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Red Sox look to complete sweep in BaltimoreFLMThe Boston Red Sox have torched Orioles' pitchers for 20 runs in the first two games of this weekend's series in Baltimore. They'll try to do more of the same and finish off a sweep of the series Sunday at Camden Yards.Boston rolled to a 13-2 victory in Game 1 Friday night and scored a 7-2 win on Saturday. J. D. Martinez has banged out three homers in the series already, and the Red Sox stretched their winning streak to four games.A win would put the Red Sox five games over .500 for the first time this season, after getting to four games better than break even for the third time on Saturday. Manager Alex Cora told the media after the game that he was certainly happy with how his team is playing -- but wants it to keep going."I mean, we're still getting better," Cora said. "We have our own goals (for) what we're planning on achieving. We've got to (do our) short-term goals first." To get their most immediate short-term goal, the Red Sox will turn to left-hander Brian Johnson (1-0, 12.71 ERA). Out since April 6 with elbow inflammation, Johnson has three career appearances against Baltimore, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings against the Orioles.He will face fellow lefty John Means (6-4, 2.60) -- the Orioles' biggest surprise and best starter this season, despite sometimes running his pitch count up early in games. But teams simply can't hit his change-up. He is 1-1 with 4.11 ERA in three appearances versus Boston in his career.Boston has come up with hits at the right time throughout the first two games of the series. The Red Sox have had big innings that pushed the Orioles into holes too deep to escape.Also on Saturday, the Red Sox said that they signed top draft pick Cameron Cannon (second-round selection). MLB Pipeline said the deal is for $1.3 million.Cora also told MLB.com that relief pitcher Ryan Brasier could come back to the team Monday. He's been on the bereavement list since Tuesday.Also, first baseman Steve Pearce went 1-for-3 with an RBI double in his initial rehab game with Class-A Short-Season Lowell on Friday. Pearce has a lower back strain, and Cora told MLB.com that they want him to play five or six innings in the field.The Orioles are hoping to improve their play from the first two games of the series when they've made mistakes in a number of ways.Those physical and mental errors have not delighted manager Brandon Hyde since he said his team basically can't overcome mix-ups so easily."We're not talented enough offensively, and we don't have enough shutdown guys on the mound to be able to win," he told the media Saturday. "So we have to play almost perfect, and we just didn't play well." The Orioles made two errors and gave the Red Sox two unearned runs in Saturday's game. A fielding error by Hanser Alberto at third gave Boston one of the runs, and catcher Pedro Severino's throwing error provided the other.Baltimore has lost four straight and eight of 10. The Orioles are the only team in baseball yet to win 10 home games, sitting at 9-27 at Camden.--Field Level Media
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Red Sox use late rally, big 10th inning to beat Orioles 8-6BALTIMORE A comeback victory in a game that appeared to be lost enabled the Boston Red Sox to stroll out of Camden Yards feeling quite satisfied about where they stand at this point in the season.Rafael Devers led off the 10th inning with a home run after Marco Hernandez tied it with a solo shot in the ninth, and Boston beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-6 Sunday to move a season-high five games over .500.''Obviously we need to keep rolling and keep extending that,'' winning pitcher Brandon Workman said. ''We set that goal for ourselves, and we were able to get it.'' The Red Sox opened defense of their World Series title by losing their first four games this season and were 9-15 on April 23. Now they're 39-34 and within striking distance of the first-place Yankees in the AL East.''There's a good vibe,'' manager Alex Cora said. ''We didn't come out of the blocks the way we wanted, but it's still a long race. We're still in the hunt.'' After winning the first two games of the series in blowout fashion, the Red Sox used some late heroics to complete the sweep and extend their winning streak to five.Boston trailed 3-2 in the ninth before Hernandez connected off Mychal Givens, who avoided further damage by getting two straight strikeouts following a triple by Mookie Betts.In the 10th, however, Givens (0-4) served up a 1-0 pitch that Devers slammed far over the center-field wall. Betts and Christian Vazquez added two-out, two-run singles off David Hess, who was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk after the game.''It was one of those that it was going to be an ugly loss, whatever, but now it's a great win,'' Cora said.Brandon Workman (5-1) worked the ninth for the Red Sox. Boston's eighth pitcher, Josh Smith, gave up a two-run homer to Stevie Wilkerson and a bases-empty drive to Trey Mancini in the 10th before sealing the win.''Everybody kind of stepped up and did their job throughout the game,'' Workman said. ''Offense kept grinding out at bats and we were able to take the lead and win it.'' Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was ejected in the fourth inning after arguing a call that cost Baltimore a run. Keon Broxton was called out for running in the baseline after laying down a successful squeeze bunt, which by rule sent Anthony Santander back to third base. Richie Martin subsequently struck out to end the inning, leaving the Orioles down 2-1.The score stayed that way until the eighth.Baltimore was 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position when Jonathan Villar drew a leadoff walk from Marcus Walden. Villar stole second, then stole third as Chris Davis expressed his displeasure over a called third strike and Vazquez looped his throw from behind the plate to the mound.Villar scored on a wild pitch before Wilkerson greeted right-hander Travis Lakins with a pinch-hit triple and came home on a single by Hanser Alberto .The lead didn't last long.''Very strange game, but in the end it's a really tough loss,'' Mancini said. ''Good clubs win those games, and hopefully soon, we'll do a better job of finishing games off.'' Baltimore has lost five straight, is 9-28 at home and owns the worst record in the majors (21-50).''We've had our fair share of tough losses this year. I've never seen a club go through so much in the first few months of the season,'' Hyde said. ''But I really liked the way we played today. We battled back twice. Johnny Villar made things happen, tied the game for us. A lot of good things happened in today's game. It just didn't end well.'' TRAINER'S ROOMRed Sox: Andrew Benintendi sat out the game with a sore quad. ''Nothing serious,'' Cora said. ... 1B Steve Pearce (back) emerged unscathed from his first two rehabilitation games. ''He felt good, moving around well. At the plate, he feels a lot better,'' Cora said.Orioles: Dwight Smith Jr. (7-day concussion protocol) is ''progressing very, very well'' but will likely need to play a couple of rehab games before returning, Hyde said. ... RHP Alex Cobb is on the mend after undergoing successful season-ending hip surgery.UP NEXTRed Sox: Rick Porcello (4-6, 4.69 ERA) helps Boston open a three-game series on Monday night against the host Minnesota Twins, who lead the AL Central.Orioles: Andrew Cashner (6-2, 4.73) hopes a lingering blister won't be a problem when he faces the Oakland Athletics on the road Monday night. The right-hander missed his scheduled start Friday night.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Indians' Bauer looks to continue resurgence against TigersFLMThe Detroit Tigers are having enough trouble generating runs. The last thing they need is to face Cleveland Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer when he's rounding into form.But that is the predicament confronting the Tigers heading into their weekend series finale against the visiting Indians on Sunday. Cleveland has won the first two games of the series.The Indians' 4-2 win on Saturday was aided by Leonys Martin's steal of home, the first straight steal of home by an Indians player since Grady Sizemore did it in 2005.Bauer had an 0-5 record and 5.52 ERA during a seven-start stretch prior to his last outing on Tuesday, in which he held Cincinnati to one run in 7 2/3 innings.Bauer (4-6, 3.71 ERA), who is still looking for his first victory since April 30, wound up with a no-decision. The main blemish in the game was five walks."I mean, the results are good, obviously," Bauer told MLB.com afterward. "I don't think I was nearly as sharp (Tuesday) as I was my last outing. But I've been pitching well in my last four -- got like a 3.1 (ERA) over my last four starts." Bauer has faced the Tigers 17 times, including 16 starts. He's 8-6 with a 5.67 ERA in those outings.However, he won all four of his starts last season against them while posting a 1.23 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings. Detroit got a measure of revenge against Bauer on April 10 this season, however, handing him a loss while collecting four runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings.Manager Terry Francona feels that Bauer showed better concentration and trust in his pitches during his start against the Reds."I thought he competed like crazy," Francona said. "Thought he shook (catcher Roberto Perez) off less than he has in the past, which I think is a good thing. ... He followed the glove a lot better than he has." Right-hander Spencer Turnbull (3-5, 2.78) will oppose Bauer. Turnbull is also coming off a strong performance, as he held Kansas City scoreless over six innings on Tuesday. The Tigers wound up losing 3-2, though he did not receive a decision.Turnbull made an in-game adjustment to keep the Royals off the scoreboard, using his curveball with greater frequency."It was the best my curveball has been in a while, for sure," Turnbull told the Detroit News. "I had been off with it a little bit, but I found it (Tuesday) and it's a good thing I did. The slider was not good early on. I found it later and threw some pretty good ones, but for the first four innings, I didn't feel like I threw a good one." The Tigers are playing it cautious with the rookie, who has been a pleasant surprise in an otherwise drab season."You can see when a pitcher is laboring a little and starting to force pitches," manager Ron Gardenhire told reporters. "But we were thinking, 'Let's let him go and let's see what happens.' But when you talk about it, you don't want to see the kid get hurt or overextended. We're trying to do the right thing by this kid. We really like him." Turnbull started once against the Indians this season and took the loss while allowing three runs on eight hits in four innings at home back on April 11.--Field Level Media
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Bauer pitches 1st shutout as a pro, Indians beat Tigers 8-0DETROIT Trevor Bauer pitched his first shutout as a pro, ending the longest winless streak of his career as the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 8-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep.Bauer (5-6) gave up four hits, struck out eight and walked none. This was his 224th start since being drafted out of UCLA, including 166 in the majors.The 28-year-old righty had been 0-5 in his previous eight starts before dominating the Tigers in his third career complete game. Harold Castro hit a leadoff triple in the second, but Bauer stranded him with a popup, a groundball and a strikeout.Rookie Oscar Mercado drove in four runs and Jason Kipnis homered and drove in three. The Indians are 18-7 against Detroit since the beginning of last season and outscored them 25-6 in this set at Comerica Park.Spencer Turnbull (3-6) allowed a season-high six earned runs on 10 hits and two walks in five innings.The Tigers have lost 17 of 19 at home and are 7-22 overall since May 13.The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the first on back-to-back, two-out doubles by Carlos Santana and Kipnis. Cleveland added three more in the third when Francisco Lindor doubled and scored on Mercado's hit-and-run infield single before Kipnis homered.Mercado's two-run single gave the Indians a 6-0 lead in the fourth and he added an RBI double in the sixth.TRAINER'S ROOMIndians: RHP Mike Clevinger is scheduled to start Monday in Texas. He has been on the injured list since April 8 with an upper-back strain.Tigers: Miguel Cabrera, who is limited to designated hitter duties due to knee problems, had a regularly scheduled day off on Sunday.BEATING UP ON THE TIGERSMercado became the fourth Indians player to drive it at least four runs in a game this season. Two of them were in the weekend series, as Jake Bauers did it on Friday. The Indians also had the ninth cycle in franchise history (Bauers) and their first straight steal of home since 2005 (Leonys Martin) during the series.WEATHER CHANGES PLANSThe game started on time, but the heavy morning rain did lead to the odd sight of the Indians bullpen working hard while Bauer was pitching the first inning. Adam Plutko, scheduled to start Wednesday in Texas, had to move his bullpen session to the beginning of the game.UP NEXTIndians: Cleveland travels to Texas for a three-game series starting on Monday. Clevinger (1-0, 0.00) will return to face Lance Lynn (7-4, 4.40) of the Rangers.Tigers: Detroit will be off on Monday while traveling to Pittsburgh for a two-game visit. Daniel Norris (2-5, 4.52) is scheduled to pitch the opener for the Tigers, while the Pirates haven't announced a starter.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Marlins lean on Alcantara vs. Archer, PiratesFLMWhen Miami Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara faces the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, he hopes to continue a positive trend.Entering Saturday, Marlins starting pitchers ranked fourth in the National League in batting average allowed (.239) and fifth in ERA (3.89). In addition, Marlins starters have allowed just four stolen bases all season, which ranks first in the majors.Alcantara (3-6, 3.67 ERA) has been better at home (3.25 ERA) than on the road (4.26). In addition, Alcantara's ERA has improved every month this season, from 4.86 in March/April to 3.23 in May and 1.50 in two June starts."Sandy is part of a rotation that has been our bright spot and our hope for the future," Miami manager Don Mattingly said. "With all our trades, we knew we had to be an organization built on pitching. We are starting to see that because we have been pretty consistent with our starting pitching." "Sandy has to be on the attack more," Mattingly added of Alcantara, who has yet to face the Pirates in his career. "He has the stuff (95.5 mph average fastball)." The winner of Sunday's game will take the series. Pittsburgh won the series opener on Friday, 11-0, snapping a seven-game skid. Miami won 4-3 on Saturday.The Pirates will counter Alcantara with right-hander Chris Archer (3-6, 5.73 ERA), an All-Star in 2015 and 2017 who is in his first full season with Pittsburgh since the July 31, 2018, trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.Archer has struggled since arriving in Pittsburgh, and he is under pressure, with some suggesting he should be sent to the bullpen. It does not help Archer's case that the two key players the Pirates traded to get him -- Austin Meadows and Tyler Glasnow -- have performed well in Tampa Bay.The big problem for Archer has been the long ball - his 16 homers allowed this year are tied for most in the NL. He allowed 19 homers all of last season in 27 starts.Second baseman Starlin Castro, the only Miami player with more than six at-bats against Archer, is hitting .346 with one homer and five RBIs in 26 at-bats against the Pirates starter.In his most recent start, Archer lost 7-5 to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. He allowed five homers and seven runs in six innings."I was throwing stuff right down the middle," Archer said. "No matter how hard you throw, you are going to get blasted if you throw it right down the middle." In four career starts against the Marlins, he is 1-1 with a 2.42 ERA. In two career starts at Marlins Park, he is 1-1 with a 0.64 ERA.Offensively, the Marlins are led by Garrett Cooper, who went 3-for-4 and scored the tie-breaking run in the fifth inning on Saturday.Cooper is hitting .310 this season but has been even better in June, batting .413 (19-for-46).Miami's other hitting star on Saturday was Harold Ramirez, who went 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI. He is hitting .319 since making his major league debut on May 11.Pittsburgh's offense is powered by first baseman Josh Bell, who is leading the vote-getter for the National League All-Star team at his position. He is batting .323 and leads the Pirates with 19 homers and 64 RBIs.--Field Level Media
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Pirates rally for 5-4 victory over MarlinsMIAMI Josh Bell's go-ahead double in the seventh helped lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.The Pirates rallied from a 4-2 deficit on Corey Dickerson's pinch-hit RBI double off Miami starter Sandy Alcantara in the sixth and took the lead in the seventh against reliever Nick Anderson (2-3) on Melky Cabrera's game-tying triple and Bell's double that scored Cabrera.Cabrera went 2-for-4 and Kevin Newman also had two hits for the Pirates, who won the series after ending a seven-game slide Friday.Richard Rodriguez (1-3) pitched a scoreless sixth and Kyle Krick got the next five outs. Felipe Vazquez pitched 1 1/3 innings around Austin Dean's pinch-hit single in the ninth for his 16th save.Alcantara gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings. He struck out and walked two.The Marlins erased a two-run deficit, scoring four in the fourth on Harold Ramirez's three-run home run and Alcantara's RBI single. Ramirez drove Pittsburgh starter Chris Archer's fastball over the wall in left-center for his second homer of the season.Archer allowed four runs, seven hits, struck out eight and walked three in five innings.Jung Ho Kang's two-run double in the fourth gave the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Kang drove in Colin Moran and Bell, who reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to third on Moran's single to right.TRAINER'S ROOM:Pirates: RHP Chris Statton (right side discomfort) allowed three runs (one earned) and five hits in two innings of relief in his second rehab relief outing Friday at Triple-A Indianapolis.Marlins: After participating in pregame workouts during the Marlins home series with the Pirates, IF Neil Walker (right quadriceps strain) will continue baseball activities at the club's Class A complex in Jupiter.UP NEXT:Pirates: Clint Hurdle had not disclosed the starter for Tuesday's home game against Detroit.Marlins: RHP Elieser Hernandez (0-1) will start the opener of a four-game series at St. Louis on Monday. Hernandez allowed three runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Cardinals on June 11.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Foltynewicz faces challenge of homer-hitting PhilliesFLMThe Philadelphia Phillies have been on a home run binge, which may be bad news for Atlanta Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz when the teams meet Sunday in the finale of a three-game series at Atlanta's SunTrust Park.Foltynewicz (1-5, 6.02 ERA) will take the ball and attempt to turn around his inconsistent season, which has been laden with gopher balls. Philadelphia said it would recall left-hander Cole Irvin (2-1, 5.48) from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, and he is considered the likely starter, although no official announcement was made.The first two games of the series have been decided in the ninth inning.The Braves rallied for a walk-off win on Friday, but the Phillies turned the tables with a ninth-inning comeback on Saturday that ended Atlanta's eight-game winning streak. Atlanta holds a 1 1/2-game lead over Philadelphia in the N. L. East, but the Phillies have won four of the five meetings between the teams this season.Philadelphia, already staggered by injuries, may have lost two more players on Saturday.Outfielder Jay Bruce left Saturday's game in the fourth inning with left hamstring tightness. Manager Gabe Kapler said Bruce has been dealing with the hamstring issue for a few days and that his status would be a "day-to-day thing." Catcher J. T. Realmuto had to leave the game after taking a foul ball to the groin and is expected to get the day off.Foltynewicz did not receive a decision on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He pitched five innings and allowed four runs on five hits, although no home runs.Over his last three starts, Foltynewicz has given up 12 runs in 16 innings, along with five home runs. He has been touched for 15 homers this season, only two fewer than he gave up in 31 starts in 2018."Sometimes during the season you lose a pitch here and there, but it's going to come back," Foltynewicz said. "We're professional athletes, so we know what we've got to do to make adjustments, so I'll find out quick." Foltynewicz was on the injured list when the Braves began the season in Philadelphia, so he will be making his first appearance against the Phillies in 2019. He was 3-1 with a 2.04 ERA against the Phillies last season in six starts. Foltynewicz has made 13 career appearances against Philadelphia, 12 starts, going 6-3 with a 3.28 ERA.Bryce Harper, who already has a home run in the series, is hitting .261 with two doubles and two homers against Foltynewicz, but he has also struck out 10 times in 23 at-bats. But Philadelphia's hottest hitter this series has been Scott Kingery, who is 6-for-7 with three RBI and three runs scored.Irvin made three starts in May and went 2-1 with a 5.48 ERA before being sent down. In eight starts at Lehigh Valley, Irvin is 2-0 with a 2.44 ERA.Irvin will be taking the spot normally filled by Jerad Eickhoff, who was moved to the bullpen after surrendering five homers in three-plus innings on Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Eickhoff is 1-3 with an 8.89 ERA in his last six starts, giving up 16 homers over 27 1/3 innings.Eickhoff said, "Obvious frustrated, but in the grand scheme of things, I wasn't getting the job done." The two clubs will play again on July 2-4 in Atlanta and July 26-28 in Philadelphia. They play seven times in the final 18 games of the season.--Field Level Media
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Donaldson stays hot as Braves overwhelm Phillies 15-1ATLANTA Josh Donaldson homered for the third straight game, Mike Foltynewicz allowed only one run in six innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 15-1 on Sunday to win the three-game series and solidify their NL East lead.Donaldson's two-run homer in the third off Cole Irvin gave the Braves a 5-0 lead. Donaldson had three hits for the second straight game.The Braves piled on with five runs in the seventh, when Tyler Flowers hit a two-run homer and Ronald Acuna Jr. also homered off Jerad Eickhoff. Atlanta outhit Philadelphia 19-6.The Braves, who had their eight-game winning streak snapped with a 6-5 loss to the Phillies on Saturday night, won two of three in the series. Atlanta leads Philadelphia by 2 1/2 games in the NL East.Foltynewicz (2-5) walked five batters but allowed only four hits with six strikeouts. He entered the game with a 6.02 ERA, including a 6.75 mark in his past three starts.Vince Velasquez (2-4) lasted 2 1/3 innings in his first start since May 6. The right-hander allowed four runs and four hits. Irvin, the left-hander recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before the game, gave up six runs in 3 2/3 innings.The Phillies loaded the bases but couldn't score in the second. Foltynewicz gave up a single to Velasquez before walking Jean Segura and Bryce Harper, but Scott Kingery's fly ball to center field ended the inning.Atlanta led 7-0 before Harper's run-scoring single to left field gave Philadelphia its first run in the fifth. Austin Riley bobbled the ball in left field, allowing Harper to advance to second. Irvin, who walked, was held at third base. Foltynewicz recovered by striking out Kingery and Rhys Hoskins to strand the runners on second and third.Freddie Freeman hit a two-run double off Velasquez in the first. Ozzie Albies hit a two-run double in the fifth.Donaldson homered in every game of the series, his first three-game streak since Sept. 15-17, 2017. He had a career-best, four-game stretch from May 25-29, 2015.Phillies utility infielder Sean Rodriguez retired the Braves in order in the eighth, his first career pitching performance.Braves rookie Huascar Ynoa, called up on Saturday, made his major league debut with two scoreless innings.TRAINER'S ROOMPhillies: OF Jay Bruce was held out with left hamstring tightness. Bruce is not expected to miss significant time. ... C J. T. Realmuto also was left out of the starting lineup. He left Saturday night's game feeling nauseous after hit by a foul tip in his groin area.Braves: LHP Sean Newcomb is expected to avoid the IL after being hit on the back of the head by Realmuto's line drive and knocked out of Saturday night's game. Newcomb had no concussion symptoms on Sunday. He is expected to return to the bullpen following the spot start.ROSTER MOVESIn addition to recalling Irvin, the Phillies activated right-hander Pat Neshek from the injured list. Neshek was placed on the injured list on May 25 with a right shoulder strain. Right-hander Edgar Garcia and left-hander Ranger Suarez were optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.UP NEXTPhillies: RHP Jake Arrieta (6-5, 4.31) will face LHP Patrick Corbin when the Phillies open a four-game series at NL East rival Washington on Monday night.Braves: Rookie Mike Soroka (7-1, 1.92), who is 2-0 with a 0.73 ERA in two starts against the Mets, will face Zack Wheeler (5-4, 4.87) when Atlanta opens a three-game series against New York on Monday night.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Nats' Sanchez hopes to keep groove vs. D-backsFLMThe Washington Nationals hope pitcher Anibal Sanchez continues to trend upward in Sunday afternoon's series finale against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.Signed in the offseason for two years and $19 million, the veteran right-hander is 2-6 with a 3.92 ERA in 12 starts this season for Washington. But since coming off the injured list in late May, Sanchez has been solid in three starts.During that span, he has allowed just two earned runs and nine hits in 17 1/3 innings with 15 strikeouts and three walks. In his last start, at Chicago against the White Sox on Monday, he gave up one run on four hits in six innings to get the win."This is who I saw last year, watching him (with Atlanta)," Nationals second-year manager Dave Martinez told reporters after the win over the White Sox.Sanchez will be opposed in the finale of a four-game by Archie Bradley (2-3, 4.26), who will make his first start of the season after 29 appearances out of the bullpen. Bradley is 0-2 with a 9.22 ERA in eight games, including two starts, against Washington in his career.It will be Bradley's first start since 2016, when he made 26 such appearances for the D-backs."It was real hard for me to keep this quiet," Bradley, standing in the Arizona clubhouse after Saturday's 10-3 win over the Nationals, said of his opportunity to start.Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said Saturday he did not want to use the term "opener," since in the National League, the pitcher could bat early in the game. Lovullo hopes Bradley can go three or four innings."We talked to a lot of different people about that," Lovullo said of the Bradley start. "He has been throwing the ball really well. We are going to let him go as hard as he can." Another candidate to start was Zack Godley, who the manager figures to use in the middle of Sunday's game.The D-backs look to take three of four games in the series with a win Sunday. The offense has been on fire of late, including an outburst that included five homers -- four off of Stephen Strasburg -- on Saturday."Our guys are active. They are ready to do damage," Lovullo said.Shortstop Nick Ahmed had four hits Saturday."In the past I have been too aggressive," said Ahmed, who is now hitting .277.Ketel Marte hit two homers off Strasburg and has 19 this year."He is an amazing player who is getting better," Lovullo said. "He is on an amazing run. He has the ability to be a special player; we are seeing that." Members of the Arizona roster are 26-for-111 (.234) with two homers off Sanchez.Outfielder Jarrod Dyson has the most at-bats against Sanchez -- he is 6-for-32 (.188) with eight strikeouts. Catcher Caleb Joseph, called up from Triple-A Reno on Friday, is 2-for-6 with a homer against Sanchez.The other homer off Sanchez by an Arizona player is from outfielder Steven Souza, Jr., but he is on the injured list with a knee injury.In his career against the D-backs, Sanchez is 4-1 with a 4.25 ERA in 10 appearances (nine starts).--Field Level Media
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Adams has 2 HR, 7 RBIs as Nats pound D'backs 15-5WASHINGTON Matt Adams homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs, Anibal Sanchez got his 100th career victory, and the Washington Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 15-5 on Sunday to split their four-game series.Adams, Anthony Rendon and Kurt Suzuki homered off Arizona reliever Zack Godley, and Adams added a grand slam against Stefan Crichton in the eighth. Adams has nine career multihomer games.Adam Eaton had three hits and two walks for Washington, which piled up 15 hits while matching its season scoring high.Sanchez (3-6) pitched six innings, allowing two runs and six hits while striking out three. He is 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA over four starts since returning from the injured list May 29. The 35-year-old is the second Nationals pitcher to reach 100 wins this month. Stephen Strasburg earned his 100th victory on June 4.Arizona's Ketel Marte hit a solo shot in the first, his third homer in two days and 20th of the season, as part of a three-hit game.Washington scored three runs in the first against Archie Bradley (2-4), with Howie Kendrick hitting a bases-loaded single and Suzuki following with a two-run single two batters later. Eaton chased Bradley, who made his first start since Oct. 1, 2016, with a one-out RBI single in the second.Suzuki exited in the seventh inning when Tanner Rainey's pitch bounced in the dirt and hit the catcher in the right shoulder.TRAINER'S ROOMDiamondbacks: Manager Torey Lovullo said C Alex Avila will be shut down for ''a couple of weeks'' after an MRI revealed a Grade 1 strain of his left calf. ... INF Jake Lamb (strained left quadriceps) hit a two-run homer Saturday for Triple-A Reno. Lamb is hitting .263 with a home run and six RBIs in six games on his rehabilitation assignment.Nationals: Washington placed RHP Kyle Barraclough (right radial nerve irritation) on the 10-day injured list. He is 1-2 with a 6.39 ERA in 32 relief appearances. INF Adrian Sanchez was recalled from Double-A Harrisburg, giving the Nationals a five-man bench.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: Arizona is off Monday. RHP Merrill Kelly (7-6, 3.73 ERA) starts against Colorado on Tuesday as the Diamondbacks begin a nine-game homestand against NL West opponents.Nationals: LHP Patrick Corbin (5-5, 4.11), who is 0-3 with an 11.37 ERA over his last three starts, gets the nod Monday as Philadelphia arrives for the opener of a four-game series.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Yankees look to salvage split with White SoxFLMPowerful reinforcements are on the way for the New York Yankees in the form of Edwin Encarnacion, Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge.By the end of next week, all three could be in the lineup. But in the meantime, the Yankees will attempt to get a split of a four-game series in Chicago on Sunday afternoon when they take on the White Sox.While the Yankees were building a seven-run lead and getting an 8-4 win Saturday night to halt a three-game losing streak, the front office was finalizing a deal to acquire Encarnacion from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for minor league pitcher Juan Then, with the teams each taking on part of Encarnacion's contract. The deal was not made official until 12:25 am ET, and it is unknown if Encarnacion will join the Yankees in time for Sunday's game."He's going to fit right in with our lineup," Yankees left-hander J. A. Happ told reporters Saturday about his former teammate in Toronto. "Taking a little pressure off other guys is a good thing." Encarnacion leads the American League with 21 homers, and the Yankees are certainly familiar with him from his time with the Toronto Blue Jays."There's always room for good players," said Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who said he heard rumors about the trade during the game.In the meantime, Boone will be hopeful the Yankees can win for just the fifth time in their last 13 games after homering in their 18th straight game Saturday. Gleyber Torres and Cameron Maybin went deep for the Yankees, whose 18-game streak with a homer is the second-longest in team history.The Yankees will also be attempting to get the split while Stanton and Judge continue their rehab assignments with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre. Stanton is expected to return Tuesday from a biceps injury that has sidelined him since March 31, and Judge is expected to return shortly from a strained left oblique that has sidelined him since April 20.Chicago will attempt to return to the .500 mark at 35-35 after getting shutout until the eighth inning Saturday, striking out 16 times and getting only one extra-base hit out of its 10 hits in front of a sellout crowd of 36,074. James McCann hit a three-run homer while Eloy Jimenez and Jose Abreu had two hits apiece.Jimenez homered twice Friday and is 8-for-20 (.400) in six games against the Yankees.Lefty James Paxton (3-3, 4.04 ERA) will make his fourth start since returning from left knee inflammation on May 29 for the Yankees. He is 0-1 with a 7.15 ERA since returning and most recently allowed six runs on seven hits in 2 2/3 innings in a 10-4 loss to the New York Mets on Tuesday.Paxton is 1-0 with a 3.12 ERA in three career starts against Chicago.Odrisamer Despaigne (0-1, 4.50) will make his second start for the White Sox -- and first career start against the Yankees.He last pitched in Monday's 12-1 loss to the Washington Nationals when he allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings.Despite coming off one of their worst games in recent weeks, the White Sox are 11-6 in their last 17 games and third baseman Yoan Moncada could return from a three-game absence because of a back strain. Moncada is batting .378 (17-for-45) with three home runs and seven RBIs during his career-high, 11-game hitting streak."You can take learning experiences whether you win or lose," McCann told reporters. "Do I think a game like tonight reminds us we're supposed to be in a rebuilding mode? No. We still expect to win, and we're going to show up tomorrow with that mentality." --Field Level Media
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Paxton effective as Yanks gain series split with 10-3 routCHICAGO James Paxton pitched six effective innings, Brett Gardner and Austin Romine each had four RBIs and the New York Yankees cruised past the Chicago White Sox 10-3 on Sunday.Gardner and Romine, the backup catcher behind Gary Sanchez, each drove in two runs with singles in New York's five-run third. Cameron Maybin added a solo shot in the seventh as the Yankees homered for the 19th straight game, and pulled away to win their second straight and gain a split of the four-game series.Paxton (4-3) allowed eight hits and allowed two runs for his first win since April 26. The left-hander struck out seven and walked one after being roughed up by the Mets for six runs in 2 2/3 innings last Tuesday.Jose Abreu lined a solo shot among three hits and James McCann homered and had two RBIs as the White Sox slipped two games under .500.Edwin Encarnacion, the AL home run leader, will join the Yankees in New York on Monday and is expected to be available in the opener of a three-game series against Tampa Bay. Manager Aaron Boone plans to use the 36-year-old as his team's primary designated hitter.The Yankees acquired Encarnacion in a trade with the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night, adding another slugger to what could be one of the most powerful lineups when Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge return from injuries, starting this week.Chicago's Odrisamer Despaigne (0-2) allowed seven runs and nine hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings in his second career start.Abreu's 17th homer, a line shot to left, put Chicago ahead 1-0 in the first.The Yankees took advantage of Despaigne's wildness in the third to take a 5-1 lead.New York sent 10 batters to the plate, using three walks and five singles in the rally. All the runs scored with two outs.Gardner's single drove in two. Gio Urshela followed with an RBI single up the middle. Romine's single to center scored two more.Romine's double in the fifth made it 7-1 and chased Despaigne.SOLD OUTThe announced crowd of 37,277 was the third sellout at Guaranteed Rate Field this season.TRAINER'S ROOMYankees: Boone said he expects Stanton to be activated Tuesday after being sidelined since March 31 by biceps, shoulder and calf injuries. Stanton will wrap up a three-game stint with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Durham, North Carolina, on Sunday night, then travel to New York on Monday. ... Judge, who strained his left oblique in late April, will play in the outfield for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. ... Boone rested Didi Gregorius on Sunday. Gregorius missed the start of the season after he had Tommy John surgery last October.White Sox: INF Yoan Moncada returned to the lineup at third base after missing four games with upper back tightness, but the condition flared up and he was replaced by Jose Rondon in the fifth. ... C Welington Castillo left in the fourth with lower back tightness and was replaced by McCann. ... Dylan Covey, on the 10-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Before Sunday's game, Covey said he ''took a step in the right direction.'' UP NEXTYankees: RHP Masahiro Tanaka (4-5, 3.58) takes the mound as New York opens a three-game home series against Tampa Bay. The Rays had not named a starter. Tanaka is 1-2 with a 5.79 ERA in his past three starts.White Sox: RHP Ivan Nova (3-5, 6.28) faces Cubs LHP Cole Hamels (6-2, 2.98) on Tuesday night in the first of a two-game crosstown series at Wrigley Field. Hamels has not allowed an earned run over 22 innings in his past three starts.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Astros look to add Jays to sweeping listFLMEven on the heels of two clean performances coming out of an off day, Astros manager AJ Hinch believes his team could use another break to offset the heavy workload heaped upon its healthy regulars.The Astros improved to 11-0-2 over their last 13 series with their 7-2 win Saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays. They continue to win despite fielding a 25-man roster laden with minor leaguers and backups, due to five position players currently on the 10-day injured list.Houston will seek its fifth series sweep since early May despite a trio of All-Stars unavailable for duty and a talented bullpen stretched thin in order to maintain bench depth.Hinch has needed just three relievers -- right-handers Rogelio Armenteros, Chris Devenski and Josh James -- to cover six innings over the opening two games against the Blue Jays."Our guys have been pushing pretty hard, and some of these guys are pushing for jobs, and there's a number of guys I'm leaning on pretty heavily to play every single pitch," Hinch said."The bullpen has been worked heavily and we come back for more the next day and continue to win. I applaud the effort of our team, the discipline of our team and the everyday winning mentality that we bring," Hinch added.Right-hander Brad Peacock (6-3, 3.42 ERA) will get the ball for Houston on Sunday. Peacock is 5-3 with a 3.51 ERA over a dozen starts this season, including going 4-1 with a 2.01 ERA and 45 strikeouts against 12 walks in his last seven starts and 40 1/3 innings.Peacock is 3-0 with a 4.79 ERA over six career appearances (three starts) against the Blue Jays. He faced Toronto three times in relief last season, allowing no runs and one hit with seven strikeouts over three innings.Rookie right-hander Trent Thornton (1-5, 4.78 ERA) will start the series finale for the Blue Jays.Thornton, who suffered the loss in his most recent start on June 11 after allowing three runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts over five innings at Baltimore, was a fifth-round pick of the Astros in 2015 and was shipped to Toronto in exchange for utility infielder Aledmys Diaz during the offseason.Thornton has surrendered at least three earned runs four straight starts, pitching to a 5.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts against 12 walks over 20 2/3 innings.The Blue Jays have suffered through their own bullpen issues, brought about by abbreviated outings from their starters. Aaron Sanchez and Clayton Richard provided a combined eight innings Friday and Saturday, and Toronto turned to right-hander Nick Kingham in the second game of the series just two days after acquiring him from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Kingham, who last pitched on June 7, was activated Saturday and allowed two runs on five hits over two innings and will serve a role in the Toronto bullpen moving forward."He wasn't sharp," Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. "Again, he hasn't pitched in a while, so I didn't know what to expect. He ended up with the two innings, gave up the home run and stuff but, you know, we'll see. It's his first outing." --Field Level Media
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Thornton shuts down former team, Blue Jays rout Astros 12-0HOUSTON Trent Thornton shut down his former team into the seventh inning, Teoscar Hernandez hit two of Toronto's five home runs and the Blue Jays hammered the Houston Astros 12-0 on Sunday.Freddy Galvis and Hernandez each hit three-run homers in a seven-run sixth inning. Hernandez added a solo drive in the ninth off Tyler White, who started the game at first base.Lourdes Gurriel Jr. launched a long, two-run homer and had an RBI single and sacrifice fly. Rowdy Tellez also homered.Thornton (2-5) scattered six singles, struck out seven and walked three in 6 2/3 innings. He has given up no more than three runs in six of his last seven starts.Thornton was drafted by the Astros in 2015. The 25-year-old righty was traded to Toronto in the offseason for Aledmys Diaz.Brad Peacock (6-4) went five innings and allowed four runs for the second straight start.WHITE PITCHESWhite, regularly a first baseman and designated hitter, got a nice ovation when he took the mound for the ninth inning. White, who had pitched in two other games this season, allowed one run on two hits. This was his fifth career pitching appearance in the majors - he's allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings overall.TRAINER'S ROOMBlue Jays: 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. returned to the lineup as the designated hitter. He finished 1 for 5. Guerrero missed Saturday's game after getting hit by a pitch on his hand on Friday.Astros: OF George Springer (left hamstring strain) took flyballs in the outfield prior to the game. He is expected to run the bases on Monday in Cincinnati before a possible rehabilitation assignment. ''We want him to do every single thing that we can think of to get him ready to play,'' manager AJ Hinch said. ''We are going to an extreme for him basically because of how long he's been out.'' .. 2B Jose Altuve (left hamstring strain) will play in rehabilitation games Sunday and Monday with Triple-A Round Rock.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Edwin Jackson (1-4, 10.22 ERA) starts Monday in the opener of a four-game series against the Angels. Jackson earned the win in his last start Wednesday against the Orioles, allowing two runs over five innings.Astros: LHP Wade Miley (6-3, 3.14) starts Monday in the first of a three-game series at the Reds. Miley threw six shutout innings in his last start on June 9 against the Orioles.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Twins turn to Perez seeking sweep of RoyalsFLMLeft-hander Martin Perez will try to pick up his first victory in four starts as the Minnesota Twins go for a series sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.Perez (7-2, 3.97 ERA) last won on May 23 at the Los Angeles Angels, 16-7, capping a streak of six victories in seven starts. He received a no-decision in his last start on Tuesday after allowing four runs on six hits in five innings of a 6-5 win over Seattle.Perez is 1-0 with a 2.29 ERA in three career starts against Kansas City. He will be opposed by right-hander Jakob Junis (4-6, 5.35) who is 0-1 with a 4.50 in five career starts against the Twins.Minnesota, which swept a two-game series with the Royals earlier this season in Kansas City, improved to 4-0 against Kansas City with a 5-4 victory on Saturday night. Three of those wins have been by one run, and the other was a 2-0 victory on Friday.The Royals, behind a 462-foot two-run homer by Jorge Soler and a 4-for-5 night from Whit Merrifield that included a solo homer, jumped out to a 4-1 lead against Jake Odorizzi before the Twins rallied to win it on C. J. Cron's RBI double off the left field fence in the sixth, which drove in Eddie Rosario with what turned out to be the game-winning run."That's just how it's been all year," Cron said. "It seems like no matter how many runs we're down ... we're confident in our offense to get it back. Tonight was another example of that." The victory put the Twins, who have the best record in the major leagues at 47-22, 25 games over .500, the earliest in team history for that to happen."It's just a fun team to be a part of," Cron said. "We all enjoy each other's company. It's a great atmosphere every day. It's fun coming to the yard, and any time you're having a good time, it seems like winning baseball games is a little bit easier. We've got these two, and hopefully we can get the sweep tomorrow." Marwin Gonzalez had two hits, including a two-run homer, to help spark Saturday night's comeback, but it was his do-or-die diving catch on a sinking liner in shallow right by Billy Hamilton leading off the ninth that was the play of the game. Hamilton, one of the fastest players in the majors, likely would have circled the bases if the ball had gotten past Gonzalez."He had him played perfectly and made a great play," Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. "Billy just smoked that ball." "Obviously it's an extraordinarily important play in the game," Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli said. "It's pretty gutsy."You can say a lot of different things about it. If he goes after the ball and it gets by him, it's a tough situation for us obviously. Maybe the fastest player to play baseball in the last 20 years is running around the bases, there's not much we can do it about it at that point. If he lets it fall in front of him, that guy being out on the base paths is not a great outcome either."And (Gonzalez) made a decision. And he made a great play. That was a tremendous instinctual play, a very difficult play. ... He made a great athletic play." Minnesota, which has won three straight games and five of its last six, improved to 23-10 at Target Field with Saturday's victory, while Kansas City dropped to 8-25 on the road, the worst mark in the majors.--Field Level Media
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Maldonado wears Father's Day tie, leads Royals over TwinsMINNEOLIS Martin Maldonado celebrated Father's Day by wearing a blue necktie on his chest protector and had three hits to lift the Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins 8-6 on Sunday.Maldonado had several names scribbled on the tie, along with ''Happy Father's Day.'' Pittsburgh Pirates backstop Elias Diaz wore the same tie in a game against Atlanta, which appeared to be provided by equipment manufacturer All-Star.Maldonado drove in two, one with a single during a three-run second inning and another with a double in the eighth.Jorge Lopez (1-6) pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief, giving up four hits, including a solo homer by Nelson Cruz in the seventh. Ian Kennedy allowed an RBI double by Max Kepler but struck out Cruz with two runners on to record his seventh save in nine chances. Cruz believed he had checked his swing on the strikeout.Jorge Bonifacio added two hits and two RBIs for the Royals, who had lost three of four. Kansas City was tied or leading in the eighth inning in three of the previous four matchups against the Twins this season but had lost all four games before hanging on Sunday.Martin Perez (7-3) surrendered five runs - four earned - in 6 2/3 innings for Minnesota. Kepler had four hits and Miguel Sano homered, but the Twins left the bases loaded three times and were 4 of 18 with runners in scoring position.Cruz had a two-run double in the eighth, but Wily Peralta entered and retired three in a row to strand two runners.TWINS TERRITORYMinnesota had its third straight sellout, the first time it's sold out three straight home games since 2011 when it had six in a row.The weekend included Joe Mauer's number retirement ceremony on Saturday and drew a total of 117,051 fans. It's the most for a three-game series in Minnesota since it had 117,156 in 2015 with the Chicago Cubs in town.TRAINER'S ROOMRoyals: 3B Hunter Dozier (right oblique strain) will start a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Monday. Manager Ned Yost said Dozier would start at Double-A and then leave with his wife expecting a baby later this week. He would return to his rehab at Triple-A Omaha next weekend.Twins: OF Byron Buxton was out of the lineup for the second straight day after being hit in the wrist by a pitch Friday night. Manager Rocco Baldelli said Buxton was available and that the team was being cautious. Baldelli said before the game that he wasn't sure if Buxton would be swinging a bat at all Sunday.UP NEXTRoyals: The road trip continues as LHP Danny Duffy (3-3, 4.38 ERA) starts a three-game series Monday in Seattle. Duffy is coming off his longest outing of the season when he went seven innings with a season-high seven strikeouts in a no-decision against Detroit.Twins: RHP Jose Berrios (8-2, 3.01) starts on Monday as Minnesota begins a three-game series against Boston. Berrios has allowed one earned run in three of his past four starts. The Red Sox will start RHP Rick Porcello (4-6, 4.69).---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Rangers, Jurado looking for sweep of RedsFLMThe Texas Rangers aim to record their third series sweep of the season on Sunday when they play the finale of a three-game set against the host Cincinnati Reds.The Rangers, who swept the Los Angeles Angels in April and Seattle in May, have benefited from a pair of two-run first innings to take each of the first two contests of their series versus the Reds."To get three is a big one. It's hard to sweep a major league team, but we have an opportunity to do that," Texas manager Chris Woodward said following Saturday's 4-3 win. "We've got a pretty good one in (Ariel) Jurado going for us."We're going to come out with a ton of energy and kind of take it to them, because a lot of times if you jump out early on a team that is down 2-0 in the series, you tend to step on them a little bit." Jurado (4-2, 3.02 ERA) improved to 3-0 with a 3.70 ERA in his last four starts on Tuesday after allowing three runs on five hits in six innings of a 9-5 win at Boston.Jurado will be making his 27th career appearance (14th start) and first versus Cincinnati. The 23-year-old right-hander has not faced anyone on the Reds' current roster, although he would be wise to pitch carefully to Yasiel Puig.Puig, who had three hits in the Reds' 7-1 setback in the series opener, extended his hitting streak to four games with a two-run homer in the fourth inning on Saturday.Curt Casali also went deep for the Reds, who sustained their third loss in four games and 15th one-run setback this season."It's frustrating to lose any way," Cincinnati manager David Bell said of the close losses. "There's no good way to lose, but it makes you feel like you're so close." The availability of Reds rookie Nick Senzel is in question after he fouled a pitch that caromed off both the ground and his foot before bouncing back toward his face."It just hit me in the eye," said the 23-year-old Senzel, who noted that he needed "three or four" stitches to close the wound."I don't know what to say. I just got hit in the eye and got stitches. I'll try to throw some ice on it and get the swelling down. I don't think it's that big of a deal." Cincinnati right-hander Sonny Gray (2-5, 3.65 ERA) hopes his previous success against Texas continues in the series finale, as he sports an 8-3 record with a 2.72 ERA in 14 career appearances (13 starts) versus the Rangers.Gray has kept Rougned Odor (4-for-31, eight strikeouts), Asdrubal Cabrera (2-for-14) and Elvis Andrus 7-for-37, eight strikeouts) under wraps, although former Red Shin-Soo Choo is batting a robust .320 (8-for-25) versus the hurler.The 29-year-old Gray received a no-decision in his last trip to the mound last Sunday despite allowing three runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings at Philadelphia.--Field Level Media
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Winker paces Reds with 5 RBIs in 11-3 rout over RangersCINCINNATI With his dad set to leave town Sunday evening, Jesse Winker had limited time to provide an extra-special Father's Day.No worries - Joe Winker went to the airport with plenty to be proud of.Winker homered and set career highs with four hits and five RBIs, Yasiel Puig added a two-run shot, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Texas Rangers 11-3 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.''It was really cool to have a good day on Father's Day,'' Winker said. ''It was a cool weekend with my dad. We got to play some cards and smoke some cigars. It was funny. He had to be at the airport by five. He tried to stay for as many at-bats as he could.'' The Reds broke open a one-run game with a four-run fourth. Winker followed pitcher Sonny Gray's leadoff triple with a homer, his 11th of the season and first in 21 games. Puig drove in Joey Votto with a shot off the batter's eye for his 13th homer on the first pitch he saw from reliever Pete Fairbanks.''It was a big day for Wink,'' manager David Bell said. ''The two-run home run was the big hit of the game.'' Puig had three hits for the second time in three games.Gray worked around Shin-Soo Choo's solo home run and Hunter Pence's two-run shot to finish five innings in a game that was delayed at the start by 1 hour, 34 minutes. Gray (3-5) gave up five hits and three runs with one walk and eight strikeouts. He improved to 3-1 with a 2.93 ERA over his last four starts.Ariel Jurado, who won each of his previous three starts, lasted three batters into the fourth inning. Jurado (4-3) allowed nine hits, the most of any of his six starts this season, and seven runs with one walk and no strikeouts. He also hit a batter.''Jurado left a lot of balls over the plate,'' Texas manager Chris Woodward said. ''They were all over his changeup.'' The Rangers went 4-3 on their road trip through Boston and Cincinnati.Neither Puig in right field or Winker in center moved more than a step on Choo's first-inning rocket into the right-center field seats, Choo's 12th of the season.Winker followed Jose Peraza's sacrifice fly, Peraza's first of the season, with a two-run double for a 3-1 Reds lead in the second. It was Winker's first RBIs since May 28.''He's been hitting the ball hard,'' Bell said. ''The results haven't been there.'' Pence tied it with his drive into the visitors' bullpen in left-center field in the third on a 3-0 fastball, Pence's 17th career homer against Cincinnati, tied for the second most against any opponent.Winker added an RBI single in Cincinnati's three-run fifth.FATHER'S DAY IThe Reds placed SS Jose Iglesias on the three-day paternity list and activated RHP Robert Stephenson from the 10-day injured list. Stephenson had been out since May 31 with a cervical strain.FATHER'S DAY IIRangers outfielder Delino DeShields and his father, Reds first base coach Delino DeShields, presented their team's lineup cards to the umpires at the plate before the game. Father and son exchanged a handshake and hug.SAVE THE BALLGray's triple was the first extra-base hit of his six-year career, the first five of which were spent in the American League. It was the first triple by a Cincinnati pitcher since 2015.RARE PEARANCEMike Minor pinch-hit in the fifth, the third time a Rangers pitcher has pinch-hit in an interleague game and first since 2014.WAIT IT OUTThe start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 34 minutes, by rain and ended in another downpour.TRAINER'S ROOMRangers: OF Nomar Mazara did not start and was set to have an MRI on Monday after leaving Saturday's game with a tight right hamstring. ... RF Hunter Pence left the game with tightness in his right groin after chasing Peraza's ground-rule double down the right field line in the fifth.Reds: OF Nick Senzel was not in Sunday's starting lineup, but he was available, manager David Bell said. Senzel needed three stitches to close a cut above his left eye, the result of a foul tip that bounced off his left foot and hit the bill of his batting helmet and his eye Saturday. ... IF Scooter Gennett will begin a rehab stint Monday with four or five days at Class A Daytona. He has been out all season with a right groin strain.UP NEXTRangers: RHP Lance Lynn (7-4, 4.40) is 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA in two career starts against Cleveland going into Monday's opener of a four-game series and seven-game Texas home stand.Reds: RHP Luis Castillo (6-1, 2.20) is scheduled to make his first career appearance against Houston in Monday's opener of a three-game series in Cincinnati.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Rookies face off in Padres-Rockies series finaleFLMAn explosive four-game series at Coors Field in Denver wraps up Sunday afternoon with two rookie pitchers facing each other in a National League West matchup.Colorado right-hander Peter Lambert (2-0, 1.50 ERA) is making his third start since being added to the 40-man roster on June 6, and he is making his first start against a team other than the Chicago Cubs. He will go up against Padres left-hander Nick Margevicius, who is making his 12th start of the season.Margevicius (2-6, 5.02) made his major league debut on March 30 in a loss to San Francisco, but he allowed just one run on three hits over five innings. He got his first big-league win 11 days later against the same Giants squad, and through his first three starts was 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA.Then Colorado came to town and roughed him up in his only outing against the Rockies. Colorado tagged him for five runs on seven hits in four innings in an 8-2 win at San Diego on April 16. Margevicius gets a chance at redemption on Sunday."He's getting an opportunity to respond to a club that hit him very well. People are looking forward to him doing that," Padres manager Andy Green told reporters Saturday. "We shortened his last start; we've given him more time between starts. We want to see him go out here and attack these guys with all of his pitches, his full mix, full arsenal."We were pleased with what he gave us last time out and see what he can do for us this time." Margevicius had allowed 16 runs (15 earned) in 12 innings across three starts before he threw 3 2/3 shutout innings against Washington on June 7.The Padres and Rockies have combined to score 65 runs in the first three games of the series, including an historic comeback for the Padres on Friday night. They trailed 11-5 entering the ninth inning and tied it to force extra innings. They scored five more in the 12th and won 16-12.According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Padres had never won a game when trailing by six runs entering the ninth, and the Rockies had never blown a lead of that margin in the ninth inning.A day later, Colorado saw a seven-run lead reduced to three before pulling away for a 14-8 win.Now, Lambert has a chance to give the Colorado bullpen some much-needed rest. He showed he can pitch in difficult circumstances in his two outings against the Cubs. He allowed one run in seven innings at Chicago in his debut June 6, and then held the Cubs to one run over five innings on Tuesday, allowing seven total hits in the two starts."He has great stuff. The curveball is really good," catcher Chris Iannetta said after Lambert's second start. "The changeup's a plus changeup. His fastball command is plus when he has it. He understands that executing pitches is the way he's going to be successful, and he reverts back to that instead of trying to out-stuff guys."He's pretty cerebral. He knows what he's trying to do out there. And he has a really good understanding of his body and his mechanics. He has a plan of attack, and he has great command on top of that and that really helps." --Field Level Media
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Padres, Rockies score modern-era most 92 runs in 4-game setDENVER The Padres and Rockies set a modern-era record by combining for 92 runs in a four-game series, with San Diego pitcher Matt Strahm drawing a pinch-hit, bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning to rally past Colorado 14-13 Sunday.It was just another wacky day at Coors Field, especially in this split series where the Rockies outscored the Padres 48-44 while the teams combined for 131 hits. Colorado's Charlie Blackmon became the first player since at least 1900 with 15 hits in a four-game series, according to . Adding to the zaniness: the finale was delayed once to clean up a big puddle in foul territory despite sunny skies, and again later because of weather.Trailing 13-10 in the ninth, Wil Myers had an RBI single and Greg Garcia promptly tied it with a two-out, two-run triple off closer Wade Davis (1-2). The Rockies brought in starter Jon Gray, who intentionally walked two batters to face Strahm. Gray fell behind 3-1 before throwing a strike. Taking all the way, Strahm watched a fastball narrowly miss for ball four.Gerardo Reyes (3-0) earned the win by striking out three in the eighth. Kirby Yates threw a perfect ninth for his 24th save.Hunter Renfroe homered twice for San Diego, while Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits, including a double and a triple.The Padres raced out to a 3-0 lead before a giant puddle suddenly formed along the right field line due to an issue with the irrigation line. The grounds crew rolled the water away as the teams waited in the dugout during the 15-minute holdup.In the bottom of the inning, Colorado responded with six runs. Blackmon led the way with two hits in the inning, including a solo homer to lead off.The game was again halted in the sixth as weather moved into the area. The delay lasted 48 minutes.Once the tarp was lifted, the Rockies quickly went to work by scoring three runs to make it 13-8. Ian Desmond, Ryan McMahon and Raimel Tapia had three straight doubles to start the frame. The trio went a combined 9 for 15 with six RBIs.Blackmon remained red hot with three more hits. He's reached base safely in all 26 of his home games this season.Padres lefty Nick Margevicius surrendered nine runs and 11 hits over 1 1/3 innings as his ERA rose from 5.02 to 6.41. He also threw one pitch all the way to the backstop.Rockies righty Peter Lambert gave up eight runs and nine hits over three innings as his ERA soared from 1.50 to 6.00. He threw two pitches to the backstop. Lambert chipped in on offense with a pair of RBI singles.WILD WEEKENDThe 92 runs were the most in a four-game series since 1900. The all-time record is 112 runs between the Cleveland Blues and St. Louis Browns of the American Association in 1887, per .TRAINER'S ROOMPadres: INF Ian Kinsler was out of the starting lineup but was called upon to pinch-hit in the eighth. He struck out.MOVESThe Padres recalled lefty Brad Wieck from Triple-A El Paso and optioned lefty Robbie Erlin to the Chihuahuas.UP NEXTPadres: Open a three-game series against Milwaukee on Monday with lefty Joey Lucchesi (5-4, 4.11 ERA) getting the start.Rockies: After a day off, the Rockies open a three-game set in Arizona on Tuesday with right-hander Antonio Senzatela (5-5, 5.48) taking the mound.--More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Giants look for second straight sweep vs. BrewersFLMThe San Francisco Giants bid to cap an impressive eight-game homestand in style against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday when they vie for their second straight series sweep.The Giants banged out 15 hits in Saturday's 8-7 victory over Milwaukee, pushing their winning streak to a season-high four games and improving to 5-2 on the homestand.Stephen Vogt burned his former team with a career-best two triples and even legged out an RBI infield single in the eighth inning on Saturday."Obviously, you want to get that extra run anyway you can," Vogt said. "I like to joke that the fastest human being on the planet is a baseball player who smells a hit. We're running pound-for-pound as fast as a human being can possibly run when we smell a hit." San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy praised Vogt's energy on what proved to be a pivotal run -- after Christian Yelich trimmed Milwaukee's deficit to one with his majors-best 26th homer in the ninth inning."It ended up being a huge run," Bochy said of Vogt's hit. "In the eighth inning, for a catcher to get down there like that, that's impressive." Despite Vogt's heroics, Buster Posey will likely return to the lineup for the series finale.Posey is riding a four-game hitting streak and has scored six runs in his last six contests heading into Sunday's tilt versus Milwaukee right-hander Chase Anderson (3-1, 3.80 ERA), against whom he is 6-for-15 with four RBIs in his career.Joe Panik (3-for-13), Brandon Belt (2-for-14, four strikeouts) and Brandon Crawford (2-for-13) haven't been as fortunate against Anderson, who settled for a no-decision last Sunday despite allowing two runs on four hits in a season-high six innings against Pittsburgh.The 31-year-old Anderson sports a 3-2 record with a 4.71 ERA in seven career starts against San Francisco, although he is 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA in three starts at Oracle Park in San Francisco.Although Milwaukee has cooled off with a 1-3 start to its eight-game road trip, Yelich extended his hitting streak to 12 games with his third homer in five contests.Yelich is 23-for-48 with five homers and 11 RBIs during that stretch, heading into an encounter with Giants right-hander Jeff Samardzija (3-5, 3.72), against whom he is 6-for-16 in his career.Mike Moustakas is 14-for-37 with five homers, eight RBIs and nine runs during his nine-game hitting streak. The 30-year-old is 4-for-12 with two homers and four RBIs against Samardzija.Samardzija fell to 1-4 in his last five starts on June 8 after permitting three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 7-2 setback against the Los Angeles Dodgers.He owns a 3-6 mark with a 4.28 ERA in 26 career appearances (12 starts) versus Milwaukee. The 34-year-old has been taken to task by Ryan Braun (11-for-26, three homers, nine RBIs), while Yasmani Grandal (4-for-8) and Lorenzo Cain (4-for-10) have also fared well in smaller sample sizes.Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell applauded his team's determined effort despite falling short on Saturday."We did a nice job, but ultimately they found grass on just a lot of balls, and we didn't find grass on their last ball," he said.--Field Level Media
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Yelich stays hot as Brewers top Giants, 5-3SAN FRANCISCO Eric Thames and Jesus Aguilar homered to help the Milwaukee Brewers avoid a sweep with a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.Christian Yelich had two doubles, extending his season-high hitting streak to 13 games. The reigning NL MVP is batting .472 (25 for 53) with five homers over that stretch.Matt Albers (3-2) pitched the fifth for the win, allowing just one inherited baserunner to score after relieving Chase Anderson with the bases loaded and no outs. Anderson gave up three runs in four-plus innings.Brandon Belt's sacrifice fly off Albers closed the Giants to within 5-3. Albers, Junior Guerra, Jeremy Jeffress and Josh Hader combined for five shutout innings of two-hit ball in relief for the Brewers. Hader pitched a perfect two final innings, striking out three to get his 17th save in 18 chances.Thames' homer, his 10th of the season, off Giants starter Jeff Samardzija (3-6) in the fifth gave the Brewers a 4-2 lead. Samardzija gave up four runs on nine hits and two walks in five innings. The 34-year-old threw 114 pitches.Aguilar hit a pinch-hit homer off Giants reliever Derek Holland leading off the sixth to make it 5-3.The Brewers took an early lead on run scoring singles from Yasmani Grandal in the first inning and Ben Gamel in the second. The Giants tied it in the second, when Evan Longoria's leadoff triple started a two-run inning.Yelich's double made it 3-2 in the fourth.The Brewers had lost four of their previous five after winning straight.The Giants had their season-high four-game winning streak snapped as they concluded their homestand at 5-3.HOLE IN ONEWith two outs and Ben Gamel aboard in the top of the second, Yelich hit a drive to right that slipped through a small gap between the fencing doors in right field. The fluky play cost the Brewers a run with Gamel, who'd have easily scored if the ball remained in play, held at third on the ground rule double.SHORT HOPSBrewers second baseman Mike Moustakas had one hit, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. ... Belt was 0 for 3, ending his18-game on-base streak.TRAINER'S ROOMGIANTS: LHP Will Smith got an off day after pitching in four games in five days. Smith worked a 28-pitch ninth for his 18th save on Saturday.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-7, 5.74 ERA) will come off the injured list (lower back strain) to start Monday's series opener in San Diego.Giants: RHP Tyler Beede (0-2, 8.06) will make his first career start against the Dodgers in Monday's series opener.--More MLB: https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
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A's Anderson gets another start vs. rebuilding MarinersFLMTanner Anderson's first major league start went so well, he's getting another chance.The Oakland Athletics right-hander is scheduled to face the visiting Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series.Pitching just a few miles from where he grew up, the 26-year-old made his A's debut last Monday at Tampa Bay, limiting the hot-hitting Rays to two runs on three hits over 5 2/3 innings in a game the A's eventually lost 6-2. Anderson walked two and struck out five.That was just supposed to be a spot start in his hometown, but the A's have kept him around."I thought he did great," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "Obviously some pressure here being at (Anderson's) home. I'm sure he's got a lot of people here, and he performed past our expectations."He went through a really good lineup with a lot of left-handers who were swinging the bat really well at the time. Didn't look like there was any trepidation. He deserves a second start." Anderson opened with 5 1/3 scoreless innings before allowing a two-run homer to Tampa Bay's Brandon Lowe in the sixth."Composure-wise, he looked like he'd been pitching and starting all year for us," Melvin said.Anderson made his major league debut last season, going 1-0 with a 6.35 ERA in six relief appearances for the Pittsburgh Pirates."My first dream was to play at this level, and that was awesome -- that happened last year," Anderson told MLB.com. "My second dream was to pitch in Tropicana (Field). So it was awesome -- a dream come true." Anderson won't have to worry about facing the American League's home run leader, as the Mariners traded Edwin Encarnacion to the New York Yankees on Saturday night in exchange for minor league right-hander Juan Then, with both teams contributing to the remainder of Encarnacion's contract."Edwin did great things here for us," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "I really think a lot of him, how he went about his business here, knowing that this could probably happen. It's hard to go out and produce the way he did. He did everything we could ask of him." After dealing away Encarnacion and veteran slugger Jay Bruce, the Mariners' rebuild is in full effect."We'll look at a lot of different guys as we continue to move down the road and do this rebuild thing," Servais said Saturday after Seattle's 11-2 loss to Oakland. "You see every night, even tonight, some really exciting players out there. It's just the consistency of it all."But you have to give guys opportunities. They have to get the experiences out there, and then through the whole process, you evaluate who's going to be able to make the grade going forward and who isn't." The Mariners are scheduled to send veteran right-hander Mike Leake (5-6, 4.26 ERA) to the mound. Leake is 2-3 with a 4.45 ERA in 10 career starts against Oakland, including two starts this season.On May 14 in Seattle, Leake got the victory by allowing three runs (one earned) on five hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 4-3 game. He walked one and struck out six.On May 26 in Oakland, Leake allowed only three hits in 6 2/3 innings, but two of those were home runs. He surrendered five runs, walked three and struck out four in a 7-1 defeat.--Field Level Media
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Seager, Mariners rally in 8th to beat Athletics 6-3OAKLAND, Calif. Kyle Seager hit a two-run double soon after right fielder Mark Canha appeared to lose a flyball in the sun, and the Seattle Mariners rallied in the eighth inning to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Sunday.Mallex Smith homered for the second time in three games for the last-place Mariners, a day after they traded AL home run leader Edwin Encarnacion to the New York Yankees.Khris Davis hit his 15th home run for Oakland and Ramon Laureano also went deep.The Mariners trailed 3-2 when Lou Trivino (2-5) issued a one-out walk. Domingo Santana followed with a fly that bounced off Canha's glove for his first error in 153 games, putting runners at first and second.After Daniel Vogelbach walked, Seager ended a 2-for-20 funk with a go-ahead double. Tom Murphy added a sacrifice fly and Dee Gordon hit an RBI triple.Mike Leake (6-6) matched his season high with seven strikeouts in seven innings. He allowed two earned runs and seven hits and didn't walk a batter to win his third straight.Roenis Elias pitched the ninth for his seventh save.Oakland starter Tanner Anderson allowed two runs over 5 1/3 innings.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: OF Ryon Healy (lower back) will have an epidural in the coming days and will be out later than originally anticipated. . Felix Hernandez (shoulder stiffness) will be seen by a doctor after the right-hander pulled himself out of a rehab start Friday night because of fatigue.Athletics: LHP Sean Manaea threw 45 pitches in a simulated game at the team's practice facilities in Arizona as he attempts to come back from shoulder surgery. Manager Bob Melvin said Manaea will throw about 60 pitches in another simulated game before heading out on a rehab assignment.UP NEXTMariners: Seattle plans to use an opener Monday against Kansas City, although manager Scott Servais has not said who that will be. LHP Tommy Milone is expected to come in after the opener.Athletics: RHP Mike Fiers (6-3, 4.63) pitches against the Orioles at the Coliseum on Monday. Fiers is 4-0 in his previous seven starts dating to his no-hitter against Cincinnati on May 7.--More MLB:?https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and?https://twitter.com/-Sports
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Cubs try for split in L. A., but Ryu sits in wayFLMThe Chicago Cubs have learned that persistence can go a long way in defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers, and they will need more of it Sunday against Hyun-Jin Ryu, one of the top starters in the National League.In each of the first two games of this four-game series in L. A. between NL heavyweights, the Dodgers came back from early deficits to win. The Cubs jumped on Clayton Kershaw on Thursday and Rich Hill on Friday with multiple first-inning runs each time, but the Dodgers roared back for victories on home runs.The Cubs showed what they learned Saturday when, after the Dodgers took a fourth-inning lead on a solo home run, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the top of the ninth for a 2-1 Chicago win.The Dodgers can still earn the series victory -- and win the season series -- Sunday evening, as each team has defeated the other three times in 2019. Ryu (9-1, 1.36 ERA) will look to rebound from a rare off game his last time out against the Los Angeles Angels.For the flourishing Ryu, an "off" outing meant giving up just one run on a Kole Calhoun home run (though he gave up seven hits while working through a changeup that was not at its best).Ryu has less than a month to lock down the starting nod in the July 9 All-Star Game at Cleveland, but he stands as the one of the favorites for the honor. He leads the major leagues in ERA and has walked just five batters in 86 innings.As good as Ryu has been all season, his best attribute just might be his mental flexibility."Players are stubborn -- hitters, pitchers are stubborn -- so they have their tendencies," Dodgers manager Roberts said about the NL's pitcher of the month in May, according to the Orange County Register."Hyun-Jin is very open to adjusting. ... It may be a battle of being the least stubborn. He's not afraid to use his whole pitch mix. There's no real way to game plan against him." Ryu has three career starts against the Cubs, going 1-1 with a 4.24 ERA (although he has faced them just once since 2014).The Cubs will counter in the series finale with their own left-hander in Jose Quintana (4-6, 3.89), who not only gave up four runs in just 4 2/3 innings of a loss at Colorado on Tuesday, but is 0-3 over his last four starts with a 5.48 ERA.Quintana looked to have the Rockies under control, but Colorado jumped in front in the fifth inning and then hammered the Cubs' shaky bullpen for an eventual 10-3 victory."Q wasn't that bad," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "We get him out of the game right there, and things kind of fell apart. You have to be more offensive (at Coors Field)." Quintana does have recent success against the Dodgers going for him as the winning pitcher April 23 when the Cubs earned a 7-2 victory at Wrigley Field. Quintana gave up just two runs on four hits over seven innings, but he has just one victory since then.Quintana is 1-1 lifetime against the Dodgers in four regular-season starts with a 1.71 ERA. The playoffs tell a different story, though, as Quintana started against Los Angeles twice in the 2018 NLCS, posting a 10.29 ERA as Chicago lost both games.--Field Level Media
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|
|
|
|
+572
|
OFF
|
Over 3.5 (-103)
|
|
|
-264
|
OFF
|
Under 3.5 (-116)
|
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FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 1:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+135
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-126)
|
|
|
+178
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (+104)
|
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|
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|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 1:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+990
|
+2 (-121)
|
Over 3.5 (-121)
|
|
|
-459
|
-2 (+102)
|
Under 3.5 (+100)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 1:30 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+284
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-122)
|
|
|
-121
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (+101)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 2:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+234
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (+103)
|
|
|
+116
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-128)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 2:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+240
|
OFF
|
Over 2 (-126)
|
|
|
+135
|
OFF
|
Under 2 (+104)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 2:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+148
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-117)
|
|
|
+183
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-103)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 2:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
-108
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-103)
|
|
|
+264
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (-117)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 5:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+131
|
OFF
|
Over 2 (-127)
|
|
|
+230
|
OFF
|
Under 2 (+106)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 5:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+559
|
OFF
|
Over 3.5 (-107)
|
|
|
-571
|
OFF
|
Under 3.5 (-132)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 5:15 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+1060
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-111)
|
|
|
-467
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (-109)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 5:30 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+271
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-110)
|
|
|
-110
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-108)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 6:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+785
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-132)
|
|
|
-501
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (-107)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 6:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+292
|
OFF
|
Over 3.5 (-109)
|
|
|
-169
|
OFF
|
Under 3.5 (-128)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 6:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
-113
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-111)
|
|
|
+254
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (-109)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 6:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+158
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-101)
|
|
|
+181
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-122)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 6:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+343
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-125)
|
|
|
-133
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (+101)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 6:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+217
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (+105)
|
|
|
+139
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-123)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+518
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-123)
|
|
|
-217
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (+102)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+211
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-113)
|
|
|
+128
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-105)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+193
|
OFF
|
Over 3.5 (-103)
|
|
|
+116
|
OFF
|
Under 3.5 (-116)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
-101
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-123)
|
|
|
+271
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (+102)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+160
|
OFF
|
Over 2 (+106)
|
|
|
+210
|
OFF
|
Under 2 (-134)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
-113
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (+103)
|
|
|
+319
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-127)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:30 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+459
|
+1 (-114)
|
Over 2.5 (-125)
|
|
|
-180
|
-1 (-104)
|
Under 2.5 (+102)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:35 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+561
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-103)
|
|
|
-227
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (-116)
|
|
|
|
|
|
VIEW ALL PICKS |
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|
IN PROGRESS |
|
6/16/2019 7:35 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+187
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-109)
|
|
|
+157
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-109)
|
|
|
|
|
|
VIEW ALL PICKS |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 7:35 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+233
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-102)
|
|
|
+127
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-118)
|
|
|
|
|
|
VIEW ALL PICKS |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 8:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+169
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-121)
|
|
|
+152
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-103)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 8:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+461
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-124)
|
|
|
-168
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (+100)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 8:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+216
|
OFF
|
Over 2 (+106)
|
|
|
+156
|
OFF
|
Under 2 (-130)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 8:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+323
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-126)
|
|
|
-152
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (+100)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 8:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+270
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-122)
|
|
|
-114
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (+101)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 8:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+528
|
OFF
|
Over 4 (-109)
|
|
|
-306
|
OFF
|
Under 4 (-110)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
-229
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (-104)
|
|
|
+576
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-115)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+140
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (+103)
|
|
|
+213
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-122)
|
|
|
|
|
|
VIEW ALL PICKS |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
-129
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (+103)
|
|
|
+306
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (-127)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+658
|
OFF
|
Over 3.5 (-111)
|
|
|
-345
|
OFF
|
Under 3.5 (-109)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+441
|
OFF
|
Over 2.5 (+105)
|
|
|
-151
|
OFF
|
Under 2.5 (-126)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
-140
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-119)
|
|
|
+326
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (+100)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+122
|
OFF
|
Over 3.5 (-118)
|
|
|
+194
|
OFF
|
Under 3.5 (-104)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NO PICKS AVAILABLE |
|
|
|
FINAL |
|
6/16/2019 9:00 AM EST (TODAY) |
MONEYLINE |
SPREAD |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
+208
|
OFF
|
Over 3 (-107)
|
|
|
+116
|
OFF
|
Under 3 (-112)
|
|
|
|
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