and will host the Rockies for the deciding game Sunday. Philadelphia continues to improve under interim manager, Don Mattingly. They are still four games under .500 however, at 18-22, some nine games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East.
NL Streaks: Brewers, won 3; Mets, Nationals, Cubs, Cardinals, Dodgers, Rockies, Giants, lost 1.
With last year’s slugging catcher, Cal Raleigh, slumping at the start of the season (.169, 7 HR, 18 RBI), other players for the Mariners, like Luke Raley, have had to pick up the slack.
Raley ripped a pair of home runs in Seattle’s 12-8 slugfest over the White Sox. In Chicago, one a third inning grand slam that broke the game wide open, the second, a three-run blast that lengthened Seattle’s lead to 9-5. Josh Naylor followed with a three-run honer in the 8th to put the game out of reach.
Raley’s home runs were his seventh and eighth of the season, the seven RBI improved his total to 23. The Mariners have struggled to maintain consistency. They have not been over .500 since March 30, when a win over the Yankees put them at 3-2. They are 19-20 presently and have won three of their last four.
The weekend series continues with game two Saturday.
AL Streaks: Guardians, won 3; Tigers, lost 4.
The third-youngest team in the majors, the St. Louis Cardinals are playing solid, fundamental baseball. On Friday, they ran their record other 23-15 by riding the arm of Michael McGreevy to a 6-0 win at San Diego, their 9th win over the past 11 games.
McGreevy kept the Padres at bay for the first six innings, setting down the first nine in a row before allowing the only San Diego hit in the fourth. He finished with nine strikeouts and two walks, improving to 3-2 on the season with a 2.18 ERA. He needed just 94 pitches before handing the ball to the bullpen. Gordon Graceffo tossed two hitless innings and Ryne Stanek closed out the ninth, setting the Padres down in order.
St. Louis has taken the first tow of the four-game series in San Diego. Games three and four are slated for Saturday and Sunday starts. The Cardinals trail the Cubs by 3 1/2 games in the NL Central. San Diego is two back of the Dodgers in the West.
NL Streaks: Cubs, won 10; Reds, lost 8.
Tampa Bay and the New York Yankees have been locked into a dogfight for first place in the AL East for most of the season thus far, and the Rays kept pace Thursday with an 8-4 win over Boston at Fenway Park.
Tampa’s Junior Caminero made his presence felt in the latter stages of the win, reaching on an infield single to lead off the sixth inning, he came around to score the go-ahead run on Chandler Simpson’s single to center, breaking a 3-3 tie.
In the top of the ninth, Caminero left no doubt, slugging his 10th home run of the season, a 449-foot bomb to center that sealed the deal for the Rays.
With the Yankees taking down Texas, 9-4, the standings remained the same as the previous night, New York clinging to a 1/2 game lead over Tampa Bay. The Rays have won seven straight and will look to keep it going when they face the Red Sox in the second of their four-game series which extends into the weekend. The Yankees hit the road to Milwaukee for a weekend series with the Brewers beginning Friday.
AL Streaks: Rays, won 7; Blue Jays, lost 4.
Mets fans were hoping for a sweep of the three-game series in Colorado as a sign the team was on its way to respectability, but Colorado outfielder, Jake McCarthy crushed their dreams Thursday, breaking a 2-2 tie with a grand slam off reliever Craig Kimbrel in the bottom of the eighth inning, avoiding the sweep with a 6-2 win over the hapless New Yorkers.
Kimbrel, a seasoned veteran of 16 years and 10 different teams, yielded two singles, a walk and McCarty’s booming, 448-foot blast to right before registering a single out in the frame. Once the damage was done, he set down the next three batters in order, but had lost the game. Kimbrel has 440 career saves to his credit, but is 0-2 this season with a 7.56 ERA over 8 1/3 innings.
McCarthy, who had earlier doubled in a run and finished 2-for-4 with five RBI, played five years for Arizona before joining the Rockies in the off-season. In 28 games, he’s batting .275 with two homers and 14 RBI.
The Mets, now tied with the Giants at 14-23 for the worst record in the majors, travel to Arizona Friday to meet up with the Diamondbacks while the 15-23 Rockies open a series in Philadelphia.
NL Streaks: Cubs, won 9; Reds, lost 7.
The Texas Rangers evened their series in New York with a 6-1 win over the Yankees Wednesday as Nathan Eovaldi shut down his former teammates over eight innings, giving up just three hits, one of them an Aaron Judge solo homer in the sixth inning.
Eovaldi owned the Yanks for the second time in a week, striking out eight before yielding to reliever Jacob Latz, who walked one, fanned one and didn’t allow a hit in the final frame. The Texas hurler blanked the Yankees over seven innings on April 29 in Arlington.
The win got the Rangers a game closer to .500. They are 17-19 and tied with Seattle, a game back of the Athletics in the wide open AL West. Even struggling Houston and the Angels are a mere four games out in the division sporting no team over the .500 mark.
The Yankees continue to hold onto first place in the AL East, though the Tampa Bay Rays have won six straight and are just 1/2 game behind. The series concludes Thursday in the Bronx.
AL Streaks: Rays, won 6; Blue Jays, lost 4.
Before Andy Pages hit the first of his three home runs, the LA Dodgers had already scored three runs on wild pitches by Houston starter Lance McCullers Jr.
Pages launched his first rocket with two aboard in the third inning, extending LA’s lead to 6-1, adding to that in the 5th with a two-run blast and finishing up with a solo shot in the ninth as the Dodgers upended the Astros, 12-2 Wednesday afternoon at Houston’s Daikin Park.
Pages drove in six runs and tied Atlanta’s Matt Olson and Washington's CJ Abrams for the MLB RBI lead at 33. The Dodgers took the series, two games to one and return home for a weekend series with the Braves after a day off Thursday. The Dodgers are a slim 1/2 game ahead of the Padres in the NL West. Houston, hurting at 15-23 and in fourth place in the AL West, travels to Cincinnati for a series that begins Friday.
NL Streaks: Cubs, won 8; Reds, Rockies, lost 6.
Since firing manager Rob Thomson with a record of 9-19, the Phillies have been resurrected under interim manager Don Mattingly, going 7-1, including Tuesday’s 9-1 victory over the A’s at Philadelphia’s Citizen Bank Park.
The opener of a three-game series, Philly’s assault on A’s pitching was led by Bryce Harper, who socked a pair of homers and a single in four at-bats, driving in three runs and scoring three times.
Philadelphia banged out 14 hits overall, half for extra bases. Harper’s two long balls were his eighth and ninth of the season. His RBI total now stands at 23, closing in on MLB leaders.
Games two and three of the series are slated for Wednesday and Thursday. The Phillies have advanced from last place in the NL East to second place. Though they are 9 1/2 games behind division-leading Atlanta, it’s still early, less than a quarter of the season behind them.
NL Streaks: Cubs, won 7; Reds, Rockies, lost 5.
The Baltimore Orioles picked up Pete Alonso from the Mets in terms of off-season to provide some power and depth to their lineup. So far, Alonso hasn’t produced as much as the O’s would have liked, but on Tuesday, the slugging first baseman ripped a pair of doubles, walked twice, drove in two runs and scored four as the Orioles opened a three-game series in Miami with a 9-7 win.
Alonso upped his RBI total to 17 as the Orioles ended a five game losing streak, including being swept four straight in New York by the Yankees. He has hit six homers thus far.
Tuesday’s result left the Orioles tied for third place in the AL East with Toronto, but nine games behind the striking Yankees (won 15 of last 17) and 7/12 behind second place Tampa Bay. The O’s had been right around .500 until last week and need to find a way out of the hole they’ve dug.
The series continues Wednesday in Miami.
AL Streaks: Yankees, Rays, Royals, won 5; Blue Jays, Guardians, Rangers, lost 3.
Aaron Judge smashed his 14th home run of the season and drove in four runs, leading the New York Yankees to a 12-1 blowout over the Orioles, a team no doubt eager to leave the Big Apple behind, dropping four straight in Gotham.
Judge’s 416-foot blast was his 14th of the season, boosting the Yankees other a 2-0, first-inning lead. As New York piled on a worn-out Baltimore relief crew, Judge singled in two more runs in the 8th inning and later scored on a Cody Bellinger triple.
Judge remains tied with Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox for the major league lead in homers and his four RBI gave him 27 on the year, tied for third in the AL with teammate Ben Rice and Houston’s Yordan Alvarez.
The Yankees remain 1 1/2 games clear of Tampa Bay in the AL East and host Texas for three games starting Tuesday. Baltimore takes a five-game losing streak to Miami for three with the Marlins. New York has won 14 of its last 16 games.
AL Streaks: Yankees, Rays, Royals, won 4; Orioles, lost 5.
Michael Conforto got just one at-bat in Monday’s NL Central showdown between the Reds and Cubs and made the most of it, slugging a pinch-hit, two-out solo home run in the bottom of the ninth for a Chicago 5-4, walk-off victory.
The belt to dead center was Confoto’s first home run of the season, giving the Cubs a leg up on their division rival in the first of a four-game series in Chicago. The result left the Cubs alone in first place and dropped the Reds back to third, three games out. St. Louis holds second place, two behind the Cubs as the Reds dropped their fourth straight and the Cubs won their sixth in a row.
The series continues Tuesday at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
NL Streaks: Cubs, won 6; Rockies, lost 5.
At 23-11, the New York Yankees are tearing up the AL East, which they lead by 1 1/2 over Tampa Bay.
Sunday in New York, the Yankees took their third straight from visiting Baltimore with an 11-3 victory.
Aaron Judge hit his 13th home run of the season, tying him with Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox for the major league lead. Teammate Jason Dominguez socked his first, a two-run shot that put New York up 6-3. Dominguez singled, doubled, scored twice and drove in three runs, going 3-for-5.
The Yankees will be looking for their fourth straight over the O’s when they wrap up the series on Monday.
AL Streaks: Yankees, Rays, Royals, won 3; Orioles, lost 4.
Jonah Heim doubled and homered in four at-bats Sunday, driving in five runs for the Braves, as Atlanta ripped the Rockies, 11-6, sweeping the three-game series in Denver.
Heim hit his first homer of the season - a two run dinger - in the second inning, drove in another run with a sac fly in the 5th, and capped off his day with a two-run double in the 9th. Heim, 30, started with the A’s in 2020, and played five years for the Texas Rangers before joining the Braves this season.
The Braves are leading the NL East by a whopping 8 1/2 games. They have the best record in the majors, 25-10, and an awesome 13-4 road record. They open a three-game series in Seattle Monday, while Colorado hosts the Mets.
NL Streaks: Cubs, won 5; Giants, lost 6.
In a game that featured Reds’ pitchers tying an MLB record by walking seven consecutive batters, Marcell Ozuna made the most of his plate appearances, gong 3-for-5 with two singles, a double, three RBI and three runs.
Pittsburgh used 11 walks and 19 hits to hammer the Reds, 17-7, taking the second straight of the tree-game series in Pittsburgh with game three slated for Sunday afternoon.
Ozuna, batting just .185, should get his bat working and give the Pirates a solid middle-of-the-order hitter.
The Pirates, despite being in last place in the NL Central, have a record of 18-16 and trail the division-leading Chicago Cubs by just 3 1/2 games.
NL Streaks: Cardinals, won 6; Giants, lost 5.
Cody Bellinger has gotten hot lately, and, on Saturday, he went 4-for-4 in a 9-4 Yankee win over visiting Baltimore, New York’s second straight win over the Orioles with game three of the weekend series to be played Sunday at Yankee stadium in the Bronx.
Bellinger singled, doubled, swatted a pair of home runs, stole a base, drove in four runs and scored three times as the Yankees won for the eighth time in their last 10 outings and lead the AL East by 1 1/2 over Tampa Bay.
Bellinger has his batting average up to .276, with five homers and 20 RBI.
Baltimore is struggling, seven games out, but two ahead of last place Boston in the division.
AL Streaks: White Sox, won 5; Orioles, lost 3
Kazuma Okamoto homered twice, drove in three runs and scored three times as the Blue Jays evened their foursome series in Minnesota with a 7-3 victory over the Twins, Friday in Minneapolis.
Okamoto gave the Blue Jays the lead with a solo shot in the fourth, followed by a two-run belt in the fifth as Toronto pitchers kept Twins’ hitters at bay. Okamoto is a 29-year-old rookie who played 11 years with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. A six-time NPB all-star, the third baseman has seven homers and 18 RBI.
The series continues Saturday and Sunday.
AL Streaks: White Sox, won 4; Angels, lost 7.
Catcher Henry Davis smacked a pair of home runs as Pittsburgh snapped a five-game losing streak with a convincing, 9-1 win over the Reds Friday in Pittsburgh, knocking the Reds out of sole possession of first place in the NL Central.
The home runs for Davis - a solo belt in the fourth inning and a two-run blast in the fifth - were his fist two of the season for the Pittsburgh backstop.
The Pirates moved past the .500 mark, at 17-16, though they remain in last place in the division in which every team has a winning record. Cincinnati dropped into a tie with the Cubs atop the NL Central. The game was the first of a three-game series which resumes Saturday at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park.
NL Streaks: Cardinals, won 5; Giants, lost 4.
Ildemaro Vargas extended his hitting streak to 27 games Friday, going 4-for-4 in Arizona’s 6-5 loss to the Cubs in Chicago. Vargas leads the majors with a .404 batting average.
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