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8/9 12:38 AM Nick Pivetta (P-SD) Nick Pivetta can’t handle old friends, Red Sox beat up Padres. A four-run fourth dooms Nick Pivetta as Boston's Walker Buehler blanks Padres over six innings
Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/08/ni...

8/9 12:15 AM Max Scherzer (P-TOR) Scherzer and Kershaw square off in rare duel of 3,000-strikeout club members. Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw went toe-to-toe for six innings in a vintage duel Friday night. The 41-year-old Scherzer, pitching for Toronto, made his 465th career start. Kershaw, 37, started his 443rd game — all for the Los Angeles Dodgers over 18 seasons. Both have won three Cy Young Awards and are likely headed to the Hall of Fame. Kershaw allowed one run and seven hits, striking out four. Scherzer gave up two runs and six hits, striking out five. A two-run homer by Mookie Betts gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead. It was the fourth time Scherzer and Kershaw have opposed each other. Before the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts praised both pitchers for their competitiveness and unique styles.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/scherzer-and-...

8/8 10:20 PM Reid Detmers (P-LAA) Angels’ bullpen coughs up lead in 8th inning of loss to Tigers. Reliever Reid Detmers gives up a go-ahead, pinch-hit three-run homer to Matt Vierling in the eighth after back-to-back homers by Gustavo Campero and Zach Neto in the fifth; Jo Adell also goes deep in the Angels’ 6–5 loss.
Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2025/08/08/angels-bullp...

8/8 9:54 PM Jack Kochanowicz (P-LAA) Angels’ Jack Kochanowicz still chasing consistency. Kochanowicz, 25, has a 5.85 ERA in 21 starts this season. In his last start, he gives up four runs in the first inning and then one in the next five. Interim manager Ray Montgomery says learning from the struggles is "part of the process."
Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2025/08/08/angels-jack-...

8/8 9:44 PM Corbin Carroll (OF-AZ) Zac Gallen, Diamondbacks shut down Rockies. Corbin Carroll and Blaze Alexander homered, Zac Gallen pitched six strong innings, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 in the first game of a three-game series in Phoenix on Friday. Carroll's two-run homer, measured at 424 feet, capped the scoring in the fifth inning after Alexander drove in Arizona's first four runs with a three-run double and a homer.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/zac-galle-...

8/8 8:52 PM Cal Raleigh (C-SEA) Cal Raleigh’s late home run sends Mariners to dramatic victory over Rays. With two outs and two on, Cal Raleigh launched a massive three-run homer in the eighth inning Friday to hand the Mariners a stunning 3-2 victory over the Rays.
Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/cal-r...

8/8 8:35 PM Tristan Peters (OF-TB) Winkler's Tristan Peters makes MLB debut for Tampa Bay Rays vs. Seattle Mariners. Tristan Peters is finally, officially, a big-league ballplayer. The 25-year-old from Winkler made his MLB debut Friday night in Seattle, just hours after receiving the long-awaited call from the Tampa Bay Rays. Promoted from the Durham Bulls of the Triple-A International League after impressing with stellar defence and career-best numbers at the plate, Peters wasted no time stepping onto baseball's biggest stage. Inserted straight into the Rays' starting lineup — centre-field, batting fifth — Peters took a deep breath under the bright lights of T-Mobile Park as he walked to the plate for the first time.
Source: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/baseball/...

8/8 8:34 PM Tomoyuki Sugano (P-BAL) Orioles’ Tomoyuki Sugano shuts down Athletics in 3-2 win. Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano has started to stabilize his season with the latest evidence a seven-inning performance against the A's.
Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/08/08/orioles-to...

8/8 8:23 PM Michael McGreevy (P-STL) Michael McGreevy fires 6 strong innings as Cards blank Cubs. Michael McGreevy and three relievers scattered seven hits as the St. Louis Cardinals blanked the visiting Chicago Cubs 5-0 Friday night. McGreevy (4-2) limited the Cubs to six hits in six innings while striking out three batters and walking one. Matt Svanson pitched the seventh inning, JoJo Romero handled the eighth, and Riley O'Brien tossed the ninth to complete the shutout.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/michael-mc...

8/8 8:19 PM Blake Perkins (OF-MIL) Brewers hold off skidding Mets 3-2 for 7th straight win thanks to Perkins' throw. MILWAUKEE -- - Center fielder Blake Perkins threw out Starling Marte at the plate to end the game as the surging Milwaukee Brewers hung on to defeat the slumping New York Mets 3-2 on Friday night. Brice Turang hit a two-run homer for the Brewers, who improved to a major league-best 71-44 by earning their seventh consecutive victory in front of a season-high crowd of 43,469. Marte and Juan Soto went deep for the Mets, who have lost five straight and nine of 10. After Marte doubled on an 0-2 pitch from Trevor Megill with two outs in the ninth inning, Jeff McNeil singled to center.
Source: https://abc7ny.com/post/brewers-hold-off-skidding-...