5:27 PM ET Pablo Sandoval on Monday became the first major league player since 1905 to hit a home run, steal a base and pitch a scoreless inning in the same game. Sandoval achieved the feat in the San Francisco Giants‘ 12-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. The only other time the feat
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4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball suspended Atlanta Braves right-hander Kevin Gausman for five games on Monday for intentionally throwing at the Miami Marlins‘ Jose Urena last Friday night. Gausman has appealed the suspension. He was ejected in the second inning the Braves’ 7-2 victory last Friday for throwing a 97 mph
2:43 PM ET Ron Darling, former New York Mets pitcher and current broadcaster for SNY, said in a statement Monday that he has thyroid cancer. “After the removal of the mass on my chest along with further tests, I have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer,” said Darling, 58. “My doctors have said they are optimistic
1:20 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — A swarm of bees settled above the backstop screen shortly before the first pitch, prompting an 18-minute delay to the start of a game between the Giants and Reds. The game began after the swarm moved toward the upper deck. Ready now… play ball! 🐝 pic.twitter.com/Z4ioWU8Ojp — Cincinnati
11:58 AM ET The Boston Red Sox placed left-hander David Price on the 10-day injured list Monday with elbow tendinitis, the team announced. The move was made retroactive to May 3. The 33-year-old Price is 1-2 with a 3.75 ERA in six starts this season. He has struck out 42 batters and walked 10 in
10:00 AM ET Jordan Hicks has thrown the three fastest pitches in major league baseball this year. And the next three after that. And the next three after that. In fact, the St. Louis Cardinals‘ closer has unleashed every one of the 20 hardest offerings in the bigs this season. Not too shabby for a
10:00 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” Here’s one of the great contradictions in baseball: Modern reliever usage, most of us would agree, has made the game more static, more anonymous, more dawdling — generally speaking, more boring. But
12:51 AM ET CHICAGO — If there is such a thing as a baseball Hollywood script in early May, then the Chicago Cubs have the plot line down: Get off to a bad start — inviting doubters from all over the game — then turn things around to the tune of a seven-game winning streak,
11:20 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres played a terrific series over the weekend in San Diego, before crowds of 44,000-plus each game, with the Dodgers winning on Friday and Saturday with runs in the top of the ninth, and then Hunter Renfroe providing one of 2019’s signature moments with two
8:05 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs infielder David Bote has been playing with a broken left pinky toe ever since he was hit by a pitch in the first game of the season, he confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. Bote indicated that it has been getting better since he was hit by Texas Rangers starter