SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants beat the Athletics 2-1 in walk-off fashion on Wednesday night at Oracle Park as rookie Victor Bericoto hit a walk-off solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning.

San Francisco entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing 1-0, the only run of the game courtesy of a solo homer by Max Muncy, but Rafael Devers tied...Read more

SAN DIEGO — In the latest sign the San Diego Padres’ listing season may have stabilized, they completed a sweep of one of the best teams in the major leagues on Wednesday at Petco Park.

It was as much the manner in which they went about completing their 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves as the result.

The game went about as perfectly as ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The series finale between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins featured a marquee pitching matchup between Shohei Ohtani and Joe Ryan. But the Dodgers’ 4-3 win on Wednesday wasn’t quite the pitcher’s duel it was advertised to be, in front of the Twins’ first sellout crowd of the season at Target Field.

The ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Hurt by big innings and homers in previous starts, Cardinals left-hander Matthew Liberatore had the combination of the two flip what began as a scoreless start on Wednesday vs. the Diamondbacks.

After working three scoreless innings vs. Arizona, Liberatore surrendered six runs in the fourth inning of his start at Busch Stadium. ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — When you’re struggling like the Tampa Bay Rays have been, losing 18 of their previous 27 games, scoring three or fewer runs in 14, coming up a single run short eight times, you’ll take anything to get you going.

Wednesday, it was an errant throw home by Royals first baseman Jac Caglianone in the third inning that led to two ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A few softly hit balls — one the Angels converted into an out and two the Baltimore Orioles didn’t — decided Wednesday afternoon’s series finale.

The Angels won, 7-6 in 10 innings, with Logan O’Hoppe’s game-winning “hit” traveling about 15 feet from the plate.

“It’s just one of those freak plays where it...Read more

CHICAGO — The never-say-die attitude of the Chicago White Sox was on full display Wednesday against the Cleveland Guardians. Down to their last out in the ninth inning, Braden Montgomery and Randal Grichuk hit back-to-back home runs to tie the score.

But the Guardians shook off the rally, scoring a run in the 10th to defeat the Sox, 4-3, in ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Wednesday night didn’t start the way Braxton Ashcraft wanted. He made sure it finished according to plan.

Ashcraft allowed three consecutive singles to start, then settled down for six strong innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 11-1 win against the Seattle Mariners at PNC Park. Ashcraft didn’t walk anyone and struck ...Read more

DETROIT — Tarik Skubal, in his third start back after arthroscopic elbow surgery, struck out nine in six innings Wednesday. His four-seam fastball hit 99.6 mph and sat at a season-best 97.5 mph.

With his change-up, he got 12 misses on 19 swings.

He looked like his Cy Young self. Almost.

The outing was spoiled by three home runs, the last a ...Read more

DENVER — No fear.

In the eighth inning of the Rockies’ stirring, 8-6 comeback win over the Red Sox on Wednesday, rookie center fielder Cole Carrigg looped a hit to right-center, turned on the jets as he rounded first, lost his batting helmet, lost his shin guard, and tore his pants sliding into second with an RBI double.

He got the Coors ...Read more

NEW YORK — At this point, the Chicago Cubs might need to look to the stands for healthy bodies to put in their rotation.

The Cubs placed right-handers Ben Brown (neck strain) and Edward Cabrera (left hamstring strain) on the 15-day injured list before Wednesday’s 10-3 win against the New York Mets in Game 1 of a split doubleheader. In ...Read more

NEW YORK — The confounding Kodai Senga saga took another twist Wednesday, as the Mets are removing the struggling starter from their rotation and sending him to the bullpen.

The decision came a day after Senga surrendered seven runs, five walks and two homers in 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday night’s 9-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field.

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ANAHEIM — Perhaps Ryan Johnson has finally found his role.

One of the Angels’ top pitching prospects, Johnson has been bounced between the bullpen and the rotation for most of his two professional seasons, without much success in either role.

On Tuesday night, Johnson had his best major league moment to date, pitching six scoreless innings...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – A sellout crowd of 40,043 saw the embattled Giants snap their latest losing streak Tuesday night with a 3-1 win over their former Bay Area neighbor, the A’s.

Robbie Ray’s dominant pitching – two-hit ball through eight innings — was supported by the heart of the Giants’ batting order, with Jung Hoo Lee supplying a ...Read more

The Padres have a serious issue in their starting rotation.

That reality brazenly slapped them in the face again Tuesday.

And then it became a side story, at least for the night.

That is how crazy things got between the Padres and Braves.

The Padres won 7-6 when Mason Miller worked two scoreless innings and Manny Machado grounded a walk-off ...Read more

NEW YORK — When 2026 Kodai Senga is on the mound, runs are rarely prevented.

The Chicago Cubs rocked Senga on Tuesday night at Citi Field, handing the Mets a 9-6 loss. The right-hander threw 98 pitches over only 3 2/3 innings, and to make matters worse, star slugger Juan Soto also left the game with tightness on the side of the left part of ...Read more

The pitcher's duel that began with starters Kyle Leahy and Eduardo Rodriguez swapping scoreless innings and continued through the start of the ninth inning came undone by former Cardinal Nolan Arenado's double that lifted his current team past his former team.

Tied 0-0 with one out in the ninth inning, Cardinals reliever Matt Svanson allowed ...Read more