Cole Ks 9 As Astros Sweep A's
Gerrit Cole struck out nine to raise his major league-leading total to 86, and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
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Gerrit Cole struck out nine to raise his major league-leading total to 86, and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
Nomar Mazara led off the 10th inning with his second homer of the game, giving the Texas Rangers a 5-4 victory over Detroit on CBS11 Weather Day at Globe Life Park.
Rafael Palmeiro said that he has agreed to play with his son for the independent Cleburne Railroaders at age 53. Palmeiro played for 20 seasons in the MLB, half of those with the Rangers.
Victor Martinez and Jeimer Candelario homered in the first inning, Jose Iglesias added another long ball in the second and the Tigers held off the Rangers by a score of 7-4 on Tuesday.
James Paxton joined Dick Fowler of the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics as the only Canadians to throw a no-hitter.
Adrian Beltre is back in the Texas Rangers lineup after missing 12 games because of a left hamstring strain.
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will face each other in two regular-season games at the Olympic Stadium in London next year.
Jurickson Profar hit a tiebreaking triple as the Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Monday night.
The pitcher with the nickname of "Big Sexy" is having a blast — and still success — in his mid-40s and with his 11th different major league team.
A pair of players hit MLB career milestones over the course of the weekend.
Craig Kimbrel got his 300th save on Saturday night, about three weeks before his 30th birthday, in his 494th career game and 330th save opportunity.
Chris Sale and the Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 6-1 Sunday to maintain their AL East lead.
With NBA and NHL playoff series getting interesting and MLB teams rounding into form, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
The MLB intends to announce next week that the Yankees and Red Sox will play two games at London's Olympic Stadium next June, a person familiar with the planning said.
Nomar Mazara drove in five runs while homering in his third straight game as the Rangers beat the Red Sox by a score of 11-5 on Thursday night.
Before the first pitch on Thursday, Ichiro Suzuki was prepping for another game. Except there was no game to get ready for. He wouldn't be in the lineup that night, or again in the 2018 season, or maybe ever.
Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer believes that the MLB should allow pitchers to use sticky substances on the baseball during games, giving them an advantage. The present rules that ban pitchers from doing so are rarely enforced, he said Wednesday.
Mets third baseman Todd Frazier is asking for a meeting with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to discuss his growing frustration about the way that umpires are calling balls and strikes. Frazier criticized the umpiring around the majors after a game on Wednesday.
Edwin Encarnacion homered three times and drove in six runs, helping Corey Kluber and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 12-4 on Wednesday.
It was a bad night at the ballpark for the 'Stros closer and Twitter was ready with plenty of jokes.
Cleveland pitcher Trevor Bauer ignited a Twitter battle on Tuesday when he insinuated that Astros pitchers are using sticky substances to increase their spin rates.
Joey Gallo and Isiah Kiner-Falefa homered on consecutive pitches off of Nick Goody in the 12th inning, and the Rangers beat the Indians by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday night.
Rookie Nick Kingham set an expansion-era record in his MLB pitching debut.
Jeff Beliveau struck out Joey Gallo with two runners on in the ninth inning for his second career save, and the Indians held on for a 7-5 win over the Rangers on Monday night.
Martin Perez, who has struggled so far this season, (2-3, 9.67 ERA) returned to Texas to have his elbow re-examined.
