DETROIT — Off the schneid.

The Tigers finally got that ugly zero off their ledger against the Cleveland Guardians, beating them Tuesday night, 6-4, before a crowd of 30,709 at Comerica Park.

Rookie Kevin McGonigle knocked in three runs with a double and single, helping the Tigers not only end a six-game skid against Cleveland, but move ...Read more

Adley Rutschman reached base three times in his highly-anticipated Boston Red Sox debut Tuesday night in Toronto, but even the club’s biggest trade deadline addition couldn’t curtail what is becoming a concerning skid.

The Red Sox lost their fourth consecutive game, 5-3, after entering the losing streak without back-to-back losses since ...Read more

Nolan McLean bounced back on Tuesday, but his performance was wasted by a lifeless offense.

The Mets' young ace tossed six innings, allowing just one run on one hit while striking out three in a 4-0 loss to the Braves on Tuesday night. However, the one hit he allowed was a solo home run to Ozzie Albies in the fifth inning.

McLean’s strong ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing went through the second-opinion carousel — “opinions on opinions,” as he put it — after his elbow started bothering him on Aug. 2 while playing catch in the outfield before the a game against the Red Sox.

“We then come to an agreement that surgery is not necessary,” Rushing said Tuesday...Read more

NEW YORK — It’s not that Michael Rucker was in the game, though he hasn’t excelled in higher-leverage situations this season.

It’s that Rucker remained in the game as he struggled to find the strike zone and keep runners off base until it was too late. Seattle’s one-run lead turned into a three-run deficit and it eventually resulted ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The battle took nine pitches.

Bryce Harper fouled off four of them. He held off on a cutter below the zone, the ninth pitch of the at-bat, to draw the third consecutive walk from Caleb Ferguson. The Cardinals reliever had loaded the bases without recording an out in the eighth inning.

With cleanup hitter Luis Arraez and his ...Read more

MIAMI — After playing 17 games in as many days and winning just five of them, the Pirates hoped Monday’s off day would be the reset needed to kickstart a postseason push.

It was not.

The Pirates lost to the Marlins, 2-0, Tuesday night in front of a scant crowd of 9,366 at loanDepot park, opening a pivotal three-game set with an anemic ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a push toward returning Anaheim to the name of his hometown Angels, Assemblyman Avelino Valencia (D-Anaheim) last March introduced what he called the“Home Run for Anaheim Act.”

Five months later, the bill has cleared both houses of the state legislature without a single vote against it. Gov. Gavin Newsom has two months to...Read more

CHICAGO — Michael and Cynthia Castaneda watched the deluge Tuesday morning at their Dyer, Ind., home and wondered how they were going to get ready for Pope Hat Night at White Sox Park.

“There was a tornado,” Cynthia said. “We have to move branches, clear out the sewers …”

“But she was determined to get these costumes,” Michael ...Read more

NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton, sidelined since April 24 with a pair of right calf strains, ran the bases at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.

It was the first time that the designated hitter was spotted doing so since suffering his second strain in June.

“It does feel like he’s getting closer,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before...Read more

The Angels made a sweeping change to their coaching staff by firing pitching coach Mike Maddux, assistant pitching coach Darryl Scott and bullpen coach Dom Chiti on Tuesday.

Tim Leveque has been named interim pitching coach and Michael Wuertz has been named interim bullpen coach. Leveque was the pitching coach at Double-A Rocket City and Wuertz...Read more

Monday looked like it might be a night for small victories for the Rays, as trade deadline acquisition Freddy Peralta showed better in his second start than his debut, and previously cold at the plate Yandy Diaz stayed hot.

But after an explosive eight-run eighth inning that was their most productive of the season, it turned into a huge ...Read more

Tarik Skubal made his home debut Monday, but the down-on-their-luck Dodgers still needed every bit of offense they could muster to back him up.

They held off Kansas City 6-5, salvaging the Dodger Stadium introduction of baseball’s premier trade-deadline acquisition.

Skubal, the back-to-back Cy Young Award winner, pitched five innings, giving...Read more

ANAHEIM — The Angels’ offense hasn’t exactly been a juggernaut at any point this season.

Still, their recent struggles have plunged the team to new depths.

Mike Trout homered in the first inning, but the Angels failed to score another run the rest of the game and fell to the Texas Rangers, 4-1, in 10 innings on Monday night at Angel ...Read more

Casey Mize rebounded, and Jackson Merrill kept hitting.

A night that was slowly rolling toward a lost game in the standings changed with a bang — another one off the bat of Merrill, whose two-run homer in the seventh inning flipped the lead and decided the Padres’ 3-2 victory over the Brewers.

Merrill’s major league-leading ninth home ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Oslevis Basabe looked like he had a beat on the ball. Cam Smith had the speed to leg out an infield single, but if Basabe could at least keep the ball in the infield, he could prevent the tying run from scoring. So, Basabe laid out. He extended his left arm, and his glove made contact with the ball — and sent it straight into...Read more

The Boston Red Sox have been baseball’s best story all summer, going from cellar to skybox the last six weeks.

But on Monday night in Toronto, they were part of one of baseball’s weirdest stories of the season.

They fell to the Blue Jays 2-1 in a game in which their only run came after a 15-minute delay that included multiple conversations...Read more

NEW YORK — Of course, just a week after selling at the trade deadline, the New York Mets are red hot.

The Mets continued swinging the lumber in their 8-5 win on Monday night against the powerhouse Atlanta Braves for their seventh victory in their last eight games. Brett Baty’s first-inning grand slam and Francisco Lindor’s solo shot in ...Read more