8:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The newest member of the Milwaukee Brewers is a familiar face. Gio Gonzalez is back after finalizing a $2 million, one-year contract, and the veteran left-hander will start Sunday’s series finale against the New York Mets. Gonzalez also played for Milwaukee last season, helping the Brewers win
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7:32 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Pittsburgh right-hander Chris Archer was put on the 10-day injured list because of inflammation in the thumb on his pitching hand, which has bothered him for his past two starts. With three off days between now and May 6, the Pirates can get Archer some time to
3:43 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has been scratched from Saturday’s game against Tampa Bay because of back spasms. Martinez, who was in the original lineup hitting cleanup as the DH, was replaced by Steve Pearce, who was inserted into the seventh spot in the batting order. Martinez is
1:25 PM ET Mike Sheets There’s a lot going on this weekend. “Avengers: Endgame” is hitting theaters, the Battle of Winterfell is about to go down on “Game of Thrones,” the NFL draft will reach its conclusion, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is making his big league debut. It’s a bit of a sensory overload, to
Week 5 is one of the lighter ones on the schedule, with a whopping 11 of the 30 big league teams playing only five games. That’s due to five early-week, two-game interleague series, as well as the Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels‘ two-game series at Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, on Saturday
2:05 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers set a major league record with homers in 33 consecutive home games in a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday. Bellinger’s blast was noteworthy for other reasons, too. He moved
12:59 AM ET CHICAGO — In a game that grew more bizarre by the inning, Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox provided the most mad-cap moment of a wild contest by passing teammate Tim Anderson on the bases, erasing a key home run. The Chicago slugger seemingly gave his club a 12-10 lead with
11:41 PM ET WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals prospect Carter Kieboom hit a game-tying home run in his major-league debut against the San Diego Padres on Friday night. The 21-year-old Kieboom, who was rated the 98th best prospect in baseball by ESPN’s Keith Law prior to this season, drilled a solo shot to dead center off
11:44 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants scored to end the second-longest, first-inning scoring drought at the start of a season in major league history. Buster Posey‘s one-out sacrifice fly against the New York Yankees‘ James Paxton drove in Tyler Austin, who had singled and took third on Brandon Belt‘s
10:58 PM ET Happy Vladimir Guerrero Jr. day! The son of the great Hall of Famer made the most anticipated major league debut since — pick one — Bryce Harper or Stephen Strasburg or Alex Rodriguez or Ken Griffey Jr. on Friday in Toronto, and after 48 hours of hype to get ready, we finally