NEW YORK — On Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, the Blue Jays decided the job wasn’t done after Saturday’s thrilling win. A good feeling emanated from the visitors’ clubhouse: high-fives abounded and Danzel’s 2004 track “Pump It Up” blared from the speakers as Toronto celebrated its fourth sweep of the season after a 6-4 victory … Read more
D-backs extend Torey Lovullo until 2024 \n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Lovullo enjoyed great success early in his tenure with the D-backs as they improved from a last-place finish to a Wild Card spot in 2017, his first year with the to the helm.\n\nThe results of the past few seasons have not matched those of his first few, but … Read more
CHICAGO – The White Sox reaction to their 2-1 win over the Tigers in 10 innings on Saturday at Guaranteed Rate Field was toned down compared to previous walk-off celebrations. The joy was immediately a little less because of the way the match ended. With the bases loaded, two outs and Tim Anderson at the … Read more
PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates went 5-0 after just three innings, they were statistically unlikely to come back. The biggest deficit the team had overcome in 2023 was three runs, and Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty had controlled the offense for most of his 5 1/3 inning outing. But the Pirates haven’t lived much by the … Read more
HOUSTON — Shohei Ohtani was no match for Astros ace Framber Valdez. Again. Valdez picked up his fourth consecutive win by pitching seven scoreless innings, giving up five hits and striking out seven batters, to beat Ohtani and the Angels 6-2 on Friday night at Minute Maid Park. Both of Ohtani’s losses this season came … Read more
Mets honor Sarah Langs, raising ALS awareness on Lou Gehrig Day \n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Earlier this year, Mandy Bell, a close friend of Langs and fellow writer at MLB.com, created a GoFundMe that raised another $105,000 for ALS research. Langs then created the “Fist Bump Challenge” to generate additional awareness. This week, MLB launched a Lou Gehrig … Read more
The Yankees and Dodgers will play a three-game series against each other this weekend, even if it’s not the World Series. Maybe that can happen later this season. If so, it would mark the 12th time they’ve faced each other in the Fall Classic, dating all the way back to 1941 when the Yankees defeated … Read more
BOSTON – Spencer Steer shows no signs of slowing down… and despite the calendar turning to June, neither does his Mustache May. Steer continued his strong season with a go-ahead two-run homer en route to a 5-4 victory for the Reds over the Red Sox on Wednesday night at Fenway Park to give Cincinnati its … Read more
Read our story about the voting form, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters. With less than two months left until the first MLB All-Star Game to be played in Seattle in 22 years, Phase 1 of the balloting began on Wednesday, allowing fans to vote for the starting position … Read more
SEATTLE – The cavalry is coming. Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson and Tommy Kahnle are all headed to the West Coast and are gearing up to get involved in what projects should be a more complete roster of the Yankees ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. A source told MLB.com that … Read more
