The Yankees secured their second series win of the season over their 2024 ALDS opponents on Wednesday, beating the Royals, 6-3, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

A five-run frame fueled the Bombers’ victory, as they made easy work of Kris Bubic. The left-hander entered the game with 1.43 ERA, the best of any starter in baseball, but ...Read more

BOSTON — Hunter Dobbins’ page in the 2025 Red Sox Media Guide states that his father Lance pitched for two seasons in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization from 1996-97. There are similar notes in his official MLB.com player bio and on Texas Tech baseball’s website, and over the weekend Dobbins reiterated the claim to the Boston Herald ...Read more

SEATTLE — I could say don’t panic … but this is blossoming into a disaster.

Ebbs and flows are expected in Major League Baseball, but this is ebbin’ ridiculous.

A month ago, it seemed the discussion would be whether the Mariners make the playoffs via the division crown or the wild card. Now the question seems to be whether they will be...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts wasn't pretending to be calm. He was calm.

None of this was new to him, the depleted starting rotation, the fatigued bullpen, the division rivals within striking distance.

Under similar circumstances in past seasons, Roberts pointed out, "We've gotten to the other side."

The Dodgers won a World Series like this ...Read more

It’s bordering on ridiculous.

The San Francisco Giants erased a three-run deficit by scoring four runs in the top of the eighth inning, mounting their second comeback in as many nights to defeat the Colorado Rockies, 10-7, on Wednesday night at Coors Field. They’ve tied their longest winning streak of the year at seven games, and it marks ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — It has echoes of a great theological debate: Can Byron Buxton hit a home run that even he can’t catch?

Buxton made a case for both sides Wednesday, ranging more than 100 feet to make a top-speed diving catch of a certain double by Marcus Semien of the Texas Rangers, saving two sure runs in the process. Ten minutes later, the ...Read more

BALTIMORE – The Detroit Tigers announced just before the Tigers' game against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night that right-hander Jackson Jobe will undergo elbow surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament.

He will miss the remainder of the season.

Jobe, 22, was shut down after his 10th start on May 28. He was initially diagnosed ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Zach Eflin continues to be a problem for the Tigers.

Making his sixth start after coming back from a lat strain, the 6-6 right-hander dominated the Tigers for six-plus innings, helping the Orioles even the series with a 10-1 win at Camden Yards.

In three career starts against the Tigers, he’s allowed three runs in 18 1/3 ...Read more

BOSTON — From the moment Marcelo Mayer was drafted No. 4 overall in the 2021 MLB draft, Red Sox fans have dreamed of how his sweet left-handed swing would play at Fenway Park.

Wednesday evening, fans got to see it for themselves.

Mayer enjoyed his big Fenway breakout, cranking two home runs in the club’s 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — There was a one-handed finish. A slow stroll out of the batter’s box. And a leisurely, long-awaited trip around the bases.

It’d been a while since Teoscar Hernández last admired such a momentous home run ball.

It was a sight the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers had come to sorely miss.

Ever since returning from an adductor ...Read more

PHOENIX — The guy who made sure the vibes were always good in the Mariners' clubhouse during his time with the club sent his former team back to Seattle with a very opposite feeling.

The Mariners' vibes right now? They’re very bad.

“Baseball just kicks your ass sometimes. It’s just kind of how it is. Nobody feels sorry for us. Nobody ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Coming off a career-high seven runs allowed in his most recent start, Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore could not get through six innings for a third consecutive outing.

Facing a Blue Jays lineup with a knack for contact, Liberatore allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings that sank the Cardinals in a 5-2 loss on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. reignited his beef with Maikel Garcia on Tuesday, as the Yankees’ third baseman took issue with a tag from his Kansas City counterpart following a 10-2 win.

Chisholm left the game shortly after he stole third in the sixth inning. Chisholm got banged up on the play, hurting his neck. Garcia, trying to catch the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — After passing a Pirates legend, Andrew McCutchen stood and waved to the crowd.

McCutchen hit his 241st home run as a Pirate on Wednesday, breaking a tie with Roberto Clemente for the third-most homers in Pirates history. The homer, a three-run blast in the fifth inning, led the Pirates to a 5-2 victory against the Miami Marlins. ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There was a moment in the second inning Wednesday when it seemed like things were about to spiral out of control for Jesús Luzardo.

The Phillies left-hander had given up a historically bad 20 earned runs across his previous two starts, which had both begun to unravel shortly after his first pitch of the game. After a scoreless...Read more

ANAHEIM — Travis d’Arnaud and Nolan Schanuel rode to the rescue for the Angels, even if it was a shade late to benefit Jose Soriano.

Nearly 11 months into a home winless streak, Soriano still made the Angels’ 2-1 victory in 10 innings possible with a career-high 12 strikeouts over seven innings against the Athletics.

On an off night for ...Read more

This was bigger than just a victory over the Dodgers.

The opponent was largely immaterial for what was important in this game in the middle of June.

Yes, beating the Dodgers 11-1 at packed Petco Park on Tuesday meant the Padres moved to within a game of first place in the National League West.

But how they won is what could help them remain ...Read more

PHOENIX — Now it starts all over.

Remember when the Mariners were eight games over .500? Well, that’s gone.

That lead in the AL West? That was gone last week.

The momentum earned from that hot first six weeks, and a glimmer of optimism for the most loyal of fans? You know the answer.

For the seventh time in eight games, the Mariners ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The most important pitches for the Dodgers on Tuesday came long before the start of their game that night.

In the second of a key three-game series against the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers found themselves in an uncomfortably familiar position: Lacking an available starting pitcher amid a wave of early-season injuries, and ...Read more