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ESPN News Services Jun 18, 2023, 12:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a three-run homer, J.D. Davis added a pinch-hit grand slam, and the San Francisco Giants routed the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers 15-0 on Saturday night for their season-high sixth straight victory. It was the Dodgers’ largest home shutout loss

Jun 17, 2023, 10:55 PM ET The San Francisco Giants placed right-hander John Brebbia on the 15-day injured list and Wilmer Flores on the 10-day injured list Saturday ahead of their game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brebbia has a Grade 2 lat strain that is expected to sideline him four to eight weeks, according

Jun 17, 2023, 11:14 PM ET Boston right-hander Tanner Houck sustained a facial fracture after being struck just under his right eye by a line drive from the New York Yankees‘ Kyle Higashioka on Friday night. The Red Sox said Saturday that Houck received stitches at Fenway Park and was taken to Mass General Hospital

Associated Press Jun 17, 2023, 09:25 PM ET PHOENIX — The Cleveland Guardians called up catching prospect Bo Naylor and put right-handed pitcher Triston McKenzie on the 15-day injured list on Saturday. The roster moves come one day after the Guardians designated veteran catcher Mike Zunino for assignment. Naylor, 23, was hitting .254 with 13

Jun 17, 2023, 06:50 PM ET A bus driver hired to transport the Pittsburgh Pirates from Chicago to Milwaukee was stopped during the journey and charged with DUI. The trip began in Chicago on Thursday night after the Pirates’ 7-2 loss to the Cubs before an Illinois State Police escort noticed erratic driving and put

Jun 17, 2023, 03:11 PM ET The Colorado Rockies designated Dinelson Lamet for assignment on Saturday and recalled fellow right-hander Gavin Hollowell from Triple-A Albuquerque. The move for Lamet comes one day after he struggled mightily in an 8-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Lamet allowed a career-worst eight runs on five hits — including

ESPN News Services Jun 17, 2023, 03:48 PM ET David Freese, whose heroics in the 2011 postseason led the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series title, has decided after “an extreme amount of thought” to decline an invitation to join the team’s Hall of Fame, he announced Saturday. “This is something that I have

Jun 17, 2023, 02:25 PM ET The Miami Marlins placed third baseman Jean Segura on the 10-day injured list and called up prospect Jacob Amaya on Saturday. Segura, 33, has a left hamstring strain. He is batting .190 with one home run and 11 RBIs in 60 games during his first season with the Marlins.

Associated Press Jun 17, 2023, 01:32 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Brewers pitcher Wade Miley and designated hitter/outfielder Jesse Winker were reinstated from the injured list before Saturday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Miley is scheduled to start Saturday after missing a month with a lat strain. Winker hasn’t played since May 27 because of a

Jun 17, 2023, 12:29 PM ET The Chicago Cubs activated left-hander Justin Steele off the 15-day injured list to start Saturday afternoon’s game against the visiting Baltimore Orioles. Steele (6-2, 2.65 ERA) had been sidelined since exiting his start against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 31 with a left forearm strain. “He feels really

Joon Lee, ESPNJun 17, 2023, 07:15 AM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate MASATAKA YOSHIDA DOES NOT want to be the American League Rookie of the Year, and his reasoning is simple: He doesn’t view himself as a rookie. The Boston Red Sox outfielder spent the first seven years of

ESPN News Services Jun 16, 2023, 11:47 PM ET Los Angeles Angels first baseman Gio Urshela has a left pelvis fracture, the team said Friday, and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. Urshela had missed the prior four games with back soreness but he fell down awkwardly Thursday at Texas. He was on

Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 09:34 PM ET BOSTON — Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck left Friday’s matchup with the New York Yankees after being struck on the face with a line drive. With Boston leading 10-1 in the fifth inning, New York’s Kyle Higashioka led off and fell behind 1-2 in the count, before

ESPN News Services Jun 16, 2023, 09:31 PM ET In the hours before the Dodgers hosted the San Francisco Giants on the team’s 10th annual Pride Night on Friday night, Phoenix-based Catholics for Catholics organized what it called “a prayerful procession” in a parking lot outside Dodger Stadium. A couple hundred people, many wearing red

Tisha Thompson Jun 16, 2023, 08:00 PM ET Former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer declined to be interviewed by police in Arizona about a sexual assault complaint filed against him, while the woman who accused him gave police varying accounts about her alleged pregnancy, according to two police reports obtained by ESPN. The woman, whom ESPN

Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 08:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Dodgers infielder Max Muncy went on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained hamstring. The team had been hoping to avoid making the move, but Muncy needed more time to recover after getting hurt in last weekend’s game at Philadelphia. “It was a

Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 06:22 PM ET BOSTON — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Friday that Aaron Judge received another platelet-rich plasma injection on his sprained right toe but continues to make progress on an injury that has him sidelined for the second time this season. “They hit the other ligament that

Jun 16, 2023, 05:15 PM ET The Chicago White Sox placed right-hander Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured list because of right biceps inflammation. In a corresponding move, the White Sox recalled right-hander Jesse Scholtens from Triple-A Charlotte. Clevinger, who had an IL stint in late May with right wrist inflammation, left Wednesday’s start against