Coming off two straight brilliant outings following an opener, the Red Sox hoped Brayan Bello could maintain that momentum upon his return to a starting role.

But on Sunday he found himself back at square one.

Bello had a rough day in Sunday’s series finale against the Atlanta Braves, allowing seven runs over five innings in the Red Sox’s ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Phillies weren’t counting on a lot of run support against Paul Skenes.

The Pirates ace and reigning National League Cy Young winner brought a 1.98 ERA and a scoreless streak of 16 ⅔ innings into Sunday’s series finale against the Phillies. Across his two starts against them last season, Skenes used his blazing velocity ...Read more

The Yankees were one out away from winning the Subway Series.

Instead, they suffered the most dramatic of defeats on Sunday, courtesy of their crosstown rival.

Tyrone Taylor clubbed a game-tying three-run home run against David Bednar with two outs in the ninth, and the Mets finished off a 7-6 victory in the 10th on a walk-off fielder’s ...Read more

DETROIT — We will get to Jack Flaherty’s day in a minute. He was good. But unless he was darn-near perfect, the Tigers weren’t going to win this game. He wasn’t and they didn’t.

The Toronto Blue Jays took the rubber match, 4-1, Sunday at Comerica Park, handing the Tigers their 10th loss in 12 games and their second home series loss of...Read more

WASHINGTON — On this day last year, the Orioles’ season essentially ended during a series against the Nationals.

Amid a 15-28 start and after an ugly loss to the Nats, manager Brandon Hyde was fired— a tacit admission from the franchise’s leaders that the team was too far gone and a change needed to be made. The Orioles then lost the ...Read more

There are a lot of ways to measure how well the Rays have played this season.

You can look at the rotation’s ERA. (It’s excellent.) You can ponder the effectiveness of small ball. (Outstanding.) You can marvel at the way they excel in one-run games. (Uncanny.)

Or you can simply point to this:

Sunday’s 6-3 victory against the Marlins in ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — On July 30, 2024, a deal for a $1.3 billion ballpark along with a mixed-used development on the western edge of downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., was seemingly finalized when the Pinellas County Commission joined the city council in approving $600 million in public funds for construction.

On May 14, 2026, a deal for a $2.3 billion ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Casey Schmitt found himself in something of a miniature slump.

Entering play Saturday night, Schmitt had failed to reach base in his last nine plate appearances. In the San Francisco Giants’ series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Schmitt struck out four times in a game for the first time in his career. ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami hadn’t hit a home run since May 8.

The first baseman got back in the swing of things on the City Series stage Saturday, connecting for two long balls as the White Sox pummeled the Cubs 8-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 38,795 at Rate Field.

The Sox hammered five home runs while ...Read more

All the Los Angeles Dodgers had to do was stay patient.

In a 15-2 win Saturday against the Angels in Anaheim, the Dodgers offense wasn’t able to gain much of a lead until the sixth inning. Then six consecutive free passes spurred an offensive explosion that put the game away.

In fact, Will Smith’s first-inning sacrifice fly scored the only...Read more

SEATTLE — In Saturday’s 7-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners, some of the San Diego Padres continued what the team started a day earlier.

Gavin Sheets and Nick Castellanos — two of the Padres hottest hitters, meaning two of their three hot hitters — hit home runs. So did their temporary No. 2 catcher, Rodolfo Durán.

That was more ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Mets have made it a trend in recent years to sign players after they’ve made names for themselves in the Bronx. They currently have five former Yankees on the roster, plus manager Carlos Mendoza, who spent 13 years with the team across town in various capacities, including as Aaron Boone’s bench coach.

So when the Mets used...Read more

In the bottom of the ninth it looked like the Red Sox were on the precipice of their most frustrating loss of the season.

After trailing from the second pitch of the bottom of the first, which Drake Baldwin blasted 421-feet to center for a leadoff homer, Willson Contreras put Boston on top 3-2 with a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth.

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MINNEAPOLIS — On a Saturday night that could’ve been about how Connor Prielipp pitched well against the Milwaukee Brewers, his home state team growing up, it was instead about all the opportunities the Twins wasted in a 2-1 loss at Target Field.

Or maybe it was about Jackson Chourio, the 22-year-old Brewers phenom. Chourio clubbed a go-...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Blake Snell will undergo surgery on Tuesday to remove the loose bodies in his elbow.

Snell was scratched from his scheduled start on Friday and placed on the injured list when he experienced pain while throwing Thursday afternoon.

The typical recovery time from this type of surgery is two to three months — the timeline ...Read more

DENVER — Antonio Senzatela has found his second calling.

On Saturday afternoon, with two outs and two men on, the Colorado Rockies’ veteran right-hander threw a 2-2, 92.2 mph changeup to Arizona’s Geraldo Perdomo in the ninth inning. It was a gutsy choice to end a 10-pitch battle, and when centerfielder Brenton Doyle drifted back and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When these Orioles fall apart, things get ugly in a hurry.

After falling into an early deficit, the Orioles rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to pull within one against the Washington Nationals. They chased starter Cade Cavalli and gave themselves a chance to complete the comeback against a bullpen with the highest ERA...Read more

NEW YORK — Down by two in the bottom of the seventh after a Juan Soto home run, the Mets had runners on second and third base when one of the trainers came into the dugout. The Yankees changed pitchers and rookie A.J. Ewing came up to bat with two outs.

That’s when Carlos Mendoza received the results of the X-rays taken after Clay Holmes ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays scrambled in the ninth inning Saturday evening to score the tying run off former closer Pete Fairbanks and force extra innings against the Marlins.

And then Hunter Bigge let it all go to waste.

The right-handed reliever, who hadn’t allowed a run over his previous six appearances, gave up eight in the 10th ...Read more