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The Cubs made a trade, sending first baseman Cameron Sisneros to the Astros for right-handed pitcher Jayden Murray. Murray, 29, has been very good for Triple-A Sugar Land, going 0-1 with six saves and a 1.17 ERA over 15.1 innings. In that time, he’s struck out 19 and walked six. Murray’s major league time with the Astros has not been nearly as good, posting a 7.43 ERA over 13.1 innings. The Astros designated Murray for assignment earlier this week.

Sisneros was a 14th-round pick out of East Tennessee State in 2024. This year he was hitting .265/.419/.422 with six home runs over 49 games this year stretched between High-A South Bend and Double-A Knoxville.

To make room for Murray on the 40-man roster, the Cubs designated right-hander Luis Peralta for assignment.

The Smokies join South Bend in the playoffs!

Iowa Cubs

The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Reds), 7-4.

Starter Ty Blach pitched five runs and allowed three runs on six hits. He walked one, hit one and struck out one.

Doug Nikhazy took the loss after allowing four runs on five hits over 2.2 innings. Two of the five hits were home runs in the three-run top of the ninth. Nikhazy walked two and struck out three.

Three of Iowa’s four runs were driven in by right fielder Brett Bateman. Two of them came on a double in the seventh. Bateman was 1 for 5.

In his first game back in the minor leagues, catcher Moisés Ballesteros went 2 for 4 with a double. He scored once.

Third baseman BJ Murray went 2 for 4.

Bateman’s double.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies got in the eyes of the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 3-1. The win clinches the first-half North Division title and a spot in the playoffs. At one point earlier in the season, the Smokies were seven games behind Chattanooga.

Grant Kipp gave the Smokies four innings and he allowed just one baserunner, who reached on an error. Kipp struck out two.

Tyler Santana pitched the next two innings and allowed no runs on two hits. He was awarded the win because Kipp only pitched four innings. Santana struck out one and walked no one.

Marino Santy pitched the seventh and eighth innings and allowed just one hit, but that hit was a solo home run. Santy struck out three and walked no one.

Evan Taylor retired the side in order in the ninth for the save. He did not strike anyone out.

Right fielder Alex Ramírez doubled home third baseman Jefferson Rojas with the first run of the game in the bottom of the first. Ramírez was 1 for 4 with the double and Rojas went 2 for 4 with a walk and a steal.

First baseman Edgar Alvarez was 1 for 3 with a double and a walk. He scored an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.

Ramírez’s double.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs were cooked by the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 3-2.

Matthew Boyd started this game on a rehab assignment and he made the TinCaps look like High-A batters facing a major leaguer. Boyd pitched four innings and allowed no runs and just two hits. He struck out seven and walked no one. Boyd threw 59 pitches and 40 of them were strikes.

Nazier Mulé gave the Cubs three scoreless innings in relief of Boyd. Mulé gave up just one hit. He struck out three and walked no one, but he did hit one batter.

Unfortunately Alfredo Romero came in to pitch the bottom of the eight and blew the save. Romero got tagged for three runs on four hits. He walked one, struck out one and hit one batter.

South Bend only had five hits and center fielder Kane Kepley had three of them. Kepley went 3 for 4 and scored once.

First baseman Josiah Hartshorn went 1 for 2 with a triple, a walk and a sacrifice fly.

Boyd highlights.

A tripe for Ty Southisene, who was 1 for 4.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were cast adrift by the Delmarva Shorebirds (Orioles), 8-1.

Pierce Coppola started and got the loss. Coppola gave up four runs on four hits over three innings. Coppola walked three, hit one batter and struck out four.

DH Logan Poteet provided the only offense for the Pelicans with a solo home run in the sixth inning. It was Poteet’s 12th home run of the year. Poteet went 2 for 4.

Shortstop Alexis Hernandez was 2 for 4 with a walk.

Third baseman Derniche Valdez went 2 for 4.

ACL Cubs

Lost to the Giants, 2-1 in eighth innings.

Aaron Bummer made his Cubs debut in this game, pitching the first inning. He allowed no runs and two hits. Bummer struck out one and walked no one.

Freddy Peralta gave the Mets no chance to win Saturday's game at the Philadelphia Phillies, allowing a career-high 10 earned runs in a 15-3 loss for New York.

Takeaways

1. Peralta is 5-6 with a 4.83 ERA through 16 starts with the Mets after tying a career-high 10 runs allowed -- matching May 26, 2023, for the Milwaukee Brewers against the San Francisco Giants when he gave up 10 runs but only four earned -- and his career-high 10 earned runs feel like rock bottom. New York's prized offseason trade acquisition was supposed to be the ace. Instead, the Mets are 34-42 with the 30-year-old right-hander trending down in a mixed June where he has allowed six runs or more over two of his four starts this month. How is New York supposed to climb out of its early season hole if it cannot rely on Peralta to be reliable -- let alone ace-caliber?
2. The Phillies (41-35) exploded with 11 runs in the first three frames against Peralta, who allowed 10 hits while striking out two and walking one on 80 pitches (52 strikes) in 2.2 IP, so the Mets' offense had an unlikely comeback to mount. First baseman Mark Vientos was a bright spot for New York, though, getting the Mets on the board with a two-out solo home run against Philadelphia ace left-hander Cristopher Sánchez (9-3, 1.83 ERA) in the fourth inning. Vientos, whose 2-for-4 night included a seventh-inning single and run scored, has two homers in his past four games after he went yard during Tuesday's 5-3 loss at the Cincinnati Reds.
3. Rookie outfielderCarson Benge added his own two-out homer in the seventh inning when he went yard for the eighth time this season on a two-run shot to right field against right-handed reliever Max Lazar and made New York's deficit 13-3. Benge, who led off and started in center field, is slashing .257/.315/.394 with 28 RBI through 73 games.
4. The Mets have not won three straight games or more since May 27-31 when they rode a four-game streak into May, and they are middling into late June with an 8-9 record. An opportunity to take the series remains, but the odds will be stacked against New York entering a tall task with Philadelphia right-hander Zack Wheeler (6-1, 2.01 ERA) starting.

Who's the MVP?

Philadelphia designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, whose three home runs -- the first two, of which, started and ended the Phillies' eight-run third inning -- buried the Mets. Schwarber outshined Bryce Harper, whose 4-for-5 night featured him hitting for the cycle in just the game's first five innings.

What's next

The Mets face the Phillies in Sunday's 7:20 p.m. rubber game.

New York left-hander David Peterson (3-5, 5.91 ERA) is set to start.

Jasson Domínguez is going through some growing pains in right field, as he overran a liner there Friday in The Bronx — although he made the catch.

On Saturday, he made a fine catch on JJ Bleday’s liner to right, but an errant throw to second prevented a potential inning-ending double play.

Domínguez said he rushed the throw and despite the issues, he added right field “feels more natural” than left after he came up as a center fielder in the minors.

Domínguez started one game in right with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2024 and then just three times this season at SWB.

Aaron Boone said Domínguez has been “pretty good” in right, where he got the start again in the Yankees’ 10-2 loss to Cincinnati on Saturday. “You see his speed come into play. Overall, he’s played pretty well. It’s early. He’s still a work in progress there.”

Despite his inexperience at the position, Domínguez is embracing the opportunity.

“I want to be able to play as much as I can and I can give them more places to use me,’’ Domínguez said. “I’m still learning, but I know you have to be able to do different things in the majors to get an opportunity, especially on this team. I just want to help.’’

The team’s outfield instructor, Luis Rojas, has been encouraged.

“I’m very confident in him feeling very comfortable quickly,’’ Rojas said. “I think he already is. Obviously, you want more experience for him there. Our right field [at the Stadium] plays a lot different than a lot of other places in the big leagues, but with his tools, his arm and ability to get to balls, I think it’s gonna work well for him.”

The Yankees are banking on it, with Aaron Judge sidelined with a fractured right rib and Trent Grisham out with a right hamstring strain.

And he knows there are added challenges to learning the position at this level compared to the minors.

“There’s less room for error here,’’ Domínguez said. “It’s very important to make all the plays. But I think I can do it here.”

Jake Bird was optioned to SWB after Saturday’s game. While the move was made to make room for Sunday’s starter Elmer Rodríguez, the right-hander won’t be able to come back to the major league roster for 15 days unless there’s an injury to a pitcher that requires a stint on the injured list.

The Yankees have Carlos Lagrange transitioning to the bullpen at SWB and he’s expected to join the major league bullpen as soon as next month.

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For all their strengths — and the fact the pen has pitched fairly well — it’s expected to look significantly different by the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

Bird, acquired from Colorado prior to last year’s deadline, has not been good with the Yankees.

José Caballero was picked off second base to end the bottom of the second.

“That one should not happen,’’ Boone said. … Boone caught the ceremonial first pitch from USC running back Waymond Jordan.

Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen was placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with right elbow inflammation, and right-hander Chayce McDermott was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City ahead of the middle game of a weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles at Dodger Stadium.

Treinen struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning in Friday night’s series opener, and was awarded the win after the Dodgers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth for their fourth consecutive one-run win.

The 38-year-old Treinen has a 3.52 ERA and 5.11 xERA with 25 strikeouts and eight unintentional walks in 23 innings this season. He’s tied for third on the staff with 29 appearances, and has the fourth-highest average leverage index among bullpen regulars.

This is the second stint in the majors this season for McDermott, who was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles on April 16. The right-hander pitched a scoreless inning on May 17 in his lone game with the Dodgers. McDermott had a 5.40 ERA in 17 appearances for Oklahoma City, with 30 strikeouts and 13 walks in 16 2/3 innings in Triple-A.

He last pitched on Wednesday, throwing 33 pitches in 1 2/3 innings for the Comets, allowing one solo home run with three strikeouts and two walks.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto faces Trevor Rogers as the Dodgers look to stretch their win streak to five against the Baltimore Orioles.

SATURDAY GAME INFO

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Orioles
• Stadium: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 7:10 p.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 (Spanish)

Spencer Arrighetti’s (L, 7-3) May dominance has been followed by significant June struggles, and tonight was no exception.

Arrighetti’s first pitch of the game was drilled out to right center for a solo homer by Travis Bazzana to give the Guardians a 1-0 lead.

Houston tied the game in the bottom of the second. Back-to-back singles by Isaac Paredes and Jose Altuve to open the frame gave the Astros runners on 1st & 2nd with no outs. Yainer Diaz followed with an RBI single scoring Paredes, with Altuve advancing to third. Houston could do no more damage that inning, however, as Cam Smith flew to shallow left and both Jake Meyers and Brice Matthews struck out to end the inning.

Missing out on that kind of opportunity to have a big inning would immediately come back to haunt the Astros.

In the top of the 3rd, Kyle Manzardo hit a 2-run homer of a 91.6 MPH four-seam fastball from Arrighetti to give the Guardians a 3-1 lead.

In the top of the 5th, Bazzana would get Arrighetti again. This time, Bazzana hit a 3-run homer to right center to give Cleveland a 6-1 lead.

Arrighetti would pitch a 1-2-3 6th inning, and his final line would be 6 IP, 6 ER, 6H, 0BB, 8K, 3HR.

In the 7th, the Guardians would add 2 more runs on 4 straight singles off Astros reliever Nate Pearson.

Meanwhile, Guardians starter Joey Cantillo (W, 6-3), would retire 20 of the next 22 Astros batters following Diaz’ RBI single in the 2nd. He tossed 8 innings of 1 run ball while allowing 4 hits, one walk and striking out 9.

With the loss, the Astros fall to 36-42, and the Guardians improve to 41-36

Astros SP Kai-Wei Teng (3-6, 4.32 ERA) will oppose the Guardians’ Slade Cecconi (3-5, 4.60 ERA) in the rubber match tomorrow afternoon at 1:10PM CT.

The Dodgers on Sunday close out their homestand and play their final home game of the month of June in hosting the Baltimore Orioles at Dodger Stadium.

Emmet Sheehan starts for Los Angeles, with right-hander Brandon Young starting for Baltimore. Sheehan at age 26 is actually the young one in this pitching matchup, 15 months younger than the Orioles starter.

Sunday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Orioles
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 1:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

Night owls (and West Coast Red Sox fans), assemble. It’s the second game of a West Coast swing for the Red Sox, who are looking to build on a strong performance on Friday night. I, admittedly, was asleep for most of it, but will be trying to stay awake until my recapping duties are fulfilled tonight. With a win, the Red Sox would get back to 12 games under 0.500, and as the saying goes, “a team that is 12 games under in June is a real threat to get hot” or something. I don’t know, it’s a West Coast trip, let’s get weird.

Connelly Early vs. Emerson Hancock. 10:10 PM EST first pitch on NESN and WEEI.

Lineups

Roster moves

The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.

• Recalled from Triple-A Reno: LHP Philip Abner + INF/OF Tim Tawa
• Placed on the 10-day injured list: INF/OF Jordan Lawlar (strained right hamstring)
• Placed on the 15-day injured list: RHP Michael Soroka (strained left glute)

Yeah, as feared, last night’s game proved to be another one of those dreaded “Pyrrhic victories,” costing the team both Lawlar and Soroka. However, the fact we can use the latter’s spot for a starting pitcher for the next few days is probably not a bad thing, given the team went through seven relievers last night. Effectively, they have a ten-man bullpen right now. Out of there this evening, the team should have rested versions of Juan Morillo, Abner, and Yilber Diaz, who was called up yesterday but didn’t appear so is not yet on the chart above. So, our relievers aren’t in too bad shape, providing Zac Gallen is able to get through a reasonable number of innings.

He hasn’t been terrible in that department, at least. While his last six appearances have resulted in an Gallen ERA of 5.79, they have all seen Zac go between five and six innings. He has been badly bitten by the long-ball bug of late. Over his first seven outings, he allowed only two home-runs over a total of 32.1 innings of work. Since then though, the eight starts have led to eleven home-runs in 43.1 innings. Over that time-frame, starting on May 7th only the Cubs Shota Imanaga (14) has given up more bombs in the majors, coming into play today. The Twins have hit an above-average number of HR, so keeping them in the park tonight will be key for Zac.

Finally, looks like the team has decided on a starter for tomorrow, and in a surprising move, it looks like is not going to Brandon Pfaadt. Instead, the team will be turning to a rookie, Jose Cabrera, who has only three appearances over the Double-A level. Maybe there will be some Jose Fernandez like lighting in that bottle, but we’ll talk more about him tomorrow, I would imagine.

Last night was nearly a marquee win for the Orioles team. Instead, it was just another disappointing loss. The team has no choice but to flush the defeat and try to get back on the right track tonight. It won’t be an easy matchup.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto has thrown 16.1 innings over his last two starts and allowed two earned runs, three hits, no walks, and 11 strikeouts. He was an out away from no hitting the Orioles last September before they stormed back for an improbable win.

Trevor Rogers may finally be finding his footing. He’s got a 3.12 ERA this month, and has not allowed more than three runs in each of his last three starts. The Orioles need him to rediscover his 2025 form with a quickness.

Adley Rutschman was placed on the seven-day concussion IL just before the game. Michael Siani, a 26-year-old outfielder that has spent parts of the last four seasons in the majors, was called up in his place. Siani stole 20 bases on 23 attempts for the Cardinals in 2024. The catching role will be filled by Samuel Basallo and Sam Huff for the next week or so.

Get a cup of coffee or your favorite caffeinated beverage, East Coasters. Another evening of late-night baseball awaits us!

Orioles lineup

1. Taylor Ward, LF
2. Gunnar Henderson, DH
3. Pete Alonso, 1B
4. Samuel Basallo, C
5. Leody Tavares, RF
6. Colton Cowser, CF
7. Coby Mayo, 3B
8. Jackson Holliday, 2B
9. Blaze Alexander, SS

LHP Trevor Rogers (3-7, 5.86 ERA)

Dodgers lineup

1. Shohei Ohtani, DH
2. Andy Pages, CF
3. Freddie Freeman, 1B
4. Mookie Betts, SS
5. Miguel Rojas, 2B
6. Tommy Edman, 3B
7. Kyle Tucker, RF
8. Alex Call, LF
9. Dalton Rushing, C

RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4, 2.52 ERA)

The Dodgers put right-handed reliever Blake Treinen on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation before Saturday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles.

Treinen was the winning pitcher in the Dodgers’ 6-5 walk-off victory Friday, after retiring the side in order in the top of the ninth. It was not immediately clear, when the Dodgers announced the move a little over an hour before the game, when or how Treinen sustained the injury.

Treinen has a 3.52 ERA after bouncing back from a rocky 2025.

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In a corresponding move, the Dodgers recalled right-hander Chayce McDermott. The 27-year-old has only thrown one major-league inning this season, when he limited the Angels to one hit in a scoreless frame.

The Dodgers acquired McDermott from the Orioles in mid-April, after Baltimore designated him for assignment. He’s been a frequent short-term call-up and taxi squad member since.

The Dodgers have more bullpen help coming. They hope to reinstate right-hander Brock Stewart (left foot bone spur) from the injured list Monday, manager Dave Roberts said. And right-hander Evan Phillips (Tommy John surgery) is expected to return in early July.

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After taking until the seventh inning to record their first hit last night, the Mariners will look to bounce back today. They’ll pin their hopes on Emerson Hancock, who’s looking to bounce back himself. His last start was his roughest of the year so far, surrendering nine hits and six runs to just three whiffs over four innings in Washington. That continues a downward trend since the gem he spun on the night the Mariners retired Randy Johnson’s number. Since that 14-strikeout performance, Hancock has struck out 29 and walked 11 over seven outings.

He’ll have the luxury of facing off against a Red Sox team tonight that’s cobbled together just an 89 wRC+. If he can’t get right tonight, the team’s going to have some real thinking to do about how he can adjust back to the adjustments the league has clearly made to him. One adjustment he’s made so far is to take a little more control of the game by putting a pitchcom controller on his glove. Manager Dan Wilson said Hancock will probably have it again tonight, though he cautioned that when guys get it, “sometimes it’s a little more than they bargained for.”

On the other side, the Red Sox will bring out another lefty, which has been Mariner kryptonite so far this season. Fortunately, tonight’s flavor is Connelly Early, whose 4.53 xERA compares pretty unfavorably to last night’s starter, Ranger Suarez’s, 3.35. The Mariners can expect to see a lot of fastballs and the lefties in particular will see a lot of sinkers, which has not gone great for them this season.

If the Mariners can get into the bullpen, Luke Raley might be available off the bench after what Dan called “a major step forward” from Raley’s battle with a cold.

Lineups

It’s unclear whether this weekend’s Ref-erendum is real or just fan wishcasting. But he gets another chance tonight after going 0-4 with a strikeout last night. He, Mitch Garver, and Connor Joe will be the righty platoon bats tonight and Víctor Robles will sit, at least to start.

What even is a normal Red Sox lineup these days? Something approximating this, I guess.

Game Info

First pitch: 7:10 PDT
TV: Mariners TV, with Goldy and Angie in the booth and Hyphen on the sidelines, presumably getting a little less of a hard time about his Aussies than he did last night
Radio: Old reliable