MLB News
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MLB: Astros chase a first-round bye as Arizona hangs on by a half-game
72-69, and somehow in the hunt for a bye Three games over .500. That is the entirety of what Houston’s record says, 72 wins against 69 losses, and the Astros are still in position for a first-round bye. The American League got small this year. Houston leads the West, has won six of its last…
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MLB: Teoscar Hernandez rescues the Dodgers with a ninth-inning double
Two out, two on, 3-2 count Los Angeles was 27 outs into a night that looked lost. Then Teoscar Hernandez ripped a two-run double into left-centre in the bottom of the ninth and the Dodgers walked off with a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Tommy Edman started it. A one-out single, then a…
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MLB: White Sox get Kyle Teel back after 46 days out
Nineteen games, a .190 average and three separate injuries. Kyle Teel’s second season has been a write-off, and Chicago have handed him September to salvage something from it.
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MLB: Athletics strike out 18 as Seattle drop the opener
Eighteen strikeouts from Athletics pitching and a two-run Lawrence Butler single, and Seattle lose the first of four games their season may hinge on.
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MLB: Rutschman homers twice on his return to Baltimore
A month after Baltimore traded him, Adley Rutschman walked back into Camden Yards and hit two home runs. The Red Sox needed both, and a ninth-inning insurance shot on top.
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MLB: One Crow-Armstrong swing is all the Cubs need
Chicago did not get another hit after the third inning at Wrigley. Against Milwaukee, on this night, they did not need one.
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MLB: Teoscar Hernandez walk-off double sinks the Cardinals
Seven pitches, one swing into the gap. Teoscar Hernandez walked the Dodgers off against St. Louis and spared Los Angeles a third straight defeat.
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MLB: Blue Jays edge past Guardians in wild-card scrap
Half a game separates Toronto from the final AL wild-card spot after a 6-3 win in Cleveland. Nathan Lukes swung the rubber match, and Tanner Bibee’s summer got worse.
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MLB: Mariners open a four-game set with their season on the line
Twenty of the last 22 games come against losing teams The Mariners host the Athletics tonight to open a four-game set. Seattle sits at 66 wins and 74 losses. The record is ugly. The schedule is kind. Seattle is five games behind Houston in the American League West and 4.5 behind Cleveland for the third…
