SEATTLE — Lucas Giolito made it look easy for much of his debut with the Padres.

Then he got wild.

But the Padres’ offense was even more efficient than their new starting pitcher had been, and the sizable lead they built held up in an 8-3 victory over the Mariners on Sunday.

Each of the Padres’ first eight hits — of their 10 total —...Read more

The rubber game of the City Series delivered the drama on Sunday afternoon at Rate Field.

One minute, it was the White Sox taking the lead in the eighth on a three-run home run by Tristan Peters — the first of his career. The next, it was the Cubs responding with a game-tying, three-run home run by Michael Conforto in the ninth.

Catcher ...Read more

For two straight batters, Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki threw more pitches in or just above the dirt than in the strike zone. And against the swing-happy Angels, the approach worked. He struck out Logan O’Hoppe and Adam Frazier back to back in the third inning.

Sasaki’s gem Sunday against the Angels propelled the Dodgers to a 10-1 win, ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO — If there will be a lasting image from the Giants’ 10-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Sutter Health Park, it will be Athletics right fielder Carlos Cortes throwing up both of his hands in confusion, absolutely helpless in his battle against an unforgiving wind.

Luis Arraez’s third-inning fly ball didn’t sound like a ...Read more

The Twins lineup feels a lot different when they’re missing Byron Buxton, out for the fourth day because of a sore right hip flexor, but Ryan Jeffers and Kody Clemens found a way to inject some power into it.

Jeffers hit a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth inning Sunday, and Clemens delivered a pair of run-scoring doubles to carry the Twins to...Read more

The Kansas City Royals simply needed a win on Sunday afternoon.

It had been a frustrating week — six losses in a row.

They began their six-game road trip against the Chicago White Sox — an opponent against whom they’d enjoyed much success in recent years. That wasn’t the case this time around as the White Sox swept the Royals at Rate ...Read more

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