6:03 PM ET ESPN News Services DETROIT — Tigers reliever Tyler Alexander struck out the first nine batters he faced on Sunday, tying the American League record for consecutive strikeouts in Detroit’s 4-3 loss to Cincinnati in the opener of a doubleheader. Alexander came on in the third and mowed down the Reds. His streak
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6:28 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, a late scratch for the season opener last month, allowed three hits and struck out six across 5⅔ innings in his 2020 debut Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Kershaw left with a 3-0 lead, after throwing 81 pitches, 57 of them for strikes. Not long after
2:21 PM ET Mike Trout, whose wife gave birth to the couple’s first child on Thursday, is expected to rejoin the Los Angeles Angels for the start of their six-game road trip Tuesday. The Angels transferred Trout from the paternity list, which expires after three days, to the restricted list on Sunday to give their
3:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The Houston Astros have placed closer Roberto Osuna on the injured list with soreness in his pitching elbow. The Astros announced the roster move Sunday, after Osuna left Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels in the ninth inning because of pain in his right elbow. The Astros announced
1:47 PM ET For the second day in a row, the Miami Marlins had no positive tests among their players and staff still in Philadelphia, a source confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by the Miami Herald. The Marlins haven’t played since July 26 in Philadelphia because of an outbreak within their traveling
11:18 AM ET The Cincinnati Reds placed veteran first baseman Joey Votto on the injured list Sunday before the opener of their doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Votto self-reported coronavirus symptoms Sunday morning but has not tested positive for the virus. The Reds did not disclose a reason for the
7:00 AM ET David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Sam Miller Close ESPN.com ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” It’s a showdown between the New York Yankees
8:00 AM ET Nobody expected the job to be easy, but new Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom certainly didn’t expect this. As the Red Sox close out their first series of the season against the rival New York Yankees on Sunday night (7 p.m. ET, ESPN), Bloom has just closed out his
8:56 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals have had one player and three staff members test positive for the coronavirus, while four more members of the organization have gotten inconclusive results, team president John Mozeliak said Saturday evening during a video conference call with reporters. “We’re confident, by the time we get to Detroit on
7:43 PM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Three-time AL Most Valuable Player Mike Trout is now a first-time dad. The Los Angeles Angels center fielder and his wife, Jessica, announced the birth of their first child Saturday, a boy named Beckham Aaron Trout. They made the announcement on Twitter, and plenty around the