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Cuban rookie Yordan Alvarez is off to a smashing start for the injury-depleted Houston Astros, becoming just one of four players in major league history to hit four home runs in his first five games. Alvarez hit an upper-deck drive at Minute Maid Park on Saturday and joined Trevor Story, who hit six homers for Colorado in 2016, Yasiel Puig (Dodgers, 2013) and Mike Jacobs (Mets, 2005) for big starts. Alvarez and the Astros take on Toronto. Continue to Article

June 16, 2019 2:47:am EST

Cuban rookie Yordan Alvarez is off to a smashing start for the injury-depleted Houston Astros, becoming just one of four players in major league history to hit four home runs in his first five games. Alvarez hit an upper-deck drive at Minute Maid Park on Saturday and joined Trevor Story, who hit six homers for Colorado in 2016, Yasiel Puig (Dodgers, 2013) and Mike Jacobs (Mets, 2005) for big starts. Alvarez and the Astros take on Toronto. Continue to Article

June 15, 2019 10:37:pm EST

The Los Angeles Angels designated Cody Allen for assignment Saturday, a day after the veteran relief pitcher gave up four runs in a 9-4 loss to Tampa Bay. The 30-year-old Allen was signed to a one-year, $8.5 million contract in January after seven seasons with the Cleveland Indians. The Angels recalled right-hander Taylor Cole from Triple-A Salt Lake City. Continue to Article

June 15, 2019 2:05:pm EST

Manager Terry Francona then offered a verbal vote of confidence before penciling the .209 hitter into his lineup. Bauers paid his manager's confidence back by producing his best game of the season and the Indians first cycle since Rajai Davis in 2016. In the Indians eight-run fourth inning, he knocked two hits off the list. Continue to Article

June 14, 2019 10:08:pm EST

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona knows how much David Ortiz means to baseball. "He's a very special person, not to just to me, to a lot of people," said Francona, who managed Ortiz with the Red Sox from 2004-2011, a stretch that included two of the three World Series titles Ortiz won with Boston. Doctors performed surgery and Ortiz was flown to Boston in an air ambulance Monday night. Continue to Article

June 11, 2019 7:15:pm EST