12:42 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and his older brother, Yuli, have become the first brothers in major league history to have multihomer games on the same day. Toronto’s Lourdes Gurriel homered in the first and fourth innings Friday night in the Blue Jays‘ 11-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
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11:07 PM ET After Baker Mayfield‘s starring role in ending the Cleveland Browns‘ winless streak on Thursday night, he chose to end his postgame news conference with a baseball shoutout. “Christian Yelich for NL MVP,” Mayfield said. Before the game, Mayfield showed up to FirstEnergy Stadium wearing Yelich’s Milwaukee Brewers jersey. The two became friends
11:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Victor Martinez will be in the lineup for one final time Saturday in Detroit. The longtime Tigers slugger announced before Friday night’s 4-3 loss to the Royals that he will finish his 16-season career on Saturday. Martinez will sit out Sunday’s series finale against Kansas City and accompany the
2:51 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers fired manager Jeff Banister on Friday, more than a week before the end of what will be the team’s first consecutive losing seasons in 10 years. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu will serve as interim manager for the remainder of the season, starting with Friday
12:17 PM ET The ex-wife of Addison Russell opened up about abuse allegations against the Chicago Cubs shortstop in a blog post this week. Melisa Reidy-Russell wrote that she suffered physical and emotional abuse throughout their two-year marriage and that the mistreatment severely affected her. Previous allegations by a friend of Reidy-Russell triggered an MLB
6:30 AM ET It feels like we’re trudging a bit to the end of the regular season. The American League playoff teams are essentially set, with the only real question whether the Yankees or A’s will host the wild-card game. The National League is a little more up in the air but also a lot
8:00 AM ET DJ LeMahieu ranks down the list of recognizable Colorado Rockies players, behind Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon, Trevor Story, Carlos Gonzalez and Matt Holliday, to name a handful. For the uninitiated, LeMahieu’s given name is “David John.” He grew up in Michigan as a hardcore hockey fan, laced up his first pair of
Sep 18, 2018 Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. BOSTON — The 1912 Red Sox won 105 regular-season games, more than any other team in Boston history, but they did not accomplish it with the flair that the 2018 team has done it with this season while also
3:11 PM ET Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chad Kuhl underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday, the team announced on Thursday. The surgery to reconstruct Kuhl’s ulnar collateral ligament was performed by Dr. David Altchek in New York. The Pirates said pitchers typically return from the surgery in 14 to 16 months. Kuhl said in a tweet
12:00 PM ET Read the original Spanish-language version of this story here. CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — When José Manuel Cora covered the Caguas Criollos ballclub as a newspaper correspondent, his youngest son had free rein of Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium. He played in its press box, ate dinner there, even caught glimpses of a few