This has been a difficult season for the Red Sox, but you might not know it if you only saw them play on the road.

Back at Yankee Stadium for the first time since last October’s American League wild-card series, the Red Sox played like the playoff hopeful the club always expected to be. The club got some big home runs, a strong performance by...Read more

CHICAGO — Each hit, each run, each homer elicited a different sonic vibration from the home crowd than the last.

First, there were the familiar acoustics, a blend of shock and disappointment. Then came the agony and torment. Finally, disgust and disdain. Along the way, there were the boos of vitriol, the cheers of sarcasm. For the Giants, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge wouldn’t change a thing.

The Yankees’ captain, placed on the 10-day injured list with a stress fracture of his first right rib, spoke to reporters on Friday for the first time since the team revealed he was dealing with an injury scare on Tuesday. That revelation included the fact that Judge had been playing through...Read more

NEW YORK — There’s no replacing Aaron Judge.

But with the back-to-back MVP going on the injured list with a stress fracture in his first right rib, the Yankees filled his roster spot with another 6-7 outfielder on Friday. That would be Spencer Jones, who was recalled from Triple-A after the pinstripers announced Judge’s devastating ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins scored one run in each of the first six innings during their series opener against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, but they couldn’t outhit all their other mistakes.

Their pitchers issued six walks. They allowed runs on a wild pitch, a late tag from catcher Victor Caratini on a play at the plate and a dropped pop...Read more

PHOENIX —Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott walked back to the dugout as Ketel Marte, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ hero Thursday, made his way around the bases.

Marte’s walk-off moonshot, punctuated by a bat flip, defeated the Dodgers 3-2 at Chase Field. With one swing, the Dodgers’ opportunity to win the four-game series slipped ...Read more

HOUSTON — There would be no late collapse this time, not even after Carmen Mlodzinski allowed a home run on the second pitch he threw out of the bullpen.

Jared Jones was solid in his second start since returning from the 60-day injured list, throwing five shutout innings and allowing four hits while striking out four as the Pirates beat the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees managed to avoid a sweep on Thursday, defeating the Guardians, 2-1, in the Bronx.

Carlos Rodón pitched well in the victory, holding Cleveland to one run and two hits over six innings of work. The left-hander, making his fifth start of the season after undergoing an offseason cleanup procedure on his elbow, also walked ...Read more

BOSTON — In a series between the American League East’s two worst teams, the Orioles proved it is the Red Sox who are the true cellar-dwellers.

Baltimore on Thursday defeated Boston, 8-2, behind a six-run first inning and a sharp start from Trevor Rogers. The Orioles (30-33) will leave Beantown with a series victory after taking two of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Adolis García let the bat flip out of his hands and stretched his arms wide as he watched the ball fly.

It had been awhile since the Phillies right fielder had hit something to admire. His last homer before Thursday came on May 6, and since then he’d slipped into a deep slump. García went from batting cleanup to eighth in ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Headlined by Eric Haase’s grand slam, San Francisco beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 12-9, on Thursday afternoon at American Family Field, securing a series split after dropping the first two games.

There was no shortage of notable stat lines on an afternoon when every starter had at least one hit and the Giants (25-38) amassed 20 ...Read more

NEW YORK — For the second straight day, Aaron Boone began his pregame press conference by apologizing for not having any substantial updates on Aaron Judge.

“I got nothing for you yet,” the manager said before the Yankees’ series finale against the Guardians on Thursday. “Sorry.”

However, Boone did say that Judge, only diagnosed ...Read more

PHOENIX — Shohei Ohtani needed just one well-spotted fastball to Corbin Carroll to get out of the only real jam of his start against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Ohtani zipped it in at knee level, and Carroll drilled it into the ground, right to second baseman Alex Freeland. As the Dodgers defense turned a quick double play, Ohtani pumped ...Read more

HOUSTON — The Pirates were 28-3 when leading after seven innings. They — along with likely most others watching — expected that first number to become 29 when they led the Astros 8-3 after the seventh Wednesday night.

Then, a complete, and total collapse ensued.

Mason Montgomery and Gregory Soto allowed a combined six runs with two outs ...Read more

ANAHEIM — This wasn’t the lineup that you would expect to produce one of the Angels’ best offensive games of the season.

Powered by four hits apiece from Nick Madrigal and Wade Meckler, the Angels snapped their three-game losing streak with an 11-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.

Only four players from the Opening ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Looking to avoid their third sweep of the season and first since they left Milwaukee without a win near the end of May, the Cardinals’ carousel of hits and timely relief work helped send them into Thursday’s scheduled off day with a win.

The 11 hits the Cardinals collected added up to five runs and the scoreless relief outings...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Logan Webb couldn’t quite complete his bid at history, but for the first time this season, Webb truly looked the part of an ace.

Webb took a perfect game into the sixth and a no-hitter into the seventh en route to delivering seven shutout innings in the Giants’ 1-0 win on Wednesday at American Family Field, allowing just one ...Read more

The Kansas City Royals raced to an early lead against the Cincinnati Reds. But they needed a late surge on the road at Great American Ball Park for a chance at victory.

They got it — and won, 5-2, Wednesday night — to take their first series of June.

Royals infielders Michael Massey and Nick Loftin combined for three RBIs in the ninth ...Read more