ARLINGTON, Texas — The Chicago White Sox had heard of Aaron Civale’s desire to remain a starting pitcher.

They reached out to the Milwaukee Brewers to see if the right-hander was attainable.

“More or less doing a status check on that situation,” Sox general manager Chris Getz said during a conference call on Friday, “in which they ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV is a huge Chicago White Sox fan.

It's a good thing too — otherwise the event being thrown in his honor at the team's home stadium this weekend might be a little awkward.

While the White Sox play the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be at Rate Field celebrating the new leader of the Catholic...Read more

CHICAGO — They wear black and white, but still stand out in a sea of Chicago White Sox fans.

One has danced atop the dugout at Rate Field. Another earned a Topps trading card for throwing a perfect strike. And a third has run the Chicago Marathon 13 consecutive times. Sports is a habit, but their life’s work is a higher calling. They’re ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — The Cardinals reached their first visit of the season to Milwaukee and their first National League Central series in five weeks looking to halt their recent history.

Instead they played spectators to a start that will go down in Brewers history.

Rookie Jacob Misiorowski, the high-powered right-hander and Missouri native, made his...Read more

CHICAGO — Pirates starter Andrew Heaney gave the Wrigley Field faithful nothing to cheer about in the first three innings. In the fourth, Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong broke through with a roar.

The Cubs beat the Pirates, 3-2, on Thursday night at Wrigley Field. Heaney allowed just four hits in six innings, but two, including Crow-...Read more

Thursday night’s series finale at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., featured an old-school pitchers’ duel between Will Warren and Seth Lugo.

But it was Paul Goldschmidt’s go-ahead RBI single in the top of the eighth that gave the Yankees the 1-0 victory and helped complete the sweep of the Kansas City Royals.

Warren put up zero after...Read more

BALTIMORE — Some nights he comes blazing out of the gates. Other nights, like Thursday, he’s more like an old-time locomotive — a little slow out of the station but gradually picking up steam and power with every chug of his gifted left arm.

Tarik Skubal blanked the Orioles on three hits for seven innings, helping the Tigers take the ...Read more

DENVER — If ever a team needed a walk-off win, it was the Rockies.

They got it — their first of the year — on Orlando Arcia’s bases-loaded, two-run single to left off Giants reliever Randy Rodriguez, lifting the Rockies to an 8-7 win on Thursday afternoon at Coors Field.

The rally began with a one-out walk by Sam Hilliard. Then Thairo ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The starting rotation, which carried the Twins to a 13-game winning streak last month that turned their season around, is now the team’s biggest concern.

Nothing went right for Bailey Ober, who surrendered a home run on his second pitch Thursday. He allowed a career-high six walks in 4 2/3 innings, two more than he issued in ...Read more

NEW YORK — It was a scene reminiscent of the one from last July: Kodai Senga, the Mets prized right-handed ace, was on the ground in pain in the middle of what was otherwise a brilliant outing. And much like last time, Senga will be going on the injured list, this time with a strained right hamstring.

In the top of the sixth inning with the ...Read more

The Yankees secured their second series win of the season over their 2024 ALDS opponents on Wednesday, beating the Royals, 6-3, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

A five-run frame fueled the Bombers’ victory, as they made easy work of Kris Bubic. The left-hander entered the game with 1.43 ERA, the best of any starter in baseball, but ...Read more

BOSTON — Hunter Dobbins’ page in the 2025 Red Sox Media Guide states that his father Lance pitched for two seasons in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization from 1996-97. There are similar notes in his official MLB.com player bio and on Texas Tech baseball’s website, and over the weekend Dobbins reiterated the claim to the Boston Herald ...Read more

SEATTLE — I could say don’t panic … but this is blossoming into a disaster.

Ebbs and flows are expected in Major League Baseball, but this is ebbin’ ridiculous.

A month ago, it seemed the discussion would be whether the Mariners make the playoffs via the division crown or the wild card. Now the question seems to be whether they will be...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts wasn't pretending to be calm. He was calm.

None of this was new to him, the depleted starting rotation, the fatigued bullpen, the division rivals within striking distance.

Under similar circumstances in past seasons, Roberts pointed out, "We've gotten to the other side."

The Dodgers won a World Series like this ...Read more

It’s bordering on ridiculous.

The San Francisco Giants erased a three-run deficit by scoring four runs in the top of the eighth inning, mounting their second comeback in as many nights to defeat the Colorado Rockies, 10-7, on Wednesday night at Coors Field. They’ve tied their longest winning streak of the year at seven games, and it marks ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — It has echoes of a great theological debate: Can Byron Buxton hit a home run that even he can’t catch?

Buxton made a case for both sides Wednesday, ranging more than 100 feet to make a top-speed diving catch of a certain double by Marcus Semien of the Texas Rangers, saving two sure runs in the process. Ten minutes later, the ...Read more

BALTIMORE – The Detroit Tigers announced just before the Tigers' game against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night that right-hander Jackson Jobe will undergo elbow surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament.

He will miss the remainder of the season.

Jobe, 22, was shut down after his 10th start on May 28. He was initially diagnosed ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Zach Eflin continues to be a problem for the Tigers.

Making his sixth start after coming back from a lat strain, the 6-6 right-hander dominated the Tigers for six-plus innings, helping the Orioles even the series with a 10-1 win at Camden Yards.

In three career starts against the Tigers, he’s allowed three runs in 18 1/3 ...Read more

BOSTON — From the moment Marcelo Mayer was drafted No. 4 overall in the 2021 MLB draft, Red Sox fans have dreamed of how his sweet left-handed swing would play at Fenway Park.

Wednesday evening, fans got to see it for themselves.

Mayer enjoyed his big Fenway breakout, cranking two home runs in the club’s 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. ...Read more