SAN DIEGO — The last time the Baltimore Orioles hit three consecutive home runs, it was Gary Sánchez, Ramón Urías and Ryan O’Hearn who teamed up to achieve the rare feat in June.

Sánchez is on the injured list. Urías is a Houston Astro. And O’Hearn was playing first base for the San Diego Padres on Wednesday afternoon when the ...Read more

Major League Baseball handed out the harshest punishment for Tuesday’s benches-clearing incident at Coors Field to Matt Chapman.

The San Francisco Giants third baseman was suspended for one game for his role in the fracas, which took place only two batters into the game. While Rockies starter Kyle Freeland, Giants first baseman Rafael Devers ...Read more

DETROIT — It’s never nothing with these Tigers.

On a day when Casey Mize gave his most encouraging performance in a month, reliever Tommy Kahnle, entrusted again with leverage work, got some clutch outs and the Tigers salvaged the finale of a rough series against the Mets with a 6-2 win at Comerica Park, they will still go into the off day ...Read more

BOSTON — Ever since he debuted, Roman Anthony has been one of the driving forces behind the Red Sox’s success, and now it appears the club will have to go on without him for the remainder of the regular season.

During an appearance on WEEI Wednesday afternoon, Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced that Anthony will be placed on the injured ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — In the span of a few months, Tyler Wells’ life was turned upside down — for good and bad.

In January 2024, Wells and his wife, Melissa, got married. Three months later, he suffered an injury that required surgery and ended his season. A few months after that, he and his wife learned they were pregnant with their first child.

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There has been a fair amount of talk, in and around the Padres, about a lack of energy.

No concrete reason has been given except the theory that lack of results, both individually and collectively, have led to some dejectedness and that teams sometimes go through funks.

There is maybe also the fact that playing from behind sets a tone.

And ...Read more

HOUSTON — As the New York Yankees boarded their flight from Chicago to Texas on Sunday, players wore cowboy boots and hats for a Western themed flight.

For guys like Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Jasson Domínguez, the get-ups were drastic departures from their normal outfits. For Trent Grisham, it was just another day.

A product of the...Read more

From a shove at the pitchers’ mound to multiple home runs, heavy hitters were everywhere in the Giants' 7-4 victory over the Rockies on Tuesday.

A benches-clearing brawl resulted in Willy Adames and Matt Chapman being ejected in the top of the first inning of San Francisco’s game in Colorado, a game that saw the team, finally, climb back ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Now is the time, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts believes, for his team’s intensity to rise.

And if the external pressures of a tight National League West race, postseason seeding implications and a looming World Series title defense in October don’t do it, then maybe, he hopes, increased internal battles for playing time will....Read more

DENVER — Kyle Freeland’s single-game ERA from his latest start will not compute.

After facing two batters, surrendering two runs and recording zero outs, Freeland was ejected Tuesday for confronting San Francisco Giants slugger Rafael Devers during his home-run trot.

Devers slowly walked to first base while admiring his towering fly off ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Designated hitter Ivan Herrera elevated the Cardinals Tuesday in thunderous fashion to a 2-1 win against the Athletics, backed by strong relief.

Down a run with two outs in the sixth inning, Herrera belted a two-run homer to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead that relievers protected the rest of the way. The home run afforded the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals find themselves in a tight American League wild-card race as the calendar flips to September.

It’s the final month of the 2025 regular season and the Royals have work to do. If the Royals are to return to the postseason, they need to leapfrog both the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.

They also ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Seattle Mariners had the storylines for success.

Down a run in the top of the ninth inning against Tampa Bay and desperate to get a win, Randy Arozarena came to the plate against his former team with runners on first and second base.

Hurt by being traded away from the team last season, Arozarena could’ve showed them the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The bat didn’t put a dent in Simeon Woods Richardson’s head, so things could have been worse for the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. But the right-hander’s continued health was just about the only positive they could take from their fourth consecutive loss to the last-place Chicago White Sox, 12-3 at Target Field.

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BOSTON — The Cleveland Guardians may have had their fun tattooing Garrett Crochet for six runs in the sixth inning, but the Red Sox got the last laugh Tuesday night, battling back from multiple deficits to win, 11-7, and take the series.

Crochet had maxed out at two home runs allowed twice this season before Tuesday night, when the Cleveland ...Read more

DETROIT — Starting pitching wasn’t supposed to be a problem for the Detroit Tigers, but it absolutely is right now.

The New York Mets KO’d right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long with a five-run fourth inning Tuesday night and blitzed to a 12-5 win at Comerica Park. It was the Tigers’ seventh loss in nine games.

And in those nine games, the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. – One bad start is an outlier that can be tossed aside like spoiled food.

Two consecutive rough starts becomes something more than concerning. It’s the start of a bad trend.

Three straight suboptimal starts is a problem that should be at least discussed, if not addressed.

And after four consecutive outings of poor pitching ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — On the first day of September, the San Diego Padres lost to a bad team and suffered what seemed to be a bad loss.

The latter could haunt them into October.

In the seventh inning, relief pitcher Jason Adam crumpled to the ground after making a move to field a ball hit back up the middle and grabbed his left leg in obvious pain.

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MILWAUKEE — With the go-ahead run on first in the ninth inning, J.T. Realmuto checked his swing on a slider down and away from Abner Uribe.

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy objected to first base umpire Jim Wolf’s call, and was ejected. Realmuto drew a walk, putting the go-ahead run in scoring position for Brandon Marsh, the Phillies’...Read more