Major League Baseball Friday results and Saturday schedule
Scores from Friday include White Sox 12 Cubs 3 and Dodgers 5 Mariners 3. Yankees 5 Mets 0. Atlanta 6 Baltimore 3. Montreal 8 Toronto 4. Pittsburgh 5 Cleveland 4 in 15 innings. Several games postponed by rain. Saturday doubleheaders and listed starting times feature notable matchups among Yankees Mets Cubs White Sox Cubs, and several interleague affairs with weather notes.
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Diamondbacks edge Reds 6 to 5 in late Friday NL game
In a tense late affair, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Cincinnati Reds 6 to 5. Key plays and late inning signaling swung the outcome, with both teams trading leads before Arizona secured the win.
Encarnacion and Celee Shine in Low-Scoring Showdown
In a tight game, 2B J Encarnacion tallied 15 and Celee added 16 while CS Standridge contributed with a 1 for 1 at the plate. IPH RER 6B Fampa Bay Standridge L, Florida Willis 7-13 with 20 hits and 9 runs. umpires named Vanover Mears Darling Guccione.
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Rice Wins Walkoff to Open Championship Series
Rice defeats Stanford 5-4 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three College World Series final. Justin Rudhi’s ninth-inning hit off Huston Street provided the decisive run as Jeff Niemann pitched eight strong innings and Colin Kolkhorst made a key over-the-shoulder catch to preserve the lead. Niemann left after eight, Aardsma earned the win in relief.
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Astros blast Rangers as Hidalgo keys win and Rosario shines
The Astros toppled the Rangers 9-3 behind Hidalgo’s 11th homer and a long relief stint by Rosario who fanned four and yielded only two walks. Bagwell added a two run double, Vizcaino an RBI single, while Teixeira, Blalock and Rodriguez provided late offense for Texas. Valdes took the loss after eight runs crossed and Houston reclaimed first in the NL Central as Texas dropped its seventh straight series.
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Baker Defends Sosa Media Boycott
Dusty Baker comments on Sammy Sosa vow to stop talking to reporters for two to three weeks calling it exile rather than a boycott. Frank Thomas recalls his own posturing last July and backs Sosa while Baker notes media overkill and winter silence as players chill out to avoid burnout.
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