KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Marcus Semien provided just enough early offense and Mike Fiers and three Oakland relievers combined to shut down the Kansas City Royals in a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.Semien scored in the first inning and drove in a run in the second. That was all the offense the A's pitchers needed one day after Oakland had a season-high 19 runs.Fiers (13-3) scattered eight hits in his 5 1/3 innings, but allowed just Alex Gordon's RBI double in the sixth. He's now won 11 straight decisions, dating to May 7, tying Mark Mulder for the second-longest winning streak in Oakland history.Mike Montgomery (3-7) surrendered an unearned run in the first and another run in the second, but gave up nothing else through 6 1/3 innings.ORIOLES 2, NATIONALS 0WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaron Brooks came up with an unexpected pitching gem against the torrid-hitting Nationals, throwing six innings of two-hit ball to help Baltimore end Washington's five-game winning streak.The Nationals were coming off a weekend... [More]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Marcus Semien provided just enough early offense and Mike Fiers and three Oakland relievers combined to shut down the Kansas City Royals in a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.Semien scored in the first inning and drove in a run in the second. That was all the offense the A's pitchers needed one day after Oakland had a season-high 19 runs.Fiers (13-3) scattered eight hits in his 5 1/3 innings, but allowed just Alex Gordon's RBI double in the sixth. He's now won 11 straight decisions, dating to May 7, tying Mark Mulder for the second-longest winning streak in Oakland history.Mike Montgomery (3-7) surrendered an unearned run in the first and another run in the second, but gave up nothing else through 6 1/3 innings.ORIOLES 2, NATIONALS 0WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaron Brooks came up with an unexpected pitching gem against the torrid-hitting Nationals, throwing six innings of two-hit ball to help Baltimore end Washington's five-game winning streak.The Nationals were coming off a weekend... [More]

Giants first. Mike Yastrzemski grounds out to second base, Eduardo Escobar to Christian Walker. Brandon Belt singles to left field. Evan Longoria strikes out swinging. Brandon Belt steals second, advances to third. Throwing error by Alex Avila. Alex Dickerson hit by pitch. Stephen Vogt singles to left field. Alex Dickerson to second. Brandon Belt scores. Kevin Pillar pops out to shallow infield to Eduardo Escobar.1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Giants 1, Diamondbacks 0.Diamondbacks fifth. Mike Leake strikes out swinging. Jarrod Dyson lines out to center field to Kevin Pillar. Ketel Marte homers to center field. Eduardo Escobar flies out to deep center field to Kevin Pillar.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 1, Giants 1.Diamondbacks sixth. Christian Walker singles to center field. Jake Lamb singles to left field. Christian Walker to second. Adam Jones singles to center field. Jake Lamb to third. Christian Walker scores. Nick Ahmed strikes out swinging. Alex Avila grounds... [More]

Giants first. Donovan Solano reaches on error to shortstop, advances to 2nd. Throwing error by Nick Ahmed. Austin Slater grounds out to second base, Wilmer Flores to Christian Walker. Donovan Solano to third. Buster Posey grounds out to shortstop, Nick Ahmed to Christian Walker. Donovan Solano scores. Evan Longoria singles to center field. Kevin Pillar pops out to second base to Wilmer Flores.1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Giants 1, Diamondbacks 0.Diamondbacks second. Wilmer Flores singles to right center field. Josh Rojas singles to right center field. Wilmer Flores to third. Nick Ahmed grounds out to third base. Josh Rojas out at second. Wilmer Flores scores. Carson Kelly flies out to center field to Kevin Pillar.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 1, Giants 1.Diamondbacks sixth. Jarrod Dyson grounds out to shortstop, Brandon Crawford to Brandon Belt. Ketel Marte grounds out to shortstop, Brandon Crawford to Brandon Belt. Eduardo Escobar reaches on error. Fielding error... [More]

Diamondbacks first. Ketel Marte singles to third base. Tim Locastro reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Ketel Marte out at second. Eduardo Escobar flies out to deep center field to Lorenzo Cain. Tim Locastro to third. Christian Walker homers to center field. Tim Locastro scores. Jake Lamb flies out to left field to Ryan Braun.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 2, Brewers 0.Diamondbacks fourth. Eduardo Escobar homers to center field. Christian Walker doubles to deep left field. Jake Lamb walks. Josh Rojas reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Jake Lamb out at second. Christian Walker to third. Nick Ahmed reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Josh Rojas to second. Christian Walker scores. Alex Avila strikes out swinging. Robbie Ray flies out to left center field to Lorenzo Cain.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Diamondbacks 4, Brewers 0.Diamondbacks fifth. Ketel Marte doubles to deep left center field. Tim Locastro singles to second base. Ketel Marte... [More]

Brewers fourth. Eric Thames homers to center field. Trent Grisham homers to right field. Cory Spangenberg grounds out to second base, Ketel Marte to Christian Walker. Chase Anderson called out on strikes. Lorenzo Cain walks. Yasmani Grandal singles to right field. Lorenzo Cain to third. Christian Yelich strikes out on a foul tip.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 0.Brewers seventh. Lorenzo Cain walks. Yasmani Grandal flies out to left field to Tim Locastro. Christian Yelich hit by pitch. Lorenzo Cain to second. Mike Moustakas walks. Keston Hiura singles to center field. Mike Moustakas to second. Christian Yelich scores. Lorenzo Cain scores. Eric Thames flies out to center field to Jarrod Dyson. Trent Grisham called out on strikes.2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 0.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam off Hyun-Jin Ryu and added a solo shot to help the Yankees set a club record for homers in a month, and New York routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 Friday night in a matchup of the two teams with the best records in baseball.Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez and Gleyber Torres also homered as the Yankees ended a four-game skid. They have a major league-leading 57 homers in August, their most in any month.Starting on five days' rest, James Paxton (10-6) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings to win his fifth straight start. He struck out 11 and walked none.Ryu (12-4) gave up seven runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings in his shortest outing since June 28.BRAVES 2, METS 1, 14 INNINGSNEW YORK (AP) — Billy Hamilton singled home the go-ahead run in the 14th inning for his first hit with Atlanta, and the Braves earned sixth straight win despite yet another sensational game by Jacob deGrom.The Mets tied a major league record by striking out 26 batters — including... [More]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam off Hyun-Jin Ryu and added a solo shot to help the Yankees set a club record for homers in a month, and New York routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 Friday night in a matchup of the two teams with the best records in baseball.Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez and Gleyber Torres also homered as the Yankees ended a four-game skid. They have a major league-leading 57 homers in August, their most in any month.Starting on five days' rest, James Paxton (10-6) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings to win his fifth straight start. He struck out 11 and walked none.Ryu (12-4) gave up seven runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings in his shortest outing since June 28.BRAVES 2, METS 1, 14 INNINGSNEW YORK (AP) — Billy Hamilton singled home the go-ahead run in the 14th inning for his first hit with Atlanta, and the Braves earned sixth straight win despite yet another sensational game by Jacob deGrom.The Mets tied a major league record by striking out 26 batters — including... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Hamilton singled home the go-ahead run in the 14th inning for his first hit as a Brave, and Atlanta beat the New York Mets 2-1 Friday night for its sixth straight win despite yet another sensational game by Jacob deGrom.The Mets tied a major league record by striking out 26 batters — including 13 by deGrom — but had their five-game winning streak end.At 21, Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. became the second-youngest player with a 30-homer, 30-steal season. Only Mike Trout did it faster than Acuña.Hamilton's grounder off Jeurys Familia (4-2) was just out of reach for diving second baseman Joe Panik, allowing Tyler Flowers to score from third.DeGrom homered and struck out eight straight batters during one dominant stretch, pitching seven innings of one-run ball.Luke Jackson (7-2) pitched two scoreless innings to win. Mark Melancon delivered a 1-2-3 14th to close out the 4 hour, 37-minute game for his fifth save.MARLINS 19, PHILLIES 11MIAMI (AP) — Starlin Castro homered twice... [More]

Brewers first. Lorenzo Cain singles to right field. Yasmani Grandal walks. Lorenzo Cain to second. Christian Yelich reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Yasmani Grandal out at second. Lorenzo Cain to third. Keston Hiura walks. Christian Yelich to second. Mike Moustakas doubles to deep right center field. Keston Hiura to third. Christian Yelich scores. Lorenzo Cain scores. Ryan Braun singles to second base. Mike Moustakas to third. Keston Hiura scores. Eric Thames called out on strikes. Orlando Arcia grounds out to shortstop, Nick Ahmed to Christian Walker.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 0.Brewers third. Mike Moustakas strikes out swinging. Ryan Braun flies out to right field to Jarrod Dyson. Eric Thames homers to center field. Orlando Arcia lines out to right field to Jarrod Dyson.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 0.Brewers fifth. Keston Hiura homers to center field. Mike Moustakas lines out to deep center field to Ketel Marte.... [More]

Rockies first. Raimel Tapia singles to center field. Trevor Story singles to left field. Raimel Tapia to second. Charlie Blackmon singles to center field. Trevor Story to third. Raimel Tapia scores. Ryan McMahon reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Charlie Blackmon out at second. Trevor Story scores. Yonder Alonso grounds out to second base. Ryan McMahon out at second.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Rockies 2, Diamondbacks 0.Rockies fourth. Ryan McMahon grounds out to shallow center field, Ketel Marte to Jake Lamb. Yonder Alonso hit by pitch. Garrett Hampson singles to center field. Yonder Alonso to second. Yonathan Daza singles to left field. Garrett Hampson to second. Yonder Alonso to third. Dom Nunez out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Jarrod Dyson. Yonder Alonso scores. Tim Melville singles to center field. Yonathan Daza to second. Garrett Hampson scores. Raimel Tapia singles to left field. Tim Melville to second. Yonathan Daza scores. Trevor Story flies out to right... [More]

Diamondbacks third. Nick Ahmed homers to center field. Carson Kelly grounds out to second base, Ryan McMahon to Daniel Murphy. Alex Young grounds out to shortstop, Trevor Story to Daniel Murphy. Ketel Marte strikes out on a foul tip.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 1, Rockies 0.Rockies fourth. Trevor Story singles to left field. Nolan Arenado homers to left field. Trevor Story scores. Daniel Murphy lines out to first base to Christian Walker. Ian Desmond grounds out to shortstop, Nick Ahmed to Christian Walker. Ryan McMahon grounds out to shallow right field, Wilmer Flores to Alex Young.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Rockies 2, Diamondbacks 1.Diamondbacks fourth. David Peralta doubles. Eduardo Escobar reaches on error. Fielding error by Ryan McMahon. Christian Walker singles to center field. Eduardo Escobar to second. David Peralta to third. Wilmer Flores lines out to shortstop to Trevor Story. Adam Jones singles to center field. Christian Walker to second. Eduardo... [More]

Rockies fourth. Trevor Story called out on strikes. Nolan Arenado strikes out swinging. Daniel Murphy walks. Raimel Tapia singles to left field. Daniel Murphy to second. Ryan McMahon walks. Raimel Tapia to second. Daniel Murphy to third. Tony Wolters walks. Ryan McMahon to second. Raimel Tapia to third. Daniel Murphy scores. Garrett Hampson strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on. Rockies 1, Diamondbacks 0.Diamondbacks sixth. Carson Kelly singles to center field. Josh Rojas pinch-hitting for Zac Gallen. Josh Rojas flies out to left field to Raimel Tapia. Jarrod Dyson strikes out swinging. Ketel Marte homers to center field. Carson Kelly scores. Eduardo Escobar lines out to right field to Charlie Blackmon.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 2, Rockies 1.Rockies eighth. Daniel Murphy singles to right field. Raimel Tapia strikes out swinging. Ryan McMahon singles to left center field. Daniel Murphy to third. Tony Wolters singles to right field. Ryan McMahon to... [More]

Diamondbacks first. Ketel Marte homers to right field. David Peralta singles to left field. Eduardo Escobar flies out to deep left center field to Kevin Pillar. Christian Walker singles to center field. David Peralta to second. Jake Lamb reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Christian Walker out at second. David Peralta to third. Josh Rojas pops out to shallow center field to Brandon Crawford.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Diamondbacks 1, Giants 0.Giants third. Brandon Belt homers to center field. Brandon Crawford pops out to shallow right field to Eduardo Escobar. Jeff Samardzija grounds out to shallow infield, Mike Leake to Christian Walker. Mike Yastrzemski homers to right field. Buster Posey singles to right field. Alex Dickerson flies out to David Peralta.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 2, Diamondbacks 1.Giants fourth. Evan Longoria flies out to deep center field to Ketel Marte. Scooter Gennett singles to left center field. Kevin Pillar homers to left field.... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber became the first pitcher this season to throw three complete games, leading the Cleveland Indians over the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 Sunday for a three-game sweep.Bieber (11-4) allowed five hits, struck out eight and walked none. Bieber, the All-Star Game MVP, is 9-2 in his last 15 starts.Cleveland is 37-15 since June 4, the best record in the major leagues in that span. After trailing by as many as 11½ games in early June, the Indians started Sunday three games back of AL Central-leading Minnesota.Jason Kipnis, Francisco Lindor and rookie Oscar Mercado homered off Jaime Barria (4-5), who gave up three runs in 3 2/3 innings. Barria is 2-4 with a 10.13 ERA on the road.Kole Calhoun homered and Albert Pujols had an RBI single for Los Angeles, which lost its fourth straight.YANKEES 7, RED SOX 4NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge homered early and a makeshift New York Yankees lineup pounded David Price in a victory that sent the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber became the first pitcher this season to throw three complete games, leading the Cleveland Indians over the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 Sunday for a three-game sweep.Bieber (11-4) allowed five hits, struck out eight and walked none. Bieber, the All-Star Game MVP, is 9-2 in his last 15 starts.Cleveland is 37-15 since June 4, the best record in the major leagues in that span. After trailing by as many as 11½ games in early June, the Indians started Sunday three games back of AL Central-leading Minnesota.Jason Kipnis, Francisco Lindor and rookie Oscar Mercado homered off Jaime Barria (4-5), who gave up three runs in 3 2/3 innings. Barria is 2-4 with a 10.13 ERA on the road.Kole Calhoun homered and Albert Pujols had an RBI single for Los Angeles, which lost its fourth straight.ASTROS 3, MARINERS 1HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander struck out 10 in another dominant Houston pitching performance, and the Astros completed a three-game sweep.A day after Astros newcomer Aaron... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber became the first pitcher this season to throw three complete games, leading the Cleveland Indians over the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 Sunday for a three-game sweep.Bieber (11-4) allowed five hits, struck out eight and walked none. Bieber, the All-Star Game MVP, is 9-2 in his last 15 starts.Cleveland is 37-15 since June 4, the best record in the major leagues in that span. After trailing by as many as 11½ games in early June, the Indians started Sunday three games back of AL Central-leading Minnesota.Jason Kipnis, Francisco Lindor and rookie Oscar Mercado homered off Jaime Barria (4-5), who gave up three runs in 3 2/3 innings. Barria is 2-4 with a 10.13 ERA on the road.Kole Calhoun homered and Albert Pujols had an RBI single for Los Angeles, which lost its fourth straight.ASTROS 3, MARINERS 1HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander struck out 10 in another dominant Houston pitching performance, and the Astros completed a three-game sweep.A day after Astros newcomer Aaron... [More]

SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Leake of the Seattle Mariners lost his bid to pitch a perfect game on a leadoff single in the ninth inning by rookie Luis Rengifo, then finished off the Los Angeles Angels for a 10-0 win Friday night.A week after the worst start of his career, Leake almost achieved baseball immortality.The Angels hadn't come close to a hit and Leake hadn't gone to a three-ball count before Rengifo grounded a clean hit to right field on Leake's 79th pitch.The fans gave Leake a standing ovation and he quickly waved to acknowledge their cheers.After a walk, Leake (8-8) retired the next three batters for a one-hitter, striking out Mike Trout on a full-count pitch to end it. Leake fanned six overall and walked one.Leake's second career shutout came exactly a week after he was tagged by the Angels in his previous start, giving up seven runs on eight hits and a walk while getting just two outs. The Angels pitched a combined no-hitter that night in Anaheim while the entire club wore jerseys... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The only errors on the scoreboard at the All-Star Game were by the scoreboard.At least one player noticed — and wasn't too pleased.The giant board at Progressive Field was filled with mistakes Tuesday night, including a couple of misspelled names, a wrong picture and a pair of incorrect team logos."They had what, two weeks to get ready for this? That can't happen," New York Mets sparkplug Jeff McNeil said.McNeil is leading the majors with a .349 batting average, an impressive feat seeing how he made his major league debut less than a year ago.A late sub, he came up for the National League in the eighth inning and noticed the headshot on the scoreboard wasn't of him. Instead, it was of Mets teammate Jacob deGrom."That was tough, to see deGrom's picture up there," McNeil said. "I didn't really like that.""I wanted to see my picture up there. I know my family did, too. What are you going to do? I guess, but I don't think that should happen," he said.David Dahl didn't fare... [More]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The only errors on the scoreboard at the All-Star Game were by the scoreboard.At least one player noticed — and wasn't too pleased.The giant board at Progressive Field was filled with mistakes Tuesday night, including a couple of misspelled names, a wrong picture and a pair of incorrect team logos."They had what, two weeks to get ready for this? That can't happen," New York Mets sparkplug Jeff McNeil said.McNeil is leading the majors with a .349 batting average, an impressive feat seeing how he made his major league debut less than a year ago.A late sub, he came up for the National League in the eighth inning and noticed the headshot on the scoreboard wasn't of him. Instead, it was of Mets teammate Jacob deGrom."That was tough, to see deGrom's picture up there," McNeil said. "I didn't really like that.""I wanted to see my picture up there. I know my family did, too. What are you going to do, I guess, but I don't think that should happen," he said.David Dahl didn't fare... [More]