LOS ANGELES -- The clubhouse postgame was dead silent. Boos rained down onto the field at Dodger Stadium. But for a brief moment, Shohei Ohtani roared the crowd back to life.

• Box score: Phillies 9, Dodgers 6 Ohtani pitched five no-hit innings against the NL East champion Phillies on

LOS ANGELES -- Rafael Marchán watched the ball hit the top of the right-field fence at Dodger Stadium and skip into the stands for a go-ahead, three-run home run in the ninth inning. It looked like he skipped his way onto first base, too. “I knew I hit the ball

KANSAS CITY -- Cal Raleigh etched his name into the record books alongside baseball legends Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr. with two swings Thursday night. And his chase isn’t over.

PITTSBURGH -- When Cubs rookie Cade Horton walked off the mound on July 9 after just 4 2/3 innings in his final start of the first half, not even the highest of optimists could have predicted the turnaround he had in store. At the time, Horton sported a 4.45 ERA

NEW YORK -- For as much as the Mets have struggled, for as much as they have turned the act of making the playoffs into a tenuous proposition, there’s still a notion around the league that no one wants to play them in October. That may seem counterintuitive for a

MINNEAPOLIS -- New York’s mindset Tuesday night was to flush what happened 24 hours earlier. Offensively, the Bronx Bombers did so in spades by pounding Minnesota for an early nine-run lead before a tough outing from a reliever resulted in a nail-biting 10-9 win at Target Field.

The postseason -- which is so, so close now -- is more than anything a way to make new memories, ones fans will hold onto for the rest of their lives. But the postseason is also something else: It is a way to try to erase old memories that aren’t

​​DETROIT -- As Tim Herrin took in the atmosphere at Comerica Park with his teammates on Tuesday, there was a familiar feeling in the air. Nearly a year ago, the Guardians and Tigers were at this ballpark, duking it out in what ultimately was an instant-classic American League Division Series.

PHOENIX -- It's getting real. Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo summed up the feeling in a victorious home clubhouse following Arizona's 6-5 walk-off win over the Giants on Tuesday night in a matchup of two Wild Card contenders at Chase Field. Arizona's postseason hopes were seemingly gone after selling at the

TAMPA -- Welcome to the wild and wacky adventures of Nathan Lukes and the right-field fans. In a bizarre, 15-minute sequence Tuesday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Lukes found himself on the right and wrong end of two home runs in Toronto’s 6-5 win. By the time his own

MILWAUKEE -- If the Brewers had their way, they would bottle up this version of Freddy Peralta and keep him stashed away for Game 1 of a postseason series. Christian Yelich, too. The Brewers’ stars led the way to a 9-2 win over the Angels at American Family Field on

HOUSTON -- All’s well that ends well. That’s all that mattered for the Astros on Tuesday, when a big lead over the Rangers gave way to a white-knuckle ending in which manager Joe Espada was forced to bring in closer Bryan Abreu despite having a five-run lead entering the eighth

Since joining the Mets in 2021, Francisco Lindor has turned into the face of the franchise. Prior to Tuesday’s 8-3 win against the Padres, however, Francisco watched his wife, Katia, steal the show.

Though we’re still a couple weeks away from the start of the postseason, it’s never too early to start talking about the topic that captures our attention every winter: free agency. In this roundtable, MLB.com examines the possibilities for Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, who will enter free agency for

PITTSBURGH -- For the final time this season, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was cued and subsequently blasted over PNC Park’s sound system. A highlight video of Paul Skenes blowing pitches by hitters played on the scoreboard, punctuated by him signing his name on the camera lens. One last turn

Until expansion came along in 1961, Major League Baseball was usually played in 16 ballparks each season, at most. And with no Interleague Play, a team would only have games in eight of those venues in a year. So when Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927, he went

NEW YORK -- Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez, who is already playing through a sprained UCL in his right thumb and a broken left pinky, exited Tuesday’s 8-3 win over the Padres in the eighth inning after being hit by yet another pitch -- this one on his left arm. But

DETROIT -- The sigh of relief heard downtown on Monday came from Comerica Park, where Tarik Skubal threw his usual between-starts mound session in the Tigers' bullpen without any recurrence of the left-side tightness that prompted his early exit from Friday’s start in Miami. Barring an unforeseen setback, Skubal will

Geraldo Perdomo has flown under the radar all season, but his second-half surge is demanding attention -- from fans and National League MVP voters alike. The D-backs shortstop has quietly emerged as one of the best players in baseball, contributing across the board for an Arizona team that finds itself

The Single-A, High-A and Double-A regular seasons are now over, but there are still plenty of top prospects in action. The A-level leagues have moved to the championship rounds and Double-A clubs are starting the playoffs, meaning there are just 22 combined teams still playing (out of 90 total), but

KANSAS CITY – On a night when Cal Raleigh made both Major League Baseball and Mariners history, Dominic Canzone was not-so-quietly entering the record books as well. Starting at designated hitter for the first time this season, Canzone went 5-for-5 and clobbered three homers in the Mariners’ 12-5 win over

ST. LOUIS – Of the many stellar qualities that Michael McGreevy has displayed over the final stages of the 2024 and ’25 seasons – composure in big spots, a heavy sinker that induces ground balls at a high rate and a crafty six-pitch mix – the ones the Cardinals have

TAMPA -- Bo Bichette's regular season is over, John Schneider said Tuesday, and all eyes now shift to October. There’s still no hard timeline for Bichette’s return from a sprained PCL in his left knee, though, and won’t be until Bichette begins to ramp up his running, hitting and defensive

The 2024 Dodgers famously won the World Series in spite of their pitching, not because of it. Last year’s group had a 4.50 October ERA, one of the highest marks of any Series-winning teams ever, and you probably remember the various mound contortions they had to go through just to

DETROIT -- For a minute, the euphoria of another big Kerry Carpenter home run against the Guardians enveloped Comerica Park. His 429-foot drive to center field had brought the Tigers, down to their final out, new life against a team Carpenter loves to haunt. “I’m not sure,” Carpenter said when