7:16 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Athletics slugger Khris Davis is back from a stint on the injured list because of a bruised left hip and oblique muscle. The designated hitter, who led the majors with 48 home runs in 2018, is set to start batting cleanup Saturday night for Oakland in the
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9:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Joey Gallo left the Texas Rangers‘ home game against the Kansas City Royals in the fifth inning Saturday with tightness in his left oblique. Gallo had an MRI performed and passed some strength tests after the game. “If there’s something in there, we’ll find out,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward
2:43 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers are placing starting left-hander Gio Gonzalez on the 10-day injured list with arm fatigue. Manager Craig Counsell told reporters Saturday that Gonzalez isn’t feeling pain but rather is dealing with a dead arm feeling. Gonzalez has made six starts for the Brewers since signing with the team in late
2:24 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies are in talks with the Seattle Mariners about a trade for veteran Jay Bruce, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. Bruce is hitting .212 with 14 home runs and 28 RBIs this season. He also has played for the Mets, Indians and Reds during his 12-year career,
12:41 PM ET ESPN News Services The Boston Red Sox have placed first baseman Steve Pearce on the injured list with a low back strain, the team announced Saturday. Pearce was removed from Friday’s 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees after fouling out against J.A. Happ in the second inning. Pearce, the World Series
2:09 AM ET ST. LOUIS — An irritated Joe Maddon didn’t hold back his criticism of home plate umpire Laz Diaz after an apparent missed strike three call in the 10th inning of the Chicago Cubs‘ 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. “Here’s a guy ascending to the major leagues as
3:05 AM ET More home runs were hit this May than in any other month in Major League Baseball history. Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went deep in the eighth inning at Colorado on Friday, the final day of the month, to set the record with the 1,120th homer in May. The previous mark was set
11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Josh Bell finished off his historic May with two more hits, giving him 94 total bases in May, the most by any player in May since Willie Mays (102) in 1958. Bell went 2-for-5 and drove in a run to help the Pittsburgh Pirates pounce on struggling Milwaukee starter
9:18 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona right-hander Luke Weaver has a mild sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow along with a mild flexor pronator strain, and the Diamondbacks expect him to be sidelined for an extended time. Weaver was removed one batter into the sixth inning at San Francisco
8:28 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Chicago Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. is hopeful the young girl who was struck by a foul ball off his bat on Wednesday night will make a “full recovery.” Speaking about the incident Friday before the Cubs played the St. Louis Cardinals, he joined in on a chorus of