MILWAUKEE — It looked like Quinn Priester was going to avoid the big inning. Instead, he delayed the inevitable for a frame.

Despite Priester stranding runners at the corners in the first inning Tuesday night at American Family Field, the Brewers tagged him for four runs in the second en route to the Pirates losing, 4-3.

In the inning, the ...Read more

The Yankees’ 5-1 win didn’t start off on the best note in Minnesota on Tuesday, but things quickly fell in their favor after Carlos Rodón surrendered a leadoff homer to Ryan Jeffers on his second pitch of the game.

Oswaldo Cabrera swiftly tied the contest in the second inning, plating Anthony Rizzo with a sacrifice fly. Anthony Volpe then ...Read more

BOSTON — The Rays had several chances to win Tuesday’s game and failed to take advantage.

As a result, they lost in the 12th inning, 5-4 to the Red Sox.

Romy Gonzalez singled in the winning run off Manuel Rodriguez with no outs in the 12th, scoring Connor Wong, the runner placed at second. The Rays walked Tyler O’Neill intentionally to ...Read more

DETROIT — At first, you wondered who was going to blink first. Then you thought maybe neither would blink at all.

Neither did.

Tigers’ right-hander Reese Olson and Marlins’ lefty Ryan Weathers put on an impressive display of pitching Tuesday night. They both hung zeros for eight innings before turning it over to their respective bullpens...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — As far as rehab starts go, it doesn’t get much better than the four perfect innings Blake Snell threw for Single-A San Jose earlier this week. The reigning National League Cy Young winner will, however, make one more tuneup before rejoining the Giants’ starting rotation.

As the Giants play host to the Rockies on Friday, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles’ sweepless streak is in danger for the second time in the past week.

Baltimore’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday evening was postponed because of inclement weather. The wet conditions and forecast of more rain made it difficult to envision getting the game, originally scheduled for 6:35 p.m., in at a ...Read more

ATLANTA — As bullpen injuries continue to pile up, the Chicago Cubs have traded for a familiar arm.

The Cubs acquired right-hander Tyson Miller for minor league infielder Jake Slaughter. The organization is very familiar with Miller, who was a fourth-round pick of the Cubs in 2016. Miller was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers in 2021 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Aaron Nola unleashed a cutter, inside and at the knees. It was his 59th pitch, a cross between nasty and unhittable. It went for a called third strike for the 15th out against the 15th Mets batter.

And if you didn’t think then that something special might’ve been in the air at Citi Field, consider this: It was the late Roy ...Read more

You’re the manager perched on the top step of the dugout. Two outs in the ninth inning, score tied, your runner at third base.

Next up is your hitter whose swing generates the fastest bat speed in all of Major League Baseball. Does he hit or do you send up a pinch-hitter whose swing is slower than anyone else in baseball?

Seems like a no-...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — When the season ends, and the Dodgers reflect on their 162-game journey through the schedule, the details of Monday’s game against the San Francisco Giants aren’t likely to be remembered.

The result probably will be lumped in with dozens of others, another indistinguishable thread in the tapestry of a six-month season.

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Irritable and untouchable, George Kirby blissfully found his comfort zone Monday night.

The Mariners’ right-hander threw seven shutout innings, scattering three hits (all singles) with no walks and six strikeouts in a dominant 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series before a crowd of 14,984 at T-Mobile ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Before there was the bruise that put the Cardinals ahead there was the blast that sparked them and the familiar presence that lifted them.

Given a second chance and left with an impression, Paul Goldschmidt was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to break a tie game in the seventh and contribute to what became a seven-run,...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Rockies walked the high-wire Monday night at Petco Park.

Their pitchers teetered and tottered. They walked 11 Padres batters. Count ’em, 11.

But somehow, someway, the Rockies held on to win 5-4, notching their fifth consecutive win.

The Padres loaded the bases in the ninth against Jalen Beeks on three walks but Beeks got ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Monday’s game could give the innings after Paul Skenes’ MLB debut a run for their money.

The Pirates built a five-run and nearly blew it, Mitch Keller spun six scoreless and Bryan Reynolds set a career-high with five hits. By the end of a wacky night at American Family Field, the Pirates beat the Brewers, 8-6.

Reynolds’ ...Read more

NEW YORK — The trumpets blared, the music played, and Mr. and Mrs. Met danced on the dugout. Then, after the coolest closer entrance was complete, the Phillies coolly sent Edwin Díaz back to the dugout.

Game over? Not exactly.

Playing without Trea Turner and J.T. Realmuto, and with Kyle Schwarber able to only pinch hit in the ninth inning, ...Read more

BOSTON — The Rays got off to a good start taking their revamped show on the road.

Seeking to extend the momentum from a 6-3 homestand, they opened a seven-game trip against American League East foes Boston and Toronto on Monday with a 5-3 win over the Red Sox.

The Rays got off to a quick start with a hand from the Red Sox, and took a 3-0 ...Read more

The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling in favor of the Oakland Athletics, rejecting a Nevada teachers union political action committee’s effort to put the team’s Las Vegas ballpark public financing on November’s ballot.

An order filed Monday backed a November decision by District Judge James Todd Russell in favor of A’s ...Read more

DETROIT — It took Spencer Torkelson 164 plate appearances to hit his first home this year.

It took him four to hit his second.

He unloaded on a two-strike slider from right-hander Anthony Maldonado with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. His 446-foot moonshot, a two-run homer, sent the Tigers to a 6-5 win over the Miami Marlins in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Playing extra innings for the third time in five games, the Orioles couldn’t match the Toronto Blue Jays’ 10th-inning rally Monday as they spoiled Adley Rutschman’s first career multi-home run game and six innings of one-run ball by Corbin Burnes in a 3-2 loss at Camden Yards.

Burnes tossed his third consecutive quality ...Read more

The Oakland Athletics can proceed with plans for their proposed Las Vegas ballpark without worrying that Nevada voters might repeal $380 million in public funding before the team could start construction, based on a Nevada Supreme Court ruling issued Monday.

The A’s have yet to reveal a plan to finance the balance of the estimated $1.5-...Read more