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Chicago White Sox rookie left-hander Noah Schultz earned his first major league victory last weekend. As he aims to win successive starts when he faces the visiting Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon, Schultz is confident he gained perspective, too. “Calm myself down with nerves and stuff like that, that hopefully are gone,” he said. “Getting ahead of guys and attacking hitters.” A product of Oswego East High School in suburban Chicago, Schultz (1-1, 3.86 ERA) will pitch at Rate Field for the first time since losing to the Tampa Bay Rays on April 14 in his MLB debut. Schultz, 22, regrouped Sunday in a road start against the Athletics, yielding only a solo home run in five innings while walking

No player better symbolizes the topsy-turvy nature of the New York Mets than Kodai Senga. On Saturday afternoon against the visiting Colorado Rockies, the Mets will need the right-hander to snap his slump to ensure New York doesn’t risk falling into another tailspin. Senga (0-3, 8.83 ERA) is slated to face his former teammate, Rockies left-hander Jose Quintana (0-2, 6.23), in the middle contest of a three-game series. Michael Lorenzen tossed seven strong innings and Troy Johnston had what proved to be the decisive two-run single in the seventh in the Rockies’ 4-3 win on Friday. The loss halted a modest two-game winning streak for the Mets, who snapped a 12-game skid with Wednesday’s 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Two second basemen who have demonstrated early on that they’re serious about making the National League All-Star team hope to continue fast starts at the other’s expense Saturday afternoon when Xavier Edwards and the Miami Marlins once again visit Luis Arraez and the San Francisco Giants. Both players had three hits Friday night, and Edwards’ teammates collected 13 more in a 9-4 triumph during the opener of a three-game series. Miami posted its sixth straight win in San Francisco dating back to August 2024. With a double, two singles and a walk in five plate appearances, Edwards raised his season batting average to .347, the second-best mark in the majors. The three-hit game was the 26-year-old’s second of the season.

The Boston Red Sox had counted on pitching to keep them close in some recent games. But it’s going to take the bats to get going for them to make a turnaround. They carry a four-game losing streak into Saturday afternoon’s road game against the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles hammered six home runs, including a pair of two-run blasts from Adley Rutschman, in Friday night’s 10-3 triumph. “All these guys have that capability in them,” manager Craig Albernaz said. “It was good to see kind of everything come together.” Coby Mayo has homered in three consecutive games for the Orioles. Rutschman was in his second game back coming off the injury list. “We’ve got great hitting coaches,” Rutschman said. “Everyone