Guardians use 5-run fifth inning to storm past A's

Deadspin— Tyler Freeman hit a two-run homer and Josh Naylor added a solo shot as the Cleveland Guardians opened a three-game series against the visiting Oakland Athletics with a 10-2 victory on Friday. Steven Kwan and Andres Gimenez each drove in two runs for Cleveland, which won for the fifth time in six games and improved to an American League Central-best 14-6. Abraham Toro hit a leadoff home run in the first inning to give the A's an early lead. Brent Rooker added a solo shot against Scott Barlow in...

@morningjournal—Caratini’s two-run homer in 10th, Hader’s two-inning outing lift Astros over Guardians, 10-9. Pinch-hitter Victor Caratini’s two-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning and Josh Hade’s first two-inning outing since 2019 lifted the Astros

Deadspin—Astros use 5-run seventh to clobber Guardians. Jon Singleton lofted a two-run homer that flipped the scoreboard in the sixth inning and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh that capped a five-run frame as the Houston Astros won the rubber match of their three-game series with the visiting Cleveland Guardians 8-2 on Thursday. Singleton finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs. His leadoff single in the third inning resulted in the Astros' first run, and his two-out moon shot into the first row of seats in right field both spotted the...

Star Tribune—Twins scrape past White Sox 6-5 with two-run ninth inning. The Twins relied on homers from Trevor Larnach and Byron Buxton to catch up to the White Sox before Alex Kirilloff singled to give Minnesota a season-high two-game win streak.