DENVER — Bo Bichette happened to the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

The son of Blake Street Bomber Dante Bichette hit two long home runs, added a single and drove in a career-high six runs as the Toronto Blue Jays pulverized the Rockies pitching in a 15-1 victory at Coors Field.

Bichette’s big night was the headline, but the Rockies’ ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Johan Oviedo’s return didn’t go as the right-hander had hoped, but the Pirates found some ninth inning magic for a 5-4 walk-off win against the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at PNC Park.

The Pirates scored two in the ninth off Giants reliever Randy Rodriguez. Up 4-3, Rodriguez allowed two to reach on a walk and a hit ...Read more

NEW YORK — One of the Yankees’ pre-trade deadline pickups is already injured.

That would be Austin Slater, who exited Monday’s game against the Texas Rangers in the first inning with left hamstring tightness. Slater suffered the injury while running to first on a fielder’s choice at Globe Life Field. He had trouble getting down the line...Read more

BOSTON — Wilyer Abreu wasn’t even originally supposed to start on Monday, and it wasn’t until Roman Anthony was scratched moments before first pitch that he took his place in right field.

The Boston Red Sox were sure glad he was there with two outs in the top of the eighth.

After bludgeoning Kansas City Royals starter Bailey Falter and ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Polar Bear is two bombs away from becoming the Mets home run king.

No. 251 brought the Mets back to within two runs of tying the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night at Citi Field. A 4 for 5 night with four RBI helped the Mets go from down five runs to down two, to down only one, and sparked the rally that tied the game.

But ...Read more

DETROIT — Baseballs were flying out of Comerica Park Monday night.

The Detroit Tigers, a little bleary after some late night travel from Philadelphia Sunday night, slugged themselves awake in the middle innings, parlaying three homers into a 6-3 win over the trade deadline-decimated Minnesota Twins, in the first of three.

They were down 2-0 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As Kyle Schwarber lifted the bat off his shoulder, “M-V-P” chants rained down from the Citizens Bank Park crowd.

The Baltimore Orioles bullpen had been stripped down to the studs last week at the trade deadline, and right-hander Yaramil Hiraldo, recalled just four days before, had the unenviable task of facing Schwarber ...Read more

CHICAGO — Michael Soroka’s Chicago Cubs debut lasted only two innings.

Soroka departed after the second inning Monday against the Cincinnati Reds due to right shoulder discomfort. Television cameras captured Soroka talking to pitching coach Tommy Hottovy and head athletic trainer Nick Frangella in the dugout between innings.

Right-hander ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees Maeda move for some starting pitching depth on Monday.

The Bombers announced that Kenta Maeda has signed a minor league deal with the club. The Japanese right-hander was assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Now in his ninth MLB season, the 37-year-old Maeda began the year with the Detroit Tigers before posting a...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are leading the majors in on-base-plus-slugging percentage as an offense this year. They are second in the National League in scoring, and third in team batting average.

They have the league's top players in hitting (Will Smith batting .324 and Freddie Freeman batting .306) and OPS (Shohei Ohtani at .982 and Smith at...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs acquired Kyle Tucker from the Houston Astros in December as the missing superstar in the lineup, and his strong start helped fuel expectations that a return to the World Series wasn’t just a pipe dream.

The Cubs acquired Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals last week at the trade deadline to help fill a ...Read more

CHICAGO — A baseball season is a six-month journey with some lulls in between, but seldom does a stretch define a team like this one could define the 2025 Chicago Cubs.

From the finale of the City Series to the showdown with the Milwaukee Brewers to the trade deadline to Friday’s and Saturday’s tributes to Ryne Sandberg at Wrigley Field, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Greg Maddux Tarp Sliding Bobblehead Day at Wrigley Field on Sunday began with Chicago Cubs fans chanting for a 100-year-old man as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

And it ended with 40-year-old Justin Turner smoking a pinch-hit, two-run, walk-off home run into the left-field bleachers in the ninth inning, sending the Cubs to...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Edmundo Sosa stood on the infield, spikes planted in the dirt, unable to conceal a smile.

But the sigh of relief said it all.

Sosa had just backhanded a one-hopper and made a flat-footed throw from third base to home plate. Sounds easy, right? Well, except for the runner in the baseline who was blocking Sosa from a clear line ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As the umpires conferred on Friday night to determine whether Bryson Stott had beaten out the throw to first base, the control room above left field at Citizens Bank Park was holding its collective breath.

The go-ahead run hinged on the umpires’ call. If the Phillies broke the tie with the Tigers in the eighth, that meant ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Orioles managed to put together another late rally, but this time the Cubs punched back.

After orchestrating a late comeback to beat the Cubs on Saturday, Baltimore showed more of the same fight by erasing 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to send Sunday afternoon’s game to the ninth inning tied. However, Justin Turner hit a two-run walk-...Read more

DENVER — Don Kelly had seen this movie before — twice in the same weekend, actually. On Friday and Saturday, the Pirates jumped out to a large lead, only to let it slip away late.

A similar script looked to be unfolding Sunday afternoon. The Pirates hit Rockies starter Bradley Blalock hard, carving out a seven-run advantage through six ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels needed that one.

After losing their previous three games and facing the specter of a sweep at the hands of the team with the worst record in the American League, the Angels rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox, 8-5, on Sunday afternoon.

Taylor Ward hit a walk-off three-run homer to end it...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Dylan Cease who is staying was a little better than the one who was going.

The Padres’ offense sputtered a bit but got one big hit and then a couple more.

Their augmented bullpen did its job almost as prescribed and eventually to the end.

It was far more complicated that it needed to be, but the Padres eventually beat the ...Read more