MIAMI — When it comes to the most strikeouts in Miami Marlins history, Sandy Alcantara stands alone.

With his fourth strikeout Tuesday — to the Texas Rangers’ Kyle Higashioka in the seventh inning of Miami’s eventual 6-4 win at loanDepot park — Alcantara set the Marlins’ franchise record with 1,002 career strikeouts. He surpassed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Phillies were down to their very last strike.

After Jorbit Vivas’ homer in the bottom of the eighth — just his second of the year — had completely erased the Phillies’ three-run rally in the top of the inning, it felt like the Nationals had all the momentum.

Brad Lord started the ninth with back-to-back strikeouts to...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If you bought stock in Kansas City Royals standout Jac Caglianone, you would be in line for a massive payout right now.

On Tuesday, Caglianone turned Tropicana Field into his personal playground. And it’s fitting considering the Tampa, Fla., native grew up going to Rays games as a kid.

Caglianone stamped his ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The small pocket of fans sitting just behind the first-base dugout — a group of 25 that included his parents, other relatives and even his high-school baseball coach — immediately rose in hopeful anticipation as the ball left Cole Young’s black Marucci bat.

It sounded like a hit on impact, looked like a homer in its ...Read more

NEW YORK — Fruit flavored candy on the outside? Bubblegum on the inside?

That’s a Blow Pop, and Aaron Boone was not happy that Jazz Chisholm Jr. ate one while playing second base during Monday’s 5-3 loss to the Tigers. With the Yankees down, 4-1, in the fifth inning, YES Network cameras showed Chisholm sucking on and fiddling with a green...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — President of baseball operations Buster Posey offered an opening statement to more than two dozen members of the Bay Area media on Tuesday afternoon about the team’s Pride Night controversy, but declined to discuss the matter further despite numerous follow-up questions.

“I’d like to recognize that the organization has ...Read more

His peak?

As he’s discussed the ups and downs of regaining his feel after an injury-riddled season, Michael King has quibbled — in his good-natured way — with the notion that what he did to the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of the 2024 NL Wild Card Series was a top-end performance.

A 12-strikeout effort in a postseason win is awfully hard to ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — After winning two straight games over the best team in baseball, the Orioles made the quick drive to Orange County to play the American League’s worst team.

The result was the same.

The Orioles played Monday the same way they had Sunday when they dominated the Dodgers for a 12-1 win. Their victory Monday over the lowly ...Read more

By all accounts the Boston Red Sox had this one in the bag.

Facing a terrible Colorado Rockies team who came into Monday with the worst record in MLB, the Red Sox held a 2-0 lead and watched as the Rockies ran themselves out of a potential eighth inning rally after recording two outs on the base paths. With Aroldis Chapman coming on for the ...Read more

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred penned a response to a United States senator regarding the San Francisco Giants’ Pride Night controversy on Monday afternoon, referring to the team’s communication with its players as being “inadequate and not clear.”

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley had written Manfred in the days following the ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Tasked with needing to record seven outs to keep a one-run lead intact, the work from the final three Cardinals relievers to appear on Monday night vs. the Diamondbacks ensured the quality start from Andre Pallante and the run support he earned did not go to waste.

An effort that included scoreless outings from JoJo Romero (one ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Just when you might have thought the Tampa Bay Rays had put their worst behind them and were ready to go on another hot streak, they showed otherwise.

Facing a Kansas City Royals team that has been one of the American League’s worst for much of the season, the Rays delivered an uninspiring performance Monday night in a 2-1 ...Read more

DETROIT — Going into the series against the East Division-leading New York Yankees Monday, the Detroit Tigers had the best record in the American League in June (11-6). They’d hit the second most homers (35) in the majors. Their team ERA was 3.12, second lowest in baseball and they had a 24-game run of their starting pitches holding teams to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers won the World Series last year, and the year before that. Their lead is the largest in any division this year. That success, and the money that nourishes it, has battalions of fans beyond Los Angeles all but marching outside ballparks with picket signs reading “SALARY CAP NOW.”

It’s a reasonable thought: The ...Read more

NEW YORK — A gloomy and depressing season was given a rest by a similar day.

The New York Mets‘ matchup against the Chicago Cubs was postponed due to rain on Monday. The game will be made up on Wednesday as a split doubleheader starting at 1:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. ET.

Kodai Senga was set to make his second start since returning to the big ...Read more

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SEATTLE — A baseball player walked onto the Golden Gate Bridge.

Adam Bernero believed that’s all he’d ever be. But as a boy, he hung maps of the world on his bedroom walls. “They ...Read more