#straight-game

#straight-game

The Red Sox and the Rockies needed extra innings for the second straight game with Colorado coming out on top again, defeating Boston 7-6.With the loss, the Red Sox fell to two games below .500at 33-35, while the Rockies improved to 29-40.Check out the full box score here.ONE BIG TAKEAWAYThe Red Sox could have put the game away early but the offense couldn't deliver, leaving nine base runners in scoring position.

The Boston Red Sox made a roster move shortly after losing their third straight game and dropping to a dead-even 30-30 at the bottom of the American League East, on Monday.Before taking off to open up a five-game road trip starting up against the Cleveland Guardians, the Red Sox promoted minor league starting pitcher Chris Murphy from Triple-A Worcester, according to Chris Cotillo of MassLive.

The Boston Red Sox seek a momentum build off Friday night's series-opening victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, which snapped a four-game losing streak, returning to Chase Field for the second of three on Saturday night.With a win, the Red Sox will take the series and position themselves with a shot at a sweep tomorrow evening after a rough 2-4 start to the road trip.

After getting swept over the weekend by the St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on track Monday but will try to do so without the services of Kiké Hernández.Hernández remains out of Boston's lineup for a second straight game and he provided an answer as to why that is with an injury update prior to the Red Sox opening their three-games series with the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park.

The Boston Red Sox appeared to bounce back in the middle game of interleague play with St. Louis but the Cardinals had a different idea, rallying for the 4-3 win on Saturday at Fenway Park.The Red Sox fell to 22-18 on the season after dropping the second straight game to the Cardinals.St. Louis improved to 15-25 on the campaign.

It was a busy day in a hazy New York City, though it was a lighter day across the AL.That said, the Yankees' most direct competitors, the AL East rival Orioles, Rays, and Blue Jays, were all in action, and they all played some mostly compelling games.Let's go over what you may have missed from Thursday.

By Associated Press Posted on April 29, 2023 New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, left, puts his arm around outfielder Jake Bauers as they walk back to the dugout after Bauers collided with the outfield wall while atching a fly ball hit by Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.

Allan made me do it.The Dodger bullpen imploded last night, as they had an 8-4 lead when Tony Gonsolin exited the game and five relievers combined to allow five runs, including a three-run ninth off Caleb Ferguson to drop their third straight game in horrendous fashion.It was a rough start to the road trip after dropping the final two games of the homestand this weekend, and now the Dodgers find themselves a game behind Arizona in the NL West.

Baseball is a difficult game and a profession for the select gifted few tough enough to survive its peaks and valleys, but it's also a kid's game played best by adults when they keep it fun.White Sox manager Pedro Grifol knows this.So when he observed Romy Gonzalez beating himself up during a tough time, he had advice for the 26-year-old infielder/outfielder: "Play the game the way it needs to be played."

Back to the usual: Despite several lackluster late-inning comeback efforts, and Luis Robert Jr. continuing to extend a life-sized middle finger to the haters, the White Sox couldn't close the deal and win their season series against the Astros, to whom they fell, 4-2, this afternoon.Lucas Giolito put his club in an early hole, but recovered enough to keep it in the game.

Yasmani Grandal will miss his third straight game on Sunday, but it's not all bad news for the Chicago White Sox catcher.Although he was left out of the lineup in the series finale against the Houston Astros, Grandal is available if needed.Moreover, the two-time All-Star is expected to return to the lineup Tuesday as the White Sox host the Cleveland Guardians.

The Braves minor league system had an offensive breakout scoring a combined 24 runs across their four games.But their pitching struggled as despite a shutout in one game they allowed 22 runs on the day.(22-29) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (36-15) Norfolk Tides 9

Vaughn Grissom 0-4, 1 BB
Eli White 2-6, 4 K
Burrows, SP, 5 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K


All but two batters picked up hits for the Stripers, but everyone in the lineup reached at least once, with six reaching two or more times.

Bryce Elder delivered another great start.Unfortunately, that was the only positive on the field for the Braves as they dropped a second straight game to the Oakland A's.This is only the second time all season that the A's have won two games in a row, but both wins have been well deserved due to Oakland simply being the more disciplined team.

Braves Franchise History
1941 - The Boston Bees change their name back to Braves.1966 - The Atlanta Braves fall to the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 in the opening of Busch Memorial Stadium.Felipe Alou has two hits for Atlanta, but Lou Brock's RBI single in the 12th is the difference.1970 - The Braves fall to the Cubs 4-3 as Ernie Banks hits his 500th career home run off Pat Jarvis.

It was a banner day down on the farm as Atlanta's MiLB affiliates went a combined 4-1 while outscoring their opponents 37-19.(13-21) Gwinnett Stripers 12, (18-16) Nashville Sounds 5


Vaughn Grissom, SS: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Eli White, CF: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB
Nick Solak, LF: 1-5, HR, 4 RBI
Jared Shuster, SP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, BB, 6 K


A monster sixth inning helped lead Gwinnett to a win, snapping a three game losing streak.

Chicago Even as well as he was pitching, there was every good reason for manager AJ Hinch to pull starter Matthew Boyd after five innings Sunday.He's had a hard time navigating his way the third time through a lineup.Hitters are 10 for 39 with three home runs and nine runs total facing Boyd a third time in the game.

CHICAGO (AP) - Jake Burger and Gavin Sheets both homered for the second straight game, leading the Chicago White Sox past the Cleveland Guardians 7-2 on Wednesday night.Burger added a triple and single for Chicago, which has posted consecutive victories against Cleveland and won for the third time in four games.

CHICAGO (AP) - Jake Burger and Gavin Sheets both homered for the second straight game, leading the Chicago White Sox past the Cleveland Guardians 7-2 on Wednesday night.Burger added a triple and single for Chicago, which has posted consecutive victories against Cleveland and won for the third time in four games.

The Carolina Hurricanes womped the New Jersey Devils to take a 2-0 lead in their semifinal series.The Devils didn't even put up a fight.After a goalless first, Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored two in the second period - first a power-play while wide open, then a hard-working net-front goal.Jordan Staal outdanced poor Akira Schmid, then Martin Necas joined a swarm to make it 4-0 after two periods.

The Washington Capitals beat all up on the Chicago Blackhawks with ease on Thursday night.The team got one of their leaders back in John Carlson and responded by thumping the lowly Western Conference squad.Touchdown.Well, even if it's clear the Caps aren't a playoff team this season, they're still not even close to as bad as that purposefully terrible Blackhawks team.

The Blue Jackets' Jack Roslovic beats Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren in overtime Tuesday night.(Carolyn Kaster/AP) Every Washington Capitals player donned a No. 8 sweater during warmups to honor their captain before Tuesday night's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, but only one could wear it once the puck dropped.

Wild forward Ryan Hartman drives to the net against Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren in the first period Sunday.(Stacy Bengs/AP) ST.PAUL, Minn. - The lasting image of the Washington Capitals' 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild arrived early in the third period Sunday, when center Evgeny Kuznetsov remained facedown after a blind-side hit.

The Washington Capitals will be without Sonny Milano for a second straight game when they take on the Buffalo Sabres Wednesday night at Capital One Arena.Meanwhile, team captain Alex Ovechkin, who is suffering from a lower-body injury, will be a game-time decision.Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette revealed the news while speaking to reporters ahead of the game.

Willi Castro had his first career multi-homer game, Matt Wallner homered amongst his career-high four hits, and the Minnesota Twins held off the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 9-7 on Saturday.Edouard Julien also homered as part of a three-hit day, and Alex Kirilloff and Kyle Farmer each had two of Minnesota's 14 hits.

One minute Lance Lynn was throwing a no-hitter in the seventh inning against the best team in baseball, trying to end a nine-game Chicago White Sox losing streak.But the Sox went from no-no to "Oh, no" in the blink of an eye, imploding in a stunning 12-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays before 28,462 at Guaranteed Rate Field.

One minute Lance Lynn was throwing a no-hitter in the seventh inning against the best team in baseball, trying to end a nine-game Chicago White Sox losing streak.But the Sox went from no-no to "Oh, no" in the blink of an eye, imploding in a stunning 12-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays before 28,462 at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Celtics "We'll just have to close it out at home," Butler said.Jimmy Butler's energy was completely different from the last time he walked into a postgame press conference at TD Garden.On Sunday night following Game 3, Butler sang as he strutted in, playing Morgan Wallen's 2021 single "Somebody's Problem" from his smartphone.

Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals didn't go the Boston Celtics' way, with the Heat - who were given a 3% chance of advancing to the NBA Finals and deemed an 8-point underdog at the spread - upsetting the Cs at the TD Garden.Joe Mazzulla made significant changes to his rotation, playing the not-oft-deployed Payton Pritchard, but he also started Robert Williams III for the third straight game after the double-big lineup with Al Horford helped saved the team's season in the east semifinals against the Sixers.

Heavy's Adam Taylor had a brutal message regarding the coaching job Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has done during the 2023 postseason - rattling off a laundry list of things he has done or has failed to do during his first playoffs.Mazzulla's offensive plan has sucked throughout the post-season.

Celtics Tatum passed Hall of Famer Larry Bird, who had 39 30-point games during the 1987-88 season.NEW YORK (AP) - Jayson Tatum scored 34 points, setting a new franchise record with his 40th 30-point game this season, and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 120-95 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

Trevor Williams, pitching out of the windup for the second straight game, was sharp in holding down the Padres over nearly six innings.(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)Remove Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts - two San Diego Padres stars who are rarely out of the team's lineup - and six of the seven remaining hitters in Bob Melvin's order Wednesday were left-handed.

FC Cincinnati blew a two-goal lead but Junior Moreno scored the go-ahead goal in the 67th minute for a 3-2 victory against in-state rivals Columbus on Saturday to remain perfect at home.Luciano Acosta scored in the 17th and 23rd minutes (penalty kick) for Cincinnati before the Crew tied it 2-2 on goals by Lucas Zelarayan in the 40th and newcomer Malte Amundsen in the 52nd.

CHICAGO (AP) - J.P. France pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning in his second major league outing, José Abreu got a warm reception in his return to Chicago and the Houston Astros beat the White Sox 5-1 on Friday night.The teams waited out more than a two-hour rain delay at the start.

For the second straight game, the offense acquitted itself but the pitching kept the Mets from cracking the win column, as the club dropped a 7-6 decision to the Reds in Cincinnati Tuesday night.M...

Red Sox Marcelo Mayer is now batting .337with four home runs and 23 RBI over 23 games with Greenville.The Red Sox have tormented opposing pitchers this season, ranking first in MLB in doubles (80), third in both runs scored (208) and team batting average (.271), and fourth in OPS (.793).That sterling production at the plate is also carrying over to the minor leagues, especially with Boston's top prospect, Marcelo Mayer.

Whit Merrifield had four RBIs - three on his first home run this season - and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays routed Pittsburgh 10-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep that extended the Pirates' losing streak to seven.Merrifield put Toronto ahead with a run-scoring infield single in the first following a 95-minute rain delay and opened a 4-0 lead in the third when he sent a hanging curveball from Roansy Contreras (3-3) into the left-field bleachers.

CHICAGO - The Twins' offense, sputtering all week at Guaranteed Rate Park, was all but absent on Thursday, practically nothing but popups and strikeouts.So manager Rocco Baldelli turned to an unexpected weapon to buy his bats some time: the intentional walk."When we win, I'm in," Baldelli said after ordering a franchise-record five gimme walks during Minnesota's 7-3 victory in 12 innings over the White Sox.

(Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)

Julio Urías snapped off a slurve.Bryce Harper swung through it.And Dodger Stadium organist Dieter Rhule immediately pounded his keys.As Harper returned to the dugout, the catchy "Welcome Back" theme song echoed around Chavez Ravine.It was directed toward Harper, who was making his season debut Tuesday night just six months after an offseason Tommy John surgery.

(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Margarita (9-2) turned loose its hitters Thursday after days of rain, and the Eagles poured it on in a 12-0 baseball victory over Servite.Drew Rutter contributed two doubles and four RBIs.Leadoff hitter Blake Balsz had three hits.Collin Clarke once again was efficient and effective on the mound, striking out four and walking one in six scoreless innings.

Bruins The Bruins' decision to wait to start Jeremy Swayman until the final game and a lack of a killer instinct contributed to their historic playoff loss.Too little, too late.The Boston Bruins made some lineup adjustments ahead of their winner take all Game 7.
Jeremy Swayman earned his first start of the postseason.

"Our PK forecheck was really good," Montgomery told reporters."And I thought our defensemen and forwards did a really good job of pressuring that next pass and we pushed them outside of the middle of the ice, above the tops and outside the dots, which makes it very easy for the next player to understand where the next pressure point is.

Bruins The Bruins battled back from an early deficit, getting a pair of reviews to go their way before taking control to win.ST.PAUL, Minn.(AP) - David Pastrnak scored his 47th goal of the season and Linus Ullmark made 29 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Saturday.Jake DeBrusk, David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron and Trent Frederic also scored for Boston, which has won two in a row as it seeks to surpass the record 62 wins and 132 points in a season.

Bruins Trailing 4-0, the Bruins made a go of it, but the comeback fell short.For the second straight matinee, the Boston Bruins came out flat against the Detroit Red Wings.Once again, the Bruins faced a 2-0 hole on a power play and shorthanded marker.This time, they couldn't overcome the early miscues on Alex Chiasson's first-period power-play rebound and Mortiz Seider's shorthanded breakaway in the second.

The White Sox are 8-21, winners of one straight game after Andrew Vaughn's towering walk-off blast capped off a wild seven-run ninth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays and put a formal end to one of the worst stretches of baseball this team has seen in decades.The Starter
Drew Rasmussen was effective for Tampa Bay despite not looking his sharpest, throwing an even five innings and allowing just three runs, all earned, despite equaling a season-high with nine hits allowed.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - hit a first-inning grand slam against Nestor Cortes, Nathanial Lowe and Adolis García added home runs off the All-Star, and the Texas Rangers routed the Yankees 15-2 Sunday and sent slumping New York to its sixth loss in eight games.Cortes (3-2) had the worst outing of his Yankees career, allowing seven runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings along with four of New York's eight walks.

Per Colin Stephenson, the NY Rangers lineup tonight will still be without Ryan Lindgren, missing his second straight game after returning for one game following missing 10 in a row.Quality injury management there.Jaro Halak will get the start.Halak tonight, GG said.And no Lindgren."Day to day," GG said.

TOM WITHERS Posted on April 26, 2023 New York Knicks' Josh Hart (3) makes a layup past Cleveland Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Cleveland.(AP Photo/Phil Long) Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams CLEVELAND (AP) Jalen Brunson scored 23 points, RJ Barrett added 21 and the New York Knicks downed the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-95 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time since 2013.

The New York Knicks' four-game road trip came to an end Tuesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.It was their third game in four days and they were without point guard Jalen Brunson for a third straight game.Immanuel Quickley would take Brunson's spot in the starting five, which left the bench without a key contributor.

If you were worried about Dansby Swanson's early spring performance, it's certainly a good thing that he's ending the Spring Training schedule on a high note.Swanson homered for the second straight game.Unfortunately, a five-run White Sox ninth made the result a 6-6 tie between the Cubs and White Sox.

Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes drives to the net against Wizards forward Corey Kispert during the second half Sunday.(Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)TORONTO - The Wizards' margin for error was slimmer than slim Sunday against the hungry Raptors, with star guard Bradley Beal (knee soreness), forward Kyle Kuzma (ankle sprain) and point guard Monte Morris (groin soreness) planted on the bench.

The Nuggets' Bruce Brown passes between the Wizards' Daniel Gafford and Corey Kispert in the first half Wednesday night at Capital One Arena.(Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images) It looked for one half Wednesday night that the Washington Wizards might have found the antidote for their recent woes: an opponent sliding nearly as badly as they are.

By Associated Press Posted on March 23, 2023 Cleveland Cavaliers forward Isaac Okoro (35) shoots against Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith and guard Spencer Dinwiddie (26) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in New York.Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams NEW YORK (AP) Isaac Okoro hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.7 seconds remaining and finished with 11 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets 116-114 Thursday night.

The New York Islanders did what they needed to do last night, silencing the San Jose Sharks on the road as they won 4-1.They gave up the first goal, and the goal was not Ilya Sorokin's finest moment, but he rebounded nicely and didn't concede another.Meanwhile, the Islanders tied the game before the end of the first period and then exploded in the second period.

The good news: JG Pageau is back!The bad news: The Islanders dropped their second straight game, and looked sluggish again tonight, much like the game against the Caps on Saturday.It wasn't one of Ilya Sorokin's finest games, but he could hardly be blamed for it, really, given how the skaters were tonight.

Marcus Johansson, Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy scored in Minnesota's three-goal third period, and the Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 Saturday night.Jared Spurgeon and Frederick Gaudreau also scored, and Ryan Hartman and John Klingberg each had two assists to help the Wild extend their point streak to 12 games (10-0-2) - one shy of the franchise record - with their fourth straight road win.

Celtics The Celtics' offense couldn't be stopped, making 20 3-pointers in the win.ATLANTA (AP) - When the Atlanta Hawks wouldn't give up their comeback bid late in the game, Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said his Celtics survived because they were able to "navigate the chaos."It helped that the Celtics sank 20 3-pointers.