ATLANTA – With their bullpen already taxed just two games into the second half, the New York Yankees desperately needed Marcus Stroman to provide some length on Sunday.

The right-hander — not exactly an ideal choice for the task — delivered, spinning his best and longest start of the season in the Bombers’ 4-2 win over the Atlanta ...Read more

NEW YORK — Getting a starting pitcher through six innings is a victory in and of itself for the New York Mets these days, so to get a starter through six with a lead feels like an even bigger accomplishment.

A one-run lead is never enough for the Mets’ bullpen, and Edwin Diaz gave up the tying run trying for a four-out save in the top of ...Read more

WASHINGTON – There would be no regrets on Sunday.

The San Diego Padres scored five runs in the first inning, added on in both the second and third and then settled into an 8-1 rout of the Washington Nationals that completed a series win.

That was the Padres’ response to knowing they had blown it the night before.

They had played well but ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — On a warm, sticky day in Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Angels didn’t have to sweat.

The Angels scored five runs in the second inning and never looked back on their way to an 8-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Right-hander José Soriano gave up two runs in seven innings and the entire lineup produced. They ...Read more

This was shaping up to be a disastrous start to the second half for the Boston Red Sox, who couldn’t buy a run through the first two and a half games of this weekend’s series at Wrigley Field.

Then Wilyer Abreu stepped to the plate in the top of the seventh, and suddenly everything changed.

Abreu hit two home runs from the seventh inning ...Read more

Too little, too late.

That’s how it went for the San Francisco Giants Sunday in absorbing a three-game sweep at the hands of the A.L. East-leading Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Center.

Trailing 7-2, the Giants (52-48) climbed within a run with a four-run sixth inning but ultimately fell 8-6 in losing their fifth straight game, including two ...Read more

SEATTLE — When the Seattle Mariners needed it most, the rookie came through Saturday.

In a game that featured a blown three-run lead from the bullpen, a near bench-clearing incident after multiple hit batters, and a wacky sequence in the bottom of the 10th, Seattle finally sent their fans home happy with a walkoff single from Cole Young in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ recently slumping offense was better Saturday night.

But for a team that has struggled to gain traction and string together wins for almost a month, even a seven-run, 10-hit performance wasn’t quite enough.

In an 8-7 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, the Dodgers put a badly-needed crooked number on the...Read more

ATLANTA — The Yankees won a wild — and at times sloppy — game on Saturday, defeating the Braves, 12-9, after Trent Grisham demolished a two-out grand slam in the ninth inning at Truist Park.

Grisham’s go-ahead bomb broke an 8-8 tie at the end of a chaotic contest. The homer, the outfielder’s 17th of the year, came against Raisel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — This is who the San Diego Padres are. This is how they lose.

What they do has been enough to win more often than not this season. But what they don’t do is why they have lost more often than it seems they should.

“We created the opportunities,” Jake Cronenworth said Saturday night. “And we just didn’t execute.”

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DENVER — Anyone lucky enough to witness a series-clinching win by the 2025 Colorado Rockies might as well make a wish. It’s about as rare as spotting a shooting star over Coors Field.

Thanks, no doubt, in part to the family-friendly tradition of Star Wars night at the ballpark, 42,131 paid to witness one on Saturday night — a 10-6 runaway...Read more

PHOENIX — The bruising contact Cardinals starter Sonny Gray allowed to Diamondbacks hitters Saturday at Chase Field left him with more than his rockiest outing of this season.

The veteran starter surrendered a career-high nine runs and matched a career high in earned runs allowed with eight across 3 1/3 innings in a 10-1 loss against Arizona....Read more

The Red Sox didn’t take advantage of Rob Refsnyder’s first-pitch leadoff double, and the Chicago Cubs made them regret it.

In front of a roaring crowd at Wrigley Field on Saturday night, the home team clubbed five homers in a 6-0 drubbing, and took the series from their Boston visitors.

Michael Busch and Kyle Tucker opened the bottom of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It took just one game coming out of the All-Star break for Dave Roberts to know Mookie Betts still wasn't right.

A week ago, Roberts was hopeful that Betts — coming off his first missed All-Star Game in a decade — would return from the break refocused and rejuvenated; ready to snap out of a career-worst start to his season ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Baltimore Orioles’ season is slipping away.

Having lost three straight by a combined 26 runs, the team was in dire need of a way out of a slump that had the potential to effectively end the campaign early with the trade deadline less than two weeks away.

Dean Kremer delivered exactly what the Orioles needed Saturday night...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Alec Bohm grabbed his left side and grimaced while walking off the field in the eighth inning on Friday.

The Phillies third baseman had been hit by a pitch in the left rib cage by Yu Darvish last week in San Diego and sat out the final game before the All-Star break.

After a few days off, Bohm felt normal coming out of the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Citizens Bank Park crowd was on its feet before Kyle Schwarber even stepped in the batter’s box.

The Phillies had already scored a run in the sixth inning on a single, hit batsman, a walk and a sacrifice fly. But they were still trailing by one when José Fermin took over and walked two more batters to load the bases for ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Detroit Tigers’ season-long losing streak hit six games Saturday night, as they were beaten for the second straight night by the Texas Rangers, 4-1, at Globe Life Field.

On Friday night, lefty Patrick Corbin put Tigers hitters in a vice. On Saturday, right-hander Kumar Rocker shut them down, allowing only one hit in 6...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Few sequences have better-encapsulated the Pirates season.

Tied 4-4 Saturday night at PNC Park, Chicago White Sox outfielder Mike Tauchman lined a three-run, bases-clearing double to right-center field. Oneil Cruz crashed into the wall and gingerly rose to his feet after lying on the warning track for a few unsettling moments. �...Read more

NEW YORK — There are countless stories of David Wright’s generosity with fans, teammates and Mets staffers. The third baseman, who was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame and had his No. 5 retired Saturday afternoon at Citi Field, has long been known as a caring, genuine teammate who would drive rookies around New York City, set up dinners ...Read more