5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (264+ words) All-Star Bryan Baker got the final four outs for his majors-leading 40th save. He has converted 29 consecutive opportunities, the longest active streak in the majors. Baker helped the Rays improve their AL East lead to four games with 14 games remaining. Victor…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (280+ words) The White Sox had just two hits in losing for the eighth time in 11 games. Chicago’s AL Central lead over idle Cleveland slipped to 1 1/2 games. Jones (4-6), making his 40th career start, allowed leadoff walks in the third and fourth innings and…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (229+ words) Smith connected on a splitter for the first home run off Duran (2-6) since May 22. Philadelphia dropped four games behind NL East-leading Atlanta heading into a three-game series at the Braves starting Friday. Houston started the day with a two-game lead…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (317+ words) The Dodgers’ sweep helped them reduce their magic number to six for clinching their 13th NL West title in 14 years without injured Shohei Ohtani or Freddie Freeman in the lineup. They broke out for six runs in the fourth and had…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (319+ words) Rafael Flores Jr. added an RBI single to help the Pirates win for the eighth time in 10 games to climb back to.500. Pittsburgh used eight pitchers to hand the White Sox a second straight loss and their seventh in their…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (283+ words) The Diamondbacks’ winning streak ended at four and they fell a half-game behind San Diego for the third wild card in the National League. It was the third straight series in which the Royals won the final game to avoid…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (276+ words) Jackson Chourio and William Contreras also homered for majors-leading Milwaukee (91-56). The Cubs (81-66) scored five runs in the ninth, starting with four walks by Brandon Sproat. Abner Uribe relieved and gave up an RBI single, a run-scoring ground out and a…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (274+ words) Jose Siri added a two-run shot and Denzer Guzman a long solo homer for the Angels, who won consecutive games for the first time since taking three straight against Texas on Aug. 11-13. Winning for just the fourth time in 15 games,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (430+ words) Ohtani has been managing lingering soreness in his right biceps and left knee for weeks now, but he waited until after Tuesday night’s game to tell the training staff about his arm after playing Monday. “There was a swing Monday…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (191+ words) Eldridge drove in three runs and extended his on-base streak to 18 games. Left-hander Matt Wilkinson (1-3) pitched two shutout innings for his first major-league win. Trent Harris worked a scoreless ninth for his first career save. Rookie Leo Bernal hit a…...