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Never-say-die Twins vie to clinch series win vs. Red Sox The Minnesota Twins powered up late for a series-opening win and will seek to take two games in a row from the host Boston Red Sox when the teams continue their three-game set on Saturday afternoon. Minnesota rallied from 4-0 and 6-3 deficits to win 8-6 on Friday, as Byron

Phillies’ ace Zack Wheeler tasked with slowing down red-hot Guardians Zack Wheeler’s return has been everything for which the Philadelphia Phillies could have hoped. However, Wheeler will face a major challenge Saturday when the host Phillies try to snap the Cleveland Guardians’ seven-game winning streak. In the first game of the weekend series, Cleveland emerged with a 1-0 victory as

White Sox 1B Munetaka Murakami takes aim at Giants, McCovey Cove Having padded his impressive RBI total with three in the series opener, power-hitting Munetaka Murakami will take another shot at the San Francisco Bay when the Chicago White Sox continue a three-game road series against the Giants on Saturday afternoon. Making his first visit to Oracle Park, the left-handed-hitting

Orioles pursue repeat performance on offense vs. reeling Tigers Jackson Holliday made a big impact Friday in his first home game of the season for the Baltimore Orioles. Now the team needs an encore performance from the team’s most heralded young player. “It’s been a little bit of a grind of a year so far, and just to be up

Astros’ Kai-Wei Teng eager to add to Cubs’ woes Houston Astros right-hander Kai-Wei Teng will try to continue fine-tuning his role as a starting pitcher when he faces the host Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon in the second contest of a three-game series. Teng (2-3, 2.61 ERA), acquired from the San Francisco Giants in January, threw five scoreless innings last

Ascending Blue Jays to test mettle vs. Paul Skenes, Pirates The Toronto Blue Jays will be out for a series win Saturday afternoon when they face the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates and their ace Paul Skenes. Winners of three in a row, the Blue Jays took advantage of three errors by the Pirates on Friday night to record a 6-2 victory

Eugenio Suarez set to return as Reds face Cardinals in doubleheader Eugenio Suarez had to wait another day before making his return to the Cincinnati Reds’ lineup after the scheduled series opener against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals was postponed due to rain on Friday. Suarez, the Reds’ designated hitter, was activated from the 10-day injured list, and his enthusiasm

Rays hope Yankees, rain don’t slow their momentum The Tampa Bay Rays are comfortable waiting for the late innings to pull off comebacks, and they certainly are at ease in those situations against the New York Yankees. After pulling off another late rally in the series opener, the Rays attempt to widen their American League East lead Saturday afternoon when

Frustrating season for Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. continues as A’s await Fernando Tatis Jr. collected two soft singles in a game earlier this week that San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen thought were as solid as gold. “Two hits,” Stammen said. “I don’t care what it looks like. It’s going on the back of his (baseball) card as two hits.”