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Frustrated Tyler Glasnow struggles in the rain as Dodgers drop series to Phillies

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PHILADELPHIA — On a windy, wet and dreary afternoon at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday, the Los Angeles Dodgers watched their first series rubber match of the season twice slip frustratingly out of their grasp.

It started in the third inning, when a steady drizzle, slippery ball and muddy mound caused Tyler Glasnow to come unglued.

It ...Read more

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Torkelson's walk-off drive pushes Tigers to comeback win over White Sox

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DETROIT — The Tigers stayed in the fight long enough to win it.

Trailing, 3-1, in the bottom of the ninth, they took advantage of three straight walks and stole a 4-3 victory and series sweep of the Chicago White Sox on a walk-off double by Spencer Torkelson.

The Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against lefty reliever Fraser...Read more

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Royals beat Orioles for first series victory

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals took care of business to begin their seven-game homestand at Kauffman Stadium.

Kansas City welcomed the Baltimore Orioles in a rematch of their American League wild-card series from last October. Both teams appeared stagnant to begin the 2025 season; perhaps a renewal of their postseason rivalry would...Read more

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Tommy Pham's walk-off single helps Pirates avoid sweep

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PITTSBURGH — The Pirates found a way to win, but they certainly found a way to turn a game on cruise control into a nailbiter.

Tommy Pham hit a walk-off single off Devin Williams in the 11th inning, scoring Jack Suwinski for a 5-4 Pirates win against the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park. The team mobbed Pham behind second base...Read more

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Dodgers place starting pitcher Blake Snell on injured list

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LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers placed starting pitcher Blake Snell on the injured list Sunday, in what was the first blow to their starting rotation this season.

The team said Snell has left shoulder inflammation, and backdated his IL stint to April 3. While the severity of his injury wasn't immediately clear, the $182-million offseason signing ...Read more

Pirates' Travis Williams responds to outrage over Clemente logo controversy

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PITTSBURGH — This weekend, the Pirates received backlash from their decision to replace a Roberto Clemente logo on the right field wall at PNC Park with an advertisement for Surfside, a Philadelphia-based canned cocktail line of hard teas and lemonades.

The advertisement was noticed during the team's home opener Friday, and was posted to ...Read more

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Bill Madden: What's up with these contract extensions for some of MLB's top young stars?

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NEW YORK — As the clubs all broke from the starting gates this season, there was an interesting development that no one can quite put a finger on, other than independent coincidence: No less than a half dozen of baseball’s brightest young stars all signed lucrative multi-year contract extensions that will take each of them well beyond their ...Read more

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Rockies pull off triple play but lose to A's at Coors Field

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DENVER — Ryan McMahon pumped his fist, German Marquez let loose with a roar and Michael Toglia flashed a little kid’s grin. Good times.

Then it all fell apart.

In the second inning, the Rockies pulled off the fifth triple play in franchise history.

But the Rockies blew a 3-0 lead and lost, 7-4, to the Athletics on Saturday night at Coors ...Read more

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Chapman delivers on bobblehead night as Giants extend win streak to six

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SAN FRANCISCO — Long live the power of the Bobblehead Night.

On an evening where the San Francisco Giants distributed 15,000 bobbleheads bearing Matt Chapman’s likeness, the five-time Gold Glove Award winner totaled two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored, then turned in a vintage defensive gem to end the game. The Giants beat the Seattle...Read more

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Francisco Lindor's walk-off sacrifice fly caps Mets' comeback win over Blue Jays

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NEW YORK — For nearly eight innings Saturday, the New York Mets squandered scoring opportunity after scoring opportunity.

They started 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left a runner stranded at third base in three of the first seven frames.

But the Mets would not be denied.

Francisco Lindor’s walk-off sacrifice fly in the ...Read more

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Yankees' Trent Grisham continues to capitalize on playing time, homers twice in win over Pirates

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PITTSBURGH — After hitting his first home run of the 2025 season on April 3, Trent Grisham noted that “getting consistent at-bats” has factored into his hot start.

The 28-year-old barely played for the Yankees in 2024 after joining the team in the Juan Soto trade. A starter throughout his career, the Gold Glove center fielder hit .190 ...Read more

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Orioles' Sugano earns first MLB win, 8-1 over Royals

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Entering this season, the Baltimore Orioles’ rotation was expected to be this team’s weak spot.

Without ace Corbin Burnes and with budding aces Kyle Bradish and Grayson Rodriguez on the injured list, Baltimore’s rotation was without the same firepower it had in years past.

How much of a problem the rotation will be ...Read more

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Red Sox game postponed, doubleheader scheduled for Sunday

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BOSTON — Saturday’s Red Sox game against the St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed due to inclement weather, the club announced.

The game has been rescheduled as the first game of a split doubleheader on Sunday, April 6, and will begin at 1:35 p.m. ET. Tickets for Saturday’s game will be good for admission to Sunday’s early game, and ...Read more

Roki Sasaki shows glimpses of his future star potential in Dodgers' win vs. Phillies

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PHILADELPHIA — The Dodgers, as manager Dave Roberts had said repeatedly when asked about Roki Sasaki over the season's first few weeks, knew what they signed up for.

When they signed the 23-year-old Japanese phenom this offseason, the Dodgers were mesmerized with Sasaki's stuff; from his upper-90s mph fastball to a forkball-grip splitter that...Read more

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Nick Pivetta roughed up as Padres drop second straight to Cubs

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CHICAGO — It was a 180-degree turn for the worse for Nick Pivetta on Saturday, and that is pretty much what has happened to the Padres over the past two games as well.

Pivetta’s first start with his new team was one of the highlights in a 7-0 launch to the Padres’ season, during which they forced the action on the bases, played sterling ...Read more

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Twins ride six-run fourth inning to 6-1 victory against Astros

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MINNEAPOLIS — It’s hard to say the Twins’ offense is fixed, or cured, or found, not when they failed to scratch out a hit in their first three turns at bat Saturday, and their last three, too.

But if they can pile up five hits, six runs and seven baserunners in one inning, at least they can make the other ones irrelevant.

José Miranda ...Read more

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Alex Cora has unique plan to maximize Kristian Campbell's versatility

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BOSTON — Boston’s last true everyday second baseman was Dustin Pedroia, nearly a decade ago and before Alex Cora began managing the team in 2018.

The Red Sox have since endured a revolving door of infielders, including Ian Kinsler, Eduardo Nuñez, Brock Holt, José Peraza, Christian Arroyo and Bobby Dalbec, and lost too many games to count ...Read more

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Malloy's bat sparks Tigers offense to second straight win over White Sox

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DETROIT — Justyn-Henry Malloy doesn’t seem like a prototypical leadoff hitter, at least not in any old-school sense. But he has certainly produced like one.

In his first start at the top of the order last Monday in Seattle, after he was hastily summoned early that morning from Toledo, he ignited the offense with a leadoff double, an RBI ...Read more

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Everyone is intrigued by the torpedo bat, including the Phillies. Will it be a revolution or a fad?

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PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott doubled, homered, walked twice, scored three runs and drove in two in the Phillies' victory last Saturday in Washington. By any standard, it was a satisfying day at the plate.

Then, he heard about what the Yankees did.

Everybody heard. Nine home runs — repeat: nine home runs — for one team in a single game ...Read more

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How 'torpedo' bats became the fascination of baseball -- even for ex-Dodger Eric Gagné

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LOS ANGELES — In his playing days, Eric Gagné's objective was simple.

"My job was to break bats," the former Dodgers closer, and 2003 Cy Young Award winner, joked with a laugh.

Which makes his current occupation, as the CEO of Quebec-based bat company B45, a little more than ironic.

"Now my job is to make sure the bats don't break anymore,...Read more