SEATTLE — One clunker is an outlier, particularly given his consistency displayed since about the middle of the 2024 season.

But back-to-back outings where hitters are hitting lasers and long balls off him?

If it’s not a concern, it’s certainly a curiosity.

It’s probably a little too soon to ask, “What’s wrong with Bryan Woo?”

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ANAHEIM — The Angels have been playing enough bad baseball that the last thing they need is to add bad luck to the mix.

Right-hander Walbert Ureña was pitching a shutout in the sixth inning when he was hit in the knee by a 103 mph comebacker.

That knocked Ureña out of the game, opening the door for a rough sequence for the beleaguered ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Chicago White Sox began May with a bang, as Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery homered in an 8-2 victory against the San Diego Padres on Friday.

Murakami’s three-run home run, his major-league leading 13th, came during a six-run second inning. Montgomery hit a solo shot in the fifth, helping the Sox to a season-high ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The last time Henry Davis hit two home runs in a game was July 21, 2023, against the Los Angeles Angels — both coming off Shohei Ohtani.

Friday night was as good a time as any for Davis, who hadn’t yet homered this season, to regain that power. He went deep in back-to-back innings against the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park as ...Read more

MIAMI — When the ball disappeared into the bullpen, Bryce Harper walked onto the field and applauded.

It was an appropriate reaction. Bryson Stott‘s three-run homer in the seventh inning here Friday night gave the Phillies a five-run lead, and they held on for dear life in a 6-5 cuticle-cutter over the Marlins.

The Phillies are 4-0, albeit...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins had one of the league’s strongest starting rotations in April, despite the team’s record, but Simeon Woods Richardson has been the weak link over the past few weeks.

Woods Richardson had another rough outing during the Twins’ 7-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, May 1, at Target Field in front of an ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Dodgers’ offensive slump continued Friday in a 7-2 loss to the Cardinals.

They scored just one run in the first five innings, on Max Muncy’s second-inning RBI double. Then in the sixth, they squeezed just one run out of a bases-loaded situation, brought in by a sacrifice fly from Kyle Tucker.

They went 0 for 6 with ...Read more

NEW YORK — Through one month, the American League had one good team and 14 middling ones.

The Orioles are one of the 14. The Yankees are on top.

In the first game of their series on Friday night, it looked that way.

The Yankees pummeled Orioles starting pitcher Cade Povich for five runs in the first two innings en route to handing Baltimore...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Junior Caminero got a pregame clubhouse visit Friday from former Ray Willy Adames, who talked to him about how to handle some ancillary aspects of his role as the star and face of the Tampa Bay team.

Then Caminero went out and showed part of why and how he ascended to that position, lacing a 432-foot homer to left that ...Read more

Karma works like a boomerang.

A very expensive one, at that.

A dozen years ago, the Giants lucked out when the Boston Red Sox signed Pablo Sandoval. They watched the Panda waddle East, cash a massive check, and promptly forget how to hit a baseball.

It took a while, but the Red Sox might have exacted their revenge.

Rafael Devers has not ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins played some of their best baseball against the Toronto Blue Jays in April, and maybe it’s bringing out the worst in the Blue Jays.

Ryan Jeffers and Byron Buxton both homered, and Bailey Ober pitched well over six innings, but the Twins also benefitted from a comedy of errors in the eighth inning during their 7-1 ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Kansas City Royals were done in by another big inning against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park.

A day after starting pitcher Michael Wacha allowed three runs in a single inning, a similar scenario played out for fellow KC starter Noah Cameron on Thursday afternoon. Only this time, the Athletics turned four ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The argument for the existence of momentum in baseball took a hit on Thursday when the Orioles, fresh off thumping the Astros, 10-3, in the first leg of their doubleheader, received a beating of their own as Houston jumped all over starter Brandon Young for an 11-5 victory.

Young allowed 10 runs, including seven earned, to become ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Adley Rutschman and Jeremiah Jackson accomplished something the Orioles hadn’t in over a decade. In doing so, they forced Jim Palmer to attempt a first.

Palmer, who went viral last April by admitting that he had never eaten a chicken wing, tried his first on Thursday afternoon in the MASN broadcast booth. His taste test on ...Read more

The Rockies whiffed on their chance to turn a good road trip into a great road trip.

They lost, 6-4, to the Reds on Thursday afternoon at Great American Ball Park, failing to cash in on potential payoff innings. Plus, the Rockies’ pitching, excellent for most of the trip, was only so-so.

Cincinnati tagged starter Michael Lorenzen for four ...Read more

NEW YORK — Another day, another loss.

It’s been the theme of this brutal Mets season to expect defeat once they step on the diamond, and they found another heartbreaking way to lose on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field.

In the top of the eighth inning of the rubber match of a three-game series between the Mets and division-rival Nationals, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore fans at Camden Yards held their collective breath on Thursday after Adley Rutschman’s high fly ball.

Taylor Ward, the runner on first base, didn’t know whether the ball was caught. Pete Alonso, the hitter in the on-deck circle, stood still with his arm in the air. The players in the Orioles’ dugout did the same.

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ATLANTA — So long, April. Good riddance.

Injuries, inconsistent offense and defense, untimely bullpen breakdowns and way too many days on the road culminated in a frustrating month.

But the Tigers will go to the new month on the wings of a series-salvaging 5-2 win against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park, ending a 10-game losing streak to ...Read more