MLB Lines, Scores and Odds

Jameson Taillon worked five strong innings in his season debut as the host Chicago Cubs picked up an 8-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday afternoon in the opener of a four-game series. Activated from the 15-day injured list on Thursday, Taillon (1-0) surrendered just one run on three hits. He didn’t walk a batter while striking out four. Nico Hoerner went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run for

Logan Webb allowed just two hits in seven shutout innings as the San Francisco Giants opened a four-game home series against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-0 victory on Thursday. Pinch hitter Wilmer Flores broke open a tight game with a two-run double in the eighth. LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a sacrifice fly in the third inning to give the Giants a 1-0 lead. Mike Yastrzemski capped a four-run eighth with a two-run single, helping

The Chicago Cubs’ home game against the Miami Marlins on Thursday was postponed due to inclement weather. The clubs were scheduled to start a four-game series. Instead, Thursday’s game will be played as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday, when they were already slated for an early afternoon game. It was not yet known how the rainout would affect either team’s pitching plans. Right-hander Jameson Taillon was scheduled to make his season debut for

Hot-hitting Amed Rosario went 2-for-4 with a triple, Ryan Pepiot fired six strong innings and the Tampa Bay Rays managed a split of their four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels, beating them 2-1 Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla. Batting third in the lineup, Rosario produced his big hit in the first inning, tripling in a run and then scoring on a sacrifice fly. The offseason acquisition increased his hitting streak to 10 games

Kyle Schwarber launched a pair of home runs and left-hander Cristopher Sanchez struck out 10 in six strong innings, but the Philadelphia Phillies had to survive a comeback bid by the visiting Colorado Rockies to win 7-6 on Wednesday evening. The Phillies finished a three-game sweep as they won for the sixth time in their past eight games. Colorado has lost five straight and seven of its past eight. Schwarber hit homer No. 250 of

Paul Blackburn remained unbeaten with a fourth straight effective start, Shea Langeliers contributed a ground-rule double to a three-run fifth inning and the Oakland Athletics salvaged one win in their three-game series against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals with a 6-3 triumph Wednesday afternoon. Esteury Ruiz smacked his second homer in three games and Tyler Nevin had three hits as the A’s capped a 3-3 homestand with their third-most runs this season. Willson Contreras had

Cody Bellinger homered to help the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix. Mike Tauchman and Michael Busch each had two hits and an RBI, and Dansby Swanson had two hits and a run scored for Chicago, which has won four of five. Cubs starter Jordan Wicks allowed two runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck

Orlando Arcia drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the top of the 10th and the visiting Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros 5-4 on Wednesday to sweep a three-game series. Arcia, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, slapped the decisive single to left against Houston’s Seth Martinez (1-1). Arcia was 5-for-8 with one homer and five RBIs in the series. The Astros had runners on the corners with one out in

Aaron Judge singled in the go-ahead runs in a four-run ninth inning and the visiting New York Yankees rallied to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 Wednesday afternoon. The Yankees came back from a 4-1 deficit to salvage the finale of a three-game series and end a three-game losing streak. Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton hit solo homers for the Yankees. Daulton Varsho had two home runs and three RBIs for the Blue Jays, who