Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski threw a gem in the Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the Mets on Monday.

He held the Mets to two hits in eight scoreless innings, the longest start of his pro career. He carried a perfect game into the fifth inning, with his defense backing up his efficient effort.

Shortstop Miguel Rojas fully laid out to his left in...Read more

NEW YORK — The Big Sleep picked the perfect night to wake up, as Trent Grisham’s two home runs helped the New York Yankees snap a five-game losing streak with an 11-10 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

With the Bombers swept in Tampa Bay over the weekend, the center fielder tied the game at 10 with a two-run shot off Angels ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals put together a mashup of mishaps and missed opportunities Monday night for their arguably clunkiest loss of the season.

Against a Cleveland club that was twice routed in Atlanta over the weekend, including emphatically by a dozen runs on Sunday night before their charter to St. Louis, the Cardinals bunched ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Marsh looked toward the Phillies dugout and nodded, as he handed his batting gloves to the bat boy on second base.

He’d just punched a double between two Chicago Cubs outfielders, coming through with the bases loaded to drive in two runs. Just the day before, he ended a potential Phillies rally by running into a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — What presented itself as a concerning weakness now appears to have become an indomitable strength,

How can you conclude something otherwise when Detroit’s Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez were tamed last week and, on Monday, Boston’s Garret Crochet was ambushed and taken to the woodshed?

Suddenly, the Twins can hit left-...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles were drawing dead.

They were down six runs. Their pitchers had surrendered four homers. Their manager was hit in the face by a line drive. Their bats had managed only one run in five innings.

Then, somehow, they won the game.

Jeremiah Jackson, whose foul liner struck skipper Craig Albernaz in the face, ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — There were fireworks crackling, traffic cones hoisted and a welder’s helmet worn in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ dugout.

After a 10-run sixth inning, the club’s first since 2017, and first at home since 2009, all the celebrations were necessary.

Paul Skenes walked off the mound after the top of the sixth inning to a standing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The only player twice suspended under baseball's domestic violence and sexual assault policy has yet to decide whether he wants to resume his career, according to his agent.

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías, whose second suspension expired last July, has not signed with any team since then.

Scott Boras, the agent...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nearly five years ago now, Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman began speaking publicly about moving the franchise downtown and developing around the prospective new stadium. And that was some three years after it was well understood he’d seek to do so even as he was in the process of buying the club.

At the heart of the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki got up to 94 pitches Sunday and limited the Texas Rangers to two runs. What a showing, right?

Well, there was a major caveat. That pitch count only got him through four innings.

“It’s not that many,” Sasaki said through Japanese interpreter Kensuke Okubo after the Dodgers’ 5-...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two early season traits — good and bad — had been established for the Kansas City Royals entering Sunday: great starting pitching and trouble hitting with runners in scoring position.

The Royals improved on the latter Sunday against the Chicago White Sox, but starting pitcher Noah Cameron struggled in a 6-5 loss to ...Read more

SEATTLE — Walk-off heroics? They weren’t needed on Sunday afternoon at T-Mobile Park.

The Seattle Mariners took advantage of the awful and beat-up Houston Astros pitching staff early, added on runs in the middle innings and got the best start of the season to date from Logan Gilbert to roll to a drama-free 6-1 victory over Houston.

Seattle...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Ty France hit his first home run at Petco Park in more than five years. Ramón Laureano added shots late. The San Diego Padres paired their burgeoning slug with small-ball sensibilities in a 7-2 win that extended their win streak to five games and upped their total to 10.

Only the two-time World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers...Read more

CINCINNATI — So far this season, José Soriano is leaving a trail of frustrated hitters.

One after another has trudged back to the dugout after a strikeout or a weak ground ball or popout.

The Los Angeles Angels’ right-hander pitched another seven scoreless innings, and the Angels hitters produced a steady stream of offense, in a 9-6 ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles’ starting pitching depth has been tested much earlier than expected this season. Zach Eflin undergoing Tommy John surgery forced them to rely on some of their Triple-A starters to cover them until Dean Kremer could be fit into the rotation. After Brandon Young answered the call with his five shutout innings ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Pittsburgh Pirates led by five runs early and had an opportunity to secure their first sweep at Wrigley Field since 2017. Instead, a late bullpen collapse and Carson Kelly’s walk-off single off Jose Urquidy earned the Chicago Cubs a 7-6 comeback win on Sunday afternoon.

The Pirates led 5-0 after two innings and 6-3 when Bubba ...Read more

It took the Boston Red Sox 14 games to score seven or more runs in a contest.

It took them less than 24 hours to repeat, and then surpass the feat, in Sunday’s 9-3 series-winning victory over the Cardinals in St. Louis.

The Boston bats wasted no time Sunday afternoon. Willson Contreras’ two-run homer, after Caleb Durbin reached via hit-by-...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Drew Rasmussen made a successful return to the rotation Sunday, working six dominant, shutout innings as the Rays completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees with a 5-4 win.

Rasmussen, making his first start since April 1, allowed one, hit, walked none and struck out seven, throwing 76 pitches, 51 strikes.

The Rays jumped out ...Read more