LOS ANGELES — No stranger to a big moment, Freddie Freeman blasted a walk-off home run in the ninth inning of a 1-0 victory over the Angels on Friday night. Dodger Stadium shook as the fans celebrated.

Through most of the game, the excitement was contained to a pitcher’s duel — a chess game of defensive plays, waiting to see who flinched ...Read more

DENVER — The June sunset at Coors Field was spectacular on Friday night. So was Colorado Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner.

But the fireworks didn’t begin until after sundown when the Milwaukee Brewers scored four runs in the ninth inning and four more in the 10th to shock Colorado, 9-7.

“There was some good and some bad, for sure,” ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres came home from their worst road trip in two years, out of playoff position for the first time since the season’s second week.

They had lost five games in a row and nine of their previous 10.

Waiting for them in San Diego were the New York Mets, in last place in the National League East and the only team ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins had a lot of plays to celebrate during their 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday, but Byron Buxton’s running catch in the third inning came with a cost.

Buxton, who dealt with a nagging hip and shoulder injuries for the final two weeks in May, left Friday’s game in the third inning after he ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Out to a one-run lead to start the sixth inning after Jordan Walker rocketed them to a one-run advantage with a double in the fifth, the Cardinals padded their lead with a double from the returning Lars Nootbaar and added to it with patient at-bat after patient at-bat on Friday night against the Reds.

The Cardinals lineup produced...Read more

MIAMI — The Rays got back to playing like themselves on Friday.

They pitched very well, with a dominant start by Drew Rasmussen. They scored early and often, sparked by Richie Palacios’ two-run triple in the first. They played clean on defense and on the bases.

And they shook hands and high-fived afterward, beating the Marlins, 6-0.

The ...Read more

ATLANTA — Mitch Keller hoped to put a rocky month of May behind him.

Instead, in his first start of June against the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves on Friday night at Truist Park, his struggles only continued. Keller took his third loss of the season, giving up seven hits, six runs and walking three across 4 2/3 innings as the Pirates lost, 6-3....Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber chugged, like a choo-choo train, up the third base line and dove headfirst across home plate, making sure to touch it with his right hand.

And then, he stayed there, prone, arms above his head.

Freeze that.

After weeks of winning low-scoring games because of otherworldly starting pitching and a sturdy bullpen, ...Read more

TORONTO — The Blue Jays are going to see Adley Rutschman in their nightmares pretty soon, if they aren’t already.

Rutschman entered Friday’s game with a .942 career OPS against the Orioles’ division rivals from north of the border, and he reinforced that track record, haunting Toronto by going 4 for 4 with a solo home run, two doubles, ...Read more

This has been a difficult season for the Red Sox, but you might not know it if you only saw them play on the road.

Back at Yankee Stadium for the first time since last October’s American League wild-card series, the Red Sox played like the playoff hopeful the club always expected to be. The club got some big home runs, a strong performance by...Read more

CHICAGO — Each hit, each run, each homer elicited a different sonic vibration from the home crowd than the last.

First, there were the familiar acoustics, a blend of shock and disappointment. Then came the agony and torment. Finally, disgust and disdain. Along the way, there were the boos of vitriol, the cheers of sarcasm. For the Giants, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge wouldn’t change a thing.

The Yankees’ captain, placed on the 10-day injured list with a stress fracture of his first right rib, spoke to reporters on Friday for the first time since the team revealed he was dealing with an injury scare on Tuesday. That revelation included the fact that Judge had been playing through...Read more

NEW YORK — There’s no replacing Aaron Judge.

But with the back-to-back MVP going on the injured list with a stress fracture in his first right rib, the Yankees filled his roster spot with another 6-7 outfielder on Friday. That would be Spencer Jones, who was recalled from Triple-A after the pinstripers announced Judge’s devastating ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins scored one run in each of the first six innings during their series opener against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, but they couldn’t outhit all their other mistakes.

Their pitchers issued six walks. They allowed runs on a wild pitch, a late tag from catcher Victor Caratini on a play at the plate and a dropped pop...Read more

PHOENIX —Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott walked back to the dugout as Ketel Marte, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ hero Thursday, made his way around the bases.

Marte’s walk-off moonshot, punctuated by a bat flip, defeated the Dodgers 3-2 at Chase Field. With one swing, the Dodgers’ opportunity to win the four-game series slipped ...Read more

HOUSTON — There would be no late collapse this time, not even after Carmen Mlodzinski allowed a home run on the second pitch he threw out of the bullpen.

Jared Jones was solid in his second start since returning from the 60-day injured list, throwing five shutout innings and allowing four hits while striking out four as the Pirates beat the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees managed to avoid a sweep on Thursday, defeating the Guardians, 2-1, in the Bronx.

Carlos Rodón pitched well in the victory, holding Cleveland to one run and two hits over six innings of work. The left-hander, making his fifth start of the season after undergoing an offseason cleanup procedure on his elbow, also walked ...Read more

BOSTON — In a series between the American League East’s two worst teams, the Orioles proved it is the Red Sox who are the true cellar-dwellers.

Baltimore on Thursday defeated Boston, 8-2, behind a six-run first inning and a sharp start from Trevor Rogers. The Orioles (30-33) will leave Beantown with a series victory after taking two of ...Read more