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The New York Yankees did not need to worry about their offense on Friday night, but they now face a concern with Giancarlo Stanton’s lower right leg. The team will attempt to produce another big night at the plate and hopes to get good news about Stanton before meeting the Astros in Houston on Saturday. New York will try to produce an eight-game winning streak for the third consecutive season. The seventh straight win came Friday night in a 12-4 victory in the opener of a three-game series with the Astros. Jazz Chisholm Jr. collected three hits and drove in four runs on a two-run single, a solo homer and an RBI single, and the Yankees reached double-digit runs for

The Milwaukee Brewers will turn to hard-throwing Jacob Misiorowski as they look to snap a three-game skid when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. Misiorowski (1-2, 3.04 ERA) will oppose fellow right-hander Mitch Keller (2-1, 2.79). Paul Skenes and two relievers combined on a one-hitter to pace the Pirates to a 6-0 victory in the series opener Friday. Skenes, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, took a perfect game into seventh inning before allowing a two-out single to Jake Bauers. Konnor Griffin celebrated his 20th birthday with his first career homer, two singles and three RBIs as Pittsburgh snapped an eight-game losing streak to Milwaukee. Misiorowski struck out nine in five innings his last time out

D.C. United host Orlando City at Audi Field on Saturday, April 25, with kickoff set for 7:30 PM ET in MLS regular-season play. The home side enter Matchday 10 at 2-4-3 with nine points, while Orlando arrive at 2-6-1 with seven points. That puts D.C. around the edge of the East playoff pack and leaves Orlando a little further back, so this is not just another early-season fixture. Both teams need it, though probably for different reasons. D.C. are trying to turn wild performances into actual wins, while Orlando are trying to prove that Wednesday’s bounce-back result was more than a one-night spike. The recent results make this one pretty interesting. D.C. just played out that chaotic 4-4 draw with

Saturday night at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field feels bigger than a normal April MLS match. Columbus are home at 7:30 p.m. ET and sit eighth in the Eastern Conference at 2-4-3, while Philadelphia arrive at 1-6-2 and 13th in the East, still trying to dig out from a rough opening stretch. The Union just came off that chaotic 3-3 draw in Toronto, and Columbus are coming in after a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy, so both sides have at least some short-term momentum even if neither profile is especially stable right now. There is a little more pressure on Philadelphia because the record still looks ugly, even with five points from the last three matches. Columbus, meanwhile, have been better at