DH Nelson Cruz extended his hitting streak to six games with a three-run homer in Saturday's fourth inning. Cruz's 32nd home run of the season gave Seattle an 8-0 lead. Cruz is hitting .333 during the streak.

CLEVELAND -- Francisco Lindor homered and Carlos Santana added two doubles as the Cleveland Indians ran their team-record winning streak to 17 games with a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.Cleveland has outscored opponents 122-32 during this streak which is the second longest in the majors since 1954.Josh Tomlin (9-9) allowed two runs and five innings while Cody Allen notched his 25th save.Adam Jones hit an RBI single and Tim Beckham homered for Baltimore.Yankees 3, Rangers 1ARLINGTON, Texas -- Luis Severino and two relievers combined on a one-hitter as New York rallied late to beat Texas.Severino took a no-decision after striking out 10 in seven innings as New York scored its runs in the final two innings on a sacrifice fly by Chase Headley in the eighth, an RBI single by Tyler Austin and a bases-loaded walk by Headley in the ninth.Brett Nicholas' RBI double in the fifth accounted for the Rangers' lone hit. Andrew Cashner allowed four hits in seven-plus innings.Brewers... [More]

DH Nelson Cruz extended his hitting streak to five games with a leadoff single in Friday's second inning. Cruz went 2-for-3 and is hitting .353 (6-for-17) during the streak.

DH Nelson Cruz continues to hurt his former team. Cruz got a single in the eighth and walked twice in the 7-6 loss to the Orioles Monday night. He now has hits in 16 straight games versus Baltimore.

DH/OF Nelson Cruz played right field Tuesday in Atlanta for the fifth time in eight interleague road games, going 0-for-4 to snap his 12-game hitting streak. He also played the field in two games at Washington and two at Colorado. Cruz batted .422 with seven homers during the streak.

DH Nelson Cruz went 1-for-4 Sunday with a strikeout and extended his hitting streak to 12 games -- the longest in the American League. Cruz is hitting .422 (19-for-45) during the streak.

DH Nelson Cruz continued his torrid streak with a two-run home run, his 31st of the season and seventh in his last 10 games. His 11 home runs since July 30 match the most in baseball in that span, tied with Giancarlo Stanton. He now leads the American League with 100 RBIs, and his hitting .439 during an 11-game hitting streak.

DH Nelson Cruz crushed a 482-foot home run -- the longest ever recorded at Tropicana Field -- and added two doubles to lead Seattle's offensive onslaught in Friday's 7-1 win over the Rays. Cruz is now hitting .293 and needs only two more RBIs to reach 100 for the season.

OF Nelson Cruz continued his torrid streak, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs Friday in a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Cruz homered for the fourth time in his past three games, the sixth time in six games and for the eighth time in 11 games. Cruz, who has been hobbled by leg injuries most of the season, fouled a ball off his left instep in the sixth inning before lining a run-scoring double off the right-field wall. "The swing's good, the legs are good, the foot's good, too," Cruz said. "It's nice to feel that I can run, to get the extra base."

DH Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to tie the score Thursday in a loss to the Angels. It was the 27th homer of the season for Cruz, who has five home runs in his past five games and seven in his past 10.

DH Nelson Cruz hit his 25th and 26th home runs of the season Wednesday afternoon in a 6-3 victory against Oakland. Cruz hit a 450-foot, two-run shot to left in the third inning, crushing RHP Jharel Cotton's belt-high, 90 mph fastball. Then in the fifth he lined a Cotton slider over the center field fence for a solo home run. "That's probably the loudest ball I've heard hit on a field," Kyle Seager said of Cruz' first home run. "Just from where I was right there. I was pretty close to him, but it was a pop. It sounded like a shotgun. It was incredible just how fast it got out, just how hard he hit it. It was pretty special." Cruz drove in three runs, giving him 22 RBIs in 13 games against the A's in 2017, the most by a Mariners' player versus Oakland in a single season. He has seven home runs against the A's this year and 29 for his career, his second highest total against any team. Cruz has a career-high 98 RBIs against the A's and Angels."

DH Nelson Cruz, who was a late scratch Friday with back, neck and shoulder spasms, was in the lineup Saturday before the rainout. Mariners manager Scott Servais said it would be beneficial to Cruz to get another day off.

DH Nelson Cruz was a late scratch with neck, back and shoulder spasms. "We'll see how he is tomorrow," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "He's still pretty tightened up. But, obviously, when he's not in our lineup, it's a different looking lineup." Cruz said it was more of a spasm in his back than his neck. "It just hurts to do any movement up and down," Cruz said. "Normally it just hurts to go side to side. I was stretching, getting ready to work out. And I started feeling it and oooh, what the (heck)."

DH Nelson Cruz went 1-for-2 and was on base three times after getting hit by a pitch and drawing a walk. The former Rangers outfielder reached base eight times in the three-game series.

DH Nelson Cruz gave Seattle a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a leadoff homer. The homer, the 22nd of the season for Cruz, pushed his American League-leading total to 80. He has 72 in the last 85 games. He now has homers in two of his last three games after going 11 games without a home run.

DH Nelson Cruz bashed his 20th home run of the season in the seventh inning, a solo shot off Astros All-Star Chris Devenski. Cruz has clubbed six home runs over his last nine games. Five of his last six hits overall have been homers.

BALTIMORE -- Jose Quintana made a sensational debut for the Chicago Cubs, who beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-0 on Sunday to open the second half of the season with a three-game sweep.Quintana, acquired Thursday in a blockbuster trade with the crosstown White Sox for four minor league prospects, dazzled the Orioles over seven scoreless innings, striking out 12 and allowing just three hits in the process.Catcher Willson Contreras, batting cleanup, recorded the first four-hit game of his career, while Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant each homered for the defending World Series champions.The Cubs climbed back over .500 at 46-45 and pulled within 4 1/2 games of the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. Chicago scored 27 runs and hit 10 home runs in the series.Dodgers 3, Marlins 2MIAMI -- Justin Turner, who is hitting .374, homered and drove in two runs to lead Los Angeles.The Dodgers (64-29), who have the best record in the majors, have won 29 of their past 33 games, including nine in a row. They swept... [More]

DH Nelson Cruz hit his 19th home run in the 10th inning of the Mariners' 7-6 victory over the White Sox on Sunday. He has homered in two straight games and in five of his last eight games. He's batting .292 this season.

MIAMI -- To hear the talk this week, Aaron Judge is 8 feet tall and can walk on the heavenly waters of South Beach.And the hype wasn't reserved only for the New York Yankees slugger, who is actually 6-foot-7 and 280 pounds. Fellow rookie Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers and 26 more first-time All-Stars were selected for the Tuesday game at Marlins Park.Judge, who leads the majors with 30 homers, won the Home Run Derby on Monday, and Bellinger has 25 bombs. They were the story all week, and there is no doubt -- the kids are more than just all right.But guess what?It was the old guys who stole the show on Tuesday night, including 37-year-old Nelson Cruz and a pair of 34-year-olds, Robinson Cano and Yadier Molina.Cano, the Seattle Mariners second baseman, was chosen as the Most Valuable Player after leading off the top of the 10th inning with what became the game-winning solo homer as the American League defeated the National League 2-1."I was just trying to swing hard and see if... [More]

DH Nelson Cruz, paused before taking his sixth-inning at-bat in the All-Star Game and asked Cardinals C Yadier Molina to take a photo of himself with veteran umpire Joe West. After a brief lesson on how to use Cruz's phone, Molina snapped the photograph. Cruz then stuffed the phone in his back pocket, and he proceeded to fly out.Cruz said he just wanted to pay homage to West, who recently called the 5,000th game of his career. "Joe is one of the more popular umpires," said Cruz, who finished 0-for-2. "I'm a fan of his. He's a legend. I will frame that picture."