7:24 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. will begin a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday as he nears a return from the torn right ACL that ended his 2021 season. Atlanta’s media relations team said prior to the Braves’ game Sunday night against the San
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3:12 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Nestor Cortes of the New York Yankees pitched an immaculate inning against the Baltimore Orioles, striking out the side on nine pitches in the fourth on Sunday. Cortes retired Anthony Santander on a called strike, a foul ball and a foul tip. Then he got Ryan McKenna
3:43 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays added left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu to the 10-day injured list Sunday with left forearm inflammation. Ryu, 35, was pulled after just four innings in Saturday’s 7-4 loss to the Oakland Athletics. He lasted less than that in his first start of the season
4:34 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — The Minnesota Twins placed right-hander Sonny Gray on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a low grade strained hamstring a day after he left his start vs. the Boston Red Sox. To take his place on the roster, the team activated right-hander Cody Stashak, who was on
12:56 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Orioles transferred left-hander John Means to the 60-day injured list Sunday with a sprained elbow. The move wasn’t a huge surprise after manager Brandon Hyde conceded the previous day that it would be a while before Means pitched again. Hyde said then that the 28-year-old lefty —
4:47 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Angels star Mike Trout was pulled from Los Angeles’ game Sunday after being hit by a pitch on his left hand, although X-rays came back negative, the team announced. The three-time AL MVP was struck by a 1-1 slider from Texas Rangers right-hander Spencer Patton leading
3:37 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez has been diagnosed with cancer and will be stepping away from the broadcast booth. Martinez said in a statement released by Sportsnet that Sunday’s game against the Oakland Athletics would be his last for “a little while” as he begins weeks of cancer
6:17 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — On a cool Southern California evening, Cincinnati Reds rookie Hunter Greene brought some record-setting heat. After five overpowering innings, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally caught up. Trea Turner launched a two-run homer to snap a scoreless tie in the sixth and the Dodgers beat the skidding Reds
8:36 AM ET How do you improve on perfection? Roki Sasaki is doing his best to find out. In his first start since throwing the first perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball since 1994, Sasaki, 20, almost did it again for the Chiba Lotte Marines, as he was pulled after eight perfect innings in a
7:00 AM ET Milton Gross This story originally ran in the October 1951 edition of SPORT magazine, during Jackie Robinson’s fifth season in the major leagues. We are republishing it now in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s debut, on April 15, 1947. This story has been condensed for clarity and space. JACK ROOSEVELT