MLB News
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MLB: Braves chase an eighth straight win against the Giants
Atlanta have won seven in a row, every one by two runs or fewer. A June postponement hands them a shot at an eighth on what was meant to be an off day.
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MLB: Four homers carry the Reds past the Cubs
Six of seven runs came on the fly Cincinnati took this one 7-5, and the box score barely bothered with singles. Four balls left the yard. Hector Rodriguez opened it with a three-run shot. Tyler Stephenson answered with a two-run blast of his own. Dane Myers and Sal Stewart tacked on solo homers. Six of…
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MLB: Gunnar Henderson goes 4-for-4 as Orioles sweep the A’s
Four at-bats, four hits, two of them over the wall. Gunnar Henderson drove in five as Baltimore finally swept somebody.
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MLB: Mateo walks it off in the 11th as Rays complete a 14th sweep
Bases loaded, one out, over the left fielder’s head Jorge Mateo got hold of a David Morgan pitch and dropped it behind Samad Taylor. That was the ballgame, 5-4 Tampa Bay over San Diego in 11 innings at St. Petersburg on Tuesday night. Four wins in a row for the Rays. The number worth keeping…
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MLB: Yankees bury Red Sox 16-1 to take the season series
Sixteen runs, nine of them in the eighth inning. New York took the season series from Boston and pushed four clear in the wild-card race.
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MLB: Scherzer passes Gaylord Perry for ninth on the all-time strikeout list
One hit. That was all Seattle managed off him. Max Scherzer gave the Blue Jays seven innings on Sunday, struck out 10 and allowed a single hit. Toronto won 7-0 at home and swept the Mariners in three. One hit, one walk, nothing across. It was the best he has looked all year, and it…
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MLB: Wheeler is down to one pitch and out of answers
Ten wins, one loss, then a wall A 2.13 ERA at the All-Star break. Zack Wheeler was 10-1 and running away with the National League Cy Young conversation, and his last outing before the break read like a closing argument: six innings, two hits, 10 strikeouts. Then everything stopped. Four decisions since the break, four…
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MLB: Jose Ramirez drives in four in Guardians rout
Jose Ramirez homered, drove in four and collected the 1,000th hit of his career as Cleveland hammered Kansas City 11-1 to salvage the series finale.
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MLB: Cardinals send JJ Wetherholt to IL with wrist tendinitis
St. Louis has lost its $112.5 million rookie for at least ten days. JJ Wetherholt goes on the injured list with wrist tendinitis after one hit in his last 12 at-bats.
