3:30 PM ET Detroit Tigers minor league catcher Chace Numata was involved in an accident Friday morning and has been hospitalized. Numata has spent the bulk of the 2019 season playing for the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. Police told Erie.com that Numata was injured in a skateboarding accident, with officers responding to a man found on
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1:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — They love their records in the Bronx. This is one the Bombers could do without. The Yankees placed third baseman Gio Urshela on the 10-day injured list Friday, making him the record 29th New York player to land on the IL this season. First baseman Luke Voit
6:51 AM ET Labor Day weekend might have meant one last chance to savor summer for many, but across baseball, it signals that the home stretch has officially arrived, and it is go time for those chasing a spot in the postseason field. With that in mind, we asked ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle, Sam Miller, Buster
11:38 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Aristides Aquino‘s homer set a record. Harold Ramirez‘s homer set off a celebration. Aquino broke the National League rookie mark for homers in a month with his 14th in August, but Ramirez homered leading off the 12th inning for the Miami Marlins, who beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3
12:22 AM ET NEW YORK — One National League postseason contender reignited its playoff push this week while another continued its downward spiral as the Chicago Cubs pulled off a stunning sweep of the New York Mets, winning the finale of the three-game series at Citi Field 4-1 on Wednesday. “Especially with them in the
12:56 AM ET One month ago, few baseball fans outside of prospect hounds or regular followers of the Louisville Bats had heard of Cincinnati Reds outfielder Aristides Aquino. That’s not a criticism. Aquino had made some minor waves on prospect lists a few years ago, but after hitting .216 at Double-A in 2017 and .240
11:05 PM ET ESPN News Services The Oakland A’s added a key insurance run in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, thanks to the enforcement of an obscure rule. A’s second baseman Corban Joseph popped a foul with one out and runners on second and third, and third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert
10:15 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy will not play again until next week after being hit by a pitch on his right wrist, manager Dave Roberts said Thursday. Muncy left Wednesday’s game against the Padres and was scheduled to undergo X-rays before Thursday’s series opener in Arizona. Roberts said Muncy won’t
9:28 PM ET Associated Press KEELING, Va. — Tampa Bay Rays minor leaguer Blake Bivens said his “heart was turned to ash” when his wife, 1-year-old son and mother-in-law were slain this week. “My life as I knew it is destroyed,” the 24-year-old pitcher wrote Thursday night in an Instagram post, his first public statement
4:09 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Minnesota Twins broke a major league record for most home runs on the road, getting back-to-back homers in the third inning for 140. Jake Cave led off the third with a solo shot off Chicago White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease to give AL Central leaders the record.