ANAHEIM, Calif. — Luis Gil struck out nine and won his sixth straight start, continuing a record run by the starters, Alex Verdugo homered and the New York Yankees bounced back with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. Anthony Volpe extended his hitting streak to 21 games with two hits, … Read more
SEATTLE — J.P. Crawford drove in Jonatan Clase with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. A game dominated by pitching ended with Crawford lifting a fly ball to deep right field that allowed Clase to jog … Read more
Jake Cronenworth drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the seventh, one batter after shortstop Tim Anderson committed his second error of the inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 SAN DIEGO — Jake Cronenworth drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the seventh, one batter after shortstop Tim … Read more
NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani says he lost sleep after his translator was accused of stealing millions of dollars from the two-way baseball star. Ippei Mizuhara was fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers after the season opener on March 21 when a federal gambling investigation became public. Mizuhara agreed to plead guilty to bank and … Read more
PHOENIX — Ryan Weathers threw six dominant innings, Jake Burger hit a two-run single with two outs in the seventh and the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Sunday. The surging Marlins took two of three from the Diamondbacks for their fourth consecutive series win. Miami has won nine of 13 after starting … Read more
PITTSBURGH — Ronald Acuña Jr. left the Atlanta Braves’ 8-1 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning on Sunday after his left knee buckled, and he expects to go on the 10-day injured list. The reigning NL MVP led off the game with a double to right-center field off Martín Pérez. With Marcell … Read more
DENVER — Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer in Philadelphia’s six-run ninth inning and the Phillies rallied past the Colorado Rockies 8-4 on Saturday night for their seventh win in eight games. Trailing 3-2 in the ninth, the Phillies broke through to snap the Rockies’ five-game home winning streak. After Brandon Marsh drew a leadoff … Read more
LOVELAND, Colo. — As he coats a mold of Jackie Robinson with wax, metalsmith Alex Haines reflected on the extra importance of a project that will soon give the city of Wichita, Kansas, a replacement bronze statue of the baseball icon after thieves brazenly destroyed the original. “Many sculptures come through here,” said Haines at … Read more
DETROIT — DETROIT (AP) — Colt Keith hit his first major league home run and Kenta Maeda threw five scoreless innings in his return to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday night and snap a season-high, five-game losing streak. A season-ticket holder retrieved the ball and gave it to … Read more
CHICAGO — CHICAGO (AP) — Jorge Mateo hit a go-ahead, three-run homer and the Baltimore Orioles withstood a late Chicago comeback try and beat the White Sox 8-6 Thursday night in a game that ended on an infield fly and an interference call. Trailing 8-2 entering the bottom of the ninth inning, the White Sox … Read more
