SEATTLE — On the weekend the Seattle Mariners are celebrating all things from the 1990s, Friday felt like a throwback to many nights from that decade inside the Kingdome when there was an abundance of loud contact and baseballs were leaving the yard.

J.P. Crawford got the night started. He also brought it to an end.

Crawford homered twice in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers lefty Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.

He had just struck out the side in the fifth inning of the Dodgers’ 4-2 win Friday against the ...Read more

There is truly no such thing as a safe lead at Coors Field. In his first game managing in the Mile High City, Giants rookie manager Tony Vitello learned that reality the hard way.

The Giants suffered a devastating 8-6 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Friday night as right-hander Caleb Kilian allowed both the game-tying home run to Hunter Goodman...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Kansas City Royals’ offensive struggles followed them across state lines in Friday’s series-opening 9-1 loss to the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field.

And this time, there were a few defensive mistakes as well.

In the first inning, the Rangers took advantage of two key errors. After Rangers shortstop Ezequiel Duran...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Jared Jones didn’t have a storybook return to the PNC Park mound. Bryan Reynolds made sure it got its perfect ending.

Reynolds hit a walk-off, two-run home run off Taylor Rogers in the ninth inning to give the Pirates a 6-5 win against Derek Shelton’s Minnesota Twins on Friday night at PNC Park.

The homer, Reynolds’ sixth,...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays ended their four-game losing streak in dominant fashion, defeating the Angels, 8-5, at Tropicana Field on Friday night.

Tampa Bay entered the bottom of the seventh trailing 2-1 before batting around and scoring seven runs off of two Angels relievers.

Right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn walked Cedric Mullins in his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Nationals entered Friday’s game having scored more runs than any team in the major leagues this season and having allowed more runs than any in the major leagues this season.

The Padres arguably brought the major leagues’ best bullpen into the contest.

The game the two teams engaged in over 3 hours, 18 minutes was pretty...Read more

Wander Franco is further than he’s ever been from a return to Major League Baseball, but his legal situation in the Dominican Republic is far from settled.

The Rays shortstop, once heralded as one of MLB’s most promising young talents, was found guilty for a second time of sexual and psychological abuse of a minor earlier this week. He was,...Read more

CHICAGO — It just keeps happening. Expect anything different?

Miguel Vargas hit a two-out, two-run home run off Drew Anderson in the 10th inning as the White Sox beat the Tigers, 4-3, at Rate Field on Friday night.

The home run spoiled another grand performance for Tigers starter Troy Melton, who allowed one run in seven innings, matching ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — On a night when their starter was hit hard early and could not get through a fourth inning in their first matchup of the season against their longtime rival Cubs, the Cardinals received a combination of power at the plate and poise from their bullpen to come away with a win.

The Cardinals combined for three homers, the first of ...Read more

It’s going to be a little while longer before Roman Anthony returns to action.

The Red Sox outfielder has suffered another setback in his recovery from a sprained right hand and will be shut down from swinging for a couple of days.

Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy told reporters in Cleveland that Anthony tried hitting off a tee Thursday ...Read more

With Brayan Bello struggling as a starter this season, the Red Sox have recently taken to using an opener ahead of the embattled right-hander. That switch has had a positive effect on Bello, but the problem Boston is finding now is that their relievers haven’t adapted as seamlessly to opening the game.

That one bad inning proved costly on ...Read more

MIAMI — Marlins pitcher Eury Perez will miss eight weeks with a leg injury, a major blow to a Marlins rotation that recently lost elite prospect Robby Snelling to Tommy John surgery.

Perez on Friday was placed on the 15-day injured list with what the team called a right gracilis strain, an injury sustained during Wednesday’s 2-1 loss in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — They had balloons, baseball caps and a splashy video. They even had Dusty Baker, because any day with Dusty Baker is a good day.

And, as a campaign called "The Sacramento Pitch" unveiled its plan to lure a Major League Baseball expansion team to the state capital, the mayor made his pitch a blunt one.

"This region has earned ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Having covered baseball since 1995, I’ve seen players reveal a range of emotions following a demotion to the minors.

My most memorable: When I was on the Kansas City Royals beat, I drove to their affiliate in Omaha to interview a young slugger who had been sent down a week earlier. When I asked him how he planned to turn ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — A series with promise ended with a disappointing split.

The Pirates lost, 7-2, to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night at PNC Park, dropping the final two games after extending the Cubs’ losing streak to 10 on Tuesday. The Cubs scored four runs in the final two innings against Brandan Bidois and Yohan Ramirez.

Paul Skenes took ...Read more

With MLB’s current labor agreements set to expire on Dec. 1, the owners and players have begun negotiating a new deal that could shape the sport’s future for years to come.

This week the two sides laid out their opening proposals, and it’s clear they are far apart.

As has long been expected, the owners formally proposed the ...Read more

BOSTON — Thursday was shaping up to be a competitive afternoon of baseball at Fenway Park, with the Red Sox and Atlanta Braves tied at 2-2 heading into the sixth inning.

Then Boston went to the bullpen, and things immediately went down the tubes.

Danny Coulombe and Greg Weissert combined to allow five runs in a colossal sixth-inning meltdown...Read more

BALTIMORE — For the first time this week, the late-inning magic swung away from the Orioles.

Adley Rutschman tapped his helmet in the eighth inning. Bases loaded. Full count. A pitch from Anthony Nunez to Yohendrick Piñango was called a ball, and the Orioles challenged it through the ABS system.

When the call was upheld on Camden Yards’ ...Read more