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The Marlins needed — and received — contributions up and down the roster in order to win all three games against the Braves.

Prior to the sweep this weekend, the Marlins won just one of 10 games against Atlanta this season.

Royce Lewis made a promotional appearance for the Minnesota Twins at the state fair in the afternoon, trying his hand at shearing a cow, chatting with starstruck fans, and chowing down on chocolate cookies, mini-donuts and corn on the cob. The next stop on his moveable feast came Monday night at Target Field, a fat curveball from Cleveland pitcher Xzavion Curry that Lewis smacked into the bullpen, naturally, with the bases loaded. Becoming the first Twins player to hit a grand slam in consecut...

Until a couple of days ago, Luis Urias of the Boston Red Sox had never hit a grand slam in the Major Leagues. Now the light-hitting infielder is in a category with Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx. Urias become the first Red Sox player to hit grand slams on consecutive pitches and the first in 80 years to hit slams in consecutive games in leading Boston to an 8-1 victory over the fading Yankees Saturday, sending New York to its seventh straight loss.

Luis Urias became the first Red Sox player to hit grand slams on consecutive pitches and the first in 80 years to hit slams in consecutive games in leading Boston to an 8-1 victory Saturday, sending the fading New York Yankees to their seventh straight loss.

The win snaps a five-game losing streak.

‘We were winning games [in the first half] that we’re losing now,’ Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. ‘It’s part of the season. You have winning streaks. You have losing streaks. It’s just how you bounce back and how you get out of these things.’

Jesus Luzardo failed to get an out in the fifth inning and the offense missed some key scoring chances en route to a fourth consecutive loss.

The Golden Knights certainly know how to rally when they have fallen behind in these NHL playoffs because it has happened so much. “We've got a thick skin,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. The Stars, who scored first in both of those road games before losing in overtime, host Game 3 on Tuesday night.

It has been one major test after another for the Carolina Hurricanes, who are hardly easing toward the playoffs as they try to hold onto first place in the Metr