With the Boston Red Sox needing a win to avoid a series sweep Sunday, ace Garrett Crochet matched his season high with 12 strikeouts over six innings in his club’s 6-4 victory over the rival New York Yankees at Fenway Park, improving to 16-5 this season.
Category: Baseball
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Alonso walk-off allows Mets to take ‘deep breath’
Pete Alonso hit a three-run walk-off homer to end the Mets’ eight-game losing streak and reopen a 1 1/2-game lead in the race for the final NL wild-card spot.
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Ohtani’s lawyers move to dismiss real estate suit
Shohei Ohtani and agent Nez Balelo moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed last month accusing them of being the reason a Hawaii real estate investor and broker got fired.
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MLB playoff tracker: Brewers, Phillies clinch — who can seal postseason spot next?
From current playoff matchups to league races to the postseason schedule, we have everything you need to know.
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Raleigh makes more HR history; M’s atop AL West
Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hit his 54th home run, tying Mickey Mantle’s record for a switch-hitter and passing Javy Lopez’s mark for catchers in a season (43).
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Astros’ Altuve out (foot) ahead of key homestand
The Astros held second baseman Jose Altuve out of Sunday’s lineup against the Braves after he left Saturday’s game with discomfort in his right foot.
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Quintana suffers calf injury in Brewers’ 3-2 loss
Milwaukee veteran pitcher Jose Quintana injured his calf at the end of his four-inning appearance in a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, and Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after the game that the 36-year-old left-hander had left in a boot.
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Raleigh ties Mantle switch-hit HRs, tops catchers
Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hit his 54th home run, tying Mickey Mantle’s record for a switch-hitter and passing Javy Lopez’s mark for catchers in a season (43).
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Surging Rangers get Garcia back from stint on IL
Adolis García is back in the Rangers lineup and batting cleanup after missing the past 10 games with a strained right quad.
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Astros’ Altuve sits day after exiting with foot pain
The Astros held second baseman Jose Altuve out of Sunday’s lineup against the Braves after he left Saturday’s game with discomfort in his right foot.