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

LOS ANGELES — Whose house? Angels’ house!

To all you long-suffering Halos fans, light that baby up, because salvation is at hand.

His name is Stan Kroenke, and he’s Rams tough, and he’s just spent a record $4 billion to transform your slumbering baseball organization into something that dazzles like Matthew Stafford and dominates like ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When the Angels won their lone World Series, this was the headline in the Los Angeles Times: "Fantasyland!"

Can we run that headline again?

For your new owner, Angels fans, you get a proven winner and real estate developer — more on that in a second — whose very name drips with baseball history.

You know him as Stan ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Yankees aren’t going to share a date for Aaron Judge’s return until it’s certain. And the back-to-back MVP certainly isn’t going to preemptively announce which day fans should have circled on their calendars.

But with Judge traveling out west to Anaheim and then San Diego with the Yankees, manager Aaron Boone ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rams owner Stan Kroenke has agreed to buy the Angels, adding Major League Baseball to a portfolio that spans six leagues and two continents.

The deal runs through Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, Kroenke's holding company, which also owns the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, the Colorado Rapids of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In two months as the Angels' interim general manager, John Mozeliak has reoriented the team's draft selection priority from "closest to the majors" to "best available," traded one-third of the major league roster to seed a barren minor league system, fired three coaches and completed a restructuring of the front office.

On ...Read more

DENVER — In a game played at the most hitter-friendly ballpark in MLB, started by a pair of pitchers who both have career ERAs north of 5.00, on a warm night in late August, the Orioles’ game against the Colorado Rockies on Monday was naturally a low-scoring affair.

Baltimore beat the Rockies, 2-1, at Coors Field to improve its record to 69...Read more

PHOENIX — Interim manager Don Mattingly had a choice to make.

The Phillies’ Monday starter, Aaron Nola, limited the Diamondbacks to one run through five innings. But his pitch count reached 92, and it was fair to wonder if his spotty command was about to catch up to him as he progressed through Arizona’s order a third time.

Mattingly ...Read more

ANAHEIM — If you didn’t know better, you would think the Angels were the team that goes to the postseason every year and the New York Yankees were the ones who have endured more than a decade of losing.

The Angels snapped their seven-game losing streak by thumping the Yankees, 10-1, on Monday night in a game that defied expectation.

The ...Read more

BOSTON — Julio Rodríguez misplayed a line drive in center field that eventually led to the tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Red Sox rallied for a 9-8 walk-off victory over the Mariners in the 10th inning Monday night before a sold-out crowd of 37,487 at Fenway Park.

The Mariners (64-74) have lost five in a row and dropped...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Good riddance, August.

Hard to believe earlier this month, the Detroit Tigers twice were within a game of .500 and held, for a day, a share of the final wild-card spot.

Seems so long ago.

The Tigers closed out the month on Monday with another somnolent performance, dropping the first of three to the Minnesota Twins, 11-1, at ...Read more

CINCINNATI — The San Diego Padres got another grinding quality start from Michael King and a lot of hits from a lot of hitters on Monday night.

Nothing strange happened.

They just beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 to stop a skid at three games and make sure they at least did not lose ground in the National League playoff race.

Whether they would...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays are getting good at this comeback thing.

After dramatic late-inning rallies to beat the San Diego Padres on Saturday and Sunday, they found themselves battling back again Monday night but this time fell just short.

Jonny DeLuca, who had a huge hand in Sunday’s 11-inning walk-off win, opened the ninth by ...Read more

DENVER — The Baltimore Orioles sold at the deadline, but they signaled a reversal in their aspirations Monday by making a last-minute attempt to bolster their roster with an external addition.

Baltimore claimed outfielder Luis Robert Jr. off waivers from the New York Mets, the team announced Monday afternoon. The former All-Star is owed ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — In another life — back when he was a young executive in charge of the Washington Post’s digital operation — Ken Babby had a boss who would often start meetings with a basic question:

“What’s the problem we’re trying to solve?”

A simple, unadorned and logical place to begin any endeavor. Except, in this case, the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Houston Astros delivered a shock to the baseball world last week when they relieved general manager Dana Brown of his duties.

Brown, who was hired prior to the 2023 season, built a pair of division winners. The Astros boasted a .536 win percentage with him at the helm and were 65-66 but still tied for first place in the AL ...Read more