10:29 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Mauer isn’t sure if Sunday marked the end of his time with the Minnesota Twins. Just in case, though, the regular-season finale turned into a farewell befitting his remarkable career with his hometown team. Mauer doubled in his final at-bat, received one more pitch as catcher, and
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7:35 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — With a National League West title on the line, the Los Angeles Dodgers will turn to their precocious rookie starting pitcher, Walker Buehler, who will face the Colorado Rockies from Dodger Stadium in Monday’s tiebreaker, a 4:09 p.m. ET start on ESPN. Buehler will face fellow right-hander German Marquez
11:26 PM ET Two divisional tiebreaker games will be played Monday after the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies all won Sunday, leaving the National League Central and West both deadlocked after 162 games. The Cubs will host the Brewers at 1:05 p.m. ET to decide the Central division champion, while
6:59 PM ET Mike Scioscia announced Sunday that he will not return next season as the Los Angeles Angels‘ manager. Scioscia made the announcement after the Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Taylor Ward‘s game-ending home run. The Angels issued a statement on Twitter to thank Scioscia for his service. #Angels statement on Manager
9:36 PM ET Oakland Athletics slugger Khris Davis hit the most home runs in the majors with 48, and more remarkably, finished with a .247 batting average for the fourth year in a row. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, no player in MLB history has had the same batting average rounded to three decimal
12:55 PM ET New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes said Sunday he is scheduled for his second heel surgery on Oct. 23, but can’t predict how much he’ll be able to play next season. “I think it’s unpredictable given what will happen and I can’t say I will play X, Y, Z amount of games,”
11:51 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout wanted to see the numbers. The game’s best all-around player began 2018 with his mind set on turning himself into an elite defensive center fielder, a distinction that continually eluded him. He wanted to know what the advanced stats had to say about his first step, and
1:07 AM ET Is there anything more magnificent in baseball than when a hitter gets locked in and finds that zone where the sweet spot of the bat connects with the sphere of cushioned cork, winding fabric, cowhide and 108 stitches of yarn time after time after time? “Captain America” came back from injuries to
12:09 AM ET NEW YORK — The boundary separating the very good from the great is wider than the third-base line, and David Wright spent most of his career on the less desirable side of the divide. He was a very good ballplayer, not a great one, and yet he deserved the Citi Field send-off
10:09 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Mets third baseman David Wright returned to the starting lineup for the first time since 2016 on Saturday, playing four innings against the Miami Marlins and leaving to a standing ovation from the sold-out crowd at Citi Field. The team captain went 0-for-1 with a walk against