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White Sox P Jonathan Cannon scratched prior to start vs. Rangers

White Sox P Jonathan Cannon scratched prior to start vs. Rangers

Chicago White Sox right-hander Jonathan Cannon has been scratched from Saturday's start against the visiting Texas Rangers due to lower back tightness.

Right-hander Bryse Wilson (0-2, 6.00 ERA) will get the nod in favor of Cannon (2-5, 3.76), who is listed as day-to-day by the team.

Wilson, 27, has made 14 appearances (four starts) this season. He allowed seven runs on 10 hits -- including three homers -- in 5 1/3 innings in a 7-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in his most recent outing on May 15.

Wilson is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two career relief appearances (6 2/3 innings) versus the Rangers.

Cannon, 24, has dropped two of his past three games and took a 6-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. He gave up four runs (three earned) in five innings. The stint snapped a four-game streak of quality starts for Cannon.

Shohei Ohtani to face live batters for first time since '23

Shohei Ohtani to face live batters for first time since '23

Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to face live hitters for the first time since 2023 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the New York Mets on Sunday.

It is the next step in Ohtani's recovery from the right ulnar collateral ligament surgery he underwent in the fall of 2023. He has yet to pitch for the Dodgers since signing a 10-year, $700 million free agent deal ahead of the 2024 season.

Ohtani recently added sliders and curveballs into his bullpen sessions to go along with his fastball. Manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani is reaching 95 mph with his fastball and his "stuff looks good."

Ohtani will throw to teammates at Citi Field Sunday morning, and Roberts said the team is taking things a step at a time and at Ohtani's pace.

He will not return to the mound before the All-Star break.

"I think we're all anxious to see how it looks to hitters. But when he decides to ramp it up, I'm very anxious [to see] that, too," Roberts said. "But it's all on his schedule. It really is. When he's going to introduce the slider to hitters, when he wants to really ramp up the velocity, it's all between him and the doctors."

Unlike other pitchers getting closer to a return to the mound, the Dodgers don't have the luxury of sending their leadoff hitter and reigning National League Most Valuable Player to the minors for a rehab assignment. Instead, he will throw in simulated games.

Ohtani, 30, is tied for the lead in the majors with 17 home runs and is hitting .302 with 31 RBIs from the designated hitter spot. Last season, he led the National League in home runs (54) and RBIs (130) and became the first player to steal 50 bases and homer 50 times.

As a pitcher over five seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, he was 38-10 with a 3.01 ERA in 86 starts. Over 481 2/3 innings, he struck out 608 batters.

He finished fourth in the American League Cy Young Award voting in 2022, sandwiched between two AL MVP wins.

MLB roundup: Rafael Devers (8 RBIs), Red Sox pound Orioles 19-5

MLB roundup: Rafael Devers (8 RBIs), Red Sox pound Orioles 19-5

Rafael Devers had a career-high eight RBIs between the sixth and eighth innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 19-5 win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles in what was scheduled to be the first game of a Friday day-night doubleheader.

Instead, the night game was postponed, and the teams will play a doubleheader Saturday.

The Red Sox untied a 2-2 game in the midst of a five-run sixth inning, which Devers (4-for-6) punctuated with a three-run home run. The doors were not blown off, though, until all nine Boston batters came to the plate twice in a 13-run eighth.

The second turn through the lineup in the eighth included Devers hitting a grand slam off Orioles' position player Emmanuel Rivera, who allowed eight runs and eight hits in 13 batters faced. Twelve of Boston's 20 total hits came in the big inning, which saw six players reach base twice.

Five Orioles had multiple hits, with four of their 14 coming after the Red Sox trotted out their own position player on the mound in Abraham Toro in the ninth. Jackson Holliday went 2-for-5 with two RBI from the leadoff spot.

Dodgers 7, Mets 5 (13 innings)

Teoscar Hernandez led off the 13th inning with an RBI double for visiting Los Angeles, which outlasted New York in the opener of a three-game series.

The Dodgers, who relinquished a three-run lead in the ninth inning of the rematch of last year's National League Championship Series, have won three straight. The Mets have lost six of eight. The teams squandered numerous chances in extras before Hernandez greeted Huascar Brazoban (3-1) -- the Mets' ninth pitcher -- by doubling down the third base line to score automatic runner Will Smith. Luis Garcia (2-0), the Dodgers' eighth pitcher, tossed 2 1/3 hitless innings.

Brett Baty hit a solo shot in the third for the Mets and Pete Alonso lofted a sacrifice fly in the fourth before New York rallied against Tanner Scott in the ninth, when Jeff McNeil laced a two-run triple and scored on Tyrone Taylor's single.

Cubs 13, Reds 6

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two home runs, including a grand slam to highlight a six-run seventh inning, and Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-5 with a home run, double and three RBIs as visiting Chicago rallied from a 4-0 deficit to defeat Cincinnati in the opener of a three-game series.

It was the third multi-homer game of the season for Crow-Armstrong, who also doubled and finished with six RBIs. Dansby Swanson also hit a two-run homer, Nico Hoerner went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored and Kyle Tucker added a two-run single for Chicago.

Spencer Steer went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI, Austin Hays tripled and had two hits and TJ Friedl also doubled and added two hits for Cincinnati.

Rays 3, Blue Jays 1

Brandon Lowe and Curtis Mead homered for the second straight game and Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings, lifting host Tampa Bay to a series-opening victory over Toronto.

Lowe, who belted a two-run shot in the third inning, is 8-for-17 with three homers and eight RBIs in four games against the Blue Jays this season. Mead added a solo shot in the fourth inning and Junior Caminero had two hits and scored a run for the Rays, who have won three in a row overall.

Alejandro Kirk had one of Toronto's four hits and scored a run. The Blue Jays, however, saw their three-game winning streak and run of four straight road victories come to a halt.

Padres 2, Braves 1

Manny Machado hit a solo homer in the ninth inning to help visiting San Diego end its six-game losing streak with a win over Atlanta in the opener of their three-game series.

Machado blasted a slider from Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias (3-4) into the left field seats for his fourth home run.

The loss ruined the return of Atlanta right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr., who was playing his first game since tearing his left ACL a year ago. Acuna hit the first pitch he saw for a home run. The homer traveled 467 feet -- the longest by a Braves player this season.

Twins 3, Royals 1

Ty France ripped a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift Minnesota to a win over Kansas City in Minneapolis.

France clenched his fist after the long ball, which marked his fourth home run of the season. Carlos Correa added a solo homer for Minnesota, which won for the 15th time in 17 games. Cole Sands (3-1) earned the victory with one scoreless inning of relief.

Cavan Biggio doubled and drove in the lone run for Kansas City. Freddy Fermin also doubled for the Royals. Lucas Erceg (1-1) took the loss after retiring only one of three batters faced in the ninth inning.

Guardians 3, Tigers 1

Slade Cecconi pitched six strong innings as Cleveland topped host Detroit.

Cecconi (1-1) allowed one run and five hits during his second start of the season. Steven Kwan recorded three hits, a run scored and an RBI for the Guardians, while Jose Ramirez stretched his hitting streak to 16 games with an RBI triple.

Spencer Torkelson's sixth-inning home run accounted for the Tigers' lone run. Jackson Jobe (4-1) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings.

Angels 7, Marlins 4

Yusei Kikuchi pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Taylor Ward and Jorge Soler each homered and Los Angeles beat Miami in Anaheim, Calif., for its eighth victory in a row.

It is the Angels' longest winning streak since a 10-game stretch from Sept. 4-13, 2014. Kikuchi (1-4) was winless in his first 10 starts before getting his first victory in the opener of a three-game set. He gave up seven hits on a season-high 110 pitches, and got help from the offense and just enough from the bullpen.

Eric Wagaman led the Marlins offensively with three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs. Kyle Stowers added three hits and an RBI.

White Sox 4, Rangers 1

Luis Robert Jr. drove in a run and scored another and Sean Burke allowed just one run in six innings as Chicago defeated slumping Texas in the opener of a three-game set.

Burke (3-5) scattered three hits, walked three and struck out six as the White Sox won for only the second time in their past eight games. The White Sox outhit Texas 8-3, with Chase Meidroth and Lenyn Sosa collecting two hits each.

The Rangers' Tyler Mahle (5-2) allowed three runs over five innings and had his team-record streak of starts allowing two runs or less to begin a season snapped at 10 games.

Giants 4, Nationals 0

Landen Roupp pitched six-plus innings and visiting San Francisco ended Washington's five-game winning streak.

Roupp (3-3) allowed five hits and left after the first two Nationals reached in the seventh. Jung Hoo Lee reached base three times on two hits and a walk and scored twice for the Giants.

Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore left with no outs and a runner on first in the seventh inning. He grimaced after throwing a pitch to Matt Chapman. Manager Dave Martinez and the trainer came out, and after a brief discussion, Gore left the game. Gore (2-5) was charged with a run on two hits.

Pirates 6, Brewers 5 (10 innings)

Oneil Cruz hit two home runs and Adam Frazier scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting host Pittsburgh to a comeback win over Milwaukee. Cruz's ninth home run in the third opened the game's scoring and his 10th home run in the ninth off Abner Uribe (2-1) tied the game at 4-4. After trailing 3-2, the Pirates tied the game three times from the seventh inning on and won for the third time in their past four games.

Isaac Collins' RBI single in the top of the 10th off Ryan Borucki (1-1) gave the Brewers a 5-4 lead. Alexander Canario set up the Pirates' decisive comeback with an RBI double to lead off the bottom of the inning, which scored automatic runner Spencer Horwitz to make it 5-5.

Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 3

Nolan Arenado hit a three-run triple as St. Louis edged visiting Arizona.

Starter Miles Mikolas (4-2) allowed one run on four hits in six innings. JoJo Romero and Kyle Leahy pitched scoreless innings, then Ryan Helsley survived a late Arizona rally for his 10th save.

Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and Ketel Marte hit a solo shot for the Diamondbacks, who lost for the fourth time in six games. Starter Zac Gallen (3-6) allowed four runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Rockies 3, Yankees 2

Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the fifth inning to back six strong innings from Tanner Gordon, and Colorado beat New York in Denver.

Ezequiel Tovar, Jordan Beck and Kyle Farmer had two hits apiece and Zach Agnos picked up his third save for Colorado, which snapped a five-game skid. Aaron Judge homered among his two hits for New York, which had won four straight.

Gordon (1-1) allowed just two runs on five hits in his six innings. Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt (1-2) allowed three runs on six hits and struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings.

Phillies 4, Athletics 3

Trea Turner homered among three hits and Zack Wheeler pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings to help streaking Philadelphia post a victory over the struggling Athletics at West Sacramento, Calif.

Johan Rojas made a run-saving catch in the eighth to preserve a 1-0 lead and added a run-scoring single in the ninth as the Phillies extended their season-best winning streak to eight. Wheeler (6-1) excelled by allowing just three hits and didn't allow a run for the third straight start while winning his fourth consecutive outing.

Nick Kurtz hit a three-run homer and Lawrence Butler had two hits for the Athletics, who saw their season-worst losing streak reach 10. Jacob Lopez (0-2) struck out a career-best eight in seven innings for the Athletics and gave up one run and three hits.

Mariners 5, Astros 3

Cal Raleigh slugged a tiebreaking two-run home run in the seventh inning to lift visiting Seattle to a comeback victory over Houston.

Raleigh became the third Mariners hitter to homer on the first pitch of an at-bat when he drilled a slider from Astros reliever Bryan Abreu (1-2) off the right field foul pole with Julio Rodriguez on second base. Mariners right-hander Emerson Hancock (2-2) benefited from the comeback. He scattered nine hits over six innings and allowed three runs.

The Astros stranded 10 baserunners and finished 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.

Phillies edge Athletics to run win streak to eight

Phillies edge Athletics to run win streak to eight

Trea Turner homered among three hits and Zach Wheeler pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings to help the streaking Philadelphia Phillies post a 4-3 victory over the struggling Athletics on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif.

Johan Rojas made a run-saving catch in the eighth inning to preserve a 1-0 lead and added a run-scoring single in the ninth as the Phillies extended their season-best winning streak to eight games.

Turner led off the game with a homer and also contributed a run-scoring single in the ninth. Alec Bohm had an RBI double in the ninth and Tanner Banks recorded the final out for his first save of the season for Philadelphia.

Wheeler (6-1) excelled by allowing just three hits and two walks. He struck out eight and didn't allow a run for the third straight start while winning his fourth consecutive outing.

Nick Kurtz hit a three-run homer and Lawrence Butler had two hits for the Athletics, who saw their season-worst losing streak reach 10.

Jacob Lopez (0-2) struck out a career-best eight in seven innings for the Athletics and gave up one run and three hits. It was his first major league appearance since April 29.

Turner clobbered the fourth pitch of the game over the fence in center. He jumped on a 2-1 fastball from Lopez.

In the eighth, Butler stroked a one-out double off Matt Strahm and moved to third on a groundout by Jacob Wilson.

Tyler Soderstrom then ripped the next pitch to deep center and Rojas gave chase and made a sprawling catch on the warning track to end the inning.

The Phillies tacked on three insurance runs in the ninth off Mason Miller.

J.T. Realmuto reached on an infield single to shortstop and kept going all the way to third due to a throwing error by Wilson. Bohm followed with a double to right center to make it 2-0.

Two outs later, Rojas dropped a single into shallow right to drive in Bohm. Rojas stole second and scored on Turner's single to center to make it a four-run margin.

The extra runs came in handy when Jordan Romano struggled in a no-save situation. Brent Rooker singled and Shea Langeliers walked to start the inning. One out later, Kurtz ripped a 425-foot, three-run blast to center to bring the Athletics within one.

CJ Alexander stroked a two-out single before Banks struck out Butler to end it.

Wheeler retired the first two batters of the seventh inning before tiring, issuing his only walks of the game to Miguel Andujar and Kurtz.

Orion Kerkering entered and struck out Luis Urias to end the inning.

Yusei Kikuchi handles Marlins as Angels win 8th straight

Yusei Kikuchi handles Marlins as Angels win 8th straight

Yusei Kikuchi pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Taylor Ward and Jorge Soler each homered and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., for their eighth victory in a row.

It is the Angels' longest winning streak since a 10-game stretch from Sept. 4-13, 2014.

Kikuch (1-4), who signed a three-year, $63 million contract in the offseason, was winless in his first 10 starts before getting his first victory in the opener of a three-game set. He gave up seven hits, walked four and struck out four on a season-high 110 pitches, and got help from the offense and just enough from the bullpen.

Kenley Jansen, the last of four Los Angeles relievers, pitched a scoreless ninth for his 11th save.

The Angels took a 1-0 lead against Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara (2-7) as Ward led off the second inning with a home run, picking up where he left off on the road trip.

During the 10-game trip against the Padres, Dodgers and Athletics, Ward hit .372 with six homers and 17 RBIs. His 15 home runs lead the club.

Ward also drove in the Angels' second run, a sacrifice fly in the fourth that scored Nolan Schanuel, who had singled and went to third on a single by Yoan Moncada.

Logan O'Hoppe's double later in the inning scored Moncada to increase the lead to 3-0.

Kikuchi held the Marlins scoreless on five hits through five innings before finding trouble in the sixth. The Marlins put runners on first and second with no outs, but Kikuchi got Nick Fortes to hit into a double play.

Kikuchi walked the next two hitters to load the bases and was done for the night. Hunter Strickland entered and got Liam Hicks to ground out and end the threat.

The Angels padded their lead in the bottom of the sixth with three runs, despite getting just one hit in the inning, to go up 6-0. The first run scored with Soler at the plate and the bases loaded when Nick Fortes was called for catcher's interference. Travis d'Arnaud drove in a run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded before Luis Rengifo hit a sacrifice fly.

Alcantara yielded six runs (five earned) on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked two.

Eric Wagaman led the Marlins offensively with three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs. Kyle Stowers added three hits and an RBI.

Mets rally to force extras, but Dodgers prevail in 13

Mets rally to force extras, but Dodgers prevail in 13

Teoscar Hernandez led off the 13th inning with an RBI double for the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, who outlasted the New York Mets 7-5 in the opener of a three-game series.

The Dodgers, who relinquished a three-run lead in the ninth inning of the rematch of last year's National League Championship Series, have won three straight. The Mets have lost six of eight.

The teams squandered numerous chances in extras before Hernandez greeted Huascar Brazoban (3-1) - the Mets' ninth pitcher - by doubling down the third base line to score automatic runner Will Smith. Hernandez went to third on a single by Hyeseong Kim and scored on a sacrifice fly by Andy Pages.

Luis Garcia (2-0), the Dodgers' eighth pitcher, tossed 2 1/3 hitless innings. He wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the 12th.

The game ended at 12:56 a.m. local time and lasted four hours and eight minutes - not counting a 98-minute rain delay in the third. The teams combined to use 40 players and stranded 24 runners, 12 apiece.

It was the longest game for the Mets since the automatic runner rule was instituted in 2020 and the longest for the Dodgers since Aug. 25, 2021, when they beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 in 16 innings.

Smith and Hernandez had consecutive RBI singles during the rain-delayed third, with Hernandez's hit driving in a pair. Muncy and Pages had back-to-back run-scoring singles in the fifth.

Brett Baty hit a solo shot in the third for the Mets and Pete Alonso lofted a sacrifice fly in the fourth before New York rallied against Tanner Scott in the ninth, when Jeff McNeil laced a two-run triple and scored on Tyrone Taylor's single.

Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw walked one and struck out one in two hitless innings in his second start of the season following offseason surgeries on his left toe and left foot.

Mets starter Griffin Canning, who exited with a 3-1 count on Freddie Freeman when the rain delay began, allowed three runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one in 2 2/3 innings.

Ryan McMahon's 2-run double pushes Rockies past Yankees

Ryan McMahon's 2-run double pushes Rockies past Yankees

Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the fifth inning to back six strong innings from Tanner Gordon, and the Colorado Rockies beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in Denver on Friday night.

Ezequiel Tovar, Jordan Beck and Kyle Farmer had two hits apiece and Zach Agnos picked up his third save for Colorado, which snapped a five-game skid.

Aaron Judged homered among his two hits for New York, which had won four straight.

Chase Dollander was originally slated to pitch for the Rockies on Friday night but was placed on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Gordon was recalled from Triple-A to make his second start of the season.

Gordon (1-1) allowed just two runs on five hits and struck out five in his six innings.

The Yankees took the lead in the first inning when Judge singled and scored on Paul Goldschmidt's two-out triple to right. It stayed that way until the fourth inning.

McMahon led off with a walk, went to second on a wild pitch by starter Clarke Schmidt and scored on Farmer's single to left field. Judge put New York back in front in the fifth with his 17th home run of the season, but the Rockies answered with a two-out rally in the bottom of the inning.

Tovar started it with a single to right, Hunter Goodman followed with another single and Tim Hill relieved Schmidt. McMahon hit a double off the top of the wall in center field to bring home both runners and give Colorado a 3-2 lead.

Schmidt (1-2) allowed three runs on six hits and struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings.

The Yankees had chances to score more runs but were stymied by the Rockies' defense. They had first and second with no outs in the fourth but Gordon got Austin Wells to hit into a double play, and Judge hit into another double play in the eighth after Trent Grisham led off with a walk.

Nolan Arenado's 3-run triple propels Cardinals past D-backs

Nolan Arenado's 3-run triple propels Cardinals past D-backs

Nolan Arenado hit a three-run triple as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 Friday night.

Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (4-2) allowed one run on four hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one as the Cardinals snapped a two-game losing streak.

JoJo Romero and Kyle Leahy pitched scoreless innings for the Cardinals, then Ryan Helsley survived a late Arizona rally for his 10th save.

Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and Ketel Marte hit a solo shot for the Diamondbacks, who lost for the fourth time in six games.

Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen (3-6) allowed four runs on three hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four.

Home plate umpire Ron Kulpa ejected Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol in the bottom of the fourth inning for disputing ball-and-strike calls.

Marte put the Diamondbacks up 1-0 with his leadoff homer in the fourth inning.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Josh Naylor hit two-out singles in the sixth inning, but Mikolas got Suarez to line out to end the threat.

The Cardinals surged ahead 4-1 in the bottom of the inning. Victor Scott II hit a single and Lars Nootbaar walked to set the table. After Masyn Winn bunted the runners over, Brendan Donovan drew an intentional walk.

Ivan Herrera walked to force in a run. After Alec Burleson struck out on a 3-2 pitch, Arenado hit his three-run triple off the glove of streaking center fielder Alek Thomas.

That knocked Gallen out of the game. Juan Morillo stepped in to strike out Nolan Gorman and end the rally.

Romero escaped trouble in the seventh inning. Tim Tawa hit a two-out double and Jose Herrera walked, but Corbin Carroll flied out to strand them.

Moreno came off the bench to hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning to pull the Diamondbacks within a run. But Carroll popped out to end the game.

Ty France's ninth-inning homer boosts Twins over Royals

Ty France's ninth-inning homer boosts Twins over Royals

Ty France ripped a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night in Minneapolis.

France clenched his fist after the long ball, which marked his fourth home run of the season. Carlos Correa added a solo homer for Minnesota, which won for the 15th time in 17 games.

Cavan Biggio doubled and drove in the lone run for Kansas City. Freddy Fermin also doubled for the Royals, who dropped to 2-2 with two games to go on a six-game road trip.

Twins right-hander Cole Sands (3-1) earned the victory with one scoreless inning of relief. He was one of four bullpen arms to follow starter Pablo Lopez, who allowed one run on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Royals right-hander Lucas Erceg (1-1) took the loss after retiring only one of three batters faced in the ninth inning.

The Royals jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Jonathan India was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a single by Vinnie Pasquantino and scored on Biggio's double to center.

The play marked the fourth RBI in 36 games for Biggio, who hopes to find a spark at the plate after spending the previous six seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves. In addition to serving as designated hitter, Biggio already has played first, second and third base along with left and right field for the Royals this season.

The Twins evened the score at 1-all in the second. Correa led off the inning by turning on a fastball for a 429-foot home run to center field.

The blast marked Correa's third home run of the season and No. 190 of his career. He homered in his return from the injured list after missing the last five games because of concussion-like symptoms.

After Erceg fanned Trevor Larnach to open the bottom of the ninth, Correa reached on an infield single. France swung at Erceg's first delivery and blasted the walk-off homer out to left-center field.

Mariners upend Astros on Cal Raleigh's tiebreaking HR

Mariners upend Astros on Cal Raleigh's tiebreaking HR

Cal Raleigh slugged a tiebreaking two-run home run in the seventh inning to lift the visiting Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 comeback victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.

Raleigh became the third Mariners hitter to homer on the first pitch of an at-bat when he drilled a slider from Astros reliever Bryan Abreu (1-2) off the right field foul pole with Julio Rodriguez on second base.

Rodriguez greeted Abreu with an RBI double to right field that scored J.P. Crawford from first and erased a 3-2 deficit before Raleigh belted his 17th homer this season.

Rodriguez was scratched from the opener of the four-game set Thursday with back tightness.

Mariners right-hander Emerson Hancock (2-2) benefited from the comeback. He scattered nine hits over six innings and allowed three runs while recording three strikeouts. He retired the Astros in order only once, in the second inning, but stranded three runners across the fourth and fifth.

The Astros stranded 10 baserunners and finished 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.

Houston erased a 1-0 deficit in the third when Isaac Paredes smacked his 11th home run out to left with two outs, driving in Jeremy Pena, who reached via a hit by pitch. Two innings later, after the Mariners knotted the score at 2-2, the Astros reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the frame when Christian Walker hit a sacrifice fly to left that scored Paredes.

Hancock surrendering only one run in the fifth after loading the bases with one out proved crucial. He allowed singles to Jake Meyers and Cam Smith in the sixth, but Raleigh erased Meyers as he tried to swipe second base before Smith stroked the second of his three hits.

The Mariners grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third when Leody Taveras smoked a first-pitch fastball from Astros starter Ryan Gusto to right, his third home run covering 398 feet. Miles Mastrobuoni added a first-pitch leadoff homer in the fifth, lofting his first homer 345 feet to left.

Seattle closer Andres Munoz retired the side in order in the ninth for his 17th save.

White Sox solve Tyler Mahle, beat slumping Rangers

White Sox solve Tyler Mahle, beat slumping Rangers

Luis Robert Jr. drove in a run and scored another and Sean Burke allowed just one run in six innings as the Chicago White Sox defeated the slumping Texas Rangers 4-1 on Friday in the opener of a three-game set.

Burke (3-5) scattered three hits, walked three and struck out six as the White Sox won for only the second time in their past eight games. Cam Booser and Jordan Leasure each retired the side in order in the seventh and eighth innings, respectively, before Steven Wilson pitched the ninth to earn his first save of the season.

The White Sox outhit Texas 8-3, with Chase Meidroth and Lenyn Sosa collecting two hits each for Chicago.

The Rangers' Tyler Mahle (5-2) allowed three runs on five hits and three walks over five innings and had his team-record streak of starts allowing two runs or less to begin a season snapped at 10 games. He struck out three in the setback, his first since May 1.

Texas has dropped a season-high five straight games. The Rangers have now scored one run or less in 13 of their 27 losses.

The White Sox scored three runs in the third off Mahle, which was more than he had surrendered of an entire game in his first 10 starts of the season. Sosa and Josh Rojas singled to start the frame and moved up on a walk to Mike Tauchman. Sosa scored when Mahle walked Miguel Vargas and Andrew Benintendi followed with a sacrifice fly that plated Rojas and made it 2-0.

Robert Jr. then singled to short center field but the hit was deep enough to allow Tauchman to scamper home with the third run of the inning.

Texas finally got on the board in the sixth, when Jake Burger's two-out double brought home Wyatt Langford. Josh Jung also tried to score from first on the hit but was nailed at the plate by Sosa's throw from the hole.

That run snapped a 16-inning scoreless stretch for the Rangers that stretched back to the seventh inning of a 4-3 loss to the Yankees in New York on Wednesday.

Manny Machado, Padres beat Braves in Ronald Acuna Jr.'s return

Manny Machado, Padres beat Braves in Ronald Acuna Jr.'s return

Manny Machado hit a solo homer in the ninth inning to help the visiting San Diego Padres end their six-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday in the opener of their three-game series.

Machado blasted a slider from Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias (3-4) into the left field seats for his fourth home run.

The loss ruined the return of Atlanta right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr., who was playing his first game since tearing his left ACL a year ago. Acuna hit the first pitch he saw for a home run. The homer traveled 467 feet -- the longest by a Braves player this season -- and was his 13th career home run of 460-plus feet (including playoffs), which ties him with Aaron Judge for the most in the majors since 2018.

Acuna went 2-for-4 and also showed his defensive skills. He chased a single by Elias Diaz into the right field corner and threw him out trying to stretch the hit into a double.

The Padres tied the game in the second inning on Gavin Sheets' ninth homer, a line drive to center field. It was Sheets' third homer in six at-bats.

The game began as a pitching duel between Atlanta's Chris Sale and San Diego's Nick Pivetta. Sale threw seven innings and allowed one run on four hits, one walk and six strikeouts. Pivetta pitched six strong innings and allowed one run on four hits -- two of them to Acuna -- with three walks and seven strikeouts.

San Diego's Adrian Morejon pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Jason Adam (5-0) worked 1/3 of an inning and earned the win.

Robert Suarez pitched a scoreless ninth to notch his 16th save, thanks to some poor baserunning by the Braves. With one out and pinch runner Eli White at second base, Ozzie Albies lined a single to center field. But White got confused as he approached third and retreated to second base, where he was tagged out. Michael Harris II then grounded out to end the game.

Slade Cecconi, Guardians turn back Tigers

Slade Cecconi, Guardians turn back Tigers

Slade Cecconi pitched six strong innings and the Cleveland Guardians topped the host Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Friday night.

Cecconi (1-1) allowed one run and five hits during his second start of the season. Cecconi, acquired from Arizona in the offseason, recorded six strikeouts.

Hunter Gaddis got the next six outs and Emmanuel Clase closed out the game for his 10th save.

Steven Kwan led the offense with three hits, a run and an RBI. Jose Ramirez stretched his hitting streak to 16 games with an RBI triple for the Guardians, who have taken the first two games of the series.

Spencer Torkelson's homer accounted for Detroit's run. Jackson Jobe (4-1) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings.

The Guardians scored twice in the first inning. Kwan led off the game with a double and scored on Ramirez's one-out triple to right. After Jobe struck out the next batter, Ramirez scored on Carlos Santana's infield hit.

Ramirez and Kyle Manzardo walked with one out in the third. Jobe responded by retiring Santana on a flyout and Daniel Schneemann on a grounder.

In the bottom of the inning, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres walked with two outs. Cecconi got out of trouble as Colt Keith flied out.

Detroit also threatened in the fourth when Dillon Dinger and Trey Sweeney singled. Cecconi struck out Akil Baddoo on three pitches to leave them stranded.

Carpenter had a one-out double in the fifth. Cecconi struck out Keith to end that frame.

The Tigers finally broke through in the sixth as Torkelson pounded a hanging slider from Cecconi over the left field wall for his 13th homer.

Javier Baez smacked a one-out double in the seventh but Gaddis retired the next two batters to keep the score at 2-1.

Manzardo singled and Schneemann walked in the Cleveland eighth. Chase Lee entered the game and struck out Gabriel Arias to snuff out that threat.

Bo Naylor led off the ninth with a triple off Lee and Kwan brought Naylor home with a single to left.

Drew Rasmussen blanks Jays for 6 innings in Rays' win

Drew Rasmussen blanks Jays for 6 innings in Rays' win

Brandon Lowe and Curtis Mead homered for the second straight game and Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings, lifting the host Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-1 series-opening victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

Lowe, who belted a two-run shot in the third inning, is 8-for-17 with three homers and eight RBIs in four games against the Blue Jays this season. Tampa Bay has won three of those games.

Mead added a solo shot in the fourth inning and Junior Caminero had two hits and scored a run for the Rays, who have won three in a row overall.

Rasmussen (3-4) scattered four hits, walked two and struck out three before exiting after 76 pitches.

Rays reliever Mason Montgomery walked all three batters he faced to lead off the seventh before being relieved by Manuel Rodriguez, who induced Jonatan Clase to ground into a double play. That play scored a run, however Rodriguez escaped further damage by inducing Nathan Lukes to fly out to end the inning.

Edwin Uceta bridged the gap to Pete Fairbanks, who retired the side in the ninth to secure his ninth save of the season.

Alejandro Kirk had one of Toronto's four hits and scored a run. The Blue Jays, however, saw their three-game winning streak and run of four straight road victories come to a halt.

Toronto's Anthony Santander was out of the starting lineup for the second straight game with inflammation in his left hip. He entered as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning and walked on four pitches before being replaced for a pinch runner.

Caminero worked a one-out walk in the third before Lowe deposited a 2-1 slider from Eric Lauer (1-1) over the wall in right-center field to open the scoring. Lowe's homer, which extended his hitting streak to six, was his team-leading ninth of the season.

Mead extended Tampa Bay's lead to 3-0 after sending a 2-0 cutter from Lauer over the wall in left field. Mead's homer was his second of the season.

Lauer permitted three runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Giants snap Nationals' winning streak in shutout fashion

Giants snap Nationals' winning streak in shutout fashion

Landen Roupp pitched six-plus innings and the visiting San Francisco Giants ended the Washington Nationals' five-game winning streak with a 4-0 win on Friday night.

Roupp (3-3) allowed five hits and two walks while striking out two. He left after the first two Nationals reached in the seventh.

Jung Hoo Lee reached base three times on two hits and a walk and scored twice for the Giants.

Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore left with no outs and a runner on first in the seventh inning. He grimaced after throwing a pitch to Matt Chapman. Manager Dave Martinez and the trainer came out, and after a brief discussion, Gore left the game.

Gore (2-5) was charged with a run on two hits. He struck out nine and walked three.

Nationals outfielder Daylen Lile went 1-for-2 in his major league debut. The 22-year-old, Washington's second-round pick in the 2021 draft, was called up Friday after outfielder Jacob Young (left shoulder AC sprain) was put on the 10-day injured list.

Lee led off the Giants' fourth with a single. With one out, he attempted to steal. Wilmer Flores struck out on the pitch and Lee was called out due to batter interference by Flores.

Jose Tena doubled with one out in the Nationals' fifth but was picked off with two outs.

Lee walked against Gore leading off the seventh. After Gore departed, Chapman walked against Jackson Rutledge. Flores grounded into a double play, but Lee went to third and scored on Willy Adames' single up the middle to make it 1-0.

Rutledge then issued three consecutive walks, the last one to Patrick Bailey forcing in a second run.

Luis Garcia Jr. doubled leading off the seventh for Washington and Josh Bell walked. Randy Rodriguez replaced Roupp, struck out Robert Hassell III and got Tena to ground into a double play.

Lee, Chapman and Flores singled with one out in the eighth to make it 3-0 and another run scored on a wild pitch by Andrew Chafin.

Pirates rally, edge Brewers in 10th on wild pitch

Pirates rally, edge Brewers in 10th on wild pitch

Oneil Cruz hit two home runs and Adam Frazier scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 comeback win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.

Cruz's ninth home run in the third opened the game's scoring and his 10th home run in the ninth off Abner Uribe (2-1) tied the game at 4-4.

After trailing 3-2, the Pirates tied the game three times from the seventh inning on and won for the third time in their past four games.

Isaac Collins' RBI single in the top of the 10th off Ryan Borucki (1-1) gave the Brewers a 5-4 lead. Alexander Canario set up the Pirates' decisive comeback with an RBI double to lead off the bottom of the inning, which scored automatic runner Spencer Horwitz to make it 5-5.

Canario nearly scored the winning run moments later on a single by Isiah Kiner-Falefa. But Canario was ruled out for leaving the baseline in an attempt despite to avoid the tag of catcher William Contreras.

Moments later, a wild pitch by Uribe allowed Frazier to cross the plate with the winning run. A day after snapping a streak of 26 consecutive games scoring four runs or fewer, Pittsburgh scored its most runs since April 22.

Contreras' solo home run in the top of the ninth off Pirates reliever David Bednar put Milwaukee ahead 4-3. In the bottom of the inning against Uribe, Cruz knotted the game when his second homer traveled 427 feet to right-center.

Jackson Chourio, Christian Yelich and Rhys Hoskins each had two hits to lead the Brewers.

Frazier and Kiner-Falefa each had three hits for Pittsburgh.

Things appeared to be lining up for Pirates ace Paul Skenes to pick up his first win since April 25 as he entered the sixth with a 2-0 advantage.

However, the Brewers scored a run in the sixth on a Hoskins two-out RBI single that scored Chourio.

In the seventh, Milwaukee's Brice Turang tied the game with an RBI single off Tanner Rainey, which scored Jake Bauers.

Dennis Santana came on and gave up an RBI single to Chourio, scoring Andruw Monasterio to give Milwaukee a short-lived 3-2 lead.

Pete Crow-Armstong homers twice; Cubs rally to blast Reds

Pete Crow-Armstong homers twice; Cubs rally to blast Reds

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two home runs, including a grand slam to highlight a six-run seventh inning, and Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-5 with a home run, double and three RBIs as the visiting Chicago Cubs rallied from a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 13-6, in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night.

It was the third multi-homer game of the season for Crow-Armstrong, who also doubled and finished with six RBIs. It was his second six-RBI game in the span of just seven games.

Dansby Swanson also hit a two-run homer, Nico Hoerner went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored and Kyle Tucker added a two-run single for Chicago, which won its third straight game. Chris Flexen (2-0) picked up the win with 1 1/3 innings of hitless relief.

Spencer Steer went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI, Austin Hays tripled and had two hits and TJ Friedl also doubled and added two hits for Cincinnati.

Tony Santillan (0-1) suffered the loss allowing three runs on three hits and a walk without retiring a batter in the seventh inning. Hunter Greene made his first start since suffering a groin injury in a May 7 start at Atlanta and allowed two runs on three hits over four innings. He walked two and struck out two.

Cincinnati opened the bottom of the first with five straight hits, including RBI singles by Hays and Steer, against Cubs starter Matthew Boyd en route to a 3-0 lead.

The Reds extended the margin to 4-0 in the third when Hays led off with a triple off the bottom of the wall in left-center and scored on a wild pitch.

Chicago cut their deficit to 4-2 in the fourth on Crow-Armstrong's two-run homer to right-center, driving in Suzuki, who had doubled.

Cincinnati got those runs back in the fifth on an RBI double by Tyler Stephenson who later came around to score on a single by Freidl.

But the Cubs plated six runs in the seventh, pounding out six hits and sending 10 batters to the plate in the process. Tucker had a two-run bases-loaded single to make it 6-4, and Suzuki followed with a single to load the bases again. Crow-Armstrong followed with his 14th homer of the season, a grand slam that curled into the right field foul pole and gave the visitors their first lead of the night.

Suzuki extended the lead to 11-6 in the eighth with a three-run homer to left and Swanson added a two-run blast in the ninth to finish the scoring.

Game 2 of Orioles-Red Sox twin bill moved to Saturday

Game 2 of Orioles-Red Sox twin bill moved to Saturday

The host Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles will play a doubleheader Saturday, rather than Friday, after an extended period of rain affected the area.

The teams were slated for a four-game series beginning Thursday, but the opener was washed out and a doubleheader was scheduled for Friday. The Red Sox trounced the Orioles 19-5 in Game 1 of a split doubleheader.

Due to the additional rain, the plans changed again. Baltimore and Boston will face off at 1:05 and 6:35 p.m. in a split doubleheader Saturday.

Pitching plans for Saturday were not yet known. The Red Sox were going to start right-hander Lucas Giolito (1-1, 7.08 ERA) in Friday's nightcap, while Baltimore hadn't committed to a starter.

Rafael Devers had two home runs and a career-high eight RBIs in Friday's win, in which Boston scored 13 runs in the eighth inning.

Reds reinstate RHP Hunter Greene from 15-day IL

Reds reinstate RHP Hunter Greene from 15-day IL

The Cincinnati Reds activated right-hander Hunter Greene from the 15-day injured list to start Friday's home game against the Chicago Cubs.

Greene, 25, has been sidelined with a right groin injury since exiting a game against the Atlanta Braves on May 7. Greene experienced issues while warming up for the fourth inning and was removed from the game.

Greene tossed a 35-pitch simulated game on Sunday and pronounced himself ready to return.

Greene is 4-2 with a 2.36 ERA, 61 strikeouts, eight walks and an 0.81 WHIP in eight starts this season.

Last season, Greene made the National League All-Star team for the first time and went 9-5 with a 2.75 ERA and 169 strikeouts in 26 starts.

In his fourth season with the Reds, Greene is 22-27 with a 3.74 ERA and 546 strikeouts in 80 starts.

Guardians RHP Ben Lively to have Tommy John surgery

Guardians RHP Ben Lively to have Tommy John surgery

Cleveland Guardians right-handed starter Ben Lively will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss at least the remainder of the season, the team announced on Friday.

The surgery, which has not been scheduled, will be performed in Arlington, Texas, by Dr. Keith Meister. Lively is expected to be sidelined for 12-16 months.

Lively, 33, last pitched on May 12, tossing three scoreless innings against the Milwaukee Brewers. He departed ahead of the top of the fourth after tossing a few warmup pitches with right forearm inflammation, then was placed on the injured list the following day with a strained right flexor tendon.

In nine starts this season, Lively posted a 2-2 record with a 3.22 ERA, 15 walks and 29 strikeouts in 44 2/3 innings.

For his career, he is 23-29 with a 4.38 ERA, 128 walks and 306 strikeouts in 404 1/3 innings over 83 games (70 starts) for the Philadelphia Phillies (2017-18), Kansas City Royals (2018-19), Cincinnati Reds (2023) and Guardians (2024-present).

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