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Corey Seager hit a pair of two-run doubles, including the go-ahead hit in the seventh inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers put together a 7-5 victory Tuesday over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, whose wild-card advantage narrowed. Seager hit a ground-rule double to score a pair of runs in the fifth inning and hit a ball into left-center to bring home the first two runs in a five-run seventh. The Rays saw their hold on the second wild card in the American League shrink to one-half game over the Cleveland Indians. Continue to Article

September 18, 2019 2:10:am EST

Rookie Oscar Mercado belted a solo homer to highlight his fourth straight multi-hit performance as the host Cleveland Indians continued their mastery of the Detroit Tigers with a 7-2 victory on Tuesday. Jordan Luplow and Roberto Perez each drove in a pair of runs, and Yasiel Puig added an RBI single for the Indians (88-63), who defeated Detroit (45-105) for the 15th straight time and the 16th time in 17 meetings this season. Adam Plutko (7-4) allowed two runs on four hits in six innings to post his first win since Aug. 27, when he recorded a career-high nine strikeouts against the Tigers. Continue to Article

September 17, 2019 11:56:pm EST

Rookie Oscar Mercado belted a solo homer to highlight his fourth straight multi-hit performance as the host Cleveland Indians continued their mastery of the Detroit Tigers with a 7-2 victory on Tuesday. Jordan Luplow and Roberto Perez each drove in a pair of runs, and Yasiel Puig added an RBI single for the Indians (88-63), who defeated Detroit (45-105) for the 15th straight time and the 16th time in 17 meetings this season. Adam Plutko (7-4) allowed two runs on four hits in six innings to post his first win since Aug. 27, when he recorded a career-high nine strikeouts against the Tigers. Continue to Article

September 17, 2019 10:19:pm EST

Luis Arraez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Jose Berrios allowed two runs over 7 1/3 innings en route to his 13th win as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night in Minneapolis. Mitch Garver had two hits, including an RBI double, and Marwin Gonzalez scored twice for Minnesota (92-58) which increased its American League Central Division lead to five games over the idle Cleveland Indians (87-63) while reducing its magic number to eight. Berrios allowed five hits and walked two while striking out eight to improve to 11-2 in 14 career starts against the White Sox, including 4-1 in five starts this season. Continue to Article

September 17, 2019 12:48:am EST

Luis Arraez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Jose Berrios allowed two runs over 7 1/3 innings en route to his 13th win as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night in Minneapolis. Mitch Garver had two hits, including an RBI double, and Marwin Gonzalez scored twice for Minnesota (92-58) which increased its American League Central Division lead to five games over the idle Cleveland Indians (87-63) while reducing its magic number to eight. Berrios allowed five hits and walked two while striking out eight to improve to 11-2 in 14 career starts against the White Sox, including 4-1 in five starts this season. Continue to Article

September 16, 2019 10:48:pm EST