Lynn, Yankees stop 5-game slide by beating White Sox 7-0  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Lance Lynn was sound asleep while the rest of the New York Yankees hopped on a flight to Chicago after perhaps their most difficult loss of the season.  —  With his new team in desperate need of a lift, he delivered.

Baez homers, Hamels sharp again in Cubs' 3-1 win over Royals  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A little break in the action did Javier Baez some good.  —  Baez bounced back from a couple of strikeouts with a big home run, Cole Hamels pitched six strong innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Monday night.

Osuna gets win in return from suspension, Astros top Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Roberto Osuna needed five pitches for a clean inning and a nice on-field impression on his new teammates.  —  Osuna earned the win in his first appearance with Houston after Marwin Gonzalez hit a three-run homer …

MLB power rankings: Athletics are for real, Yankees stumble  —  The Oakland Athletics, riding a six-game win streak, are threatening to shake up the American League West standings and wild-card race as they rise up the power rankings.  —  The A's, with a major league-best 33-10 record since June 16 …

Trevor Bauer strikes out 11, Cleveland Indians hit 4 HRs in 10-0 win  —  The Indians opened up a 10 game lead over the Twins in the AL Central.  —  CLEVELAND (AP) - Trevor Bauer struck out 11 and allowed three hits in six innings, and the Cleveland Indians hit four home runs in routing the Minnesota Twins 10-0 on Monday night.

Simmons, Young lead Halos past Tigers 6-2 with bat and glove  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Andrelton Simmons homered and made more than one spectacular defensive play.  Eric Young Jr. homered and made a phenomenal play with his glove as well.  —  The Angels' star shortstop was more than willing …

Healy hit in 12th pushes Mariners past Rangers 4-3  —  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Ryon Healy let out a sigh of relief, and the Seattle Mariners regained the lead in extra innings when his hard grounder got through the left side of the Rangers infield.  —  Healy singled past diving Gold Glove …

Rockies' Bettis returns to face Pirates  —  DENVER — Chad Bettis will return to the Colorado Rockies' rotation and make his first start for them since July 1 on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.  —  Jameson Taillon (8-8, 3.74 ERA) will oppose Bettis (5-1, 5.10), who had been sidelined with a right middle finger blister.

MLB myth-buster: The shift isn't curbing runs, it's creating them  —  Turn on a baseball broadcast these days and there's a good chance you'll hear about launch angles, catcher framing, pitch tunneling, bullpenning and the like.  Look up at the giant video screen or flip over a baseball card and you might see the hitter's WAR.

Detroit Tigers five shutouts away from franchise record of 20  —  Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Francisco Liriano waits while Oakland Athletics designated hitter Khris Davis runs out his solo home run during the fourth inning Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, in Oakland.  D. Ross Cameron, AP

Peralta's homer in 14th lifts Dbacks over Phillies 3-2  —  David Peralta hit his second solo homer off the game off the top of the wall in the 14th inning and the  —  Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from a two-run deficit in the ninth to beat the  —  Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Monday night.

Durability a source of pride for Cubs catcher Willson Contreras  —  Chicago Tribune  —  With about one-third of the regular season remaining, Willson Contreras is on pace to catch 1,000 innings for the first time in his major-league career as well as lead all major leaguers in innings caught.

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