ANAHEIM, Calif. — Grayson Rodriguez’s stellar start to the season hit its first snag Tuesday night as the right-hander allowed seven runs in the Orioles’ 7-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

Baltimore rallied late to get the tying run in the batter’s box but couldn’t complete the comeback, ending the club’s three-game winning streak....Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Word to the rest of baseball: Logan Webb is on a roll.

So, too, was his opponent Tuesday evening, Luis Severino, and in a battle to see which starter would break first, Webb outlasted the Mets right-hander to guide the way to a 5-1 win, only the third time all season the Giants have prevailed in consecutive games.

Webb walked...Read more

DENVER — Things went from seemingly OK to really bad quickly.

That tends to happen at Coors Field more than other ballparks, especially when a pitcher stops throwing strikes and the defense falters.

The Padres had a three-run lead and a starting pitcher on the mound who appeared in control. They had left some runners on but were continually...Read more

ATLANTA — A couple days before his start, the Braves’ Max Fried was talking to Travis d’Arnaud, and the catcher mentioned something in passing.

“Next time you go out there,” d’Arnaud told Fried, “I want a complete game.”

Fried delivered: On Tuesday versus the Marlins, the left-hander threw his fourth career shutout and his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After weeks of worrisome late-game blunders, there was finally some redemption for the Dodgers bullpen Tuesday night.

On a night their starting pitcher failed to complete five innings, and their lineup managed only one run before the final couple frames, it was five other numbers that keyed a 4-1 Dodgers win over the Washington ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals needed an offensive spark. And if their last three games were any indication, the Royals needed it fast.

The Toronto Blue Jays, who gave the Royals their third straight loss in Monday’s series opener, thwarted the Royals lineup once again on Tuesday … at least for four innings.

KC finally broke ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Whatever crackle of elation the Cardinals carried out of Monday’s walk-off win and one inning into Tuesday’s game ended long before Willson Contreras pressed his left hand into his left side and exited stage right.

A disastrous game on the scoreboard became a reason to save the Cardinals' catcher some continued wear on his ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — “Uh, hey, um, so, Julio, you know you can’t take that trident with you into the outfield, right? Just put it down. Yes, it feels like Cal Raleigh has been hogging it lately, but you’ll get to hold it again.”

But this joyful reunion between a young power-hitting superstar and his home run celebration prop came after ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Bailey Falter’s strategy is not a hard one to figure out. Unlike some of his teammates, the 26-year old lefty does not possess blow-you-away type stuff that one would typically see on highlight reels.

But despite his simplicity, the Pirates southpaw has remained effective throughout the first month of the season, with Tuesday�...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Riley Greene, for the first time in his young career, slugged a pair of home runs in a game and powered the Tigers to a 4-2 come-from-behind win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field Tuesday night.

Greene’s 426-foot solo home run to dead center field in the third inning was the extent of the Tigers’ offense ...Read more

NEW YORK — Fresh off a shutout loss and an 0-for-3 performance, Anthony Rizzo answered for his and his team’s struggles on Monday afternoon.

The first baseman had a .227 average and just one home run after 23 games when he spoke following the Yankees’ 2-0, series-opening loss to the Athletics. The typically slick fielder has also made a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole isn’t ready to throw off a mound just yet. However, the Yankees’ ace continues to move in the right direction.

Cole is now throwing from 120 feet after making 50 tosses on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. He said he isn’t sure when he will toe the slab for the first time since being sidelined with elbow inflammation in ...Read more

The Cleveland Guardians had all week to prepare for Tanner Houck. After getting shredded by the 27-year-old right-hander in last week’s complete game shutout, the Guardians presumably studied the data, made their adjustments and came into Tuesday with a new plan of attack.

For most of the night, it didn’t work.

Houck was excellent once ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler has been champing at the bit for so long — it has been more than 22 months since the 29-year-old right-hander last pitched for the Dodgers — that his teeth are beginning to hurt.

"Yeah," Buehler said on Sunday, before the Dodgers wrapped up a nine-game homestand with a 10-0 victory over the New York Mets, "I'm...Read more

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is expected to look at the Monday incident involving Aaron Boone, home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt and a fan sitting behind the Yankees dugout, a source told the New York Daily News.

The source, granted anonymity so that they could speak freely, said that it is standard for the league to review “all ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — José Buttó started learning English during his first season in the minor leagues, with the Mets setting up their prospects in the Dominican Summer League with English classes. Still, it would be a little while before the Venezuelan right-hander would need to use any of the phrases and words he was learning.

Once he got to ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The legend of Albert Suárez has a sequel.

After making a stunning Orioles debut with 5 2/3 shutout innings seven years removed from his last MLB appearance, Suárez returned for a second start Monday and threw another 5 2/3 scoreless frames to lead the Orioles to a 4-2 win in their series opener against the Los Angeles ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — More than once this season Bob Melvin has been left to lament the Giants’ lack of timely hitting to explain away their losses. With the Mets in town Monday to begin a three-game series, the manager got to change his tone.

Nick Ahmed and Matt Chapman delivered a pair of well-timed base knocks, Michael Conforto slugged his ...Read more