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Hunter Feduccia de los Rays de Tampa Bay celebra con el coach de tercera ase Brady Williams tras batear un jonr\u00f3n frente al pitcher de los Orioles de Baltimore el mi\u00e9rcoles 20 de mayo del 2026. (AP Foto\/Chris O’Meara)<\/p>\n
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Richie Palacios hit a go-ahead single, Hunter Feduccia homered and the Tampa Bay Rays used a four-run eighth inning to complete a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 5-3 win on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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Jonathan Aranda tied the game 3-3 in the eighth inning with a two-run double to centerfield that scored two runners. Palacios followed up with his single to take the lead before stealing second, which allowed Ryan Vilade to steal home and cap the scoring.<\/p>\n
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Feduccia had the game\u2019s first run on a 421-foot shot to centerfield in the second inning. It was his first career homer in 182 plate appearances.<\/p>\n
Jesse Scholtens (5-2) pitched four innings, giving up two runs on six hits while striking out four for the win.<\/p>\n
The Orioles tied the game in the third on a Pete Alonso RBI single. Alonso then added his ninth home run of the year in the sixth, and Samuel Basallo followed with a homer of his own to put Baltimore ahead 3-1.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Anthony Nunez (2-1) took his first loss of the year after blowing his second save. He pitched 2\/3 innings and surrendered four runs on three hits.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Ian Seymour got his second save of the season.<\/p>\n MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Joe Ryan matched his career high with 12 strikeouts over six innings, Ryan Kreidler hit a three-run home run and Minnesota beat Houston.<\/p>\n Ryan (3-3) retired his last 16 batters after an RBI single by his former catcher Christian V\u00e1zquez in the second, the only hard-hit ball the Astros managed against the All-Star right-hander. The other three hits Ryan allowed were a leadoff blooper by Jeremy Pe\u00f1a and two infield singles. He didn\u2019t walk anybody while throwing 71 of 99 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Rookie Andrew Morris pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first career save for the Twins, who have won three of their last four series.<\/p>\n Victor Caratini hit a solo homer in the second for the Twins, the other catcher who teed off on his former team. Caratini, who signed a two-year, $14 million contract after playing the last two seasons with the Astros, has become the everyday backstop now that regular Ryan Jeffers is out for the next six to eight weeks with a broken wrist.<\/p>\n PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Nathaniel Lowe doubled twice and drove in three runs, including a pivotal two-bagger in the seventh inning, and Cincinnati beat Philadelphia.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The Reds won two of three at Philadelphia, handing the Phillies their first series loss since Don Mattingly took over as interim manager. His record since replacing Rob Thomson fell to 16-6.<\/p>\n The Phillies had narrowed a four-run deficit to 5-4 when Lowe drove a 2-1 fastball from reliever Orion Kerkering off the wall in center field for a two-run double in the seventh.<\/p>\n Spencer Steer had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 11 games and Sal Stewart hit his 12th homer for the Reds. Andrew Abbott (4-2) allowed two runs, one earned, in 5 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa homered for the Phillies, who were without major league home run leader Kyle Schwarber for a third straight game. Schwarber has been dealing with a stomach ailment. Aaron Nola (2-4) gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer, Geraldo Perdomo drove in three runs and Arizona finished a three-game sweep of San Francisco.<\/p>\n Merrill Kelly (4-3) gave up three runs on eight hits over six innings, striking out four, for his third straight quality start. The veteran right-hander threw the first complete game of his career in his previous start against the Rockies last week.<\/p>\n Arizona has won four in a row and five of six. Paul Sewald worked the ninth for his 11th save.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Casey Schmitt homered in the first to give the Giants a 1-0 lead. It was his ninth of the season.<\/p>\n The D-backs pushed ahead 3-2 in the third when Marte went deep for the second straight game, lining a two-run shot over the right-center fence. The three-time All-Star hit a game-ending, three-run homer in the ninth on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Marte scored three runs and reached base four times, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Rookies Jose Fernandez and Ryan Waldschmidt each added two singles.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n DENVER (AP) \u2014 Josh Jung hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning, Jake Burger and Ezequiel Duran connected for back-to-back home runs, and Texas rallied past Colorado.<\/p>\n Joc Pederson reached on catcher\u2019s interference with one out in the ninth. Consecutive singles loaded the bases, and Pederson scored the tying run on Brett Sullivan\u2019s passed ball. Jung then singled off Juan Mejia, putting the Rangers up 5-4.<\/p>\n Jung scored on Duran\u2019s two-run shot in the fourth, and Burger followed with another homer that gave Texas a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n Jacob Latz (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. He allowed one hit and struck out four.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Brennan Bernardino (2-2) gave up two hits in the ninth. He was charged with a pair of unearned runs.<\/p>\n Texas took two of three games in the series at Coors Field.<\/p>\n SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Jhonny Pereda hit his first MLB homer, Randy Arozarena also went deep and scored three runs, and Seattle beat Chicago.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Pereda, who was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma last week when AL MVP runner-up Cal Raleigh was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain, turned on a hanging breaking ball from White Sox lefty Sean Newcomb (0-1) in the seventh inning for a 392-foot homer<\/a> into Seattle\u2019s bullpen. The backup catcher went 136 at-bats before hitting his first big league homer.<\/p>\n Pereda made a stand out play in the field, too, tagging Chase Meidroth in a rundown in the sixth after the Chicago second baseman took too big of a lead off third base. Pereda made a strong throw to third base trying to pick off the runner while Cooper Criswell (2-1) was pitching.<\/p>\n Randy Arozarena, who scored two runs earlier in the game, put Seattle up for good with a two-run homer in the seventh off Jordan Hicks<\/a>. The homer was Arozarena\u2019s fifth of the season, and gave the Mariners a three-run lead.<\/p>\n Chicago never led, but twice evened the score on RBI singles off Mariners starter Emerson Hancock, who increased his run of starts with at least five innings pitched to 10 games. Andrew Benintendi delivered a two-out RBI single in the third, and Munetaka Murakami added another in the fifth.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 CJ Abrams hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Jacob Young added a two-run shot in the eighth<\/a> and Washington returned to .500 for the second time since the season\u2019s first week with a victory over New York.<\/p>\n Andrew Alvarez earned the Nationals\u2019 first four-inning save since they relocated from Montreal in 2005. Washington improved to 25-25 after getting to 23-23 on Saturday before consecutive losses.<\/p>\n Juan Soto homered twice for the last-place Mets (21-28). It was the 29th multi-homer game for Soto, who came up with the Nationals and has 12 home runs and 26 RBIs in 35 career games against Washington.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The $765 million slugger has five homers in his last seven games overall.<\/p>\n