12:08 AM ET Terrible news from Miami, where the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 4-3, but announced after the game that Christian Yelich will miss the rest of the season after breaking a kneecap on a foul ball in the first inning. The freak injury came on a 1-1 slider from Elieser Hernandez that
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10:37 PM ET Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Kyle Crick had surgery on his right index finger Tuesday. The injury was the result of an altercation he had with teammate Felipe Vazquez in the clubhouse before Monday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. The Pirates said the right-handed Crick had “extensor tendon repair surgery” on Tuesday in
9:51 PM ET BALTIMORE — The Los Angeles Dodgers are dancing. Los Angeles beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-3 on Tuesday night at Camden Yards to clinch their seventh consecutive National League West pennant. In the divisional era (since 1969), only the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees have strung together more consecutive crowns. The Braves
5:42 PM ET It is officially clinching season across MLB as baseball’s best teams vie to lock up division titles and wild-card hopefuls look to earn a place in October. As the race to the finish heats up and magic numbers shrink, we’ve got you covered on everything you need to know about which teams
4:40 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Yet another injury has waylaid Byron Buxton, and the Minnesota Twins‘ speedster center fielder will miss the rest of the season recovering from shoulder surgery that puts his readiness for spring training next year in question. The American League Central leaders placed Buxton and his ailing left shoulder
9:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Pedro Martinez was, from 1997 through 2003, the greatest pitcher in major league history. Other pitchers had better careers — longer careers — but nobody was better for a sustained period of
3:37 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Chicago Cubs shortstop prospect Nico Hoerner was on his couch in Northern California on Sunday. On Monday, he was making history. Hoerner became the second Cub since 1920 to debut with at least three hits and four RBIs in a 10-2 win over the San Diego Padres. Hoerner had
10:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The New York Yankees have been dogged by injuries all season, with 29 players landing on the injured list, surpassing the previous major league record of 28, set by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016. While there is no
1:41 AM ET We had a small slate of games on Monday, but most of them had some playoff implications. Some thoughts … Item No. 1: James Paxton tosses another gem. Paxton allowed four hits in 6⅔ scoreless innings as the Yankees blanked the Red Sox 5-0 in the teams’ final meeting of 2019. David
12:01 AM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Zack Greinke struck out five in six strong innings, Robinson Chirinos and Yordan Alvarez each homered twice as Houston hit a major league-record six home runs in the first two innings, and the high-scoring Astros routed the Oakland Athletics 15-0 Monday night for their fifth straight victory.