CHICAGO — Four years ago, Nick Raquet was working behind a desk.

The Orioles’ new left-handed reliever, acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in a trade on Tuesday, flamed out of professional baseball after a rough showing at High-A in 2019 and entered the working world. He took a job in finance at the account firm Ernst & Young in ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — We focused on the destruction, which was startling, and wondered about the future, which was uncertain. In the post-hurricane rush, all the social media platforms and email exchanges seemed to revolve around the ragged roof of Tropicana Field and reckless speculation of the decimation within.

What the world failed to account for...Read more

ANAHEIM — Jorge Soler took the Angels’ biggest swings of the night on Tuesday, first with his bat and then with his fists.

One produced two runs and the others got him ejected.

The Angels’ designated hitter took exception to a high and tight pitch from Reynaldo López, sparking a fight that was the most memorable part of the Angels’ 7-...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — To snap their skid, the Giants leaned on a rookie and a vet.

Robbie Ray delivered his first quality start of the season as San Francisco (4-8) snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night at Oracle Park, pitching 6 2/3 scoreless innings (109 pitches) with seven strikeouts to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — It took a tag-along pinch runner inserted into the game as part of a larger move to deliver the biggest hit of the Cardinals’ comeback.

Nathan Church, a late-game sub mostly because of his glove, snapped out of deep freeze to deliver the two-run homer that yanked the Cardinals back into the game Tuesday night and toward an ...Read more

NEW YORK — With Ryan McMahon struggling and a neutral right-hander in Aaron Civale pitching for the Athletics on Tuesday, Aaron Boone decided to start the righty-swinging Amed Rosario at third base.

“He’s just a good hitter,” the Yankees manager stressed when asked about the veteran before the game.

Those words proved prescient, as ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a game that featured reigning two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, it was Taj Bradley who stole the show.

Bradley, on this 44-degree evening at Target Field, outdueled the best pitcher in baseball. He was in complete control, yielding one run in 6 1/3 innings to lift the Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers ...Read more

DENVER — The Rockies have been talking the talk, insisting they have erased the nightmare of 2025, and proclaiming they can be a winning team — “a lot sooner than you think,” in the words of manager Warren Schaeffer.

Eyes might be rolling at those comments, but on Tuesday night at Coors Field, the Rockies walked the walk, beating the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ plans for Tuesday’s game, and their chances to win, changed significantly around 10 a.m.

The Rays thought they were in good shape for opening-day starter Drew Rasmussen to make his scheduled start against the Chicago Cubs with his wife, Stevie, four days from her due date with their second child.

Until ...Read more

TORONTO — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto returned to the mound where he threw the final pitch of the 2025 World Series and immediately struck out the side to set the tone for the Dodgers’ 4-1 win Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays.

If Kyle Tucker had been a little more sure-footed on a line drive over his head to ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — A chilly evening on the North Shore didn’t seem to matter Tuesday night for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

After being shut out in Monday’s loss, the Pirates erupted for seven runs in the final four innings to beat the San Diego Padres, 7-1, at PNC Park.

Paul Skenes put forth a strong performance in his first home start of the ...Read more

BOSTON — After too many short, run-filled starts the Boston Red Sox, owners of the worst record in Major League Baseball, badly needed Garrett Crochet in top form Tuesday night.

They got their wish. And when all was said and done, the Red Sox were 3-8 on the season, having won, 3-2.

Crochet went 6 1/3 innings and held the Milwaukee Brewers ...Read more

CHICAGO — Between the cold, the shadows and the dozen base runners stranded through the first seven innings, the Orioles’ lineup couldn’t break through. Runs have been difficult to come by under any conditions thus far this season, but the Orioles were in the midst of perhaps their most frustrating offensive performance to date.

Then it ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For a second consecutive April, the Chicago Cubs must navigate losing arguably their best starting pitcher for the rest of the season.

Initial optimism about right-hander Cade Horton’s forearm strain instead became another worst-case scenario Tuesday, when Cubs manager Craig Counsell revealed that Horton has a torn ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Kansas City Royals starter Noah Cameron took his usual pregame stroll in front of the visiting team’s dugout at Progressive Field Tuesday afternoon.

He headed to the field a little over an hour before his start against the Cleveland Guardians. As Michael Massey began his pregame defensive work, Cameron took his slides off to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ronny Mauricio was ready for the moment.

A day after he was called up from Triple-A Syracuse, Mauricio delivered a pinch-hit, walk-off single in the 10th inning of the Mets’ 4-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citi Field.

It was the first-ever walk-off RBI for Mauricio, who lined an 0-2 pitch from Paul Sewald to the right-...Read more

TORONTO — Fans lined up before the game, waiting patiently for the chance to take a selfie with trophies that commemorated the back-to-back World Series championships.

Dodger Stadium is not the only place you can do this. The trophies were from 1992 and 1993, and they honored the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Dodgers matched that back-to-back feat ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What do you remember most about the epic, riveting, thrill-a-minute Game 7?

The home run? Which one?

That crazy play at the plate? The rubber-armed starter-turned-closer? The last out?

So many moments, so many stories that will be told and retold among this generation of Los Angeles Dodgers fans and passed down to the next.

...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — After a four-hit night at Oracle Park last season, Bryce Harper made a declaration.

“I’m really good,” he said on July 9. “Like, I really am. I don’t want to put that out there and everybody go, ‘What’s he talking about?’ But I know when I’m going well, I’m one of the best in baseball.”

With the Phillies...Read more