SAN DIEGO — It was one of those.

Fernando Tatis Jr. launched a ball to left field, stood in the batter’s box with his bat in his left hand held straight out in front of him and pointed toward the sky and watched his majestic home run travel almost until it had bounced down in the second balcony of the Western Metal building.

Then he ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — With their lead wiped away by a home run in the top of the eighth and their chance to take it back in the bottom half down to one out, rookie JJ Wetherholt helped swing the Cardinals to a win Sunday against the Rockies.

Hitting with runners on second and third base, Wetherholt sent an 0-0 fastball from Parker Mushinski over center...Read more

SEATTLE — His number is never going to be retired at T-Mobile Park. No statue in his likeness is on the horizon.

But Saturday, Alex Rodriguez received a gift from Mariners fans that might mean just as much to him these days: their appreciation.

We knew the pregame ceremony honoring the Top 50 Mariners of all time was going to spark a series ...Read more

PHOENIX — Dodgers haven't played their best baseball over the last nine days. But during their 4-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, they played some of their worst.

Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski remained in a rut, giving up four runs (three earned) in 3 1/3 innings. The two-run homer he surrendered to Diamondbacks switch hitter...Read more

SEATTLE — The Tampa Bay Rays got the strong start they needed from Ian Seymour and offense from throughout their lineup to beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Sunday, completing a series sweep and extending their latest winning streak to six games.

After the bullpen had to cover all nine innings Saturday when Griffin Jax was scratched from a ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Sunday afternoon crowd thinned out by the time the bottom of the 10th inning rolled around. Whether it was the bleachers or the arcade or the lower bowl, it was hard not to notice hundreds of empty seats despite the Giants still being within striking distance. The announced attendance on an idyllic San Francisco summer day ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians were forced to go to their bullpens after rain caused a 2-hour, 23-minute delay just ahead of the second inning on Sunday at Rate Field.

When the game resumed, the Sox turned to 2024 first-round draft pick Hagen Smith.

The lefty struck out three and walked four over two scoreless ...Read more

It seemed a little bit cruel for the Minnesota Twins to face Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski, the hardest-throwing pitcher in baseball, at the end of a 10-day, nine-game road trip.

Sunday’s game was cruel, all right. Just in a different way than expected.

After Brewers right fielder Luis Lara made a leaping catch while crashing into ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chicago Cubs’ grind through 17 consecutive games without an off day ended on a high note.

The offense broke out against Kansas City Royals starter Randy Dobnak and the bullpen, and left-hander Matthew Boyd allowed just two runs over seven innings in a 10-2 victory to secure the series victory. The Cubs (69-50) enter ...Read more

MIAMI — After beating the Miami Marlins on Friday night, the Los Angeles Angels had a chance to win their first road series in more than two months.

Instead, they got blown out twice, including a 12-3 loss on Sunday.

The Angels (45-73) are limping toward the end of the season, on pace for the first 100-loss season in franchise history. To ...Read more

BOSTON — You might not know it from watching the Boston Red Sox these past few weeks, but even the best big league teams lose from time to time.

Entering the weekend, the Red Sox welcomed to Fenway Park an Athletics team that had been just as bad over the past month or so as the Red Sox have been good. On paper it seemed like as big a layup ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — When Bo Bichette signed with the New York Mets, he put immense pressure on himself to win. The converted third baseman has practically blamed himself for the club’s 2026 failings, saying if he had played better in the first half, maybe the Mets’ fortunes would have been better.

In what appears to be a reversal of fortunes ...Read more

NEW YORK — Chris Sale didn’t see a single pitch from the dugout during the Atlanta's 10-inning, 2-1 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday, as the Braves’ ace earned himself an ejection before the series finale even began.

The Cy Young winner was tossed by Dan Merzel as the third base umpire and the rest of the umpiring crew took the ...Read more

SEATTLE — All the frustration built up from a season gone awry, all the anger about the failures to get hits, score runs and win games, all the disappointment of the current status of the Seattle Mariners came to tipping point.

What followed was booing at levels reserved for the players in the Houston Astros cheating scandal and for Alex ...Read more

PHOENIX — The Dodgers overcame another ninth-inning meltdown from closer Edwin Díaz to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2-1 in 10 innings Saturday, ending their seven-game losing streak.

Shohei Ohtani drove in Kyle Tucker on a single to put the Dodgers ahead in extras before reliever Jack Dreyer got Ryan Waldschmidt — the hero of Arizona�...Read more

CHICAGO — Will Venable is the front-runner to be voted the American League Manager of the Year.

His Chicago White Sox players credit him with creating a winning culture, and his bosses, general manager Chris Getz and Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, believe the rebuild was fast-forwarded by his hiring in 2024.

But Venable’s gaffe on Friday at ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Padres expect their trade deadline acquisitions to eventually stabilize the rotation.

The pitching staff looks even better when this version of Michael King shows up.

King threw six strong innings, Jackson Merrill homered for the seventh time in 22 games since the All-Star break and the Padres beat the Houston Astros, 3-2, in...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — Missing: The Baltimore Orioles’ offense, last seen before the trade deadline.

Another night of frustrating results at the plate was to be expected Saturday with Jacob deGrom on the mound for the Texas Rangers. Yet despite driving his pitch count up enough to force Texas to go to its bullpen after five innings, the ...Read more