Month: May 2022

2:55 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Gil Hodges, who helped the Dodgers win World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, will have his No. 14 jersey retired. The pregame ceremony will take place on June 4, when the New York Mets visit Dodger Stadium. Hodges played his final two seasons with the

6:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets reliever Yoan Lopez had his three-game suspension cut to one game and was set to serve the penalty Friday night when New York played the Philadelphia Phillies. Lopez was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse before the game and had to immediately sit out. Mets manager Buck Showalter

6:16 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson were involved in a brief altercation before Friday’s series opener at Great American Ball Park. While the Giants were warming up in the outfield, Pham confronted Pederson in the outfield. The pair quickly were separated and

5:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former All-Star pitcher Carlos Martínez was suspended for 80 games Friday under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Ibutamoren, which increases Human Growth Hormone. The 30-year-old right-hander signed a minor league contract with San Francisco on March 19. He was

4:28 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson has been placed on the 10-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, it was announced Friday. The move, which is retroactive to Tuesday, transfers Donaldson from the COVID-19 injured list to the regular injured list. Donaldson also is appealing a one-game suspension

3:55 PM ET ESPN News Services As details of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, continue to unfold, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler on Friday wrote that he is “not okay with the state of this country” and that he “felt like a coward” for not protesting “the lack of delivery on the