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Giants return to familiar ballpark for series with A’s Former Bay Area rivals go head-to-head in West Sacramento, Calif., on Friday night when the San Francisco Giants and Athletics open a three-game interleague series. The Giants come into the series after a 5-2 road loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night that allowed the defending champs to salvage

Dodgers’ Blake Snell strives to get on right road vs. Angels in Freeway Series The Los Angeles Angels will return home to Anaheim to start a 10-game homestand on Friday night following a 1-5 road trip that concluded with getting swept in three games by the Cleveland Guardians. The Angels, who own the worst record in the majors at 16-28,

Padres vie for Vedder Cup in road series vs. Mariners The San Diego Padres won’t have to worry about Cal Raleigh this weekend in Seattle. The Mariners’ slugger, who set multiple records with 60 home runs last season, was placed on the 10-day injured list for the first time in his career Thursday with a strained right oblique. That means

After ‘exhausting series,’ Cards head home to face Royals Ahead of an interleague series against the struggling Kansas City Royals, the St. Louis Cardinals continue to find ways to win. After suffering through three straight years without a postseason appearance, fifth-year manager Oliver Marmol and company have passed tests through the first quarter of this season, going 25-18. St. Louis

Rangers willing to ‘mix it up’ ahead of opener vs. Astros Sometimes, a manager has to go with his gut. How else to explain why Texas’ Skip Schumaker dropped Brandon Nimmo from the leadoff spot the past two games for Joc Pederson, who is batting .214? The move worked, as the Rangers won both games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. After

Rockies, Diamondbacks have opportunity to shed losing ways Struggling Merrill Kelly is coming off his strongest start of the season, and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ right-hander will try to build on that against the Colorado Rockies on Friday night in Denver. In a matchup of veterans, Kelly (2-3, 7.62 ERA) will oppose Colorado left-hander Kyle Freeland (1-4, 6.00), who is trying

With offense struggling, Red Sox brace for opener vs. front-running Braves The Atlanta Braves own the majors’ best record, batting average and ERA in the middle of May and are playing as confidently as they have since their 104-win season in 2023. The Boston Red Sox, however, are struggling entering the teams’ three-game set in Atlanta beginning Friday night. Atlanta,

Streaking White Sox, Cubs face off for city supremacy The Chicago White Sox are one of the hottest teams in baseball heading into the Crosstown Classic on Friday night against the visiting Chicago Cubs. The White Sox completed a three-game sweep of Kansas City on Thursday — after going 4-22 against the Royals the past two seasons — and are

Mets carry momentum into Subway Series vs. Yankees The New York Mets have four members of their Opening Day lineup on the injured list and entered this week with the worst record in the majors. The New York Yankees have spent every day this season in first or second place in the American League East and lead the AL in