7:00 AM ET Alex Cora returned this season to a Boston Red Sox team without Mookie Betts, but even with that generational star missing from the top of his lineup, the manager sees parallels with the 2018 squad he led to a World Series title. Like that 2018 team, these Red Sox will need to
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1:37 AM ET The last time somebody did what Shohei Ohtani just pulled off — being a game’s starting pitcher while leading the major leagues in home runs — was June 13, 1921. Babe Ruth had already accumulated 19 homers when he took the mound against the Detroit Tigers that day. Ruth batted third and
1:03 AM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — The Braves were eager to make up for their embarrassing performance the previous day, so they brought in a little extra help. Call it the Power of Sage. Atlanta scored four runs in the very first inning, Freddie Freeman added a three-run homer and Atlanta overcame a
1:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies selected the contract of outfielder Odubel Herrera on Monday, and he played in his first major league game since May 26, 2019, following a suspension for domestic violence. Herrera was suspended for 85 games, then did not play last year after being designated for assignment during
5:18 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Astros starter Jake Odorizzi has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained muscle in his right arm and second baseman Jose Altuve has been activated after a bout with COVID-19. Odorizzi left his start on Saturday after just five pitches with what the team called
5:33 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Former Korean standout pitcher Hyeon-Jong Yang joined the Texas Rangers on Monday, and was looking to make his MLB debut. The Rangers selected the contract of the 33-year-old left-hander from their alternate training site before the opener of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels. Texas
3:06 PM ET The Colorado Rockies are in search of a new general manager after Jeff Bridich stepped down from the position on Monday, the club announced. The Rockies announced Monday that the decision was a mutual agreement with Bridich Bridich joined the Rockies in 2004, spending the last seven seasons overseeing their baseball operations.
2:05 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It seemed as if Sunday’s finale, the seventh game in 10 days between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers, would finally produce the first dud of this exhilarating matchup. The Dodgers led by six runs, and the Padres were down to their last nine outs, entering
9:30 PM ET As far as baseball controversies go, maybe Madison Bumgarner‘s seven-inning no-hitter on Sunday doesn’t quite rank up there with the designated hitter, Kevin Cash’s decision to take out Blake Snell, or whether Jackie Robinson was safe when he stole home in the 1955 World Series. Or maybe it does. In fact, I
6:58 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Madison Bumgarner threw a seven-inning no-hitter, an achievement that won’t count in the Major League Baseball record book but completed a dominant day of Arizona Diamondbacks pitching for a 7-0 win over the Atlanta Braves and a doubleheader sweep Sunday. After Zac Gallen threw a one-hitter to