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Kansas City Royals (40-47, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (45-41, second in the AL West) Seattle; Thursday, 10:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (5-5, 2.74 ERA, 1.

Houston Astros (52-34, first in the AL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (19-67, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Brandon Walter (1-1, 3.34 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 30 strikeouts); Rockies: Kyle Freeland (1-9, 5.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the 20th pitcher to reach the milestone.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy was injured while tagging out Michael A. Taylor in the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — On the same day he got elected to start an All-Star Game for the first time, Francisco Lindor was dropped from the leadoff spot with the New York Mets in a major tailspin. And the move paid off immediately.

NEW YORK (AP) — New leadoff batter Brandon Nimmo launched a grand slam off rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski, and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 on Wednesday to split their day-night doubleheader.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski made everything look so easy in his first three major league starts. Now he knows it's not.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mitch Keller pitched seven innings, Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run single in a four-run eighth and the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out St.

PHOENIX (AP) — Patrick Bailey's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning brought home Jung Ho Lee and the San Francisco Giants snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Wednesday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw got his 3,000th strikeout and Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth inning by singled in Shohei Ohtani, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Wednesday night.