KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals will enter the offseason with a lot of questions surrounding their active roster.

However, it’s clear that rookie catcher Carter Jensen will not be of much concern. The standout KCMO product continues to shine for his hometown team.

And on Wednesday — in a 9-6 loss to the Marlins — Jensen set a...Read more

PITTSBURGH — A night after a gutting walk-off loss, the Giants responded by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4 in 10 innings, on Wednesday night.

San Francisco scored two runs in the top of the 10th inning off former Giants closer Camilo Doval on an opposite-field, go-ahead RBI double by Bryce Eldridge and Turner Hill’s sacrifice fly. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — This is no Magic vs. Bird rivalry, but Twins rookie center fielder Walker Jenkins will be compared to Detroit Tigers rookie center fielder Max Clark for the rest of his career.

There are just too many similarities. They are both center fielders from the same graduating class in high school. The Tigers took Clark with the No. 3 ...Read more

DENVER — Warren Schaeffer isn’t feeling any dissatisfaction after that one.

Prior to the matinee rubber match on Wednesday against Baltimore at Coors Field, the Rockies manager spoke at length about the frustration he’s been dealing with amid the club’s struggles in close games this season.

“What’s most frustrating for me is when ...Read more

PHOENIX — It took just one swing to decide it.

Andrew Painter had done his part for seven shutout innings against the Diamondbacks to preserve the scoreless tie. But Arizona catcher James McCann ambushed the first pitch thrown by reliever Jonathan Bowlan in the eighth inning for a go-ahead home run in a 1-0 Phillies loss on Wednesday.

The ...Read more

BOSTON— It’s been assumed for weeks now that the Red Sox have a playoff spot all locked up. They’ve been comfortably ensconced in the American League’s second wild-card spot, and until this past Sunday looked to have a great shot at catching the Yankees for a chance to host their first-round series.

But if the Red Sox don’t get their ...Read more

DENVER — The Baltimore Orioles were one out away from clinching a series win and a happy flight back to Baltimore. Colorado, robbed of a walk-off Monday, exacted its revenge.

Andrew Kittredge, aided by Colton Cowser’s game-winning catch in his last save opportunity Monday, couldn’t finish off the Rockies this time as Zac Veen tied the ...Read more

CINCINNATI — A miserable road trip ended on a miserable day with some miserable play.

The Padres began hot on a stifling Midwest afternoon but faded quickly, around the time Casey Mize allowed four runs in the second inning of what became a 7-3 loss to the Reds.

“We put up three, and I gave them right back in the second,” Mize said. So ...Read more

PHOENIX — After a blazing August, Bryce Harper stayed red-hot on the first day of September.

The Phillies right fielder posted a .333 batting average and 1.069 OPS last month, and kept things rolling on Tuesday with a 4-for-4 game against the Diamondbacks. Harper delivered four singles in the 7-1 win over Arizona, the Phillies’ sixth in a ...Read more

ANAHEIM — The new ownership for the Angels won’t take the helm until next season.

Until then, there’s still plenty of housecleaning to perform.

The Angels took the field at Angel Stadium on Tuesday night, just hours after the jaw-dropping news that Arte Moreno had sold his controlling interest in the team to Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

It ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — All it took to ignite the Minnesota Twins’ offense Tuesday, in a 15-2 blowout victory over the Detroit Tigers, was one poorly located throw.

This came before the Twins erupted for a 10-run sixth inning. It came before Royce Lewis and Ryan Jeffers drilled separate three-run homers.

With the score tied in the fifth inning, the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — On paper this was supposed to be a pitching duel. The reigning National League Cy Young winner and the award’s fourth-place finisher last season.

Yet a pitching duel it certainly was not. Paul Skenes gave up five runs in the second inning Tuesday night at PNC Park, and San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb was shellacked to ...Read more

DENVER — Craig Albernaz wasn’t going to throw Luis De León into the fire.

The Orioles manager said before Tuesday’s game that he didn’t want to “ambush” the 23-year-old pitching prospect after the club called him up for the first time in his career that afternoon. De León was only a few weeks into his temporary new role as a ...Read more

CINCINNATI — For the third time in four days, the San Diego Padres turned to the back end of their bullpen to get them safely through the latter innings of a game.

For the third time, it did not work out.

The Cincinnati Reds scored two runs against Adrian Morejón in the eighth inning and then survived Fernando Tatis Jr.’s second home run ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals have returned to Kauffman Stadium to begin the final stretch of their 2026 season.

They arrived with a new batch of September call-ups. They promoted minor league relievers Nolan Hoffman and Easton McGee from Triple-A Omaha, and outfielder Drew Waters was also back with the big league club.

September...Read more

BOSTON — Talk about a bounce back.

Randy Arozarena and Lazaro Montes, the Seattle Mariners’ two Cuban sluggers, strummed the celebratory trident like an air guitar, half a rock band bouncing around to imaginary tunes in the Fenway Park visitors’ dugout.

Arozarena clubbed a three-run homer over the Green Monster during a five-run second ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Since being acquired by the Rays a month ago, Freddy Peralta has been saying he is a different, more comfortable and better pitcher than during the first four months of the season with the Mets.

Tuesday, he went out and showed his ex-mates just what he meant in a 6-2 Tampa Bay victory.

Peralta allowed a leadoff home ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Has anyone applied for a parade permit in Anaheim yet?

If not, my guess is it’s coming soon.

There’s a large subset of disaffected Angels fans – those who have chanted “Sell the team,” who still hold a grudge over the change in geographic designation from Anaheim to Los Angeles, who despair over an organization that ...Read more