Archives for April 2023

Drew Maggi sat at a hotel across the Allegheny River from PNC Park on Saturday night. The 33-year-old infielder arrived in Pittsburgh around 7 p.m., having just been called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates from Double-A Altoona. Maggi was selected with outfielder Bryan Reynolds going on the Bereavement List. The Pirates are looking to cap a four-game series sweep of the Cincinnati … [Read more...] about After long wait, Pirates’ Maggi gets call to the majors

Trea Turner and Kody Clemens each hit solo homers, Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh each hit two-run shots and Zack Wheeler struck out 11 to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-3 win over the Colorado Rockies. The Phillies took the final three games of a four-game series and have won six of eight overall. Wheeler finished with his 17th career double-digit strikeout game and … [Read more...] about Turner, Stott, Clemens homers power Phillies past Rockies

Logan Allen struck out eight over six innings in his major league debut and his Cleveland teammates helped him get a 7-4 win over the Miami Marlins. The 24-year-old left-hander was called up from Triple-A Columbus before the game. He gave up a two-out homer to Jon Berti in the third, allowed five hits and walked one. Allen is the third rookie to start a game for the Guardians. … [Read more...] about Guardians LHP Logan Allen strikes out 8, wins MLB debut

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Gausman struck out 11 in seven shutout innings, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Daulton Varsho hit back-to-back homers following an error by rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 5-1 on Sunday. The Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 18 games and took two of three in the Bronx to hand New York its first series loss. … [Read more...] about Gausman, Guerrero, Varsho lead Jays to 5-1 win over Yanks

Adam Frazier dashed home on Mason Englert’s wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles their sixth straight victory, 2-1 over the Detroit Tigers. The Orioles won for the 10th time in 12 games, this time on a day when Detroit’s Eduardo Rodriguez retired the first 20 Baltimore hitters. Keegan Akin kept the Tigers off the scoreboard in the top of … [Read more...] about Orioles beat Tigers 2-1 in 10, run winning streak to 6