DETROIT -- In a game that featured four home runs by the Reds and an 11-1 rout of a Tigers club with baseball's best record, how did shortstop Elly De La Cruz still manage to stand out the most at Comerica Park on Saturday? By preventing a run and stopping

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals made an addition to their “ruffster” on Saturday. Bruce the Bat Dog was called up from Triple-A Rochester to make his Major League debut in a pregame bat retrieval ceremony at Nationals Park.

BOSTON – With three Minor League rehab games under Giancarlo Stanton’s belt and a fourth nixed on Saturday due to concerns about inclement weather, the Yankees slugger could be taking his next official swings in a big league batter’s box. Stanton was not in the lineup for Double-A Somerset on

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Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is off to a phenomenal slugging start. He entered Friday's game against the Guardians -- not even halfway through June -- with an MLB-best 26 home runs, which, combined with his Platinum Glove defense, might end up having him in the conversation for one of the

Backed by a historic partnership with Major League Baseball, the Athletes Unlimited Softball League has launched its inaugural season and will be pitting its four teams against each other until the championship weekend in late July. Thanks to the widest broadcast distribution of any season in any sport under the

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Imagine if Brooks Lee gets two hits on Saturday for the Twins and his longest active MLB hitting streak jumps from 13 to 15 games. It doesn't work that way on the field, but in Beat the Streak, two hits in one day can mean two games added to your

We are only one week into the Athletes Unlimited Softball League season, but we might have already seen the game of the year on Saturday afternoon between the Talons and the Blaze in Chattanooga, Tenn. The two clubs combined for 26 runs and 29 hits in a 14-12 win for

CHICAGO -- Ian Happ cracked a smile recently when asked about the pickoff move that Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd has used to nab unsuspecting runners at first base. “His pickoff move, it’s gross,” Happ said. “It looks exactly like a slide step. I remember the report when we played him

WASHINGTON -- On Saturday morning, less than 12 hours after the Marlins’ series opener vs. the Nationals ended (12:35 a.m. ET), Eric Wagaman stood on the stairs in the visiting dugout at Nationals Park, just a few steps down from the field. Glove in hand, he stared out at the

SEATTLE -- Cade Smith took a 106.6 mph comebacker to the face, and didn’t even go down. At least, that’s what it looked like at first, when the right-handed reliever threw an 0-1 splitter to Seattle first baseman Rowdy Tellez and found it coming right back at him, a whole

LOS ANGELES -- After Giants third baseman Casey Schmitt made a costly error on a potential game-ending double play in Denver on Thursday night, Matt Chapman had a talk with him.

BOSTON – When Garrett Crochet came back out for the top of the ninth in pursuit of the first shutout of his career, and against the Yankees no less, you could feel the electricity at Fenway Park. Friday night’s house of 36,622 roared with anticipation. Just a few minutes later,

SAN DIEGO -- The Diamondbacks have been hit with some tough losses recently with ace Corbin Burnes and closer Justin Martinez suffering injuries that require Tommy John surgery, but that hasn’t stopped them from winning games. Arizona ran its winning streak to four games by beating the Padres, 5-1, on

DETROIT -- The Reds made a pair of transactions for added depth in Triple-A on Saturday. First, Cincinnati swung a trade by acquiring right-handed pitcher Brian Van Belle from the Red Sox for cash considerations. In a separate move, infielder/outfielder Ryan Vilade was claimed off waivers from the Cardinals.

PHILADELPHIA -- For more than a month now, Ranger Suárez has been, well, Ranger Suárez. No overpowering fastball. No knee-buckling breaking ball. Little fanfare. Just casually strolling to the mound, mowing down opposing hitters and sauntering back to the dugout.

NEW YORK -- One thing can be said about the 2025 Rays. If they are behind by four runs or more, don’t expect them to lay down and die. Just ask their American League East rivals like the Yankees and Red Sox. The Rays were at Citi Field on Friday

BOSTON – The Yankees were two outs from defeat Friday night, and Aaron Judge needed a new bat. Rifling through the weathered rack in the damp Fenway Park visitors’ dugout, the Yankees’ captain pulled 35 inches of fresh lumber and hoped to reverse fortunes against Garrett Crochet, the left-handed ace

Two top 2025 MLB Draft prospects teamed up Friday night to provide a thrilling conclusion to Day 1 of the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Oregon State shortstop Aiva Arquette (MLB Pipeline’s No. 6 Draft prospect) sped home from first on a ninth-inning double by left fielder Gavin

NEW YORK -- The Mets will delay their Frankie Montas conundrum at least one more week. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Saturday that Montas will receive an additional Minor League start as he works his way back from a strained right lat muscle. For Montas, the problem has not been health

DETROIT -- The last time the Tigers had a player drive in 200 runs before turning 25, Travis Fryman was slugging his way out of Alan Trammell’s shadow and establishing himself as an All-Star. That was three decades ago, and Fryman went on to four All-Star selections as a Tiger

MILWAUKEE -- Pat Murphy strode toward his ace Freddy Peralta on Friday night at American Family Field, and it appeared the starter’s night was done. Peralta thought so. Peralta had just hit a batter and surrendered a single that put the go-ahead runner on third base with two outs in

KANSAS CITY -- Home has been anywhere but Sutter Health Park for Luis Severino this season. Despite making just his second start at Kauffman Stadium since 2018 on Friday, Severino couldn’t have looked more comfortable more than 1,400 miles from his home park. The Athletics' ace continued his unconventional trend

Sydney McKinney needed to work on hitting the inside pitch. So Bandits assistant coach Mike Lotief came up with some unorthodox ideas for how to ensure McKinney could get the barrel of her bat out in time to catch inside offerings from opposing pitchers in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.