9:00 AM ET Who starts the wild-card game for the Washington Nationals? At some point, with each successive start in which Max Scherzer is not vintage Max Scherzer, it becomes the obvious question. The obvious answer, of course, is Max Scherzer. Because there’s no way manager Davey Martinez (or any other skipper in his right
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2:47 AM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox tied a major league record in Tuesday night’s game by combining to use 24 pitchers. In a game that lasted 5 hours, 54 minutes, featured 50 players overall and saw “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” played in the middle of
1:22 AM ET Luis Severino finally made his season debut for the New York Yankees, pitched four shutout innings, topped out at 99 mph, threw 47 of 67 pitches for strikes and even talked Aaron Boone into letting him pitch an extra inning. As the Yankees start to focus on their postseason pitching plans, Severino’s
12:17 AM ET Watching the Oakland Athletics play the past two nights, one feature stood out, aside from the baseball itself: the football yard lines still visible on the field at the Oakland Coliseum. This signifies two important things: 1. The A’s are unlike any other franchise;2. The Raiders apparently have not yet moved to
11:48 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Justin Verlander picked up his major league-leading 19th win, and Yuli Gurriel, Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez all homered to help the Houston Astros to a 4-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. The Astros are a win away from their third straight 100-win season and
10:48 PM ET Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle in Tuesday night’s game against the Orioles, securing it with a triple that drove in two runs in the top of the ninth. The rookie came to the plate in the ninth against Orioles pitcher Mychal Givens, having hit a single,
10:17 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees reliever Dellin Betances suffered a partial tear of his left Achilles tendon when he landed awkwardly on the mound on Sunday, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday. Betances was making his first appearance of the season on Sunday, having just returned from the injured list, when he
9:39 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Alex Verdugo, a major sparkplug through the first four months of the Los Angeles Dodgers ‘ season, has been ruled out for the first round of the postseason, but is hopeful of rejoining the team for a potential appearance in the National League Championship Series. Verdugo has spent the
7:25 PM ET Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog suffered a stroke Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals announced. According to the team, the 87-year-old suffered the stroke during his charity golf tournament. “Whitey and his family wanted to let everyone know that he has received treatment and is currently resting, and doing well,” the team
6:49 PM ET BOSTON — Tuesday night, San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski accomplished something his Hall of Fame grandfather never accomplished. He got the crowd at Fenway Park to give a standing ovation after a home run by an opposing player. In his first game at the ballpark his grandfather called home for 23