PITTSBURGH — Mathematically speaking, the Pirates did enough in certain areas to win.

They tagged opposing starter Jose Soriano for four runs, and the Angels entered Wednesday afternoon just 2-13 when their starting hurler gave up at least that many tallies. The Pirates, meanwhile, came into PNC Park with a sparkling 14-1 record this season ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — If A.J. Preller wishes to trade for more starting pitching this season, he can do it without dealing his best prospects, an MLB scout told me Monday.

Preller can deal minor leaguers for help in the back of the rotation without a sharp pinch, the scout said.

It appears no matter how many prospects Preller trades, he almost always ...Read more

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is starting to give the Dodgers that feeling.

The one where, every time he takes the ball, the team will get a quality start. Where, whenever he ascends the mound, a string of zeros will follow. Where, most importantly, the days he pitches means the Dodgers should be positioned to win.

“You start to have that feeling like,...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — For so many games this season, they’ve watched their pitchers make their minimal run support stand up with their sheer dominance on the mound.

And roughly 24 hours earlier, they looked feckless and overmatched, being held to one run on three hits while striking out 14 times.

But in a game where the starters didn’t dominate ...Read more

The Mets had one big inning and that’s all they needed to secure a series victory in St. Louis on Tuesday night. The Mets scored six of their seven runs in the fifth inning in their 7-5 win over the Cardinals.

Brandon Nimmo homered for the second straight game to jump-start the scoring in the frame. With the Mets trailing 3-0, the outfielder ...Read more

The Giants didn’t get quite the offensive eruption they were hoping the Denver altitude might provide, but they scratched across plenty of runs for their precocious southpaw.

Kyle Harrison, the 22-year-old rookie, became the first Giant since Barry Zito in 2012 to toss at least seven shutout innings in Coors Field.

Harrison struck out just ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Inside the interview room at Dodger Stadium, Walker Buehler sounded conflicted.

"I wish it could've gone better," Buehler said.

In the hallway outside, the surgeon who twice repaired his elbow was beaming.

From a medical perspective, team physician Neal ElAttrache said, Buehler's return to the mound on Monday night was a ...Read more

The Red Sox had no trouble getting men on base. Boston’s lineup combined for eight hits, six walks and got runners into scoring position in six out of nine innings.

Yet when it came time to get the big hit, the Red Sox collectively couldn’t come through.

Boston went 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 men on base in ...Read more

NEW YORK — With the Yankees and Astros beginning a three-game series in the Bronx on Tuesday, manager Aaron Boone fielded a series of questions concerning Houston’s long run of dominance and abysmal start to the 2024 season.

The Astros have haunted the Yankees for years, but the Bombers won the first four games of the season at Minute Maid ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals got a taste of their own medicine against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.

The Royals, who have turned in several late comebacks this season, were on the losing end against the Brewers at Kauffman Stadium. Milwaukee rallied to score three late runs to even the series with a 6-5 victory.

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CLEVELAND — The thunderstorms that were forecasted never materialized. But the Tigers’ brought their own thunder — finally.

After being limited to three runs or fewer the last four games and scoring seven runs total in those games, the Tigers plated seven runs in the first two innings Tuesday, on their way to a rollicking 11-7 win against...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Orioles have been shut out twice this season. Both times, they tallied only a few hits, barely had any opportunities to score and squandered the couple they had. And both times, ace Corbin Burnes pitched well enough to win but didn’t get any run support.

For the second time this month, Burnes delivered a quality start only ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The wins, of course, are the most important thing, and the Rays on Tuesday extended their streak to five straight with a 5-1 victory over the White Sox at Tropicana Field.

The City Connect uniforms have gotten a nice bump in attention, as the Rays’ fortunes turned with Friday’s debut of the gray-and-back, neon-...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Early on, it looked as though Quinn Priester had picked up right where Mitch Keller left off Monday evening. Through the first three innings, the 23-year-old righty was well in control, allowing just one opposing batter to reach base.

But in the fourth inning, things took a turn. And as the game progressed, they only got worse, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — José Berríos entered Tuesday’s game with an MLB-leading 1.44 ERA. By the time the Blue Jays starter walked off the mound, that number had ballooned to 2.85, thanks to a Phillies lineup that did not contain Trea Turner, J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm.

Turner is on the injured list with a left hamstring strain. Realmuto and Bohm...Read more

CHICAGO — Dylan Cease initially thought of the logistics after being traded from the Chicago White Sox to the San Diego Padres.

After all, the Padres were on their way to South Korea to open the season in March against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The right-hander figured it out, just like he has on the mound during a bounce-back season with the ...Read more

NEW YORK — For former Mets star Darryl Strawberry, suffering a heart attack was life-changing.

Strawberry experienced the health scare on March 11 and underwent a stent procedure at Missouri’s SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital that he said saved his life.

“Having a heart attack is different,” Strawberry told SNY on Monday at St. Louis’ ...Read more

NEW YORK — Even after a power-packed performance against one of baseball’s best pitchers, Aaron Judge wasn’t ready to declare himself close to being where he wants at the plate.

The Yankees star had just turned a pair of 97-mph fastballs from the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal into a 399-foot home run and a booming double — both to the opposite...Read more

It took all of seven pitches for Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler to exceed the expectations of manager Dave Roberts, who prefaced Buehler’s first major league start in 23 months Monday night by saying, “I don’t expect to see the 96-97 mph that he had before [Tommy John] surgery.”

After completing his warmup pitches with Rage Against...Read more

An old-fashioned pitchers' duel at one of baseball's cathedrals turned quickly on some old-school small ball and devolved into a little bit of a free-for-all.

The Padres scored six runs on six hits, a walk and intrepid baserunning in the sixth inning before having to hold on by the strength of closer Robert Suarez's arm for a 6-3 victory over ...Read more