12:55 AM ET In the first series of the 2021 season between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, the Red Sox went into Yankee Stadium and swept their foe in the Bronx for the first time since 2011, including a wild, 6-5 victory in 10 innings on Sunday. Some takeaways from the
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8:45 PM ET Chicago Cubs infielder Patrick Wisdom reached a milestone on Sunday accomplished by only two other players in history. Wisdom, 29, hit two home runs in the Cubs’ 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants, giving him seven long balls in his first eight starts with his new team. According to the Elias
6:30 PM ET The Chicago White Sox‘s Tony La Russa moved into second place on MLB’s all-time manager wins list with his 2,764th career victory on Sunday. He passed John McGraw and now trails only Connie Mack after his team beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0. “He was a much better player than I was, and
2:52 PM ET ESPN News Services San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria will be sidelined for an estimated four to six weeks after suffering a sprained left shoulder in a collision with shortstop Brandon Crawford on Saturday. Longoria was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday after being injured in the collision, which happened
7:13 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — The net result, for the Phillies, was a very strange win. In a bizarre scene, stadium workers using tractors scrambled to hoist the protective screen behind home plate after it suddenly collapsed Sunday, interrupting Philadelphia’s 12-6 victory over the Washington Nationals. “I was in shock,” said Phillies
12:19 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles placed John Means on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder strain Sunday, a day after the team’s ace departed in the first inning after facing just five batters. Means (4-2), who pitched a no-hitter at Seattle on May 5, ranks fourth in the
12:18 PM ET Houston Astros utility man Aledmys Diaz is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks after suffering a fractured left hand when he was hit by a 92 mph pitch on Saturday. Diaz departed Saturday’s game in Buffalo against the Toronto Blue Jays after being hit on the back of his
7:30 AM ET Expectations are only expectations. Coming into the 2021 MLB season, many baseball observers considered the American League East the New York Yankees‘ division to lose. Fast forward two months and New York is looking up in the standings at three teams — the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay
2:18 AM ET On June 6, 1968, Cardinals ace Bob Gibson shut out the Houston Astros on three hits. On June 5, 2021, Mets ace Jacob deGrom threw seven shutout innings in a 4-0 win for New York over the San Diego Padres. The connection? Ask us again in a couple of months just how
12:29 AM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Todd Frazier and his American teammates celebrated, dousing each other as if they had won the World Series. “Playing for your country, it’s the coolest thing in the world,” the 35-year-old third baseman said. The United States qualified for the Olympic baseball tournament on its