Not much has gone right for Texas in the past week, but three things that the Rangers have been lacking aligned on Saturday to allow them to earn a 5-2 victory over Colorado that snapped a season-long seven-game losing streak. LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping that a well-rested and inspired rookie pitcher will lead them to success in Sunday's series finale against the San Francisco Giants. OAKLAND, Calif. -- One team already assured of a losing trip and another hoping to avoid a losing homestand meet up for the third straight day looking for a series win when the Los Angeles Angels face the Oakland Athletics on Sunday afternoon. MILWAUKEE -- Slowly but surely, Chase Anderson is reverting to the form that led to a breakout season a year ago. TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays, who have had trouble winning at home for stretches this season, have a chance for their second consecutive series sweep at the Rogers Centre, BALTIMORE -- Don Mattingly and Buck Showalter have a long association with each other, going back to their days as minor league teammates with the New York Yankees. ATLANTA -- The San Diego Padres know they won't be getting many innings from their first pitcher on Sunday. The Atlanta Braves hope that isn't the case with their starter as well. CLEVELAND -- With Cleveland's pitching staff in chaos, the Indians will try to regroup Sunday and avoid a three-game sweep by the Minnesota Twins. The Pittsburgh Pirates had to wait several weeks into the season to see just what they got with right-hander Joe Musgrove in an offseason trade with Houston. NEW YORK -- Through their first 66 games, the New York Yankees have shaken hands 46 times to celebrate a win. The Detroit Tigers will aim for a three-game sweep when they square off against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- These are fun times for the defending World Series champion Houston Astros and trying times for the Kansas City Royals. Lava from the Kilauea Volcano has destroyed 467 homes and covered 5,914 acres, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said Saturday. New York Giants star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. will not hold out from training camp but is not close to resolving his contract issues with the team, according to a report. Rookie Josh Allen was not the most polished of the rookie quarterbacks available in this year's NFL Draft. Arizona Cardinals linebacker Markus Golden is feeling improvement in his surgically repaired knee but remains uncertain when he can return to the field. Budget official Kathy Kraninger will be nominated by the Trump administration to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the White House announced. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived a no-confidence vote over a deal to end a decades-old dispute regarding the name of neighboring Macedonia. Thanks to an own goal and a penalty, Croatia beat Nigeria in a Group D game of the 2018 World Cup Saturday in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad. A British lawmaker has blocked a bill that would make it a criminal offense to take a picture up a woman's skirt without her consent. Pope Francis on Saturday said those having abortions because a fetus has disabilities or malformations have a Nazi mindset. A fire has ripped through Scotland's world-renowned Glasgow School of Art, which was under restoration from a fire four years ago, officials said Saturday. The national team of Denmark defeated Peru 1-0 in a group stage match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Saturday in the Russian city of Saransk. A taxi plowed into a crowd of World Cup fans Saturday in Russia's capital, injuring at least seven people. A woman died after a 23-foot python swallowed her whole in Muna, an island in the southeast Sulawesi province of Indonesia. |
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