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Rays strive to continue offensive momentum vs. Angels With their four-game losing streak over, the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays will use the heart of their rotation Saturday afternoon when they face the Los Angeles Angels in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays moved to 20-5 at home by rallying from a 2-1 fifth-inning deficit to win 8-5 over the

Mets slowly building momentum ahead of rematch vs. Marlins The last-place New York Mets are in no position to be picky about how they win games — no matter how chaotic, exhausting and impossible to replicate those victories might be. The Mets will look to extend their winning streak to three games on Saturday afternoon when they host the Miami

Fresh off late rally, Blue Jays bid to fluster Orioles again The Toronto Blue Jays have found answers even with an evolving lineup, and that might be one of the biggest parts of their emerging confidence midway through their series with the Baltimore Orioles. The teams will meet Saturday afternoon in the third contest of a four-game series in Baltimore.

Hot at home: White Sox chase series win vs. tumbling Tigers One victory shy of securing their sixth straight home series win, the Chicago White Sox applauded the fans who have backed them through the early stages of what’s shaping up as a turnaround season. “Having all of them (a crowd of 30,019) here in the stadium, showing all the

Guardians rookie Parker Messick out to extend woes of Red Sox The Boston Red Sox hit a season low Friday night with 4-3 road loss to the Cleveland Guardians. The setback dropped Boston 10 games below .500 for the first time in 2026. Boston (23-33) will attempt to start moving in a positive direction when it faces Cleveland in the

Brewers push distractions aside ahead of rematch vs. Astros Milwaukee reliever Abner Uribe made news for the right reasons Friday night in the Brewers’ 5-4 win against the Houston Astros. In the opener of a three-game interleague series, which will continue Saturday afternoon in Houston, Uribe escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning that allowed the Brewers to win

Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds aims to stay hot in rematch vs. Twins Bryan Reynolds is on a torrid hitting stretch as the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon. Reynolds’ two-run walk-off homer on Friday extended his hitting streak to seven games and spared the Pirates from a three-game losing streak. The Twins, who have dropped three in a

Rangers eager to keep offense rolling vs. reeling Royals In a matchup of struggling offenses, the Texas Rangers broke out at the plate Friday to build some needed confidence and potential momentum. Following one of their most dominant performances of the season, the Rangers will try to hand the visiting Kansas City Royals a fifth straight defeat when the teams

Michael King works to rebound as Padres take on Nationals San Diego right-hander Michael King will look for a bounce-back outing when the Padres visit the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon. King (4-3, 2.76 ERA) leads Padres starters in ERA, innings pitched (62) and strikeouts (63) and has given up two earned runs or less in eight of his 11