Drew Rasmussen won his seventh straight start as the Tampa Bay Rays posted back-to-back victories for the first time in nearly two weeks by beating the Tigers 4-1 on Monday night in Detroit.

Rasmussen, who last lost on July 9, allowed just one run on three hits over six innings while throwing a career-high 103 pitches, striking out five. He ...Read more

SEATTLE — A rookie season that started with hope and possibility for the Seattle Mariners shortstop of the future will end prematurely due to injury.

General manager Justin Hollander announced on Monday afternoon that shortstop Colt Emerson will undergo season-ending surgery on Wednesday to repair a displaced tendon in his left wrist.

Dr. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — First inning, Shohei Ohtani walks, steals second, jogs to third on a single by Freddie Freeman, scores on a grounder by Mookie Betts.

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Second inning, Blake Snell gives up a one-out single to Spencer Horowitz, who advances to second on a passed ball, but Snell strands him ...Read more

DENVER — Larry Walker fouled off tear after tear. The slugger would catch himself, stepping out of an emotional box with deep breaths and long pauses, stubborn to the last.

Then he looked at his family. At his dad. At Todd Helton. At Fergie Jenkins. At Bob Gebhard. At hundreds of strangers surrounding his black lectern, packed into a tiny ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Chicago Cubs are returning to Williamsport, Pa.

The Cubs will play the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2027 Little League Classic, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Sunday night. The national game is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 19, 2027, on ESPN. The Cubs, who are slated to be the road team, get the next day off, then play two ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ryan Weathers landed on the injured list Sunday with a left forearm flexor strain, but the Yankees starter expressed optimism that the ailment won’t be season-ending.

Weathers exited Saturday’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays after 3 1/3 innings and 72 pitches after he experienced discomfort in his throwing arm.

“It’s almost...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They don’t all get to be fairy tales.

Lefty Andrew Sears’ big-league debut was spoiled by a couple of mislocated sliders in a four-run fifth inning that propelled the Kansas City Royals to an 11-7 win on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium.

"He will look back on this outing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The heroes for the Dodgers on Sunday needed no introduction.

Fans have known them in blue for entire days.

Alek Thomas. Hunter Feduccia. And a refreshingly rebooted Kyle Tucker, the $60 million-per-year outfielder who for weeks was colder than dry ice.

On a sweltering afternoon when everyone in the seats was using programs to ...Read more

BOSTON — It looked at first like it was going to be a long day for Jake Bennett.

The rookie left-hander has already surpassed his career-high in innings pitched as a professional, and in order to help manage his workload the Red Sox opted to push Bennett’s next start back so that when he took the mound on Sunday he’d be doing so on nine ...Read more

DENVER — A nightmare homestand led to a dubious distinction for the 2026 Colorado Rockies.

After getting swept by the Dodgers earlier this week, the Guardians polished off a three-game sweep of the Rockies on Sunday. Going back to the end of the last homestand when Tampa Bay swept Colorado, that’s nine straight losses in LoDo, the franchise...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Once upon a time, Walker Buehler was considered a big-game pitcher. Likewise, Fernando Tatis Jr. was one of the game’s most dangerous hitters.

Perhaps both are rounding into form at just the right time.

Buehler spun a third straight quality start, Tatis homered twice and the San Diego Padres beat up on the Minnesota Twins’ ...Read more

SEATTLE — For the second time in as many Bryce Miller starts, the Seattle Mariners were bludgeoned by a National League Central team, this time in an embarrassing 19-2 defeat to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon at T-Mobile Park.

On his 28th birthday, Miller was tagged for six runs after issuing a career-high seven walks. He threw a season...Read more

NEW YORK — Amid the looming, potentially catastrophic baseball labor dispute over the owners’ push for a salary cap, storm clouds are growing around the central figures in all of this — the Dodgers — that could result in one of the biggest scandals in the game’s history.

It is the Dodgers’ runaway spending, including $1.1 billion in...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It looked like the Phillies’ eight-game winning streak would end in a whimper against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. Entering the ninth inning, they had recorded only four hits and no runs.

Instead, it continued on, with one of their most triumphant wins of the season. Down to their final out, the Phillies ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees got back one of their best bats on Sunday afternoon with the return of Cody Bellinger, but it was others in the lineup who delivered the biggest blows.

Five different Yankees drove in at least one run in an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the Bronx, clinching a series victory over their division rival.

The ...Read more

There are few things Carson Benge enjoys more than using that cannon of an arm he has in the outfield to throw out runners on the basepaths. But when Andrew Benintendi‘s fly ball to right field took a hop off the fence at Rate Field in the bottom of the eighth on Sunday afternoon, Benge couldn’t run it down as quickly as he probably would ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Angels’ run of impressive starting pitching performances from their rotation of 20-somethings came to an end with the return of 35-year-old Yusei Kikuchi on Sunday.

After more than three months on the injured list, Kikuchi came back to allow five runs in five innings of the Angels’ 5-3 loss to the Texas ...Read more

MIAMI — No matter what happens the rest of this Miami Marlins season — and there’s a lot to play for over this final month as they attempt to sneak into the playoff field — one thing is certain: They have secured a winning record at loanDepot park for the campaign.

With their series sweep of the Washington Nationals, capped Sunday by a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Edwin Díaz said he understands the decision of the Dodgers to use him in lower-stake situations rather than immediately relying on him as a closer. The rationale is that strategy will help him rediscover his confidence.

"I know I haven't done my job," said Díaz, speaking to reporters at his locker before Sunday's game against ...Read more