NEW YORK — Griffin Canning gave the Mets a sick pitching performance Thursday night in more ways than one.

The right-hander held the St. Louis Cardinals to one earned run and fanned eight to help the Mets open the series with a 4-1 win at Citi Field. His best start in a Mets uniform so far, this came two days after he was unable to pitch in ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — With the Yankees playing at their spring training home on Thursday, their starter gave them a spring training-length performance.

Will Warren lasted just 1 2/3 innings in the Bombers’ first major league game at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Still the Yankees’ beat their tenants, the Rays, 6-3.

With the Yankees up 1-0 thanks...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Angels are finally heading home.

The grueling start to their season came to an end with a 5-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on Thursday night.

The Angels began the season with 15 of their first 18 games on the road. No team had played with that many road games in their first 18 since 1957. A schedule switch because of ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Brandon Hyde practically spoke it into existence.

Hours before the Orioles downed the Cleveland Guardians, 6-2, in what marked Baltimore’s long-awaited first series win, the manager explained his reasoning for pushing Cedric Mullins to the top of the lineup card, sliding Gunnar Henderson back into the No. 2 hole for the first ...Read more

DETROIT — The Kansas City Royals can’t get out of their own way. And their struggling offense is becoming a major concern.

On Thursday, the Royals (8-12) continued to spin their wheels offensively against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. KC squandered multiple scoring chances in a 6-1 loss to its American League Central rival.

Here are...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is not publicly known, nor personally sees himself, as a quick starter at the plate.

"Overall, in my career," he said through interpreter Will Ireton, "I don't really have a hot start in the beginning of the season."

This year, that's technically true again — but only if you hold the reigning National League MVP...Read more

NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry has some words for the people trying to erase Jackie Robinson‘s legacy. To put it simply, they should be ashamed.

“Shame on them,” the former Mets outfielder said Thursday at Citi Field.

Robinson’s heroic legacy of breaking MLB’s color barrier has been lauded for decades, with the league annually ...Read more

CHICAGO — Edgar Quero was in the home clubhouse Wednesday when Triple-A Charlotte manager Sergio Santos called him into his office.

The Chicago White Sox catching prospect learned he was headed to the major leagues.

“I was a little surprised,” Quero said Thursday morning at Rate Field. “I was ready for the game. He told me that and I ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Cristopher Sánchez’s change-up is his most effective pitch.

He turns to it 34.8% of the time in a typical outing, and uses it to put away batters 19.4% of the time. In Thursday’s 6-4 win over the San Francisco Giants, his signature offering was lethal.

Aided in part by the late afternoon shadows stretching across the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Starting pitcher Andrew Heaney reached 10 years of major league service time on Thursday, so Pirates executive chef Tony Palatucci gave him a gift: a cart with six watermelons, carved with the logos of the teams he played for, plus balloons, cupcakes, a cake and assorted fruit.

Then Heaney went out and gave the Pirates a gift of ...Read more

CINCINNATI — Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the score, and the Mariners scored four runs in the 10th inning en route to a seesaw 11-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds to win their first road series of the season Thursday afternoon.

Raleigh, incredibly, has hit six home runs in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Grayson Rodriguez has suffered a setback.

The Orioles scratched the right-hander from his scheduled bullpen session Thursday with shoulder soreness, manager Brandon Hyde announced. Rodriguez, who was already sidelined with elbow/triceps inflammation, is undergoing an MRI.

“We scratched the side a day or two ago,” Hyde said. �...Read more

One year and three weeks ago, Bobby Miller was at the peak of his young major league career.

After a promising rookie campaign in 2023, the hard-throwing right-hander had made the Dodgers’ 2024 opening day rotation. In his season debut, he dominated the St. Louis Cardinals with 11 strikeouts over six scoreless innings. And as a former top ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Angels’ rollicking blowout victory in Tampa now seems so long ago.

Since the day the Angels blasted six homers and scored 11 runs, their offense has been largely dormant.

The Angels lost, 3-1, to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, losing for the fourth time in five games since that victory in Tampa.

The Angels ...Read more

NEW YORK — For the first time this season, Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees.

But it was Aaron Judge who played the role of finisher in Wednesday night’s 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals in the Bronx.

Judge’s go-ahead home run in the seventh inning proved to be the game-winner as the Yankees (11-7) finished off a three-game sweep...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. – On Wednesday night, the Boston Red Sox did something they hadn’t done in over a year.

Win a 1-0 game.

David Hamilton’s first home run of the year made the difference on the scoreboard, but the story of the series finale was the pitching staff, which came together to shut out the Tampa Bay Rays for the series win.

Sean ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Mere minutes after some near-fireworks on the field, Oneil Cruz set some off above PNC Park.

A batter after Andrew McCutchen was nearly hit in the head, causing both benches to clear and reliever Jorge Lopez to be ejected, Cruz hit a grand slam into the right-field bleachers. The seventh inning homer, Cruz’s third of the season...Read more

MIAMI — First baseman Matt Mervis once again showcased his raw power at the plate on Wednesday with a solo home run — on his 27th birthday, no less — but the rest of the Miami Marlins’ lineup failed to come up with a clutch hit as the team fell, 6-2, to the Arizona Diamondbacks at loanDepot park.

Miami (8-9) has dropped both games in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles needed a spark. Dean Kremer needed a lead. Jackson Holliday just needed a hit.

The 21-year-old Holliday achieved all three with his big swing in the second inning Wednesday night.

Holliday broke out of his 0 for 17 slump by blasting a grand slam that breathed life into a listless lineup, brought a frustrated fan base ...Read more