12:05 AM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles staggered to their 19th consecutive loss Tuesday night, allowing 19 hits and falling behind the Los Angeles Angels by 11 runs early in a 14-8 rout. Baltimore trailed 5-1 in the second inning, 8-1 in the third and 13-2 in the fourth while limping
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9:46 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey was removed from Tuesday night’s game with left knee discomfort. Posey was visited by manager Gabe Kapler and a trainer during the fourth inning against the New York Mets. Posey was replaced by backup Curt Casali an inning later with San
5:40 PM ET All-Star catcher Yadier Molina is returning for a 19th season with the St. Louis Cardinals after agreeing to a one-year, $10 million extension, sources confirmed to ESPN. “I’m so happy, so happy,” Molina told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before Tuesday’s game against Detroit, confirming the deal was close to being completed. Molina
3:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Caleb Smith has been suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball for having a foreign substance on his glove, it was announced Tuesday. Smith, who was also fined an undisclosed amount, has appealed the penalty, allowing him to play until the appeal is heard. Smith was
6:09 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A federal magistrate judge has decided that changes by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Phillie Phanatic mascot last year were sufficient to allow its continued use by the club. In a 91-page decision on Aug. 10, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan decided that creators of
4:39 PM ET ESPN News Services The Tampa Bay Rays activated designated hitter Nelson Cruz from the COVID-19 injured list and placed first baseman Ji-Man Choi on the 10-day IL with a left hamstring strain. Cruz was placed on the COVID list on Sunday after he didn’t feel well before his team played the Chicago
4:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was activated from the injured list and in the lineup Tuesday night after missing five weeks with a right oblique strain, while ace Jacob deGrom could begin a throwing program soon pending the results of an MRI on Wednesday. New York manager Luis
4:46 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers placed infielder Eduardo Escobar on the injured list with a strained right hamstring, the team announced Tuesday. Escobar left Sunday’s game against the Washington Nationals with discomfort and had an MRI. Since being acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks at the trading deadline, the switch-hitting Escobar is hitting .280 in
8:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith ON AUG. 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell puts on a Cleveland uniform for the first time. The weather is brutally hot but clear — for now — and none of the 20,000 or so fans at League Park has any idea that they’re about to see something that defies belief. A
10:07 PM ET Federal prosecutors revealed some of their evidence against former Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Kay in court documents filed Friday, alleging he asked drug suppliers to deliver opioids to Angel Stadium and offered team memorabilia and tickets as incentive. Kay faces felony distribution charges in connection to the drug-related death of