MLB: Cardinals 0, Cubs 3
Clay Holmes and three Cubs relievers combined on a three-hitter, and Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run homer Friday to send Chicago to a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Jays set to face rival Yankees sitting just two games out of final Wild Card spot
Having won 10 of their last 15 games, the Blue Jays sit just two games behind the Tigers for the third and final AL Wild Card spot as the Yankees come to town for a three-game series. Meanwhile, the pressure is starting to creep up on the Bronx Bombers as they sit just three games ahead of the Red Sox for the first Wild Card spot.
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Buster Olney joins Joe Fortenbaugh to discuss everything going on in Major League Baseball. Plus, a wholesome moment between the Make-A-Wish foundation and the Washington Nationals.
26 Hall of Fame members emerge from corn at Field of Dreams
Major League Baseball came back to the Field of Dreams, carrying a big piece of Cooperstown. The pregame pomp before the Twins played the Phillies -- adjacent to the farmland where the 1989 fantasy was filmed -- featured 26 members of the Hall of Fame emerging from the outfield corn just as the ghost players did in the movie.
MLB: Reds 9, White Sox 8
Sal Stewart, Eugenio Suarez and Tyler Stephenson homered, and the Reds held off the White Sox for a victory. Stewart scored four times and Suárez drove in four runs as Cincinnati took the rubber game in the three-game series.
MLB Field of Dreams Game: Phillies 7, Twins 1
Kyle Schwarber smashed two home runs into the corn behind right field to stretch his major league -leading total to 37, as the Phillies beat the Twins in the first game at the Field of Dreams movie site in four years.
MLB: Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 0
Rookie Payton Tolle allowed two hits over eight innings, Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam, and the Red Sox ended their five-game skid with a victory over the Blue Jays. Tolle struck out four, threw 91 pitches and retired his last 17 batters while matching the longest outing of his career.
Kyle Schwarber hits two homers into the corn at 'Field of Dreams' game
Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits two homers into the corn field at 'Field of Dreams' game against the Twins.
MLB: Pirates 13, Marlins 1
Braxton Ashcraft threw a complete-game three-hitter, Rafael Flores had a pair of three-run homers, and the Pirates beat the Marlins. Jared Triolo and Jacob Gonzalez also went deep for Pittsburgh, which snapped a three-game skid.
MLB: Cubs 0, Nationals 7
Cade Cavalli took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Nationals blanked the Cubs to avoid a three-game sweep. Cavalli struck out 10 while setting career-highs in innings and pitches.
MLB: Guardians 0, Tigers 3
Eduardo Valencia slapped his fifth homer of the season, and Keider Montero pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning as the Tigers blanked the Guardians despite failing to record a strikeout.
MLB: Mariners 1, Yankees 0
Logan Gilbert pitched six innings and combined with three relievers on a four-hitter as the Mariners ended a six-game skid with a victory over the Yankees. Weston Wilson homered in the second inning off Max Fried to send Seattle to just its sixth win in 21 games.
Freddie Freeman takes scary tumble into dugout, later leaves game
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman takes scary tumble into dugout while trying to catch a foul ball against the Royals.
MLB: Royals 2, Dodgers 4
Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Hunter Feduccia homered, and the revitalized Dodgers swept the Royals with a victory on Wednesday night. Eric Lauer pitched 6 1/3 innings of four-hit ball for the back-to-back defending World Series champions, who have won four of five.
MLB: Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 6
Kazuma Okamoto singled home Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the go-ahead run and Myles Straw had a two-run double in a five-run eighth inning, as the Blue Jays topped the Red Sox for their third straight victory.
MLB: Cubs 12, Nationals 6
Alex Bregman hit three homers in a game for the first time and drove in a career-high seven runs as the Cubs routed the Nationals on Wednesday night. Chicago has won eight of nine and is a season-high 21 games over .500.
MLB: Brewers 3, Padres 4 (11)
Jackson Merrill hit a tying sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and Luis Campusano followed with a two-out single to bring in Sun-Mung Song from second base as the Padres beat the MLB-leading Brewers on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
MLB: Mariners 5, Yankees 10
Trent Grisham homered twice and hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning as the Yankees erased an early deficit and pulled away for a victory over the skidding Mariners on Wednesday night.
MLB: Guardians 6, Tigers 4
Jo Adell homered and Angel Martínez had three hits as the Guardians defeated the Tigers on Wednesday night to snap a three-game skid.
MLB: Astros 2, Giants 1
Nick Allen hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, Steven Okert led an Astros bullpen that allowed just one run and Houston beat Giants. Houston won the series to finish 3-3 on its trip.
MLB: Rays 8, Athletics 4
The AL-best Rays became the second East Coast team in major league history to go 9-0 on a West Coast trip, beating the Athletics behind a three-run homer from Liam Hicks and another solid start by Drew Rasmussen.
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