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Rookie Nick Senzel capped a four-run eighth inning with a two-run bases-loaded single as the Cincinnati Reds beat the visiting Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Sunday afternoon. Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the Reds, who held on after giving up three runs in the ninth. Senzel, robbed of a potential two-run homer by right fielder Jason Heyward in the seventh, extended Cincinnati's lead to 8-3 in the eighth with a base hit down the left field line off Kyle Ryan. Continue to Article

June 30, 2019 4:49:pm EST

Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will come off the injured list to make a Tuesday start at the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team announced Sunday. Hendricks has been on the injured list since June 15 because of shoulder inflammation. The Cubs deemed him ready after two bullpen sessions, including a 45-pitch effort Saturday. Continue to Article

June 30, 2019 1:13:pm EST

Javier Baez belted his fifth career grand slam and Jose Quintana tossed six solid innings to end a nine-start winless stretch as the visiting Chicago Cubs recorded a 6-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday. Tempers flared after Chicago reliever Pedro Strop drilled Yasiel Puig with a 3-0 fastball in the left leg with two outs in the eighth inning. Puig tossed his helmet and walked toward Strop before initially being restrained by Cubs catcher Willson Contreras and first baseman Anthony Rizzo, then by teammate Joey Votto as players from both teams spilled onto the field. Continue to Article

June 29, 2019 7:31:pm EST

The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox made Major League Baseball history as they marked the first game ever played in Europe with a home run barrage at the London Stadium on Saturday. The Yankees are playing two regular-season games against their arch rivals Boston in the English capital and the opening night was a smash hit. Records tumbled in the Yankees' 17-13 win, a four hour, 42 minute marathon that was just three minutes short of the longest nine-inning game in MLB history. Continue to Article

June 29, 2019 7:05:pm EST

The Chicago Cubs designated outfielder Carlos Gonzalez for assignment Saturday. If Gonzalez clears waivers, the Cubs will ask him to accept an assignment to Triple-A Iowa, but it's uncertain whether the 33-year-old will do so. Gonzalez hit .175 (7-for-40) with one homer and three RBIs in 15 games with the Cubs. Continue to Article

June 29, 2019 2:27:pm EST