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One of the best stories in baseball added another chapter on Friday night in Los Angeles. Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright pitched his first career complete game shutout in a 9-0 victory against the Dodgers, giving him 13 wins in his breakout season. Wright had actually hit a bump in July, posting a 6.23 ERA over six starts and 34 2/3 innings. Continue to Article

August 06, 2016 1:58:am EST

If Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer needs some kind of spark to get out of the long, difficult slump that has been his 2016 season, perhaps the Minnesota Twins will do the trick. Archer is 5-15, leading the majors in losses, with just one win in his last 10 starts and his team 2-8 in those games. Baseball hasn't had a 20-game loser since Detroit's Mike Maroth in 2003, and if Archer is to keep pitching and avoid such infamy, something has to change. Continue to Article

August 05, 2016 11:38:pm EST

Eddie Rosario's calculated guess paid off for the Minnesota Twins. Rosario turned around a hanging changeup for a pinch-hit two-run homer that put the Twins ahead in the seventh inning, and they beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Friday night. The Rays led 2-1 when the left-handed hitting Rosario batted for Byron Buxton with Eduardo Escobar on base against right-hander Erasmo Ramirez and one out. Continue to Article

August 05, 2016 11:33:pm EST

Two pitchers with very different ERAs will face each other Saturday in the second game of a series between first-place teams at Nationals Park. Giants right-hander Matt Cain (3-6, 5.53) will face Washington right-hander Stephen Strasburg (15-1, 2.63) in the second game of the series. Cain will try to pick up the slack after Giants starter Jeff Samardzija gave up five runs in a 5-1 loss on Friday night. Continue to Article

August 05, 2016 11:25:pm EST

Eddie Rosario had a pinch-hit two-run homer in the seventh inning, Miguel Sano homered and had three hits and the Minnesota Twins beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Friday night. Rosario's seventh homer put the Twins up 3-2 after Erasmo Ramirez walked Eduardo Escobar. Sano got his 16th homer off Ramirez (7-9) in the eighth. Continue to Article

August 05, 2016 10:22:pm EST