Gabriel Moreno’s go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 to give manager Torey Lovullo his 700th win. Geraldo Perdomo and Tommy Troy also went deep for the Diamondbacks. Arizona right-hander Zac Gallen had four strikeouts to move past Brandon Webb into second place on the franchise list with 1,067. Randy Johnson is first with 2,077. Lovullo became the eighth active manager to reach 700 wins. JJ Bleday and Noelvi Marte each hit a solo homer for Cincinnati.

Mother Nature wrecked havoc on Travis Kelce’s scheduled first pitch before Sunday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians. The final game of the weekend series was postponed because of the threat of inclement weather, 40 minutes before the scheduled first pitch. The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sept. 4. Kelce was scheduled to throw out the first pitch after it was announced on May 27 that he had purchased a minority stake in the Guardians. The Cleveland native — a three-time Super Bowl champion, four-time All-Pro and fiancé of music superstar Taylor Swift — bought a small share of David Blitzer’s 35% stake.

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Cleveland Guardians All-Star third baseman José Ramírez was placed on the injured list for only the second time in his major league career because of a broken bone in his left hand. Ramírez fractured the left hamate bone during the fifth inning of Saturday’s 3-1 win over the Tigers, when he fouled out on a pop up to Detroit catcher Dillon Dingler. Ramírez said the team’s medical staff is still determining the timeline for surgery and recovery. The seven-time All-Star also broke the hamate bone in his right hand in 2019 and missed only a month. The normal recovery time post-surgery is five to seven weeks.

Pete Crow-Armstrong homered on the first pitch of the game and the Chicago Cubs hit two more home runs in a 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. Crow-Armstrong connected off Trevor McDonald (2-4) for his 12th home run of the season, a shot to center. He also doubled and singled in five at-bats. Ben Brown (3-2) allowed a run on seven hits in five innings for Chicago. Ian Happ and Pedro Ramírez hit solo homers in the fifth to make it 6-1.

Tarik Skubal showed some rust, and that was to be expected. The two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner pitched 4 2/3 innings on Saturday in Detroit's 3-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. It was the left-hander's first start since April 29 and first since undergoing a new surgical procedure to have some loose bodies removed from his elbow. While he wasn't dominant, the Tigers were just happy to have Skubal back on the mound. He threw 80 pitches and made only one major mistake, a fastball that Daniel Schneemann hit for a two-run homer in the third inning.

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Cleveland Guardians star third baseman José Ramírez broke a bone in his left hand during Saturday’s game and will be sidelined an indefinite period. Ramírez sustained a fractured left hamate bone on a swing leading off the fifth inning in the Guardians’ 3-1 win over Detroi. The team didn’t update the condition of the 33-year-old until after the game, when manager Stephen Vogt confirmed the break. A seven-time All-Star, Ramírez is the face of Cleveland’s franchise, and his loss is a major blow to the two-time defending AL Central champions. Ramírez suffered a fracture to his right hamate bone in 2019.

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Tarik Skubal was tagged for a two-run homer by Cleveland’s Daniel Schneemann in the two-time reigning Cy Young winner’s return from elbow surgery and the Guardians downed the Detroit Tigers 3-1. Skubal threw 80 pitches in his first start since April 29. The left-hander had a loose body removed from his elbow during an innovative surgical procedure on May 6, allowing Skubal to come back early. The win came at a steep price for Guardians as star third baseman José Ramírez suffered a broken bone in his left hand on a swing. Cleveland's top player will be out indefinitely.

Noelvi Marte hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth, Rhett Lowder allowed one run in 5⅔ innings and the Cincinnati Reds edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1. Lowder missed nearly a month with a shoulder injury that kept him out until early June. He gave up five hits while striking out six and walking two. He allowed a solo homer to Corbin Carroll in the first inning. But Lowder cruised through the rest of his start before being relieved by Caleb Ferguson with two outs in the sixth. Tony Santillan got three outs for his third save.

The Guardians lost two outfielders to injuries in the first two innings on Saturday. Cleveland rookie right fielder Chase DeLauter suffered a bruised right rib cage after colliding with the outfield wall. Left fielder Angel Martínez bruised his left foot when he fouled a pitch off it in his first at-bat against Detroit ace Tarik Skubal. DeLauter came out after hitting a single in the first inning. Martínez stayed in the game but came out after the second inning. The team said X-rays on his foot were negative.

The Detroit Tigers welcomed back their best pitcher and placed another starter on the injured list. Jack Flaherty, who left Friday’s start against the Guardians after three innings with lower leg soreness, was placed on the 15-day injured list just as the Tigers got back two-time defending Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal. The Tigers listed Flaherty’s injury as left peroneal strain. Flaherty’s injury is the latest for the Tigers, who were without Skubal for more than a month after he had surgery on his left elbow. A new arthroscope was used in Skubal’s procedure, and the ace returned Saturday at Cleveland following a speedy recovery.