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MLB batters set HR record for 2nd straight month, hit 1,142NEW YORK (AP) A month after setting a record for most home runs in a month, big league batters did it again and are on pace to shatter the season mark.The Elias Sports Bureau said Monday that batters...

LEADING OFF: Stumbling Cubs face Bucs, HR Derby updatesBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening around the majors today:BEAR DOWNThe slumping Cubs hope to get right as rookie Adbert Alzolay (1-0) starts against Pittsburgh. Chicago has dropped three of four and finished June 14-15, its first losing month...

2-way player McKay making hitting debut with RaysST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay Rays two-way player Brendan McKay is scheduled to make his hitting debut against the Baltimore Orioles two days after winning his first appearance as a starting pitcher.McKay was in the lineup as the designated hitter...

Angels say pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died at age 27ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The Los Angeles Angels say pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died at age 27. The team said it happened Monday in Texas but provided no other immediate details.Skaggs started the Angels' game Saturday night against the Athletics....

2-way player McKay making hitting debut with RaysST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay Rays two-way player Brendan McKay is scheduled to make his hitting debut against the Baltimore Orioles two days after winning his first appearance as a starting pitcher.McKay was listed on the lineup as the designated...

Indians send RHP Wojciechowski to Orioles for cashCLEVELAND (AP) The Indians have traded right-hander Asher Wojciechowski to the Baltimore Orioles for cash.The 30-year-old went 8-2 with a 3.61 ERA in 15 starts this season for Triple-A Columbus. The Orioles said Monday that he's been assigned to Norfolk, their...

White Sox: Till inclusion in scoreboard graphic 'poor form'CHICAGO (AP) A White Sox official says it was ''poor form'' for the team to show a scoreboard graphic of ''famous people from Chicagoland'' that grouped lynching victim Emmett Till with game show host Pat Sajak and film icon Orson...

White Sox: Till inclusion in scoreboard graphic 'poor form'CHICAGO (AP) A White Sox official says it was ''poor form'' for the team to show a scoreboard graphic of ''famous people from Chicagoland'' that grouped lynching victim Emmett Till with game show host Pat Sajak and film icon Orson...

Mets apologize to 2 members of 1969 team for ceremony errorNEW YORK (AP) In the latest embarrassment for the New York Mets, the team has publicly apologized to two living members of its 1969 World Series championship team who were included in a video montage of dead players...

White Sox: Till inclusion in scoreboard graphic 'poor form'CHICAGO (AP) A White Sox official says it was ''poor form'' for the team to show a scoreboard graphic of ''famous people from Chicagoland'' that grouped lynching victim Emmett Till with game show host Pat Sajak and film icon Orson...

AP Sports WriterAlvarez, Cole help Astros sweep Mariners with 6-1 winBy KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) Rookie Yordan Alvarez drove in three runs to back up seven strong innings by Gerrit Cole and help the Houston Astros to a 6-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday to complete a...

AP Sports WriterBieber, Indians turn tables on Orioles with 2-0 shutoutBy DAVID GINSBURGBALTIMORE (AP) Coming off successive lopsided defeats to the lowly Baltimore Orioles, the Cleveland Indians turned to Shane Bieber to pull the team out of its inexplicable collapse.Bieber did his part, restoring the pecking order between...