5 Things: The Defending Champs Get Up Off The Mat And Madison Bumgarner Homers Again
The Royals have won 13 of their last 15 games to get back into the American League playoff chase, and no one should underestimate them.
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The Royals have won 13 of their last 15 games to get back into the American League playoff chase, and no one should underestimate them.
The Giants have allowed 48 home runs in the second half and will begin play Tuesday one game behind the first place Dodgers.
Carlos Santana homered in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0 on Monday night.
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Yoenis Cespedes homered for the third time in two days to help split the four-game series.
Khris Davis hit his 32nd homer, a two-run shot, off Quintana (10-9) who finished with nine wins in each of the previous three seasons.
The Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from a four-run deficit to complete a three-game sweep of the free falling San Francisco Giants with a 6-5 victory on Wednesday.
Yu Darvish struck out nine and the Texas Rangers beat Oakland 6-2 on Wednesday night, giving the right-hander his first victory in his last 11 starts against the AL West-rival Athletics.
Jung Ho Kang hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat San Francisco 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Rougned Odor was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, forcing home the winning run as the AL-best Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Two former all-star players, who were released by their respective teams, could be on the Giants' radar to help hold on to the small lead in the division.
Nathan, 41, signed a minor league deal with the club on Tuesday, hoping to be called up to help their aching bullpen before September.
Look, Pence, we know you don't exactly plan on doing things this way (and we love you for that), but even you have to admit how weird this play is.
There's never a dull moment in Major League Baseball, of course, but some weeks are more volatile than others. Nothing illustrates this better than the seven-day stretch the San Francisco Giants just went through. Last Monday, shortstop Brandon Crawford set a record with seven hits in one game, but by Sunday, the team's bullpen had wasted all the momentum generated earlier in the week. In other big news, Texas first baseman Prince Fielder announced his playing days were over due to injury concerns, and Alex Rodriguez played his final MLB game.
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 8-5 on Monday night.
The Rangers get a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
As Major League Baseball teams approach the final 45 games of the season, almost all of them are giving playing time to rookies right now. It's always a risk to go with a rookie if your fantasy baseball team is challenging for the league championship in mid-August. While you may strike gold with a rookie, more often than not you're going to strike out with a first-year player. It's better instead to acquire non-flashy veteran players for the stretch drive, because wise fantasy baseball owners know they are reliable options.
Mark Trumbo hit a grand slam for his major league-leading 32nd homer and drove in five runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 9-6 Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep.
With news going around of Tim Tebow trying to become a professional baseball player, it's a good time to look at other athletes who could compete in multiple sports.
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has been released from a Miami hospital after spending the night there with an undisclosed illness and the plan is for him to manage against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
Brandon Crawford became the first major league player in 41 years to get seven hits in a game, putting the San Francisco Giants ahead.
Kendall Graveman pitched seven strong innings, Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking single in the sixth and the Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore 3-2 on Monday night despite another home run from Orioles slugger Manny Machado.
The Chicago Cubs had another perfect week thanks to another ninth-inning comeback, but the big headlines in Major League Baseball last week came from the Bronx and the Rocky Mountains. Both Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira said their goodbyes to the New York Yankees, albeit in different ways. Meanwhile, Ichiro Suzuki capped a Hall of Fame career with his 3,000th hit in Denver, an amazing accomplishment considering he didn't join MLB until he was 26 years old.
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy was admitted to the hospital Monday after feeling ill during the team's trip to Miami to play the Marlins.
Tanner Roark and the Washington bullpen outdueled Madison Bumgarner, and Wilson Ramos homered to lift the Nationals over the San Francisco Giants 1-0 Sunday in a matchup of NL division leaders.
