July 8, 2026

James Wood of the Nationals and Jose Altuve of the Astros
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Nationals Pull Away Early to Defeat Astros

Nationals 8, Astros 2 The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros, 8–2, Wednesday night at Nationals Park. Back-to-back multi-run innings were the key to this win. Luis García Jr. belted a three-run home run, CJ Abrams added a solo homer and a sacrifice fly, and Foster Griffin carried the Nationals through seven innings. Brice Matthews […]

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Jake Rogers of the Tigers celebrating a pinch-homer against the Athletics
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Springs Rocked Again as Athletics Fall to Tigers

Tigers 6, Athletics 1 Struggling Athletics left-hander Jeffrey Springs gave up six runs in under five innings, putting his team in an insurmountable hole en route to a 6–1 loss to the host Detroit Tigers Wednesday night. His counterpart, Tigers right-hander Troy Melton, held the Athletics to one unearned run on four hits. Across 5 […]

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Rangers Skip Prayer Time in Loss to Angels

Angels 13, Rangers 1 ARLINGTON, Texas (July 8) — The Texas Rangers hit a wall against the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday night, losing 13–1, in front of a crowd of 23,288. Five of their runs were provided by Jo Adell, who put together a multi-homer game. It’s been said that the devil finds work for […]

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Middle Game
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Mets Beat Royals in Middle Game

Mets 6, Royals 2 In a quiet middle game of their series, the New York Mets strung together a 6–2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. At Citi Field on Wednesday, A.J. Ewing hit a leadoff shot in the first. Seven innings later, his team put five more runs across the board to move ahead […]

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