LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ recently slumping offense was better Saturday night.

But for a team that has struggled to gain traction and string together wins for almost a month, even a seven-run, 10-hit performance wasn’t quite enough.

In an 8-7 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, the Dodgers put a badly-needed crooked number on the...Read more

ATLANTA — The Yankees won a wild — and at times sloppy — game on Saturday, defeating the Braves, 12-9, after Trent Grisham demolished a two-out grand slam in the ninth inning at Truist Park.

Grisham’s go-ahead bomb broke an 8-8 tie at the end of a chaotic contest. The homer, the outfielder’s 17th of the year, came against Raisel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — This is who the San Diego Padres are. This is how they lose.

What they do has been enough to win more often than not this season. But what they don’t do is why they have lost more often than it seems they should.

“We created the opportunities,” Jake Cronenworth said Saturday night. “And we just didn’t execute.”

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DENVER — Anyone lucky enough to witness a series-clinching win by the 2025 Colorado Rockies might as well make a wish. It’s about as rare as spotting a shooting star over Coors Field.

Thanks, no doubt, in part to the family-friendly tradition of Star Wars night at the ballpark, 42,131 paid to witness one on Saturday night — a 10-6 runaway...Read more

PHOENIX — The bruising contact Cardinals starter Sonny Gray allowed to Diamondbacks hitters Saturday at Chase Field left him with more than his rockiest outing of this season.

The veteran starter surrendered a career-high nine runs and matched a career high in earned runs allowed with eight across 3 1/3 innings in a 10-1 loss against Arizona....Read more

The Red Sox didn’t take advantage of Rob Refsnyder’s first-pitch leadoff double, and the Chicago Cubs made them regret it.

In front of a roaring crowd at Wrigley Field on Saturday night, the home team clubbed five homers in a 6-0 drubbing, and took the series from their Boston visitors.

Michael Busch and Kyle Tucker opened the bottom of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It took just one game coming out of the All-Star break for Dave Roberts to know Mookie Betts still wasn't right.

A week ago, Roberts was hopeful that Betts — coming off his first missed All-Star Game in a decade — would return from the break refocused and rejuvenated; ready to snap out of a career-worst start to his season ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Baltimore Orioles’ season is slipping away.

Having lost three straight by a combined 26 runs, the team was in dire need of a way out of a slump that had the potential to effectively end the campaign early with the trade deadline less than two weeks away.

Dean Kremer delivered exactly what the Orioles needed Saturday night...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Alec Bohm grabbed his left side and grimaced while walking off the field in the eighth inning on Friday.

The Phillies third baseman had been hit by a pitch in the left rib cage by Yu Darvish last week in San Diego and sat out the final game before the All-Star break.

After a few days off, Bohm felt normal coming out of the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Citizens Bank Park crowd was on its feet before Kyle Schwarber even stepped in the batter’s box.

The Phillies had already scored a run in the sixth inning on a single, hit batsman, a walk and a sacrifice fly. But they were still trailing by one when José Fermin took over and walked two more batters to load the bases for ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Detroit Tigers’ season-long losing streak hit six games Saturday night, as they were beaten for the second straight night by the Texas Rangers, 4-1, at Globe Life Field.

On Friday night, lefty Patrick Corbin put Tigers hitters in a vice. On Saturday, right-hander Kumar Rocker shut them down, allowing only one hit in 6...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Few sequences have better-encapsulated the Pirates season.

Tied 4-4 Saturday night at PNC Park, Chicago White Sox outfielder Mike Tauchman lined a three-run, bases-clearing double to right-center field. Oneil Cruz crashed into the wall and gingerly rose to his feet after lying on the warning track for a few unsettling moments. �...Read more

NEW YORK — There are countless stories of David Wright’s generosity with fans, teammates and Mets staffers. The third baseman, who was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame and had his No. 5 retired Saturday afternoon at Citi Field, has long been known as a caring, genuine teammate who would drive rookies around New York City, set up dinners ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Max Muncy knew he had gotten lucky, after his ugly-looking knee injury earlier this month proved to be nothing more than a bone bruise.

But, when doctors explained how close he came to suffering something so much worse, from when Michael A. Taylor slid into his leg at third base on July 2, even Muncy was amazed by the ...Read more

The Kansas City Royals continue to be plagued by their inconsistent offense. And now, the bullpen is starting to bear the brunt of the pressure.

On Saturday, the Royals mustered just one run against the Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami. It came in the eighth inning, when Salvador Perez hit a solo home run, his 14th of the year.

The rest of ...Read more

NEW YORK — There were so many David Wright jerseys that dotted the Citi Field stands on Saturday afternoon that it almost felt as if the captain himself had returned to action. And by the end of the day, it felt as though the Mets were back in the past.

But not the illustrious seasons of Wright’s past, but the more dubious ones, like 2009. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Every time David Wright walks into Citi Field, he thinks of Shannon Forde, the late Mets public relations executive who became like a big sister to Wright almost immediately after the club drafted him as an 18-year-old in 2001. Saturday, as the Mets celebrated the career and the legacy of the former captain, Wright took a moment to ...Read more

The Toronto Blue Jays have illustrated through two games why they went into Saturday with a three-game lead in the American League East.

The San Francisco Giants, meanwhile, continue to plod along on the fringe of the National League wild-card race after a 6-3 road loss at Rogers Centre.

Toronto (57-41) broke through for four runs against ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — If you're a Dodgers fan, of course, you would love to see the Dodgers win the World Series again. If you're a baseball fan above all, though, you ought to be pulling for the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Dodgers served as a convenient bogeyman for owners of many other major league teams last winter. To fans pointing a collective finger...Read more

SEATTLE — If Randy Arozarena’s current hot streak hitting home runs looks familiar it should.

The only other player in baseball this season to match Arozarena’s current long ball surge is his teammate, Cal Raleigh.

The Seattle Mariners opened the second half of the season with a 6-1 win over Houston on Friday night at T-Mobile Park ...Read more