Jared Jones pitched seven dominant innings and Jack Suwinski lined a pinch-hit, walk-off single to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Connor Joe led off the ninth inning for Pittsburgh with a 1-2 single off Rockies reliever Nick Mears (0-3). An out later, Joe advanced to second on Mears’ wild pitch to Yasmani Grandal, who grounded out to move Joe to third with

Christopher Morel homered for the third straight game to help the host Chicago Cubs pick up a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon. Morel clubbed a two-run shot in the bottom of the third to push Chicago’s advantage to 4-0. Patrick Wisdom added a solo shot in the sixth as the Cubs evened the three-game series at one win apiece. Wisdom also gave Chicago some crucial insurance with an RBI single in

Max Kepler hit a solo home run and the Minnesota Twins extended their winning streak to 12 games by beating the Boston Red Sox 3-1 Saturday in Minneapolis. Kepler’s home run, his second of the season, broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning. Minnesota’s winning streak is tied for the second longest in franchise history. The Twins also won 12 in a row in 1980. Minnesota won 15 straight games during the 1991 season

Anthony Rizzo continues to deliver offensively Saturday afternoon, with a three-run home run to cap a four-run third inning that lifted the host New York Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Yankees have won the first two games of the three-game series and three of the last four overall. Anthony Volpe drew a walk to open the third against Casey Mize (1-1) and Juan Soto singled before Aaron Judge doubled to

Rookie Andy Pages capped his first career four-hit performance with a game-ending single in the 11th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers walked away with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Friday in the opener of a three-game series. Teoscar Hernandez hit a home run, Shohei Ohtani drove in a run in the 10th and Gavin Stone went five strong innings as the Dodgers improved to 8-2 since going 3-6 on their

Fernando Tatis Jr. homered and drove in three runs Friday night, Dylan Cease pitched 6 2/3 innings and the San Diego Padres opened a three-game weekend series with a 7-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. Tatis collected three hits and scored twice, while Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado also slugged homers as San Diego won its third straight game. The Padres finished with 12 hits and scored at least six runs for the

Harold Ramirez and Amed Rosario each went 3-for-5 for the Tampa Bay Rays, who scored five times in the third inning in a 10-8 win against the visiting New York Mets on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Shawn Armstrong (1-1) came on in relief in the fifth inning, allowing two hits and striking out two in 1 1/3 innings. Jason Adam allowed one run on two hits in the ninth for his second save of

Miami kicked off the post-Luis Arraez era with a whimper Friday night, accumulating just seven hits off JP Sears and three relievers as the host Oakland Athletics opened a three-game interleague series with a 3-1 victory over the Marlins. Arraez, the defending National League batting champion, was scratched from the lineup minutes before the first pitch, reportedly having been dealt to the San Diego Padres for four prospects. The second baseman, who won an American

Willy Adames headlined a three-run rally with a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the host Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Friday afternoon in the opener of a three-game series. The teams were caught up in a pitchers’ duel until Christopher Morel clubbed a solo shot with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to put Chicago up 1-0. Milwaukee went down quietly in the seventh, but pinch hitter Jackson