By Melanie Martinez-Lopez, Anthony DiComo and Todd Zolecki
June 8, 2024
LONDON -- The London Series is now officially in full swing. In front of 53,882 fans, the Phillies had 11 hits, including three home runs, to win the first game of the series, 7-2, over the Mets on a crisp Saturday evening at London Stadium. “I think it was great.
By Juan Toribio @juanctoribio
12:42 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- In the Dodgers’ two trips to New York this season, Teoscar Hernández has been a busy man. With a large presence from his native Dominican Republic, Hernández has done at least a couple of pregame interviews before each game, in Queens and now in the Bronx. When
By David Adler @_dadler
June 8, 2024
NEW YORK -- First place vs. first place. Rival vs. rival. The Yankees-Dodgers series at Yankee Stadium this weekend began with an instant classic on Friday night before the Dodgers cruised to an 11-3 victory on Saturday to win the series. Will the Yankees salvage Sunday's finale of the series,
By Brian Murphy @Spokes_Murphy
June 8, 2024
Saturday marked the beginning of the 2024 MLB London Series, the third time Major League Baseball has hosted regular-season games in the United Kingdom. And Game 1 of the two-game set looked pretty familiar to Phillies fans. Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos went deep for the top scoring offense in
By Brian Murphy @Spokes_Murphy
12:12 AM EDT
Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters. As you examine your 2024 MLB All-Star ballot, consider how many players have a chance to break into the starting lineup for the first time. As Mookie Betts and Bryce Harper
By Brian Murphy @Spokes_Murphy
June 8, 2024
Jayson Werth has gone from champion on the diamond to champion on the racetrack. The racehorse that Werth co-owns, Dornoch, won the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Dornoch put Werth into the winner’s circle 16 years after he was
By Thomas Harrigan @HarriganMLB
1:30 AM EDT
It might be too early to say the Pirates have MLB’s top starting pitcher duo. But with the way rookie phenoms Paul Skenes and Jared Jones are pitching so far, each turn through Pittsburgh’s rotation brings us closer to that reality. The latest act from Pittsburgh’s electric tandem? Shutting down
By Bryan Hoch
12:48 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- The Yankees may be without Juan Soto for this weekend’s series against the Dodgers, with manager Aaron Boone saying on Saturday that it will “at least be a couple of days” before the outfielder resumes play. Soto underwent an MRI on Friday that showed inflammation, but no
June 8, 2024
LONDON -- Bryce Harper thought long and hard about how he was going to celebrate his home runs in the London Series. Right at the heart of the country that loves football -- known as soccer in the U.S. -- there was only one right answer. He did it like
By Cole Jacobson @ColeJacobson32
June 8, 2024
The Reds clinched a series victory with a 4-3 win on Saturday afternoon over the Cubs, moving past Chicago for sole possession of second place in the NL Central and extending their winning streak to seven games. “We got a really good lineup. The guys are throwing the ball the
By Manny Randhawa @MannyOnMLB
June 8, 2024
The Dodgers-Yankees weekend showdown in the Bronx is the marquee matchup of the season so far, a battle of baseball behemoths with a rich history and stacked rosters. A classic series opener inside Yankee Stadium befitting that matchup thrilled us on Friday night, when the Dodgers won, 2-1, in extra
By Jake Rill @JakeDRill
June 8, 2024
ST. PETERSBURG -- A lot of numbers can be used to convey how impressive the defending American League East champion Orioles have again been during the 2024 season. One can best showcase how dominant they were Saturday evening at Tropicana Field. That would be 26 -- the number of consecutive
By Brian Murphy @Spokes_Murphy
1:38 AM EDT
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By Bryan Hoch
12:58 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- Juan Soto seemed lost. Unable to swing a bat as he deals with inflammation in his left forearm, the slugger occupied his time with a variety of tasks in the dugout on Saturday evening, refreshing Gerrit Cole’s cup of Gatorade during a television interview and counseling Anthony
By Paige Leckie @paige_leckie
12:24 AM EDT
MIAMI -- Steven Kwan: Spark plug. That's how Guardians manager Stephen Vogt described his leadoff hitter before Cleveland's 8-0 win over Miami on Saturday night at loanDepot park. Vogt ended up being more right than he could have anticipated. In just his fifth game since returning from the injured list
By Anne Rogers @anne__rogers
June 8, 2024
KANSAS CITY -- On Aug. 11, 2023, Adam Frazier struck out swinging against his former Seattle teammate, Luis Castillo, on a slider down and in, leading to a bewildered swing from the then-Orioles utilityman. Now with the Royals, Frazier entered Saturday’s matchup against Castillo and the Mariners thinking about that
By Joe Trezza @JoeTrezz
June 8, 2024
You can expect to see this in the American League East for years to come. It's easy to foresee Orioles top prospect Jackson Holliday and Yankees top prospect Jasson Domínguez having plenty of head-to-head matchups in one of MLB's most competitive divisions going forward. This weekend they competed against one
By Steve Kornacki
June 8, 2024
DETROIT -- The prospect is producing. Jackson Chourio’s go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning was the difference maker in Saturday afternoon’s 5-4 victory over the Tigers at Comerica Park, clinching the series win ahead of Sunday’s finale. While the rookie outfielder entered the game with a modest .209 batting
By Brian McTaggart
30 minutes ago
ANAHEIM -- Nobody was safe in Angel Stadium on Saturday night from the thunderous swings of slugger Yordan Alvarez. Not Angels starter Tyler Anderson, who gave up a double and a homer, and certainly not hard-throwing reliever Ben Joyce, who couldn’t blow a 103.9 mph fastball past Alvarez in the
By Sonja Chen @sonjamchen
June 8, 2024
OAKLAND -- There were several close calls in the past, but for several reasons -- from weather to extra innings -- Kevin Gausman had yet to truly go the distance in his 12-year big league career. At last, everything lined up as Gausman twirled the first nine-inning shutout of his
By Kenny Van Doren @thevandalorian
1:47 AM EDT
The Pacific Coast League has been characterized as different compared to its Minor League Baseball counterparts, and the El Paso Chihuahuas’ victory Saturday is a prime example why. El Paso accomplished a feat that seemingly looked impossible at Southwest University Park. Trailing by 14 runs in the fourth inning, the
By Jordan Bastian
June 8, 2024
CINCINNATI -- Cubs second baseman Nico ho*rner went through running drills in left field at Great American Ball Park on Saturday afternoon and wrapped up his workout by signing autographs for a group of fans watching from the stands. When fans can see him take the field again is less
By Todd Zolecki
June 8, 2024
LONDON -- Bryce Harper had been thinking about a memorable way to celebrate a home run in London. He thought big. He thought football. So moments after Harper crushed a game-tying solo home run to right field in the fourth inning of Saturday’s 7-2 victory over the Mets in the
By AJ Cassavell
1:36 AM EDT
SAN DIEGO -- A day before the Padres slugged three homers and mauled the Diamondbacks, 13-1, on a rowdy Saturday night at Petco Park, manager Mike Shildt sat at the podium for his postgame press conference and reflected on his team’s sudden power surge. “Let’s not kid ourselves,” Shildt said.