The Dodgers’ recent string of injuries continued Wednesday when left fielder Teoscar Hernández pulled up limping after trying to beat out a grounder to shortstop.

Once he was thrown out in the second inning of the Dodgers’ 4-1 win against the Rockies, Hernández took his time walking across the field back to the dugout.

The Dodgers ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers’ recent string of injuries continued Wednesday, when left fielder Teoscar Hernández pulled up limping after trying to beat out a groundout to shortstop.

Once he was thrown out in the second inning of the Dodgers’ game against the Rockies, Hernández took his time walking across the field back to the dugout. The ...Read more

Gerrit Cole showed minimal rust in his first start back from Tommy John surgery.

His follow-up performance on Wednesday didn’t seem to feature any.

In fact, Cole’s pitch count was the only indication that he is still easing his way back from major elbow reconstruction surgery. The Yankees’ ace was limited to 79 pitches in the team’s ...Read more

CHICAGO – Byron Buxton welcomed Chicago White Sox right-hander David Sandlin to the major leagues, hitting a 417-foot homer to center field on the second pitch of Sandlin’s debut.

Sandlin proceeded to show the Minnesota Twins throughout the rest of his outing Wednesday why the White Sox could be a formidable team this summer. Sandlin didn�...Read more

NEW YORK — Fans of the Mets might joke that the team affects their mental health — poorly, at that — and watching the mental mistakes the team has been making on the field probably doesn’t help. Your mental health should not be solely dependent on the wins and whims of a baseball team, or any sports team, for that matter, but with that ...Read more

DETROIT — Apparently, the 2026 Detroit Tigers can’t have nice things. At least not for long.

They won a baseball game Wednesday night, which has been rare. They beat the Los Angeles Angels and their ace right-hander Jose Soriano, 4-0 at Comerica Park. The win snapped a seven-game home losing streak and was their second win overall in their ...Read more

BOSTON — Too often this season, the big, game-changing hit has eluded the Boston Red Sox.

They didn’t need one to take a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning Wednesday night, the frame that ultimately sealed an 8-0 series-evening victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.

Boston’s half of the fourth was all about the power of one. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernández said he was hoping for "somewhat good news tomorrow" after leaving Tuesday's game with an oblique injury.

But on Wednesday, an MRI exam showed a "significant tear" in his left oblique, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Hernández is expected to be out six to eight weeks, but recovery ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A week ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were unstoppable.

They had the best record in Major League Baseball. Their old-school, small-ball style of offense was flummoxing opponents. They beat up on the Baltimore Orioles so badly during a series sweep that it caused Mid-Atlantic Sports Network broadcaster Ben McDonald to go on a two-minute ...Read more

The San Francisco Giants aren’t just bad; they’re pioneers.

Day in and day out, they actively explore uncharted frontiers of baseball ineptitude, finding bold, avant-garde ways to hand games to their opponents. They can’t hit, they can’t run, their fundamentals belong in a blooper reel, their starting rotation is untrustworthy and their...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants received a gift from the Arizona Diamondbacks. They threw it away just as fast.

With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Arizona’s left fielder Ryan Waldschmidt fell flat on his back as he lost a fly ball from Willy Adames in the sun. Adames cruised into second with a double, and San Francisco had the tying run ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Coming into a rival’s short-term home, the Seattle Mariners finally found something of a comfort zone of their own this week.

They dominated a three-game series against the Athletics and ripped away sole possession of first place in the American League West for the first time this season.

All along, this is where ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Cristopher Sánchez had toppled a Hall of Famer and broken a franchise record that had stood for 115 years, but there were no big celebrations.

Not right away, anyway. Bryce Harper made sure to secure the ball Sánchez had used to extend his scoreless streak to 41 2/3 innings, passing Grover Cleveland Alexander for the longest in ...Read more

CHICAGO — It might seem like the end of the world for panicky Chicago Cubs fans.

The Cubs take a 10-game losing streak into Wednesday night’s game in Pittsburgh, having erased most of the gains from two earlier 10-game winning streaks and falling from first place in the National League Central to a tie for last.

But as a senior fellow at ...Read more

Travis Kelce has become the latest athlete to buy into a professional sports team, purchasing a minority stake in the Cleveland Guardians, the MLB franchise he rooted for growing up in Cleveland Heights, a vibrant suburb 15 minutes from downtown.

Ballplayers buying into professional sports franchises has become almost routine. And why not? They...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Back at the ballpark where he had a season end due to a significant injury, Dustin May authored his finest start yet as a Cardinal and pitched seven innings of statement baseball against the division rival Brewers.

And then an inning, the game — and a chance to salvage the series — slipped through the Cardinals’ fingers.

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There is nothing confidential about it; the Rockies are bad in L.A.

They lost 15-6 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium and have lost eight straight at the venerable ballpark. Colorado is 92-177 all-time at Dodger Stadium.

Speaking of bad. Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland had nothing working, and the Rockies trailed 8-1 when he got the hook after ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Emerson Hancock’s breakthrough season carried on Tuesday night, and he’s carried the Mariners to the brink of a first-place standing for the first time this season.

In his latest gem, Hancock allowed only one hit over six dominant innings, leading the Mariners to a 4-1 victory and a series win over the AL West-...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Ketel Marte is roughly three inches shorter and 40-something pounds lighter compared to Andres Galarraga during his playing days. On a chilly Tuesday night at Oracle Park, Marte’s moonshot to Big Cat territory was the defining image of the Giants’ 7-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

San Francisco, which matches its ...Read more