11:41 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Mike Trout homered in his sixth straight game to set an Angels franchise record, Shohei Ohtani threw five solid innings before exiting because of a blister, and Los Angeles beat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Saturday night. Trout hit his 34th homer, a three-run drive to left
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6:21 PM ET Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association on Saturday finalized a card-check
2:44 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is scheduled to start baseball activities on Sunday after getting a blood patch to aid in his recovery from an epidural injection to treat his ailing lower back. The
2:57 PM ET Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa has been cleared by doctors to travel from his home in Phoenix to Oakland for Sunday’s jersey retirement ceremony for former Athletics pitcher Dave Stewart, the team said in a statement Saturday morning. La Russa, 77, has been missing from the Sox dugout since Aug.
1:54 AM ET ESPN News Services The NL East has a new leader for the first time since early April. After the New York Mets fell 6-3 to the Miami Marlins, the Atlanta Braves won 6-4 at Seattle later Friday to take sole possession of first place in the division for the first time all
1:00 AM ET Associated Press Edwin Jackson says 14 teams will be it. The well-traveled pitcher, who spent 17 seasons in the majors, announced his retirement on Instagram on Friday — his 39th birthday and the 19th anniversary of his big league debut. Jackson played for a record 14 clubs, most recently in 2019 with
11:42 PM ET New York Yankees left fielder Aaron Hicks was pulled from the team’s 4-2 loss to the Rays on Friday night after a pair of defensive miscues led to three Tampa Bay runs — and a bunch of vitriol from fans in the Bronx. The problems for Hicks started with two outs in
11:26 PM ET Colorado’s C.J. Cron took advantage of Coors Field’s home-run friendly confines when he hit a 504-foot two-run shot in the fourth inning on Friday night that hooked around the left-field foul pole and flew out of the stadium. Cron’s 27th homer of the season is tied for the second-longest home run since
4:05 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball will voluntarily recognize minor league players’ efforts to unionize with the MLB Players Association, commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday. The move by MLB would formally accept the MLBPA as minor league players’ bargaining representative and helps to fast track the unionization effort. It’s also a key
9:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Derek Jeter returned to Yankee Stadium for the first time in five years and was honored for his induction to the Hall of Fame two years ago. With his Hall plaque on a stand in front of the pitcher’s mound, Jeter spoke at the end of a