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Giants use 8-run 8th to blow open rubber match vs. Athletics
May 17, 2026; West Sacramento, California, USA; San Francisco Giants second baseman Luis Arraez (center) is greeted by his teammates after hitting a solo home run against the Athletics during the third inning at Sutter Health Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Harrison Bader hit a grand slam and Luis Arraez homered for the second time in three games to help the San Francisco Giants notch a 10-1 victory over the Athletics on Sunday afternoon at West Sacramento, Calif.
Bader’s second career slam came during an eight-run eighth-inning as the Giants blew open a close game.
Arraez had three hits and went 8-for-12 with five runs in the series, which San Francisco rallied to win after dropping the opener.
Casey Schmitt and Matt Chapman each had two hits in the finale. Schmitt went 6-for-10 in the final two games of the series and homered twice in Saturday’s victory.
San Francisco’s Adrian Houser (2-4) pitched six solid innings and three relievers finished up. Houser allowed one run and four hits. He walked five and struck out three.
Carlos Cortes had two hits and an RBI for the Athletics, who committed three errors and have lost five of their past seven games.
Arraez hit his first homer of the season on Friday before getting help from the wind in the third inning on Sunday. Cortes was stationed in traditional right field and backed up but couldn’t find the ball as the wind took it near the foul pole and over the wall for a solo shot.
Cortes was on the other side of the wind in the fifth inning as his apparent inning-ending pop-up landed for a run-scoring double. Giants shortstop Willy Adames lost the ball in the sun and Darell Hernaiz scored from second to cut the deficit to 2-1.
The Athletics’ Jeffrey Springs (3-4) gave up two runs (one earned) and five hits over six innings. He struck out three and walked one.
Nick Kurtz went 0-for-1 but walked three times to stretch his streak of reaching base to 40 straight games, the longest single-season streak by an A’s player since Mark McGwire (48 in 1996).
Chapman’s RBI double in the fourth gave the Giants a 2-0 lead. After the A’s got their gift run an inning later, San Francisco broke the game open in the eighth.
Bader started the frame by reaching on an error by Athletics third baseman Zack Gelof. Arraez walked and Schmitt singled off Luis Medina to load the bases before Rafael Devers singled to center. One run scored and a second followed when Lawrence Butler fumbled the ball.
Daniel Susac’s grounder and Jung Hoo Lee’s infield single plated runs later in the inning before Bader came up with the bases loaded. He went the opposite way with a 2-1 fastball from Jose Suarez and landed it over the wall in right.
–Field Level Media
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Kody Clemens helps Twins avoid sweep at hands of Brewers
May 17, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Twins first baseman Kody Clemens (2) celebrates after hitting an RBI double against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Kody Clemens went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs as the Minnesota Twins escaped with a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Ryan Jeffers hit a solo homer for Minnesota, which salvaged a win in the three-game series. Victor Caratini added an RBI.
Garrett Mitchell and Christian Yelich each hit a solo home run for Milwaukee, which lost for only the second time in its past 10 games. Sal Frelick and Jake Bauers drove in one run apiece for the Brewers
Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (5-2) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Brewers right-hander Grant Anderson (1-2) allowed one run on two hits in 1 2/3 innings of relief. He followed starter Robert Gasser, who allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits in four innings of his season debut.
Twins reliever Luis Garcia allowed a run in the ninth but notched his second save.
The Twins opened the scoring during the bottom of the first. Austin Martin drew a leadoff walk and scored from first on Clemens’ two-out double to right.
Milwaukee evened the score 1-1 during the top of the second. Frelick doubled to right to drive in Bauers from first base.
Minnesota grabbed a 3-1 lead in the third when Jeffers led off with a single to center, and Clemens followed with a double off the wall in left.
Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio tried to make the catch against the wall, but he could not get there in time. The ball bounced off the wall, ricocheted off his leg and rolled toward the corner.
Chourio chased down the ball and threw toward the infield, but cutoff man Joey Ortiz fired a wild throw past the plate as Jeffers came home. The ball skipped out of play, and umpires awarded Clemens home plate for the equivalent of a little league home run.
The Brewers pulled within 3-2 in the fourth on Mitchell’s solo homer.
Yelich tied the score 3-3 with a solo homer in the fifth.
The power surge continued as Jeffers led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo shot to put the Twins on top 4-3. Caratini added a sacrifice fly in the left to make it 5-3 in the eighth.
The Brewers tried to rally in the ninth but fell short. Bauers hit an RBI single to cut the deficit to 5-4, but Frelick popped up to end the game.
-Field Level Media
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Edgar Quero's game-winning homer lifts White Sox over Cubs
May 17, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero (26) hits a one run single against the Chicago Cubs during the second inning at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images Edgar Quero smacked a game-ending two-run home run in the 10th inning and joined Andrew Benintendi with a three-hit game to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 9-8 victory against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
The White Sox finished 7-2 on a nine-game homestand while earning their fifth series victory in the past six. They prevailed after a wild finish in which they outscored the Cubs 5-4 from the eighth inning onward.
Quero and Tristan Peters, who delivered a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth, both went deep for the first time this season. Quero connected against Cubs reliever Ryan Rolison (3-1).
Closer Seranthony Dominguez couldn’t hold the lead for the South Siders after the Peters homer, yielding a tying three-run blast to Michael Conforto after a walk and third baseman Miguel Vargas’ one-out error.
Alex Bregman had two hits and two RBIs for the Cubs. He drove in a run on a groundout in the top of the 10th. Conforto also had two hits.
The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Michael Busch opened the scoring two batters into the game, reaching White Sox starter Erick Fedde for a two-run home run to right field on a full count.
Fedde has yielded a home run in four consecutive starts and seven of nine appearances overall. He later uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Bregman to score.
Quero delivered an RBI single in the second to put the White Sox on the board. After Bregman’s run-scoring single in the fourth restored a three-run advantage for the Cubs, the White Sox responded with Benintendi’s RBI double in the bottom half.
Vargas tied the game with a two-run double with two out in the fifth, sending a ball the opposite way to the gap in right center.
Both starters took no-decisions. Fedde, who pitched with a blister issue on his right throwing hand for much of the afternoon, spaced four runs and six hits with four walks and two strikeouts over three innings.
Rea scattered four runs and six hits over 4 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Tyler Davis (2-1) was the winner, allowing an unearned run in the 10th while working around three walks.
A crowd of 38,608 attended the game, the third sellout in as many contests in the crosstown series.
–Field Level Media
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Top Mariners prospect Colt Emerson recalled from Tacoma
Feb 23, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Seattle Mariners shortstop Colt Emerson against the Los Angeles Dodgers during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The Seattle Mariners recalled top prospect infielder Colt Emerson prior to Sunday’s game against the San Diego Padres.
Seattle placed infielder/outfielder Brendan Donovan (groin) on the 10-day injured list to open up a roster spot. The IL move is retroactive to May 16.
Emerson, 20, is set to make his major league debut. He is in the lineup at third base and batting ninth against the Padres.
Emerson is rated as Seattle’s No. 1 prospect and the sixth overall in the majors by MLB Pipeline.
According to the Mariners, Emerson (20 years, 301 days) will be the youngest player to make his Seattle debut since right-hander Felix Hernandez (19 years, 118 days) on Aug. 4, 2005.
Emerson is the second-youngest player to debut in the majors this season behind Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin (age 19).
The left-handed-hitting Emerson is batting .255 with seven homers and 26 RBIs in 38 games at Triple-A Tacoma this season. He was a first-round pick (22nd overall) in the 2023 draft.
On March 31, Emerson signed an eight-year, $95 million deal with the Mariners through the 2033 season with a club option for 2034.
Donovan, 29, is batting .274 with three homers and eight RBIs in 25 games this season. He was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in the offseason.
–Field Level Media
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