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MLB roundup: Dodgers' Dave Roberts becomes fastest to 1,000 wins
Jun 30, 2026; West Sacramento, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) gestures towards the crowd after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Athletics as he earns his 1000th career win as a manager at Sutter Health Park. Mandatory Credit: Scott Marshall-Imagn Images Tommy Edman had four hits, including a homer, and drove in four while manager Dave Roberts recorded his 1,000th career regular-season victory as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 9-3 on Tuesday in West Sacramento, Calif.
Roberts, who is in his 11th season, became the fourth manager in Dodgers history to reach the 1,000-victory mark. Roberts’ 1,606 career games (1,000-606) are the fewest needed to reach 1,000 wins, 35 fewer games than the previous fastest mark, held by Cap Anson (1875-98).
Miguel Rojas also went deep and drove in two runs and Mookie Betts had three hits as the Dodgers won for the seventh time in their past eight games. Los Angeles had 14 hits for a total of 31 over two nights while dominating the A’s both times.
Justin Wrobleski (10-2) struck out a career-high 11 while throwing seven innings of three-run ball for Los Angeles. Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer for the A’s. Jeffrey Springs (3-8) gave up six runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Mariners 8, Angels 3
Bryan Woo set the single-season record for most consecutive scoreless innings at T-Mobile Park as Seattle defeated visiting Los Angeles.
Woo opened with six scoreless frames to reach 32 overall before reliever Eduard Bazardo allowed a pair of inherited runners to score in the seventh. Woo (7-6), who won his fifth straight home start, was charged with two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out five.
The Mariners managed just three hits off Angels starter Jose Soriano (8-5) through the first five innings before opening the sixth with three straight singles against him to break a scoreless tie and spark a five-run inning.
Phillies 8, Pirates 0
Cristopher Sanchez worked seven strong innings while guiding Philadelphia to a win over visiting Pittsburgh.
Sanchez (10-3) allowed just three hits and two walks, striking out nine as he became the first starting pitcher to reach 10 wins this season. Justin Crawford had three hits and three RBIs for the Phillies, while Trea Turner added a homer, a double and three RBIs on his 33rd birthday.
Esmerlyn Valdez’s four-game homer streak came to an end, although the Pirates rookie still went 2-for-3 with a walk. Bubba Chandler (3-8) yielded five runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Tigers 9, Yankees 3
Riley Greene belted a pair of homers in consecutive at-bats off Cam Schlittler, Tarik Skubal pitched six innings and visiting Detroit cruised past New York.
The Tigers slugged five home runs against the Yankees for the first time since Aug. 30, 2018, as Kerry Carpenter, Spencer Torkelson and James Outman also went deep. Skubal (4-4) allowed two runs (one earned) and one hit while fanning nine.
Ben Rice homered, but the Yankees lost their season-high sixth straight game. Schlittler (8-5) was tagged for a career-worst six runs on seven hits in four-plus innings. He served up four homers, also a career high.
Cubs 9, Padres 7
Dansby Swanson led a long-ball barrage with two home runs, and host Chicago held on for a win over San Diego.
Alex Bregman hit a three-run shot and Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong had solo homers for the Cubs, who won their fourth straight. Matthew Boyd (3-1) allowed three runs over five-plus innings. Ryan Rolison recorded the last out to earn his first career save.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs and Manny Machado and Gavin Sheets also homered for the Padres, who have lost four in a row. JP Sears (1-1) gave up seven runs (six earned) in 4 2/3 innings.
White Sox 9, Orioles 3
Colson Montgomery and Junior Perez homered during a seven-run third inning as visiting Chicago beat Baltimore, taking the first two games of the three-game series.
Jacob Gonzalez had three hits and drove in three runs and Andrew Benintendi provided three hits as the White Sox won for the sixth time in eight games. They will win a series against Baltimore for the first time since July 2021 regardless of the result in the Wednesday afternoon series finale.
Chicago’s Erick Fedde (3-6) went five innings and yielded three runs on five hits. Gunnar Henderson had two hits and scored two runs for the Orioles, whose losing streak grew to four games. They have lost six of their past seven games.
Rangers 4, Guardians 2
Cleveland left fielder Cooper Ingle threw the ball into the stands, incorrectly thinking it was the third out of the seventh inning, to bring home Ezequiel Duran as the go-ahead run, leading Texas past the host Guardians.
Duran led off the seventh with a single against Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee and moved to second on a groundout by Evan Carter. Alejandro Osuna followed with a routine fly to Ingle, who caught it and promptly threw it over the screen into the crowd down the left field line.
Jacob deGrom (7-5) earned his fourth victory in his past five decisions for the Rangers, striking out nine over seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits. Bibee (2-9) also worked seven strong innings but received the loss when Ingle committed what was scored as a two-base error and an unearned run.
Nationals 8, Red Sox 1
Cade Cavalli allowed one hit and struck out a career-high 13 batters in seven innings as visiting Washington defeated Boston.
The only run Boston scored against Cavalli (5-4) was unearned. He didn’t issue a walk in his 100-pitch outing. The Red Sox managed just four hits as their five-game winning streak ended.
CJ Abrams homered as the Nationals won for the third time in four games and leveled the three-game series at one victory apiece. James Wood finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Diamondbacks 8, Giants 2
Arizona ran its season-long winning streak against San Francisco to eight games, riding home runs from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Ketel Marte to a victory in Phoenix.
Recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A and making his first big-league start since April 11, Brandon Pfaadt (1-1) gave up one run on three hits in 5 1/3 innings. Gurriel, Marte, Gabriel Moreno and Max Kepler had two hits apiece for the Diamondbacks.
Luis Arraez singled, tripled and homered for the Giants, and Rafael Devers also went deep. Landen Roupp (5-8) permitted six runs and walked six in 2 2/3 innings.
Mets 3, Blue Jays 0
Nolan McLean struck out seven in six scoreless innings and visiting New York defeated Toronto to split the first two of a three-game series.
McLean (5-5) allowed five hits and two walks, while Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens provided support with solo home runs. Former Blue Jay Bo Bichette went 1-for-4 for the Mets and made some excellent defensive plays at third base.
Toronto starter Kevin Gausman (4-7) completed six innings, allowing one run on five hits. Luis Urias had two singles and a walk.
Cardinals 5, Braves 3
Matthew Liberatore threw five strong innings and Nathan Church ended a long homerless streak to lead St. Louis over host Atlanta.
Liberatore (4-5) allowed one run on one hit and four walks, striking out nine, to earn his first victory since May 31. Church blasted a three-run homer to cap a four-run rally in the fourth inning when the Cardinals took the lead. It was Church’s sixth home run but first since April 26.
Ozzie Albies drove in two runs for the Braves. Martin Perez (5-6) yielded four runs on five hits in five innings.
Brewers 7, Reds 2
Jake Bauers and Jackson Chourio homered and Brandon Sproat pitched effectively into the sixth inning as Milwaukee defeated visiting Cincinnati.
The Brewers have won six straight against the Reds, including all five games this season. Bauers and Sal Frelick each had three hits to pace Milwaukee’s 14-hit attack.
The Brewers gained control with four runs in the fourth off Rhett Lowder (3-6), opening the inning with five consecutive singles en route to a 5-1 lead. Sproat (3-4) allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Rays 10, Royals 4
Junior Caminero homered in his fifth consecutive game, a three-run shot to highlight Tampa Bay’s six-run third inning, and the Rays won their sixth straight game, beating host Kansas City.
Ryan Vilade also homered and Griffin Jax (4-5) allowed three runs and struck out five over six innings to win his third straight start for the Rays. Caminero has clubbed eight of his 23 home runs in the past seven games.
Bobby Witt Jr. socked a two-run homer in the third and an eighth-inning solo shot as part of a three-hit night for the Royals, who have lost five of six.
Astros 6, Twins 4
Yordan Alvarez capped a six-run fourth inning with his third grand slam of the season as Houston rallied past visiting Minnesota.
Alvarez tied the franchise record with his seventh career grand slam, joining Alex Bregman, Carlos Lee and Jose Altuve. It was his 26th home run of the season. The Astros evened the three-game series at one win apiece behind Alvarez and a resilient effort from Mike Burrows (4-8), who overcame a ragged first inning to go five frames of four-run ball.
Twins starter Joe Ryan (5-5) permitted six runs on six hits in four innings. Ryan Kreidler hit a two-run single, and Kody Clemens produced two hits and two runs.
Marlins 14, Rockies 3
Javier Sanoja, Joe Mack and Owen Caissie each hit a home run in Miami’s blowout win over Colorado in Denver.
Sanoja hit a three-run shot in the third, extending the Marlins’ lead to 5-1. Mack’s two-run blast in the seventh and Caissie’s three-run homer in the eighth were late highlights from a huge offensive game for the Marlins, who have won six of their past seven.
Eury Perez (4-6) earned the win in his second start since returning from the injured list. Perez struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings, allowing just one run on two hits and four walks. Mickey Moniak homered for the Rockies. Tanner Gordon was tagged for five runs in five innings.
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Outgoing Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa has his say — for 100 minutes
June 15, 2026; Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S.; Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa before the match. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Marcelo Bielsa, who exited as head coach of the Uruguayan national team after the side bowed out of the World Cup in the group stage, gave a 100-minute press conference on Tuesday in which he maintained that his message never resonated with the team.
Uruguay opened play in Group H with a 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabia, then squandered a second-half lead in a 2-2 draw against Cape Verde. Needing a positive result against powerhouse Spain in the group finale to advance, Uruguay lost 1-0 on a goalkeeping error.
Speaking Tuesday in Montevideo of his tenure on the job, which began in May 2023, Bielsa said, “What I have absolute certainty of is that nobody cares what I know. I know when someone cares what I know. Nothing I tried to transmit was important, at any level. That was never important from my point of view. I don’t see anything bad in it — other people aren’t interested in learning what I know. Case closed.”
Bielsa added, “My responsibility for what happened is very clear. I cannot justify the position we finished in. In short, my management of the players I had was insufficient. We did our best, both my colleagues and I, and the players, and it wasn’t enough. I am convinced that if I had chosen a different path, we wouldn’t have changed the results we obtained.”
Despite his assessment of how his approach was received, Bielsa still believes his side deserved better results.
“There’s not a serious, thoughtful, meditated and explained analysis which doesn’t see us winning against Saudi Arabia, which doesn’t see us winning against Cape Verde and which doesn’t see us drawing with Spain,” he said, adding, “We were sufficiently united as to run 20% more than Saudi Arabia, 30% more than Cape Verde and 25% more than Spain.”
Bielsa also backed goalie Fernando Muslera, who asked to exit the Spain match at halftime after his 42nd-minute mistake led to a goal. The change was made, but Uruguay failed to rally.
According to Bielsa, Muslera was sick the day before the match.
“It’s never happened to me that a player asked to be replaced because of the effect of errors he committed on his spirit,” Bielsa said. “Muslera told me he was so stricken by the error he committed that he preferred to stop playing because the group’s possibilities were intact and he wasn’t in the best condition to face up to that second half, when we had everything to achieve.”
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Cade Cavalli fans career-best 13 as Nationals shut down Red Sox
Jun 30, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox second baseman Anthony Seigler (48) reacts after scoring off a single hit by first baseman Willson Contreras (40), not pictured, in the first inning against the Washington Nationals at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Jaiden Tripi-Imagn Images Cade Cavalli allowed one hit and struck out a career-high 13 batters in seven innings as the visiting Washington Nationals defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-1 on Tuesday.
The only run Boston scored against Cavalli (5-4) was unearned. He didn’t issue a walk in his 100-pitch outing.
CJ Abrams hit his 18th home run of the season as Washington won for the third time in four games and leveled the three-game series at one victory apiece. James Wood finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Boston managed just four hits as its five-game winning streak ended.
There were fireworks in the fourth after Cavalli struck out Willson Contreras looking for the second out of the inning. Cavalli said something following the at-bat that Contreras took exception to, and Contreras had to be restrained as both benches emptied.
Contreras, who threw his batting helmet toward Cavalli during the melee, was ejected. Boston outfielder Nate Eaton and Washington pitcher Miles Mikolas, neither of whom was playing in the game, and Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy were also tossed out.
Contreras hit a three-run homer against Mikolas during Boston’s 6-3 victory on Monday. He later was ejected from that game when he tapped his helmet as if he were asking for an ABS challenge after being called out on a check swing.
Boston left-hander Connelly Early left the Tuesday game with what the Red Sox called left elbow tightness after throwing 48 pitches in four scoreless innings. Greg Weissert (0-2) allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings of relief.
Washington broke a 1-1 tie by scoring three runs in the seventh. Jose Tena singled off Weissert, who walked Nasim Nunez with one out. Justin Slaten took over on the mound, and Keibert Ruiz drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single.
Later in the inning, Luis Garcia Jr. hit a two-run double to center.
Abrams went deep leading off the eighth to make it 5-1. Ruiz added a two-run double later in the inning, and Ruiz scored when James Wood doubled, increasing the gap to 8-1.
The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in the first. Anthony Seigler doubled, took third on a groundout and scored on a two-out throwing error by Washington third baseman Curtis Mead.
The Nationals tied the game in the fifth when Daylen Lile singled, Ruiz walked and Wood hit an RBI single to right.
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Junior Caminero extends homer streak to 5 games as Rays smash Royals
Jun 30, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero (13) reacts after hitting a home run during the second inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images Junior Caminero homered in his fifth consecutive game, a three-run shot to highlight Tampa Bay’s six-run third inning, and the Rays won their sixth straight game, beating the host Kansas City Royals 10-4 on Tuesday night.
Caminero, who has clubbed eight of his 23 home runs in the last seven games, joins Ronald Acuna Jr. (2018), Brian McCann (2006) and Jack Clark (1978) as the only four players aged 22 or younger since 1900 to homer in five straight contests.
Ryan Vilade also homered and Griffin Jax (4-5) allowed three runs and struck out five over six innings to win his third straight start for the Rays.
Bobby Witt Jr. clubbed a two-run homer and an eighth-inning solo shot as part of a three-hit night for the Royals, who have lost five of six.
Meanwhile, the six earned runs surrendered by Noah Cameron (4-6) were a season high, along with nine hits and three of Kansas City’s 11 walks allowed, in 3 2/3 innings.
The Royals opened the scoring when Carter Jensen extended his hitting streak to 20 games by sending the first pitch in the bottom of the first into the right-center field fountains.
Tampa Bay, though, broke out in the third, when the first eight batters reached against Cameron.
Nick Fortes opened by reaching second on a bunt single coupled with third baseman Nick Loftin’s throwing error. Yandy Diaz then walked, and Jonathan Aranda (two hits) dropped a run-scoring single to center.
Caminero, who also singled on the night, then cleared the left-field wall with his fifth homer against the Royals this season for a 4-0 Rays lead. Vilade followed with a homer to nearly the same spot and Ben Williamson later recorded an RBI single.
The Royals made it 6-3 in the bottom of the third when Isaac Collins doubled and scored on Witt’s drive into the left-field seats.
Williamson and Taylor Wells drew back-to-back walks in the fifth, advanced via catcher Jensen’s passed ball and both scored on Fortes’ single to left.
In the sixth, Kansas City’s Eric Cerantola walked six batters, allowing one run on a wild pitch with the bags full and another on a bases-loaded walk to Walls.
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Outgoing Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa has his say — for 100 minutes
Cade Cavalli fans career-best 13 as Nationals shut down Red Sox
