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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

Right-hander Jake Irwin went six scoreless innings and CJ Abrams hit a leadoff home run as the Washington Nationals finished off a long California trip in style with a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon. Irwin gave up four hits with six strikeouts and one walk after he allowed just one hit against the Oakland Athletics last Friday while taking a no-decision in a game Washington lost. The Nationals went 5-4

Salvador Perez blasted a go-ahead, two-run home run in the eighth inning and five pitchers combined on a five-hitter as the visiting Kansas City Royals topped the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon in Game 1 of a doubleheader. Back in the lineup after leaving Sunday’s game with injuries to his left hip and knee, Perez connected against Chicago closer Michael Kopech, who was attempting a six-out save. Kopech (0-2) got two outs around

Cedric Mullins crushed a 1-2 pitch for a walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 4-2 victory and three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon. Mullins’ fifth homer of the season sailed into the right field seats and his first career walk-off hit gave the Orioles three home runs for the fifth consecutive game. Baltimore has won four straight games. Gunnar Henderson homered for

Luis Severino and three relievers combined on a five-hitter Wednesday afternoon for the host New York Mets, who beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 to complete a three-game sweep. Starling Marte and Harrison Bader both hit two-run homers while Tyrone Taylor and Brandon Nimmo each had two-run singles for the Mets, who have won 10 of 13. Francisco Alvarez had an RBI fielder’s choice in the eighth. Taylor finished with three hits. Bryan Reynolds delivered a