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MLB roundup: Rangers pitch shutout to end Cubs' 10-game win streak
May 9, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers first baseman Justin Foscue (14) and third baseman Josh Jung (6) celebrate the win over the Chicago Cubs at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Josh Jung and Justin Foscue each hit solo homers and the Texas Rangers ended the Chicago Cubs’ 10-game winning streak with a 6-0 victory on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.
Jung went 3-for-4 with two runs, Alejandro Osuna had two hits and two RBIs, and Joc Pederson added two hits and an RBI for the Rangers. Starter Jack Leiter allowed three hits with a season-high five walks and six strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings. Jalen Beeks (2-1) replaced him and threw the next 1 1/3 innings with no baserunners allowed.
The Cubs had won 20 of their last 23 games before being shut out for the fourth time this season. They went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base.
Chicago starter Edward Cabrera (3-1) gave up five runs on seven hits with one walk and six strikeouts over five innings.
Braves 7, Dodgers 2
Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson each delivered two-run singles in the second inning and visiting Atlanta spoiled the season debut of left-hander Blake Snell with a victory over Los Angeles.
Right-hander Spencer Strider (1-0) allowed just one hit over six innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in his second start of the season as the Braves improved to 5-3 on a nine-game trip. Michael Harris II tacked on an RBI double in the fifth and Drake Baldwin had a run-scoring single in the eighth.
Snell (0-1) allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits over three innings with five strikeouts and two walks as he returned from lingering shoulder fatigue. He was pitching for the first time since recording four outs in Game 7 of the World Series when Los Angeles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays. Andy Pages hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning to end Atlanta’s shutout bid.
Reds 3, Astros 1
Chase Burns worked six strong innings, and Cincinnati took advantage of a critical fifth-inning fielding error to top visiting Houston and snap a season-worst eight-game skid.
The Reds set the table for a rubber match on Sunday for this three-game interleague series. Cincinnati did so by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth against Astros right-hander Spencer Arrighetti (4-1), who suffered his first defeat in five starts this season.
Burns (4-1) retired the side in order only once, doing so in the top of the third, and he matched his season low with two strikeouts. But he induced Isaac Paredes to ground into an inning-ending double play in the first and stranded runners in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
Blue Jays 14, Angels 1
Brandon Valenzuela hit a three-run homer to cap a seven-run fifth inning and Toronto defeated visiting Los Angeles.
Valenzuela had four hits and Ernie Clement recorded his second career five-hit game, including a solo homer as Toronto rapped out 20 hits to take their second straight in the three-game series.
Jesus Sanchez added a solo homer as the Blue Jays padded statistics against infielder Adam Frazier, who pitched a four-run eighth for the Angels, who have lost four of five to Toronto this season.
Royals 5, Tigers 1
Michael Wacha allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. sped his way to a two-run inside-the-park homer and Michael Massey broke things open with a conventional three-run shot, as host Kansas City beat scuffling Detroit.
Wacha (4-2), who turns 35 in July and boasts an ERA of 2.63, yielded only a single to Kerry Carpenter and a double from Spencer Torkelson to help the Royals take the first two of this three-game set. Kansas City, which secured its series win over Detroit since August 2024, is 12-5 since losing eight in a row.
Riley Greene had an RBI double in the eighth inning for the Tigers, who managed just four hits while matching a season high with their fifth consecutive loss. Detroit swept a three-game home set during the Royals’ extended skid last month but is in danger of that favor being returned this weekend.
Athletics 6, Orioles 2
Brent Rooker hit a three-run homer and the Athletics won their third game in a row by defeating host Baltimore.
Aaron Civale (4-1) had his third consecutive strong start, pitching five scoreless innings despite allowing six hits and three walks. He struck out six. Hogan Harris, Scott Barlow and Joel Kuhnel each pitched one shutout inning while Mark Leiter Jr. was charged with Baltimore’s two runs.
Pinch hitter Colton Cowser provided a two-run single for the Orioles, who lost their third in a row and eighth in their last 10. Baltimore starter Shane Baz (1-4) was chased after 4 2/3 innings. He was charged with five runs on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
Phillies 9, Rockies 3
Alec Bohm hit two home runs and drove in four runs in his return to the lineup as the host Philadelphia evened the weekend series with a win over Colorado.
Bohn, who had been homerless since March 26, led off the third and fourth inning with homers, tacking on a two-run double in the eighth. Kyle Schwarber broke a 1-1 tie in the third with a three-run homer, his third in as many nights.
Willi Castro had a home run and Kyle Karros hit a two-run double for the Rockies, who saw starter Kyle Freeland (1-4) allow seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits over five innings.
Marlins 8, Nationals 7
Jakob Marsee hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning and host Miami held on to beat Washington.
With the score tied 4-4, Kyle Stowers led off the eighth with a single against Mitchell Parker (2-1) and Connor Norby walked. After both runners advanced on a wild pitch, Marsee homered. Xavier Edwards also homered, Andrew Nardi (3-2) pitched a 1-2-3 inning and John King earned his first save.
Luis Garcia Jr. had three hits and two RBIs, James Wood homered and doubled and CJ Abrams added two RBIs for the Nationals, who had won three straight.
White Sox 6, Mariners 1
Miguel Vargas homered twice and Colson Montgomery also went deep to boost Chicago to a victory against visiting Seattle.
White Sox starter Anthony Kay (2-1) spaced three hits, all singles, and one run in five innings. Relievers Grant Taylor, Bryan Hudson and Tyler Schweitzer combined on four shutout innings to finish a combined four-hitter which snapped Chicago’s three-game losing streak.
Mariners starter Luis Castillo fell to 0-4 after scattering five hits for four runs in four innings. He allowed two homers for the second time in three outings. Seattle’s only run came on a Rob Refsnyder sacrifice fly.
Twins 2, Guardians 1 (11 innings)
Byron Buxton’s RBI double in the 11th inning gave Minnesota a win over host Cleveland in a game where each team managed only two hits.
Buxton had both of the Twins’ hits as he led off the game with his 13th homer, snapping the Twins’ three-game losing streak. The Guardians’ lone run came on a pair of fourth-inning singles, with Kyle Manzardo knocking in the run.
Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee allowed a run on one hit in six innings. Minnesota’s Joe Ryan gave up a run and two hits in six innings.
Brewers 4, Yankees 3 (10 innings)
William Contreras delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Milwaukee a comeback win over visiting New York.
The Yankees scored one in the top of the 10th to go in front 3-2. Fernando Cruz (3-1) relieved to start the bottom half. Automatic runner Garrett Mitchell advanced to third on a wild pitch and Luis Rengifo walked. After pinch hitter Gary Sanchez flied out, Jackson Chourio followed with an RBI infield single to tie it at 3-all.
Tim Hill relieved and Brice Turang bounced back to the mound, but Hill threw wildly to third to load the bases. Contreras then lofted a fly ball to right deep enough to score Rengifo and secure a series win for the Brewers. Aaron Ashby (7-0) pitched the final two innings for his major league-best seventh victory.
Pirates 13, Giants 3
Braxton Ashcraft threw seven innings of one-run ball, batterymate Joey Bart matched his career high with four hits and Pittsburgh used a 20-hit assault to roll past host San Francisco.
Nick Gonzales also collected four hits and Brandon Lowe had four RBIs for the Pirates, who won for the sixth time in their last eight games. Oneil Cruz also scored three times and had three hits, while Lowe and Spencer Horwitz scored twice apiece. Ashcraft (2-2) limited the Giants to six hits, striking out six without walking a batter.
Bryce Eldridge launched his first career home run to get San Francisco on the board in the fifth. Heliot Ramos had a pair of singles and a run for the Giants, who won the series opener 5-2 on Friday night. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 11 games.
Padres 4, Cardinals 2
Ty France and Manny Machado homered, while Fernando Tatis Jr. supplied a tiebreaking hit during a three-run fifth inning that lifted host San Diego past St. Louis.
Starter Randy Vasquez (4-1) scattered six hits over five innings while allowing just one run. The right-hander walked none and fanned six before the Padres’ high-leverage relievers took care of the rest. Mason Miller collected his 12th save in as many chances.
Right-hander Dustin May (3-4) pitched well for the Cardinals aside from the fifth. He permitted three hits and three runs (two earned) over six innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
Diamondbacks 2, Mets 1
Ildemaro Vargas had a two-run single, Merrill Kelly delivered his most effective start of the season and Arizona beat New York to even the three-game series in Phoenix.
Kelly (2-3) gave up one run on three hits in seven innings in his fifth start since returning from an early-season back injury. Vargas’ bases-loaded single off Clay Holmes (4-3) in the third followed two-out singles by Corbin Carroll and Geraldo Perdomo and a walk to Adrian Del Castillo, giving Kelly the only support he would need.
The Mets (15-24) are one-half game ahead of the Los Angeles Angels (15-25) for the worst record in the majors. They had won four of five. New York had three hits, none after Tyrone Taylor’s two-out double in the fifth.
–Field Level Media
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Jeong Sang-bin's goal lifts St. Louis City past Rapids
May 9, 2026; Commerce City, Colorado, USA; St. Louis City midfielder Conrad Wallem (6) and Colorado Rapids midfielder Paxten Aaronson (10) battle for the ball in the first half at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Jeong Sang-bin scored in the 26th minute Saturday and visiting St. Louis City SC logged its first clean sheet since last year, blanking the Colorado Rapids 1-0 in a contentious match.
It was the first goal this year for Sang-bin. Goalie Roman Burki started the sequence with a long goal kick that Simon Becher conveyed to a streaking Sang-bin. Racing down the pitch’s middle, Sang-bin easily dribbled by goalie Nicolas Hansen and poked the ball home.
Colorado’s bid at a second-half rally took a hit when Rob Holding was sent off in the 51st minute after fouling Becher. St. Louis (2-6-3, 9 points) played 36 minutes of 11-on-10 soccer before Chris Durkin was booked for the second time in the 87th minute, leveling the teams at 10 men each.
Rafael Navarro, Keegan Rosenberry and Georgi Minoungou each had good chances to equalize after Durkin’s dismissal. But Navarro’s header sailed right of the net in the 87th minute and Rosenberry couldn’t finish two minutes into stoppage time.
Minoungou then sailed a header over the crossbar, a shot that was estimated to have a 48% chance of going into the net. St. Louis held on through six more minutes of stoppage time for its first road win of the year.
The Rapids (3-5-4, 13 points) wasted a major advantage in possession time (58.1% to 41.9) and got just two of their 11 shots on frame, with Burki denying both. Colorado created a whopping 11 corner kicks but couldn’t convert its set pieces into goals.
Both teams were hoping to display better form than they showed in recent fixtures. St. Louis was 0-3-2 in its previous five matches and the Rapids were 0-3-1 in their prior four matches.
The first half was played on even terms until Sang-bin struck. Despite Colorado controlling the ball 55.1% of the time, each team took five shots and got one to net.
Referee Tim Ford whistled 36 fouls and administered a total of nine cards in a physical match.
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Pirates collect 20 hits as Braxton Ashcraft dominates Giants
May 9, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Braxton Ashcraft (35) throws a pitch against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Robert Edwards-Imagn Images Braxton Ashcraft threw seven innings of one-run ball, batterymate Joey Bart matched his career high with four hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates used a 20-hit assault to roll past the host San Francisco Giants 13-3 on Saturday night.
Nick Gonzales also collected four hits and Brandon Lowe had four RBIs for the Pirates, who won for the sixth time in their last eight games.
Giants starter Landen Roupp (5-3) matched zeroes with Ashcraft for four innings before Bart led off the fifth with an infield single on the right-hander’s 94th pitch, prompting San Francisco manager Tony Vitello to go to his bullpen.
After a single and steal by Oneil Cruz, the Pirates went ahead 1-0 on Lowe’s sacrifice fly and then 2-0 on an RBI single by Bryan Reynolds.
Bryce Eldridge launched his first career home run to get the Giants on the board in the last of the inning, before Pittsburgh seized control with a two-run sixth and blew the game open with a six-run seventh.
Konnor Griffin and Bart had RBI singles in the sixth, before Lowe lashed the big hit of the seventh — a two-run triple.
Bart made it a four-hit day when his leadoff single off Christian Koss, normally an infielder, triggered a three-run ninth.
Ashcraft (2-2) limited the Giants to six hits in his seven innings. He struck out six without walking a batter.
Bart, who played his first four seasons with the Giants, matched the four hits he’d recorded twice last year for the Pirates. He had three hits five times as a Giant.
The catcher scored three times and drove in two runs.
Cruz also scored three times and had three hits, while Lowe and Spencer Horwitz scored twice apiece. Lowe and Ryan O’Hearn had two hits each in the season-best 20-hit attack.
Heliot Ramos had a pair of singles for the Giants, who won the series opener 5-2 on Friday night. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 11 games.
The Giants completed the game’s scoring with two in the last of the ninth on a bases-loaded walk to Drew Gilbert and an RBI single by Eric Haase.
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Vancouver, San Jose fight to draw in battle of top 2 MLS teams
May 9, 2026; San Jose, California, USA; San Jose Earthquakes defender Daniel Munie (5) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC forward Brian White (24) battle for the ball during the first half at PayPal Park. Mandatory Credit: Stan Szeto-Imagn Images Sebastian Berhalter scored the tying goal in the 76th minute as the Vancouver Whitecaps salvaged a 1-1 draw with the host San Jose Earthquakes in an MLS showdown on Saturday night.
Preston Judd scored in the fourth minute for San Jose and his goal held up for 72 minutes before the Whitecaps notched the equalizer in the battle between the league’s top two teams so far this season.
The Earthquakes (9-1-2, 29 points) remained three points ahead of the Whitecaps (8-1-2, 26 points) atop the Western Conference standings. San Jose has played two consecutive draws after winning six straight MLS matches.
It was the second meeting between the teams this season. San Jose prevailed 1-0 in Vancouver on March 21 in the first matchup.
Daniel made four saves for the Earthquakes as Vancouver applied consistent pressure while trying to make up its deficit. The Whitecaps out-shot San Jose 17-6, held a 5-3 edge in shots on target and possessed the ball twice as long as the Quakes.
Yohei Takaoka registered two stops for Vancouver, which tied for the second straight match following a four-game MLS winning streak.
Judd’s team-best eighth goal of the season came in the fourth minute and was set up by Paul Marie.
Marie had the ball on the right side and spotted a marked Judd running toward the net. He delivered a pass that Judd was able to catch up to and boot the ball past Takaoka to give the Quakes the early lead.
Vancouver had a stellar opportunity in the 54th minute but Andres Cubas’ hard left-footed shot was stopped by Daniel.
In the 65th minute, the Whitecaps again came up empty as Bruno Caicedo’s shot was wide right of the net.
Eleven minutes later, Vancouver got the equalizer in a less fearsome manner. A battle in the box for the ball saw it squirt loose to Berhalter, who was close to the net and unmarked and easily sent it into the net.
In the 90th minute, San Jose’s Ronaldo Vieira’s close-range left-footed shot was stopped by Takaoka.
–Field Level Media
