Vinnie Pasquantino clubbed his sixth homer in seven games, a two-run shot, and the visiting Kansas City Royals salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 10-8 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

Kyle Isbel also drove in two runs, while Maikel Garcia had two hits, including a solo homer, and scored twice. Every starter in the Royals lineup contributed at least one hit.

Kansas City starter Seth Lugo gave up six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

John Schreiber (3-2) tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the victory. Carlos Estevez got the last three outs for his 34th save.

Jahmai Jones had a three-run double for the Tigers, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped. Riley Greene smashed a solo homer and scored three runs. Wenceel Perez and Spencer Torkelson added solo shots.

Detroit starter Jack Flaherty (7-13) was charged with eight runs on 10 hits in five-plus innings.

Greene hit his 31st homer in the second inning. The Royals then scored six two-out runs in the third.

Flaherty retired the first eight batters he faced but then gave up seven consecutive hits. Mike Yastrzemski drove in the first run with a double. Bobby Witt Jr. followed with an RBI single and Pasquantino blasted his two-run homer to right. Doubles by Salvador Perez and Adam Frazier brought in the next two runs.

Detroit loaded the bases in the fourth and Jones cleared them with his double to left-center to pull Detroit within two runs.

The Tigers then took the lead in the fifth. Perez led off with a homer. Dillon Dingler tied the score with a two-out, RBI double and he scored on Zack McKinstry’s single to give the hosts a 7-6 lead.

Kansas City regained the lead in the sixth on Isbel’s two-run single. He scored later in the inning on Tyler Holton’s wild pitch.

The Royals made it 10-7 in the seventh on Garcia’s leadoff homer against Brenan Hanifee.

Torkelson blasted his 28th homer of the season in the bottom of the inning. Right fielder Frazier robbed McKinstry of an extra-base hit to end the inning.

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Ranger Suarez pitched seven scoreless innings and Rafael Marchan knocked in three runs as the host Philadelphia Phillies topped the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Sunday.

Suarez (10-6) struck out 11 without a walk and allowed only three hits in lowering his ERA to 3.07. Nick Castellanos had two hits and scored a run for the Phillies, who captured two of three in the weekend series.

Jake Irvin (8-9) lasted only 2 1/3 innings for the Nationals, allowing three runs, six hits and two walks. Luis Garcia Jr.’s pinch homer in the ninth highlighted a quiet offensive day for Washington.

The key sequence came in the eighth inning, when Philadelphia reliever Jose Alvarado promptly loaded the bases with nobody out. Phillies manager Rob Thomson summoned Tanner Banks, who induced a double-play grounder from James Wood — a run scored on the play — and an inning-ending flyout to keep it 3-1.

Garcia hit a home run against Orion Kerkering in the ninth to get the visitors within a run, but Josh Bell and Dylan Crews went down quietly to end it.

Philadelphia opened the scoring in the second inning, a rally that began with Castellanos’ leadoff single against Irvin. He advanced on a single by Harrison Bader and then on a grounder before Marchan laced a double into right-center field to make it 2-0.

After retiring the first eight batters he faced, Suarez allowed a double to Jacob Young with two outs in the third. However, he recovered to strike out Wood to keep Washington off the scoreboard.

The Phillies went back on the attack in the third inning, as Alec Bohm and Castellanos singled to open the frame and Bader walked with one out, ending Irvin’s day. Shinnosuke Ogasawara came on and got the second out, but he then walked Marchan to force in a run.

Suarez had no major issues in the fourth, fifth or sixth innings. He allowed a leadoff single to Riley Adams in the seventh, but he set down the next three hitters to keep the score at 3-0.

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Jurickson Profar laced a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning Sunday to propel the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the visiting New York Mets.

Profar and Sean Murphy each drove in a pair for the Braves, who salvaged the finale of the three-game set after being outscored 21-9 across the first two losses against their National League East rival.

Bryce Elder went six innings for Atlanta, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out six and walking two. Tyler Kinley (2-3) earned the victory after throwing a scoreless eighth.

David Peterson allowed two runs on five hits across 5 2/3 innings for the Mets, striking out eight and walking four. Mark Vientos hit a two-run homer in the second for New York.

Mets reliever Gregory Soto (1-4) entered a 2-2 game in the eighth and allowed Ozzie Albies’ leadoff single before retiring Michael Harris II and striking out Nacho Alvarez Jr.

Soto then walked Murphy on four pitches and hit Vidal Brujan with a 1-2 slider, loading the bases. Profar drove in a pair with a single to center.

Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias allowed Cedric Mullins’ and Francisco Lindor’s one-out singles in the ninth, before Juan Soto cut the Mets’ deficit in half with an RBI base hit to left. But Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil each popped out in the infield to end the game and secure Iglesias’ 22nd save.

New York struck first in the second as McNeil walked and Vientos smashed a 402-foot homer — his 12th of the year — to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.

Atlanta didn’t mount a threat until the sixth, when Marcell Ozuna drew a one-out walk and Harris reached on a two-out single. After Peterson walked Alvarez to load the bases, Murphy laced a two-run single to knot the score at 2-2 and chase the Mets’ starter for reliever Brooks Raley.

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Trevor Rogers pitched seven splendid innings and Gunnar Henderson and Luis Vazquez homered as the Baltimore Orioles avoided a series sweep, defeating the visiting Houston Astros 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.

Henderson and Ryan Mountcastle each had two hits for the Orioles. Vazquez’s long ball marked the first home run of his career.

After the Astros struck for a total of 26 runs in the first three games combined, the resurgent southpaw’s work on the mound proved critical.

Rogers (7-2) limited the Astros to one run on five hits with three walks and nine strikeouts. It marked his fifth consecutive start when he surrendered one run.

Rico Garcia entered in the eighth and allowed three singles as Houston loaded the bases with one out. Keegan Akin was summoned from the bullpen and limited the damage to Victor Caratini’s sacrifice fly. Mauricio Dubon lined out to squash the threat.

Akin also pitched the ninth, picking up his third save. He struck out three.

Jeremy Pena, Carlos Correa and Yainer Diaz all posted two hits for Houston, which had eight singles and no extra-base hits.

Houston starter Spencer Arrighetti (1-5) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits. He struck out two without a walk, but he dropped to 0-4 since rejoining the big-league team.

Former All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel made his Astros debut in the eighth. He gave up a lead-off single to Jeremiah Jackson, but pinch runner Daniel Johnson was caught stealing. Kimbrel, who was released last September by the Orioles, struck out Henderson and Mountcastle.

All of Baltimore’s runs came with two outs.

Henderson hit his 16th home run of the season in the first inning. Mountcastle’s sixth-inning single gave the Orioles a 2-1 lead.

Vazquez, playing in his 42nd big-league game, smacked his first career home run in the seventh inning off John Rooney.

The Orioles stranded only four runners on base, but Houston left eight runners on.

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The Los Angeles Angels reinstated right-hander Jose Soriano prior to Sunday’s game against the visiting Chicago Cubs.

Soriano is slated to start Monday’s road game against the Texas Rangers.

Soriano was initially placed on the paternity list Wednesday and allowed to miss up to three games. But he traveled to the Dominican Republic for the birth of his child and needed more time to get back so the Angels moved him to the restricted list on Saturday.

Soriano, 26, is 8-9 with a 4.00 ERA in 26 starts this season, his third in the majors. He has set career highs for victories, innings pitched (148 2/3) and strikeouts (130).

The Angels placed first baseman Nolan Schanuel (left wrist) on the 10-day injured list less than an hour before Sunday’s game.

Schanuel departed in the sixth inning Saturday with a left wrist injury. He told reporters before Sunday’s game that he would undergo tests.

“It’s been hurting for a little over a week now,” Schanuel said. “So we’ll see what comes back, and, hopefully, I’ll be back in there soon.”

Schanuel, 23, is batting .266 with 10 homers and 49 RBIs in 125 games. He has a career .260 average with 24 homers and 109 RBIs in 301 games in parts of three seasons.

Los Angeles also recalled outfielder Matthew Lugo and Chase Silseth from Triple-A Salt Lake and placed fellow right-handers Carson Fulmer (elbow) and Victor Mederos (shoulder) on the 10-day injured list.

Lugo, 24, batted .238 with three homers and six RBIs in 17 games for the Angels earlier this season.

Silseth, 25, was 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in two starts for the Angels in 2024. He is 5-5 with a 5.06 ERA in 25 appearances (17 starts) in parts of three seasons.

Fulmer and Mederos both sustained their injuries during Saturday night’s 12-1 loss to the Cubs. Fulmer exited in the seventh inning against Chicago, while Mederos complained of fatigue in the shoulder while giving up six runs in four innings as the starter and taking the loss. Mederos and Fulmer are both slated to undergo MRI exams.

Fulmer, 31, has a 5.83 ERA in 13 appearances for the Angels this season, his third with the franchise. He is 7-15 with a 5.44 ERA in 127 appearances (24 starts) in nine seasons with five teams.

Mederos, 24, is 0-2 with a 7.41 ERA in five games (three starts) for Los Angeles this season. Overall, he is 0-3 with an 8.53 ERA in 12 appearances (three starts) in parts of three campaigns with the Angels.

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If you host it, people will come.

Major League Baseball will put that theory to test once again, as another regular season game will take place in Dyersville, Iowa – better known as the site of the film “Field of Dreams” – in 2026, ending a four-year hiatus, according to multiple media reports.

USA Today, The Athletic and The Telegraph Herald tabbed the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies as opponents for the game. The date will be announced this Tuesday, along with the entire 2026 MLB schedule.

The venue, famous for its association with a film about baseball, family and spirituality and recognizable by its usage of corn fields serving as the outfield, was converted into a venue capable of hosting larger crowds in advance of MLB choosing to host a regular season game there in 2021.

The facility went through ownership changes following MLB’s last game at the location, a 2022 Chicago Cubs 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The prior year, the league hosted its inaugural game at the venue, a memorable 9-8 walk-off win for the Chicago White Sox over the New York Yankees.

The ownership shift led to additional changes at the venue, such as the addition of new youth fields for baseball and softball teams. The ongoing construction likely spurred the MLB into seeking alternative creative locations for games, such as last year’s tribute to the Negro Leagues held in Birmingham and this season’s game at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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Paul Skenes further bolstered his case for the National League Cy Young Award by tossing seven shutout innings while allowing only three hits to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.

Skenes (8-9) led the Pirates to their fourth consecutive win and a sweep of the three-game series against Colorado by striking out seven and not issuing a walk on 101 pitches.

It was the Rockies’ 13th shutout loss.

Brenton Doyle had one of Colorado’s four hits and the only extra-base hit off Skenes. Doyle’s ground-rule double in the seventh gave the Rockies their only baserunner in scoring position off Skenes, who wiped it off the board by striking out Ezequiel Tovar to end the inning.

Skenes lowered his ERA to 2.07 and helped the Pirates secure their 16th shutout victory.

Skenes’ career ERA is 2.02, which is behind only Vida Blue’s 2.01 for the best over a pitcher’s first 50 starts since 1920.

It was Skenes’ 11th start where he has not allowed an earned run and the third time he’s tossed seven or more innings without yielding an earned run.

Pittsburgh pitching continued its recent stretch of dominance as it has allowed only two runs over its past four games.

The Pirates scored all of their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, highlighted by a three-run home run by Jared Triolo — his fifth of the season — off Rockies rookie McCade Brown (0-1), who made his major league debut on Sunday.

Brown worked his way through the first three innings virtually unscathed before walking Bryan Reynolds to open the fourth. He then allowed a single to Andrew McCutchen two batters later. After striking out Jack Suwinski, Triolo turned on Brown’s first pitch — an 82-mph slider — and sent it over the wall in left center. Triolo had two hits and Isiah Kiner-Falefa followed with an RBI double to knock Brown out of the game.

Tovar, Hunter Goodman and Kyle Karros had the only other hits for Colorado, which lost its fourth in a row.

To make room for Brown on the roster, the Rockies optioned left-handed pitcher Lucas Gilbreath to Triple-A Albuquerque and transferred right-handed pitcher Dugan Darnell to the 60-day injured list.

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The Atlanta Braves announced Sunday that veteran reliever Aaron Bummer has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to shoulder inflammation and veteran starter Erick Fedde has been released.

To take their spots on the 26-man roster, the Braves added right-handed relievers Wander Suero and Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Gwinnett.

Bummer, 31, has fashioned a 3-2 record and 3.81 ERA in 42 appearances for the Braves. He has notched 51 strikeouts and 13 unintentional walks over 54 1/3 innings in his ninth big-league season.

Fedde, 32, appeared in five games after being acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals along with cash on July 27 in exchange for future considerations. The right-hander posted a 1-2 record with an 8.10 ERA in four starts and one relief outing for the Braves, which pushed his totals to a 4-12 record with a 5.76 ERA in 25 games this season.

Suero, 33, has pitched three relief outings for the Braves this year and allowed six runs in five innings. In 42 games for Triple-A Gwinnett, he has delivered a 1.39 ERA with 58 strikeouts and 13 walks over 45 1/3 innings.

Stratton, 28, has provided a 7.27 ERA in six games split between the Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates. With Gwinnett, Stratton allowed just one run in 9 1/3 innings spread across seven appearances.

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The Houston Astros promoted long-time minor league left-hander John Rooney from Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Rooney, who has been pitching in the minors since 2018, was acquired by the Astros from the Miami Marlins on Aug. 3 in exchange for cash considerations.

Rooney takes the roster spot of rookie right-hander AJ Blubargh, who was sent down Saturday after earning the win with four innings of relief against the Baltimore Orioles. The Astros have been churning their bullpen since losing closer Josh Hader to injury.

Rooney was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of Hofstra. After spending six years in the Dodgers’ system, he signed a minor-league free agent contract with the Marlins prior to the 2025 season.

This season, Rooney forged a 2.45 ERA in 38 appearances out of the bullpen for Triple-A Jacksonville before being swapped to the Astros’ organization. He posted a 3.18 ERA in five games for Sugar Land before being brought up Sunday.

For his minor-league career, Rooney has appeared in 209 games (51 starts) and compiled a 28-19 record and 3.84 ERA with 446 strikeouts and 194 walks in 419 2/3 innings.

–Field Level Media