11:44 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Stephen Vogt hit a two-run homer and the Giants beat the Red Sox 11-3 on Wednesday night, giving Bruce Bochy his 2,000th career victory as a manager in the majors. Bochy became just the 11th manager to achieve 2,000 wins, reaching the milestone with just 10 games remaining
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10:04 PM ET Houston Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole has become the 18th major league pitcher since 1900 to strike out at least 300 batters in a season. Cole reached the milestone by getting Shin-Soo Choo of the Texas Rangers to whiff on an 89 mph changeup for the third out of the sixth inning Wednesday
7:16 AM ET Here’s the thing about picking some of the most notable surprises and disappointments of 2019: You have to adjust for the baseball. Is it a surprise that Jorge Soler has 45 home runs? Yes. Did he always have power potential? Yes. Did anybody predict 45 home runs from him? No, of course
7:37 PM ET The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating where Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs obtained the drugs that were in his system at the time of his July 1 death in Southlake, Texas, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Outside the Lines on Wednesday. An autopsy released Aug. 30 found evidence
6:32 PM ET Right-hander Aaron Sanchez, who combined with three relievers to throw a no-hitter in his first start for the Houston Astros on Aug. 3, has undergone season-ending surgery on his throwing shoulder. Astros manager A.J. Hinch said Wednesday that Sanchez had the surgery last week in California and indicated that his rehabilitation and
5:17 PM ET David Price will not pitch again for the Red Sox this season, Boston manager Alex Cora said Wednesday. Price has only made a single two-inning start since early August while dealing with a cyst in his wrist. Cora said he expects the left-hander will have a procedure to address the issue before
11:37 AM ET Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s winter baseball league is delaying the start of its season for the first time in decades after Major League Baseball banned its players from participating. The Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball said in a statement Tuesday that it had agreed to postpone play for nearly three
2:57 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton returned to the starting lineup and stung the ball in his first at-bat in nearly three months, but New York fell 3-2 to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night and will need to wait at least another day to
2:57 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton, who has played just nine games this season because of knee issues, has returned to the starting lineup with the Yankees on the cusp of clinching a division title. Stanton was activated from the 60-day injured list and batted fifth and played left field against
1:10 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez admitted to police that he tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl and sent her nude photographs and videos of himself committing sexual acts, according to