Baseball

Chicago Cubs (18-13, first in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (12-19, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Thursday, 12:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Colin Rea (1-0, 0.96 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 19 strikeouts); Pirates: Paul Skenes (3-2, 2.

Kansas City Royals (16-15, third in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (14-16, third in the AL East) Tampa, Florida; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (2-3, 3.08 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 29 strikeouts); Rays: Shane Baz (3-0, 2.

Colorado Rockies (5-25, fifth in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (19-12, third in the NL West) San Francisco; Thursday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (0-4, 5.93 ERA, 1.

St. Louis Cardinals (14-17, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (16-15, second in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Thursday, 12:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore (2-2, 3.19 ERA, 0.

Minnesota Twins (13-18, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (17-13, second in the AL Central) Cleveland; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Simeon Woods Richardson (2-2, 4.07 ERA, 1.

Washington Nationals (13-18, fourth in the NL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (17-13, second in the NL East) Philadelphia; Thursday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Brad Lord (0-3, 4.67 ERA, 1.

Milwaukee Brewers (16-15, third in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (7-23, fifth in the AL Central) Chicago; Thursday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Chad Patrick (1-2, 2.45 ERA, 1.

Detroit Tigers (19-12, first in the AL Central) vs. Los Angeles Angels (12-17, fifth in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Thursday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Casey Mize (4-1, 2.12 ERA, 1.

Athletics (16-15, third in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (16-15, fourth in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Thursday, 2:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jeffrey Springs (3-3, 6.04 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 27 strikeouts); Rangers: Tyler Mahle (3-0, 1.

TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk hit a game-ending, bases-loaded single in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 in Lucas Giolito's return on Wednesday night, stopping a three-game losing str