3:36 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani chased a changeup in the dirt, mishit a blooper that didn’t leave the infield, flailed at a slider outside, then fell behind in the count 0-2 against Kenley Jansen, one of the game’s best closers, with one out remaining in front of a sold-out crowd at Angel
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8:11 PM ET Rays pitcher Chris Archer will rejoin the Tampa Bay rotation Monday, when he will face the Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field. Archer has not pitched a game since June 2. He went on the disabled list with a strained left abdomen June 5 and suffered a couple of setbacks that prolonged his
Jul 4, 2018 Before lighting up the grill, reaching for a cold beverage or looking up for fireworks on the Fourth of July, there’s one tradition that should sit atop every baseball fan’s holiday to-do list: checking the MLB standings. And our experts are no different. We asked Bradford Doolittle, Sarah Langs and David Schoenfield
Jul 4, 2018 CHICAGO — The Cubs won their sixth straight game on Wednesday, all in come-from-behind fashion, while tallying five or more runs in their eighth straight contest. But it was infielder Javier Baez who continued to steal the show — literally. In the 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers, Baez stole home for
9:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners right fielder Mitch Haniger was scratched from Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels with a bruised right knee. If you snooze, you lose, but that’s not an issue for Mariners slugger Nelson Cruz, who seems to have pregame shuteye down to a science. The Mariners also
Jul 2, 2018 Below are the voting totals from Major League Baseball’s fourth ballot update for the 2018 All-Star Game that will be played July 17 at Nationals Park in Washington. Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve leads all of baseball with 3,405,815 votes. Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman leads the NL with 2,905,301
9:06 PM ET New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka, recovering from a strained right and left hamstring, struck out four over five innings in a rehab start with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday night. Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres had an MRI that revealed a hip strain and went on the 10-day disabled list Wednesday. Manager
9:20 PM ET NEW YORK — As Giancarlo Stanton tracked Julio Teheran‘s third-inning fastball deep into his hitting zone Wednesday, he quickly and violently threw his hands toward the ball with a swing that suddenly has become very familiar— and reminiscent of the hitter he was just a year ago. It was the exact swing
10:42 AM ET New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner told Newsday that he was fined “thousands of dollars” in June for violating Major League Baseball’s pace-of-play rules and he’s not happy about it. The New York Post reported the total Gardner was fined was approximately $3,500. Gardner told reporters that “nothing I say about that
4:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Max Muncy was out for breakfast here recently when a fan approached him, said hello, asked for a photo and called him “Mad Max,” a nickname that is slowly starting to build momentum. It marked the first time someone had actually recognized Muncy in public. No, not just in