11:20 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward left Sunday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals due to light-headedness and shortness of breath, according to manager David Ross. The team sent him to the hospital for further tests. “He said he felt a little light-headed after his first at-bat,” Ross said following the Cubs’
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3:48 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. All Puerto Rican MLB players will be allowed to wear Roberto Clemente’s No. 21 during the commemoration of the 19th annual Roberto Clemente Day on Wednesday, Sept. 9, sources told ESPN. All Major League Baseball players will also be
9:34 PM ET Associated Press Now this was an out-of-the-box ejection. Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo was tossed for yelling at umpires from a luxury suite in Atlanta on Sunday, with longtime crew chief Joe West saying, “Enough is enough.” “I wouldn’t take that from a player. I wouldn’t take that from a manager,”
9:25 PM ET Lou Brock will be remembered for being part of one the most lopsided trades of all time in Major League Baseball history, the 1964 deal that sent him from the Chicago Cubs as part of a package to the St. Louis Cardinals for veteran pitcher Ernie Broglio. Brock will be remembered for
There are six rescheduled games on the Week 7 schedule, five of which make up games postponed for COVID-19 reasons, which push the week’s grand total of games to a busy 100: Houston Astros–Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, a makeup of their Aug. 30 postponement, which creates a doubleheader in which each team will play as
1:21 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Gary Sanchez has been disastrous at the plate for the New York Yankees this season, and manager Aaron Boone has decided to bench the struggling catcher in an effort to help him regain his stroke. Sanchez, 27, struck out
1:53 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Now that he has a new multiyear contract, Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says his top priority is working out a long-term deal for manager Dave Martinez. The Nationals have a club option for Martinez for 2021. Rizzo said Sunday his preference is “just to disregard” the
1:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Philadelphia Phillies put outfielders Jay Bruce and Roman Quinn on the injured list Sunday, leaving the roster in a bind ahead of a busy stretch in the schedule. Bruce aggravated a left quadriceps injury Saturday during a 5-1 loss to the New York Mets and was
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN With the trade deadline behind us and the postseason just three weeks away, four teams with playoff aspirations take the field as part of a Sunday doubleheader on ESPN and ESPN2. Can anyone stop the Dodgers? Will Fernando Tatis Jr. and Shane Bieber win MVP? Our experts weigh in.September predictions
5:51 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander has a strained oblique and likely will miss the remainder of the season. Santander has been one of the best players on a rebuilding team that has performed above expectations following two straight 100-loss seasons. Baltimore took a 17-21 record into Saturday night’s