Sports
/ArcaMax
SF Giants fall 3-1 to Braves by going 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position
SAN FRANCISCO – Seven-run efforts helped the San Francisco Giants win back-to-back games last week in Atlanta.
Friday night, the Giants scored a run in the first inning … then none afterward, losing 3-1 at Oracle Park to open a three-game series against the struggling Atlanta Braves.
The defining stat: San Francisco went 0-for-8 with ...Read more
Angels' Walbert Ureña sees strong start turn into a nightmare quickly
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It took about 15 minutes for Walbert Ureña to go from the best game of his career to the worst.
The Angels right-hander retired the first 12 hitters he faced on Friday night, barely even throwing a pitch out of the strike zone.
In the fifth, though, Ureña gave up seven runs, sending the Angels on their way to a 9-3 loss ...Read more
Ty France, Walker Buehler, Padres take it to Dodgers in series opener
SAN DIEGO — Walker Buehler did a better job handling the team he used to play for than Roki Sasaski did pitching against the team he decided not to play for.
Even if Buehler wasn’t given a chance to handle the Los Angeles Dodgers for as long as he might like, the Padres made him a winner on the strength of Ty France’s three-run homer, a ...Read more
Twins rally for victory vs. Rockies after bullpen blows seven-run lead
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins earned their first walk-off win of the season Friday, but they walked off the field feeling more frustrated than the Colorado Rockies.
That’s what happens when a team carries a seven-run lead into the eighth inning, blows it and trails by a run entering the bottom of the ninth before winning in extras.
Royce Lewis ...Read more
Royals tie ugly franchise record in 22-1 series-opening loss to White Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Have the Kansas City Royals hit rock-bottom?
If there was any notion they could make a late surge in American League Central standings, those aspirations have officially fallen by the wayside.
The Royals lost, 22-1, to the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. In their last two games, the Royals have been outscored by 32 runs...Read more
Unbeaten starter Max Meyer leads Marlins to 4-0 shutout of Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — Whatever runs the Miami Marlins were able to create with the help of replay or a sinking liner to center was going to be enough when the Cardinals could not muster much of a threat at all.
Marlins ascending starter Max Meyer held the Cardinals to two infield singles through seven scoreless innings and led his team to a 4-0 victory...Read more
Payton Tolle carries perfect bid into sixth inning as Red Sox beat Yankees, 6-1
BOSTON — It’s been more than 124 years since Cy Young pitched the first and only perfect game in Red Sox history, but for a while on Friday it looked like Payton Tolle might have a chance to etch his name into franchise lore.
It wasn’t meant to be, but Friday was still a night the Red Sox rookie will always remember.
Tolle was ...Read more
Pirates lose eighth consecutive Paul Skenes start despite Konnor Griffin's leadoff homer
PITTSBURGH — Despite Konnor Griffin’s best efforts, Paul Skenes’ personal losing skid reached eight.
Griffin homered in his first swing off the injured list, but Skenes allowed four runs in the second inning and Mason Montgomery allowed a go-ahead, two-run Noelvi Marte homer in the eighth as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pirates, 6-4, on ...Read more
Another day, another Caminero blast as Rays cruise past Diamondbacks
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — That didn’t take very long.
A few days ago, there were rumblings about Junior Caminero’s diminishing power numbers. After bashing 45 home runs in 2025, Caminero had a respectable, but unspectacular, 15 homers through 75 games this season.
It’s probably best to consider that matter now closed.
Caminero blasted a ...Read more
Orioles squeeze by Nationals, 3-1, as Trevor Rogers' surge continues
BALTIMORE — There’s no doubt about it anymore. Trevor Rogers is back.
After finishing May with a 6.84 ERA that had him searching for answers, the Orioles starter turned a corner when the calendar flipped to June, and he capped off the month with 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball Friday in Baltimore’s 3-1 win over the Washington Nationals. ...Read more
Derek Hill's jaw-dropping catch keeps Phillies in front and Zack Wheeler delivers 2-1 win over Mets
NEW YORK — Zack Wheeler stood on the mound, looked out to center field, and, well, LOL.
For real. He laughed out loud.
How else was the Phillies ace supposed to react? After what Derek Hill had just done — sprinting to the warning track, timing his leap, hanging in the air, and reaching over the wall to take a two-run homer away from Mets ...Read more
Luis Castillo delivers quality start to help Mariners beat Guardians
CLEVELAND — Four runs? Who needs them?
Well, at least for one game, the Mariners didn’t need to reach that seminal number to find victory.
For the 12th straight game, the Mariners were held to three runs or fewer — a dubious streak to be sure.
But they could’ve won the game only scoring two runs thanks to a solid start from veteran ...Read more
Tigers rough up Astros' Arrighetti en route to 8-0 victory
DETROIT — The Tigers’ offense found the pressure valve, opened it up wide and blew out some pent-up steam.
After scratching and scuffling and producing very little the last three games, they busted out Friday and put an 8-0 hurt on the Houston Astros, squaring the series at Comerica Park.
The eight runs came in a two-inning rampage against...Read more
Angels fire Perry Minasian, hire John Mozeliak as interim GM
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels fired general manager Perry Minasian on Friday and replaced him with former St. Louis Cardinals GM John Mozeliak, who will serve as interim GM while helping to guide the team during the search for a new head of baseball operations.
Although the Angels (34-48) were in the midst of another losing season, the timing ...Read more
Bill Shaikin: Did Padres curse themselves by messing with that anti-Dodgers FTD burger?
SAN DIEGO — Hodad's is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger. I dropped by one of their two restaurants last winter, but I didn't see what I wanted on the menu.
The burger I get at Petco Park, I explained to the server. She knew exactly what I meant.
"The F— the Dodgers burger," she said, ...Read more
Mets fire manager Carlos Mendoza; Andy Green takes over on interim basis
NEW YORK — Something had to give.
With the third-worst record in the National League and amid yet another long losing streak, the Mets have dismissed manager Carlos Mendoza, replacing him in the interim with Andy Green. President of baseball operations David Stearns announced the move Friday morning, ahead of the start of a series against the...Read more
For the Orioles, getting back to fundamentals starts from the ground up
The Orioles had reached a breaking point. One that had Mike Elias calling for the organization to take a hard look in the mirror.
Just over 13 months ago, the Orioles decided to make a change. After fizzling out down the stretch in 2024 and getting off to a 15-28 start last season, the team fired manager Brandon Hyde in its biggest shakeup of ...Read more
Bryce Harper and Derek Hill cap Phillies' third straight ninth inning rally in 10-5 win over Nationals
WASHINGTON — Another night, another ninth inning homer for the Phillies.
This time, it was Bryce Harper, who delivered a two-run, go-ahead home run that put the Phillies ahead for the 10-5 win over the team that drafted him.
He silenced the “Tarps Off” section in the third deck at Nationals Park, made up of shirtless men waving their ...Read more
Mets sloppy again, drop 5th straight with loss to Cubs
NEW YORK — There seems to be no let-up in these Mets.
And not in a good way as the losses just keep on coming.
The Amazin’s fell to the Cubs in extra innings on Thursday night for their fifth straight loss, just one day after an embarrassing doubleheader sweep at Citi Field. Pete Crow-Armstrong’s 10th-inning double gave Chicago the 4-3 ...Read more
Red Sox shake off nightmare flight, beat sloppy Yankees in series opener
BOSTON — What should have been a routine flight home from Denver on Wednesday night took an unpleasant turn when the Red Sox team plane experienced a mechanical failure and was forced to land. It was more than five hours before the club got back in the air on a new plane, and by the time the Red Sox landed in Boston around 5 a.m. the sun had ...Read more
Popular Stories
- SF Giants fall 3-1 to Braves by going 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position
- Royals tie ugly franchise record in 22-1 series-opening loss to White Sox
- Unbeaten starter Max Meyer leads Marlins to 4-0 shutout of Cardinals
- Derek Hill's jaw-dropping catch keeps Phillies in front and Zack Wheeler delivers 2-1 win over Mets
- Bill Shaikin: Did Padres curse themselves by messing with that anti-Dodgers FTD burger?
Comics
