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Charlie Blackmon called the location of the pitch his "where I hit balls far" zone. Blackmon lined a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh, Colorado's lights-out bullpen threw three-plus scoreless innings and the Rockies beat Washington 8-4 on Monday night, ending the Nationals' seven-game winning streak. Trailing 4-3, Blackmon sent a hanging slider from lefty Enny Romero (1-1) deep into the right-field stands. Continue to Article

April 25, 2017 2:02:am EST

Jason Heyward is getting tired of talking about his rebuilt swing. Considering what the Chicago Cubs center fielder is doing at the plate these days, the conversation will soon flip from his new-look swing to the results. Heyward hit his third home run in four days, a sizzling line drive to right-center off Pittsburgh's Chad Kuhl in the first inning to set the tone in a lopsided 14-3 victory for the suddenly hot Cubs on Monday night. Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 11:58:pm EST

Jason Heyward is getting tired of talking about his rebuilt swing. Considering what the Chicago Cubs center fielder is doing at the plate these days, the conversation will soon flip from his new-look swing to the results. Heyward hit his third home run in four days, a sizzling line drive to right-center off Pittsburgh's Chad Kuhl in the first inning to set the tone in a lopsided 14-3 victory for the suddenly hot Cubs on Monday night. Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 10:43:pm EST

Around baseball, players often build their own memorabilia collections. Take Minnesota Twins pitcher Hector Santiago, he has a huge collection of jerseys and autographs from his peers. Addison Russell, the 23-year-old Chicago Cubs shortstop, began his own autograph collection this past spring. Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 5:23:pm EST

The Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants are both in last place, and that's not even their biggest problem at the moment. They will both have to overcome some significant adversity to contend for the postseason this year after losing two of the National League's top players this past week. Pittsburgh will be without outfielder Starling Marte, who was suspended 80 games because of a positive drug test, and San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner was injured in a dirt bike crash . A slow start at this stage of the season isn't the end of the world, but the Pirates (8-10) and Giants (6-13) will now be missing key players. "We get the angst. We get the concern. Unfortunately, in a small market, Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 3:26:am EST