Associated Press Sep 23, 2023, 10:40 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Margarita Mota, the wife of Los Angeles Dodgers great Manny Mota and matriarch of a baseball family, died Saturday. She was 81. She had been in ill health in recent years and died of natural causes at home in the Los Angeles suburb of
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Associated Press Sep 23, 2023, 04:08 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs manager David Ross reached out to Derek Shelton on Friday night after the Pittsburgh skipper took exception to Ross’ description of the Pirates. The contending Cubs dropped two of three in a series against Pittsburgh this week. Following the Pirates’ 8-6 win on Thursday
ESPN News Services Sep 23, 2023, 10:47 AM ET Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Rowdy Tellez didn’t take a swing in the team’s 16-1 Friday night win over the Miami Marlins, but still had a performance to be remembered. With the game out of hand, manager Craig Counsell turned to Tellez to finish off the team’s
Sep 23, 2023, 01:07 PM ET The Boston Red Sox reinstated All-Star closer Kenley Jansen from the COVID-19 injured list on Saturday. Jansen, 35, hasn’t pitched since Sept. 12. He is 3-6 with a 3.63 ERA and 29 saves in 51 games. The right-hander leads all active pitchers with 420 saves across 14 seasons with
Sep 23, 2023, 02:02 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels made the long-expected announcement Saturday that third baseman Anthony Rendon will not play again this season. A leg injury July 4 has limited Rendon’s ability to conduct on-field workouts, but the Angels had been mum on his status until manager Phil Nevin said Saturday the
Sep 22, 2023, 10:28 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe will be out four to six weeks with a right patella fracture, manager Kevin Cash announced on Friday night. Lowe suffered the injury after he hit a hard foul off his right knee in Thursday’s win over the Los Angeles Angels. Lowe
ESPN News Services Sep 22, 2023, 05:20 PM ET Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara felt forearm tightness after his rehab start with Triple-A Jacksonville on Thursday night, the team announced on Friday. The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner had cruised through the start, fanning four over four scoreless innings before eventually feeling the
Associated Press Sep 22, 2023, 09:14 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time American League MVP Juan González received his Texas Rangers Hall of Fame jacket in a pregame ceremony Friday night, eight years after his induction and 20 years after his last game for the team. One of baseball’s best sluggers in the 1990s, González
Associated Press Sep 22, 2023, 06:05 PM ET NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will have neutral clock operators in the first postseason of pitch timers. MLB evaluated each team’s clock operators during the regular season and said Friday it will select up to a dozen of the best performers for postseason games, which start
Associated Press Sep 22, 2023, 06:40 PM ET CINCINNATI — Pirates manager Derek Shelton said Chicago Cubs‘ skipper David Ross’ comment that Pittsburgh is “not a good team” was “unfortunate.” Ross made his comment after the Pirates’ 8-6 win over the Cubs on Thursday at Wrigley Field, their second straight victory over Chicago. “That’s not