LOS ANGELES — The radio broadcasters reminded listeners of the final score, invited them to tune in again the next day, and signed off. The Dodgers had lost Saturday, so the sounds of "California Stars" wafted through Dodger Stadium.

"Well," Charley Steiner said to his colleagues in the broadcast booth, "they're still playing this song."

The...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — It was 1981 and the New York Yankees, having ended spring training, were making a stop in Chapel Hill for an exhibition baseball game against the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner had a daughter who attended UNC and later would donate $1 million for lights at Boshamer Stadium. Steinbrenner already had...Read more

HOUSTON — With a mixture of elation and irritation, Bryan Woo let out a primal scream and smacked the side of his glove with his right hand as Cal Raleigh made a catch of a Jose Altuve pop-up in foul territory to close out a crucial sixth inning.

In the Seattle Mariners’ most important game of the season, Woo had done his part Sunday night,...Read more

DETROIT — Munetaka Murakami hit a tie-breaking two-run home run in the seventh inning on Sunday and the Chicago White Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 7-5 victory in front of 34,251 at Comerica Park.

Miguel Vargas added an insurance run with a solo home run in the ninth.

“Just winning the series as a team, as a...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – The worst teams in the National League concluded their final series against one another with an exhibition of truly horrendous baseball on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park.

The Giants issued 10 walks, allowed nine hits, let a Rockies runner score on a wild pitch, committed an error and even hit a batter in front of the 32,063 ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — As Kansas City celebrated “816 Day” across the metro, St. Joseph, Mo., native Noah Cameron made sure no one would forget his afternoon start in Anaheim.

On Sunday, Cameron led the Kansas City Royals to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium.

And Cameron was nearly perfect.

Cameron sat down the first...Read more

CHICAGO — In the series and season finale against the Cubs, it was Joshua Baez’s teammates' turn to leave an impression on the archrivals.

A day after Baez homered three times in his first three at-bats to make major league history, Alec Burleson and Jordan Walker took their RBI derby to the “Friendly Confines” to see who might lead ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Mark Walter, the Lakers controlling owner, flipped the storied team last week for $12.5 billion amid a federal probe of his businesses, it stunned the sports world but seemed to make financial and legal sense.

The Dodgers majority owner, who had bought his stake in the basketball team last year at a $10-billion valuation, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Christian Scott was two outs shy of pitching seven full innings for the first time in his career. The right-hander has pitched well enough to win in most of his 18 starts this season, his second overall and his first since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2024, but the Mets have been extra cautious with the pitch counts for the 27-...Read more

TORONTO — Cody Bellinger could be back in the Yankees’ scuffling lineup soon.

Following the Yankees’ 4-3, 10-inning win over the Blue Jays, Aaron Boone said that the left fielder is expected to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A toward the latter part of this week. The manager mentioned Thursday or Friday, but that’s not set in stone....Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Painter threw six balls to begin his start here Sunday. Upon finally landing a pitch in the strike zone, he received a derisive cheer.

So much for “Minnesota nice.”

Come to think of it, there was a sizable delegation of traveling Phillies fans in town for the weekend. For five innings, a stray strike from Painter was...Read more

PITTSBURGH — After Saturday night’s loss, Don Kelly announced that the Pirates are pushing back Paul Skenes’ scheduled start from Sunday to Wednesday.

Kelly explained the decision as just giving Skenes more rest.

“He was ready to go,” Kelly said. “Feel like it will give him a few more days to recover. And also, as we go through ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Baltimore Orioles’ series at Tropicana Field this weekend had the potential to serve as the latest — and final — rock bottom of the season.

The Tampa Bay Rays began the weekend with the best record in MLB after winning nine straight games during one of the most successful road trips out west in baseball ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Program a reminder into his phone. Tie a string around his finger. Chant his name like a mantra: Moo-kie! Moo-kie! Moo-kie!

Whatever it takes to jog Mookie Betts' memory, to remind him he's Mookie freakin' Betts.

Because this Dodgers' three-peat campaign won't succeed without his contributions at the plate.

The Dodgers lose ...Read more

Kansas City Royals starter Randy Dobnak continues to be a bright spot for the club’s starting pitching rotation this season.

On Saturday, Dobnak didn’t allow a run across 5 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. He allowed four hits and struck out six batters on the short end of a 1-0 loss.

Dobnak avoided trouble ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was a Miz-erable day for Dodgers hitters.

The slowest of the six pitches Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski threw to Shohei Ohtani, leading off the first inning for the Dodgers Saturday, was 102.9 mph. It was not a good sign for a Dodgers offense that has been “bullied” by fastballs for the past six weeks, ...Read more

HOUSTON — In what amounted to a must-win game for the Seattle Mariners, Emerson Hancock delivered one of the best performances of his career and Brendan Donovan drove in three runs in an important bounce-back victory over the rival Houston Astros, 10-5, on Saturday night.

Hancock allowed one run in the first inning and one more in the second ...Read more

With a 4-0 Red Sox win over the Pirates in Pittsburgh Saturday night, 14-year MLB veteran Sonny Gray is a 15-game winner for the first time.

The veteran Red Sox right-hander reached new heights Saturday night in Pittsburgh, where he blanked the Pirates for seven innings, holding down one of the most productive offenses in baseball long enough ...Read more