DETROIT — Colt Keith, fresh off a huge night Monday, provided the big hits again Tuesday, breaking a 2-2 tie with a long, two-run homer to right field, giving the Tigers a second straight win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Comerica, 4-2.

Keith, who doubled twice and slugged a solo homer in the 5-1 win in the opener, singled in the tying run in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ray Montgomery is just three weeks into his interim tenure as Angels manager. And as his responsibility grows, he’s well aware that so does the pressure.

“All blame, no credit,” he said Monday as the Angels began a seven-game homestand before the All-Star break. “And I get that. That’s just how it goes.”

Since ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees have made it official: Cam Schlittler will make his big league debut when he starts against the Mariners in the Bronx on Wednesday.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone confirmed the expected news during his weekly appearance on the Talkin’ Yanks podcast. Meanwhile, pitching coach Matt Blake wasn’t sure if this will be an ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In what has been an up-and-down year overall, Pirates slugger Oneil Cruz will get the opportunity to showcase the most entertaining part of his game later this month in front of the entire baseball world. Cruz announced Tuesday he will be participating in this year’s Home Run Derby. The event, which will take place at ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What would a baseball team in Los Angeles want from a retired artist and designer in New York?

Janet Bennett wasn't sure.

Generations of Angelenos are familiar with her signature project. You probably have walked right past it. Those colorful tile mosaics that decorate the long corridors toward baggage claim in five terminals ...Read more

Manny Machado wasted no time making history.

With singles in his first two at-bats against the Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen, Machado reached 2,000 hits in his career.

A single off the glove of diving Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo leading off the fourth inning is the hit that got Machado to the historic mark, and it brought the crowd at ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – Before the Giants can finally welcome the Dodgers to Oracle Park this season on their way into the All-Star break, the National League East-leading Phillies came first as a three-game undercard.

It’s a high-powered homestand, and it got off to a victorious, tension-filled start Monday night with the Giants prevailing 3-1 ...Read more

ANAHEIM — The Angels got the clutch hits they were missing all weekend, and a clutch walk to end it.

After a nightmare series of one-run losses and missed offensive opportunities, the Angels beat the Texas Rangers, 6-5, on Monday night, on Nolan Schanuel’s game-ending bases-loaded walk.

Luis Rengifo led off the bottom of the ninth with a ...Read more

SEATTLE — He’ll be in Atlanta with three of his teammates next week, and if you’re a Mariners fan, you’re all for it.

The selection certainly beefs up a résumé that may be on the brink of the Hall of Fame when he’s retired, but if you’ve been watching him this season, you have to wonder.

For the third time in his four-year career...Read more

BOSTON — Colorado Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle raced back, back, back, but the Fenway Faithful already knew what he was about to be forced to accept.

Roman Anthony’s first Fenway home run was long gone.

418 feet, at 106.4 mph, to be precise.

The Red Sox rookie’s second big-league blast, but first at the ballpark he finally gets ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Pittsburgh Pirates snapped their scoreless streak on Monday night. It wasn’t enough to snap their losing streak.

The Kansas City Royals beat the Pirates, 9-3, on Monday at Kauffman Stadium, taking the lead with a three-run third off starter Andrew Heaney and adding four more in the middle innings against Chase Shugart...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Clayton Kershaw has been an All-Star 10 times before.

But no selection surprised him quite like this year's.

Included on the National League All-Star team as a "Legend Pick" by Commissioner Rob Manfred in recognition of his career accomplishments, Kershaw did not get any advance warning from Manfred or anyone in the league office...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Yoshinobu Yamamoto was one pitch away from a clean first inning Monday night.

Instead, the frame devolved into a sudden, unstoppable nightmare.

In the shortest start of his MLB career, and in an outing that somehow rivaled his disastrous debut in the majors last March in South Korea, Yamamoto missed one chance after the next to ...Read more

DETROIT — So much for that momentum carrying over from Sunday’s inspiring win over the Minnesota Twins.

The Tampa Bay Rays didn’t have much going for them in Monday’s series opener against the major-league best Detroit Tigers, losing 5-1.

The loss was the Rays’ seventh in their last 10 games, dropping them to 49-42.

Starter Shane ...Read more

CHICAGO — It’s a rare occasion when fans of the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals agree on anything.

But the longtime rival fan bases found some common ground Sunday night at Wrigley Field when almost everyone in the crowd of 40,319 booed the performance of seventh-inning stretch singer Alex Cooper, a prominent podcaster.

Cooper’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — His breaths were heavy. His answers were interrupted by deep inhales. And beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead.

Tired? Perhaps.

But personally invigorated? There seemed little doubt.

For the newly turned 31-year-old Shohei Ohtani, the deep breaths and sweat drips were just a sign of another day's work in his return ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Byron Buxton is going back to the All-Star Game and back home to Georgia, this time with his family.

And this time, after consulting with teammates, family and friends, the Twins center fielder is going as a Home Run Derby participant, too.

Buxton played in the 2022 All-Star Game in Los Angeles, when he homered in an American ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Alex Cooper appeared to thoroughly enjoy herself during her seventh-inning stretch performance Sunday at Wrigley Field.

Not everyone on hand for the Chicago Cubs' game against the St. Louis Cardinals seemed to feel the same way about the "Call Her Daddy" podcast host's throaty, off-key and completely tongue-in-cheek rendition of...Read more

Fernando Tatis Jr. contributed like an All-Star on Sunday night.

The erstwhile Padres sparkplug scored their first run and drove in their second in a 4-1 victory over the Rangers at Petco Park.

Earlier in the day, it was announced Tatis had been named a National League All-Star for the third time in his career, something that seemed inevitable...Read more