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Houston has won six of its last seven and handed Seattle its third straight loss. The Astros pulled ahead in the eighth without an extra-base hit. Kyle Tucker and Yuli Gurriel had back-to-back singles against Rafael Montero (2-1) with one out. An error by first baseman Evan White allowed Tucker to score on a fielder’s choice, and Aledmys Diaz singled to score Gurriel. “We trust each other in the clubhouse,” Diaz said. “Nobody tries to be a hero. We just try to hit the strike...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rookie Chris Rodriguez pitched 3 1/3 shutout innings for the win, and Anthony Rendon and Jose Iglesias hit two-run singles in the first to lead the Los Angeles Angels over the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday night. Rodriguez (2-0) entered to begin the third inning after Alex Cobb allowed three runs and six hits, including two-out RBI singles by Nate Lowe and Willie Calhoun. The 22-year-old right-hander walked none and allowed only a one-out single to Adolis García...

"With cutter, sinker, the combination is really good because he works both sides of the plate," Washington manager Dave Martinez said. "Today he threw a lot of curveballs, and it was effective for him as well. When you get can all those pitches in the strike zone as you can see hes real tough to hit." Harrison got his third homer in 16 at-bats against Steven Matz (4-1), a three-run shot in the fourth that made it 6-0. Springer, who signed a team-record $150 million, six-year deal this off-seaso...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joey Gallo circled the bases after the hardest hit of the season for the Texas slugger ended the longest home run drought of his career at 20 games. “I forgot what to do, honestly,” Gallo said. “I was running around the bases, I dont even know. Do I high-five people? I forgot all my signature moves.” Maybe he should teach a few to Nick Solak, who went deep twice to join a logjam for the AL lead in homers at seven. Gallos two-run shot was the earl...

"I’m feeling very blessed right now," Guerrero said. "Hitting two homers against a legend like that, it’s unbelievable what I’m feeling right now." Scherzer (1-2) joined Ivan Nova as the only pitchers to have allowed a homer to both Guerrero Jr. and his slugging father. "What a day for my boy," the senior Guerrero said on his Twitter account. "All the hard work is paying off." The senior Guerrero also went deep twice against Scherzer, in 2010 with Texas and 2011 with Baltimore in his fina...

HOUSTON (AP) — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani highlighted his versatility for the Los Angeles Angels this weekend in a series against the Houston Astros where he didnt even pitch. Ohtanis tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning helped the Angels to a 4-2 win on Sunday to snap a four-game skid. It was the second consecutive game with a homer for Ohtani, who is tied for the MLB lead with seven home runs and who is scheduled to pitch on Monday. Yuli Gurriels two-run homer tied it in the se...

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Kopech struck out a career-high 10 in just five innings, José Abreu homered and drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 Sunday for their season-high fourth straight win. Kopech (2-0), making his second spot start in a week while pitching out of the bullpen, continued to impress after missing the 2019 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery and the 2020 season for personal reasons. Kopech, who resides about 100 miles from Da...

Margot said the bunt sign was on for the first pitch but then was taken off. "After that, my mentality changed and I just wanted to make hard contact," Margot said through a translator. Rays manager Kevin Cash said he was "glad we didnt" bunt. "They had the infield kind of pinched in maybe to try and cover for the bunt," Cash said. "Manny smoked it. I dont know if he was all the way back he makes that play." Brosseau was thrown out at the plate on shortstop Bo Bichette’s relay from left field...

HOUSTON (AP) — Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout was scratched from the lineup on Friday night after being hit by a pitch on the left elbow a night before.

Matz had given up three earned runs over 18 1/3 innings in his previous three starts. Randal Grichuk also homered for Toronto. Rafael Dolis, the fourth reliever, worked the ninth for his first save. Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer for the Rays. Tyler Glasnow (2-1), who entered with an ERA of 0.73, allowed five runs, five hits and struck out 10 in six innings. The Blue Jays started what manager Charlie Montoyo called a "kind of weird" three-game series at Tampa Bay, which is a short distan...