LOS ANGELES — In the seventh inning, fans rise and sing about buying peanuts and Cracker Jack at the ballgame.

But what if the concession prices have risen so much that fans have to think twice about buying? At Dodger Stadium, a Dodger Dog costs $7.99.

As ticket prices have soared, a small but growing number of teams in all sports are ...Read more

An overpowering performance by Logan Webb wasn’t enough for the San Francisco Giants to overcome their difficulties against left-handed pitchers Friday night.

Lefty Tyler Anderson gave up no runs in six innings and three relievers finished things off for the Los Angeles Angels in a 2-0 win over the Giants at Angels Stadium.

Webb (2-1) was ...Read more

HOUSTON — The Padres followed the formula that has lifted them to far more wins than losses this season.

They flooded the bases, giving themselves plenty of chances. They fought back.

It didn’t work out this time.

Two home runs Cam Smith sent high and far to left field against Kyle Hart helped the Astros to four of their runs in a 6-4 ...Read more

DETROIT — The Tigers are bingeing on the home cooking so far this year.

They played a near-flawless baseball game Friday night, beating the Kansas City Royals 7-3 and winning for the seventh time in eight games at Comerica Park.

The last time they started this good at home? You have to go back to 1993 when Sparky Anderson was writing Cecil ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Momentum sure can dry up in a hurry.

Coming off their first series victory and back-to-back wins of the season, the Orioles jumped out to an early lead against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night and Cade Povich cruised over his first two innings. The ingredients were right there to secure a real winning streak and pull within a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Leave it to Francisco Lindor to play the hero role for the Mets.

After tying the St. Louis Cardinals at 2-2 and 3-3 before taking a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the eighth, the visitors then evened the score at 4-4.

But the bottom of the ninth was quickly wrapped up thanks to Lindor, who hit a walk-off shot off right-hander Ryan ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Entering Friday’s start against the Rays, Carlos Rodón’s 12.9 BB% was the fifth-highest figure of any pitcher in baseball.

Asked about that number pregame, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said it has “gotta be better.” But Boone also maintained that Rodón has been much sharper than his recent lines — littered with poorly...Read more

When the Red Sox signed Trevor Story in March 2022, they believed they were bringing in one of the game’s premier shortstops.

Injuries have prevented Story from meeting those expectations through his first three seasons in Boston, but now he’s starting to look like the elite hitter the Red Sox thought he could be all along.

Story enjoyed ...Read more

ATLANTA — It’s been nearly 41 years since Kirby Puckett’s four-hit debut as a big leaguer, and almost 44 since Kent Hrbek launched a game-winning 12th-inning home run in Yankee Stadium to announce his arrival in the majors.

So there wasn’t much chance Luke Keaschall could make the biggest splash ever as a Twins newbie.

Oh, he made a ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Well, the stretch of good pitching was bound to end sometime.

After four consecutive quality starts from Pirates starting pitchers, including seven-plus-inning shutouts from Bailey Falter and Andrew Heaney, right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski was tagged with five runs over four-plus innings in a 10-7 loss to the Guardians on Friday ...Read more

TORONTO — The margins by which the Mariners find success or failure are narrow enough that something like one significant flub on the bases could end up being costly.

How about three?

The Mariners ran their way into trouble on the bases on multiple occasions on Friday night, falling to Toronto, 3-1, before a sellout of 40,263 at Rogers ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Zack Wheeler fired a sinker that just dotted the outside corner of the strike zone, freezing Marlins second baseman Otto Lopez.

Home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez rung Lopez up and Wheeler walked off the mound, his work done for the night. The strikeout was Wheeler’s 13th across seven innings in the Phillies’ 7-2 series-...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Jazz Chisholm Jr. has received a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine from Major League Baseball.

The league made the discipline official shortly after Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed the news on Friday afternoon. Boone added that Chisholm is appealing the suspension, hence his presence in the Yankees’ lineup on ...Read more

DENVER — Friday night’s game between the Rockies and Nationals at Coors Field has been postponed because of inclement weather, the club announced.

The game has been rescheduled for 6:10 p.m. Sunday as the second game of a split doubleheader, with Sunday’s 1:10 p.m. game to begin as scheduled. Separate tickets will be required for each ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — Shohei Ohtani has had plenty of milestones moments on the field in the last year.

This weekend, he’s about to have one off of it.

The Dodgers slugger and reigning National League MVP is being placed on the paternity list, manager Dave Roberts announced, in anticipation of the birth of his first child this weekend.

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TAMPA, Fla. — As the Yankees prepared for their first road game at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Thursday, their tenants appeared more than cozy.

Gone were all the Yankees logos that once filled the home clubhouse. That was to be expected with the Rays moving in this season after Hurricane Milton destroyed Tropicana Field, but the displaced...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — MLB is looking into the tweet that Jazz Chisholm Jr. fired off from the Yankees’ clubhouse after he was ejected in the seventh inning of Thursday’s game, a league source told the New York Daily News.

“Not even f–king close,” Chisholm wrote on X — in a since deleted post — moments after home plate umpire John Bacon ...Read more

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