KANSAS CITY -- On the same night Cal Raleigh passed Mickey Mantle for the most home runs in a single season by a switch-hitter, Big Dumper joined a franchise legend one swing later. Raleigh clobbered his 55th and 56th home runs of the season in the Mariners’ 12-5 win 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 early, before another poor relief outing resulted in a nail-biting 10-9 win at Target Field.

DETROIT -- The Guardians willed themselves back into the postseason picture on multiple occasions this summer when their playoff chances waned. A 10-game losing streak in July? A 1-9 stretch in August? They’ve overcome it. And here they sit in mid-September with their hopes very much alive. Cleveland opened the

MILWAUKEE -- If the Brewers could get away with it, 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

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. By the time his own shot was ruled a

HOUSTON -- The first-place Mariners had jumped out to a big lead over the Royals in Kansas City before the Astros took their first at-bats Tuesday night against the Rangers. If the Astros were going to keep pace with Seattle in the American League West race, the assignment was clear.

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

As with the MVP and Cy Young Awards, the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards will often feature familiar faces, as certain players' reputations continue to shine. But sometimes, new names join the mix to stake a claim among the best defenders in the game. That could happen again this season, as

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

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

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said during an appearance on the Talkin’ Yanks podcast on Tuesday that Aaron Judge will be in right field for Tuesday night's game against the Twins. It’s a significant development for the reigning American League MVP and his club as it will mark the first time

ST. LOUIS – Resilient all season each time they appeared to be on the verge of falling completely out of the chase for the final playoff spot in the National League, the Cardinals rode strong performances from rookies Michael McGreevy and Thomas Saggese on Tuesday to keep their postseason pulse

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

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. Three Cleveland batters and three Cleveland

BOSTON -- In recent seasons for the Red Sox, a pitcher turning in a second consecutive sparkling start like Connelly Early did to open a career would be the story of the game. But this stretch run in Boston is different in that the final score at this late juncture

NEW YORK -- So many of the Padres' playoff plans were predicated on Michael King being, well, Michael King. The guy who started Game 1 of the postseason for them last year and Opening Day in March. The guy who finished seventh in National League Cy Young voting last season

ST. LOUIS -- Like every player in the Reds' clubhouse, Andrew Abbott knew that with time running out on the season, the stakes were higher regarding the playoff race for his start on Tuesday vs. the Cardinals. That made it disappointing for Abbott that he couldn't provide a better result.

KANSAS CITY – The Royals were hoping to welcome back all three members of the top of their rotation from the injured list this week, but Seth Lugo's recovery from a low back strain hit a snag on Monday. The 35-year-old Lugo didn’t respond well to the aggressive bullpen he

Throughout baseball history, catcher has been an offensively challenged position. It’s not hard to understand why. First, catcher defense is so important that backstops are selected in large part based on their ability to block, receive, throw and work with pitchers. Second, the physical demands of the position are such

Fifty home runs in a season is quite the accomplishment. There have been just 52 50-homer seasons in Major League history. The story of 50-homer seasons begins with the Live Ball Era, in 1920, when Babe Ruth hit 54. In fact, nobody other than Ruth hit 50 or more homers