ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County’s piggy bank is overflowing, and now comes the hard part:

What do you do when tourists hand you $400 million a year?

The county’s Tourist Development Tax revenue — the 6% surcharge paid primarily by visitors staying in hotels, Airbnbs and vacation rentals — is exploding. Collections are on pace to top $...Read more

For an almost perfect summer evening in Seattle — the pleasant kind of night that people outside of the area can’t comprehend — all was right and comfortably familiar for the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.

On a day that featured more roster chaos due to nagging injuries, including Randy Arozarena being placed on the 10-day injured list an ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tuesday’s first inning was a continuation of Monday’s nightmare. Bryan Reynolds and Brandon Lowe woke the Pirates up.

Reynolds went 4 for 5 with two homers, three runs and three RBIs; Lowe hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth; and the Pirates responded to a rough Monday loss with a 6-5 win on Tuesday night ...Read more

PHOENIX — At this point, there’s no way to figure out Reid Detmers.

And that’s a good thing for the Angels.

Since allowing eight runs in a loss to the Athletics on May 19, Detmers has embarked on an impressive stretch that has seen him post a 1.36 ERA over his past five starts.

Relying on a speed limit curveball that supplemented a ...Read more

Whenever Shohei Ohtani is questioned, it seems, he does something spectacular.

On Tuesday, with discussion still swirling over whether his knee problem from the week before would influence his two-way availability when he took the mound Wednesday, Ohtani broke open a scoreless standoff with a sixth-inning solo home run.

It held as the winning ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Taking the mound a day after rotation-mate Dustin May went the distance for a nine-inning shutout of the Padres, starter Andre Pallante provided the Cardinals with his longest outing of the season.

Pallante tossed a season-high seven innings, struck out six batters, walked one and kept the Padres quiet enough on Tuesday at Busch ...Read more

The Minnesota Twins are playing their best baseball this month, steamrolling the Texas Rangers during a 12-2 victory Tuesday at Globe Life Field, and rotation reinforcements are likely on the way.

Mick Abel struck out five batters over five innings while pitching for the Class AAA St. Paul Saints on a rehab assignment, and the next step may be ...Read more

CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong’s scorching offensive stretch is approaching a must-watch level.

Coming off hitting for the cycle, a feat accomplished by just 11 other players in the franchise’s history, Crow-Armstrong didn’t wait long Tuesday to again make an impact for the Chicago Cubs. The 24-year-old center fielder took Colorado ...Read more

HOUSTON — The Tigers, after bashing five home runs on Monday, couldn’t score enough to offset a few defensive misplays Tuesday and the Houston Astros evened the series with a 4-2 win.

The Tigers took a 2-1 lead into the eighth inning and rookie Hao-Yu Lee was the impetus for that. He singled in the first Tigers’ run and scored the second ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Marsh took to his new spot in the Phillies batting order right away.

The left fielder, whose .324 average is fourth-highest in baseball, has been hitting well no matter where he’s been in the lineup. But Tuesday was his first time starting a game in the leadoff spot since 2022, when he was with the Los Angeles Angels....Read more

BOSTON — Normally if you were facing one of the game’s best pitchers and someone told you that you’d drive up their pitch count and get them out of the game early, you’d probably feel good about your chances.

Yet while the Red Sox made Dylan Cease work, they got nothing to show for it.

The Red Sox offense spun its wheels again on ...Read more

Kansas City Royals left-hander Daniel Lynch IV has been a breakout star this season.

Prior to Tuesday’s game against the Washington Nationals, Lynch owned a 1.80 ERA in 30 relief appearances. He limited opponents to a .167 batting average and had issued one hit in his last five outings.

In the seventh inning, Lynch got the call out of the ...Read more

The Giants’ series-opening game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on Tuesday was suspended due to inclement weather.

With rain coming down and infield conditions deteriorating, the game was halted after the top of the second inning with the Giants leading 3-2. The game will resume at 2 p.m. (ET), with the second game of the series set...Read more

LOS ANGELES — If fans all around the major leagues are sick and tired of the Dodgers, they have a funny way of showing it.

The Dodgers win too much and spend too much, so offensive to so many outside Los Angeles that the league shutting down next season has somehow become an acceptable outcome if the Dodgers cannot be stripped of their ...Read more

SEATTLE — Jump on, everybody. The piggyback is back.

The Mariners are reviving their piggyback pitching plan this week, with one significant alteration: All six of their starting pitchers will rotate through and have one piggyback outing through the All-Star break.

This was a “unanimous” decision with all six starters involved in the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Before Monday’s game at Sutter Health Park, Pirates manager Don Kelly was asked about the game plan for Jared Jones and Carmen Mlodzinski moving forward.

“We have to see how today goes,” Kelly said in part.

This game couldn’t have gone much worse.

Jones struggled, allowing five runs in four innings. The Pirates ...Read more

PHOENIX — Mike Trout looked everything like an All-Star that early voting returns project.

Walbert Ureña probably deserved better.

But a tainted run, an unearned run and a home run that clanked off the right field foul pole negated their best efforts in a 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series on Monday ...Read more

Eleven years and one day after Byron Buxton made his major league debut in Arlington, Texas, a highly anticipated arrival for one sport’s best athletes, he’s a hitter at the peak of his powers.

Buxton is the reigning American League player of the week, the second time this season he has earned the award, and he belted a solo homer to left ...Read more