Baseball

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Phillies are hot, that much is certain, with Bryce Harper and Zack Wheeler powering and pitching the team to the best record in baseball and a recent home winning streak that nearly matched the franchise record. Hot, yes.

San Francisco Giants (17-21, fourth in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (8-28, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Keaton Winn (3-4, 4.41 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 28 strikeouts); Rockies: Cal Quantrill (1-3, 4.

Kansas City Royals (22-16, third in the AL Central) vs. Los Angeles Angels (14-23, fourth in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Thursday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (1-4, 5.50 ERA, 1.

Cleveland Guardians (24-13, first in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (9-28, fifth in the AL Central) Chicago; Thursday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Ben Lively (1-1, 2.08 ERA, 1.

Houston Astros (12-24, fifth in the AL West) vs. New York Yankees (25-13, second in the AL East) New York; Thursday, 5:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Ronel Blanco (3-0, 2.09 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Yankees: Marcus Stroman (2-1, 3.

Arizona Diamondbacks (17-20, third in the NL West) vs. Cincinnati Reds (16-20, fourth in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Slade Cecconi (1-2, 4.96 ERA, 0.

St. Louis Cardinals (15-21, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (21-15, first in the NL Central) Milwaukee; Thursday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Sonny Gray (4-1, 0.89 ERA, 0.

Seattle Mariners (20-17, second in the AL West) vs. Minnesota Twins (21-15, second in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Logan Gilbert (3-0, 1.69 ERA, 0.

DENVER (AP) — Michael Conforto homered and singled in a six-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the struggling Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Wednesday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Craig Kimbrel was still in position to secure his ninth save of the season for the Baltimore Orioles and 426th of his career after he threw a fastball down the middle to Eddie Rosario.