6:50 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — He used to win a lot. As a sophomore in high school and again as a senior — for two different schools — new Chicago Cubs star Nicholas Castellanos led his teams to state championships. But trophies have been hard to come by since those days, and after years of
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2:08 AM ET NEW YORK — Publicly, the New York Yankees manager is continuing to repeat a familiar refrain about his de facto ace. Perhaps it’s time he starts to consider stopping. As good as Domingo German has been, and as good as he projects to be in October, Aaron Boone says that there is
12:33 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — All-Star second baseman Jeff McNeil of the New York Mets had to be helped off the field in the ninth inning Tuesday night after he sustained a hamstring injury while trying to beat out a grounder in a 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. McNeil says he felt
11:53 PM ET Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers on Tuesday became the first player in the modern era (since 1900) to record a six-hit, four-double game, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Devers went 6-for-6 in Boston’s 7-6 win in Cleveland, picking up his sixth hit and fourth double in the 10th inning. Devers,
5:27 PM ET Nathan Eovaldi was used in the bottom of the eighth inning in Tuesday’s win over the Cleveland Indians, postponing his return to the Red Sox‘s starting rotation. Eovaldi was slated to make his first start in weeks against the Indians on Wednesday. However, manager Alex Cora decided to use Eovaldi to get
1:29 AM ET So, yes, the New York Mets are a nice story, bouncing back from midseason despair to reel off a nice stretch that has put them back into the wild-card race. You know what beats a nice story? Generational greatness coming into its own. The Atlanta Braves cooled off the Mets with a
12:56 AM ET ESPN News Services DETROIT — Kyle Seager left Comerica Park with the first three-homer game of his career and he had no idea how it happened. Seager homered in the fourth, sixth and ninth innings, driving in six runs as the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 11-6 on Tuesday night. “I
9:42 PM ET CHICAGO — Houston Astros starter Gerrit Cole was scratched just before his scheduled start for Game 2 of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. It was not immediately known whether Cole would miss additional time. Cole began warming up in the Astros’ bullpen before reporting right hamstring tenderness.
8:32 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Boston Red Sox lefty Chris Sale has reached 2,000 career strikeouts faster than any other pitcher in history. Sale, 30, entered Tuesday’s game against the Indians with 1,995 strikeouts. He struck out the side in the first and reached the milestone in the third when he fanned rookie
7:33 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies general manager Matt Klentak said Tuesday that no decision has been made on Jake Arrieta‘s status in the rotation the rest of the season. Arrieta was scheduled to meet with the Phillies brass this week to talk about whether he should shut it down for the rest of the season