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Cheslor Cuthbert hit a two-run pinch-hit home run to break a 5-5 tie and highlight a seven-run ninth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 12-5 Saturday night in Minneapolis. Cuthbert hit the first pinch-hit homer of his career off reliever Taylor Rogers (2-4), a 364-foot line drive down the left field line, to drive in Ryan O'Hearn who had opened the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second. The Royals would go on to roll up eight hits and two walks while sending 13 batters to the plate in the inning. Continue to Article

September 21, 2019 11:03:pm EST

Willy Adames singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mitch Moreland hit a pair of two-run homers for the defending World Series champion Red Sox, who were eliminated from postseason contention earlier in the night when the Cleveland Indians beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2. The Rays (91-63) remained tied with Cleveland for the American League's second and final wild-card playoff berth. Continue to Article

September 21, 2019 12:55:am EST

Randy Dobnak gave up one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings to pick up his first major league win and Marwin Gonzalez had a two-run double to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night at Target Field in Minneapolis. Miguel Sano tripled and drove in a run and Jorge Polanco doubled and scored a run for Minnesota (95-59), which remained four games ahead of the Cleveland Indians (91-63) in the American League Central with eight games remaining. Dobnak (1-1), signed two years ago out of the United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL), a four-team independent league in Michigan, walked two and struck out five. Continue to Article

September 20, 2019 11:40:pm EST

Oscar Mercado had two hits, drove in two runs and scored twice to help lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 win against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night. Francisco Lindor contributed an RBI single and two walks, and Carlos Santana and Yasiel Puig also drove in runs for the Indians (91-63), who remained tied with Tampa Bay for the second American League wild card after the Rays beat the Boston Red Sox in 11 innings. Shane Bieber (15-7) bounced back from a rough outing his last time out and allowed two runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings. Continue to Article

September 20, 2019 11:27:pm EST