KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals needed length from veteran starter Michael Wacha on Thursday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium.

The bullpen was taxed after Wednesday’s 6-4 loss to the Texas Rangers. And a lengthy rain delay lasting 2 hours, 20 minutes on Thursday didn’t help matters.

Wacha had to eat up some innings and save the ...Read more

DENVER — Even after Alex Bregman broke through with the type of power that has been lacking too often this season, the Chicago Cubs third baseman still wasn’t satisfied.

Bregman’s two-run home run in the seventh inning Thursday was one of four Cubs extra-base hits in a 9-3 win over the Colorado Rockies to avoid a sweep at Coors Field and ...Read more

DETROIT — The big dig continues.

Buried by a miserable May, the Tigers just keep swinging — and winning — in June. They hit a season-high six home runs, including Colt Keith's first of the season, and Keider Montero was stellar in a 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on a glorious Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park.

The Tigers won their ...Read more

NEW YORK — Pitching sure is at a premium for the Mets at the moment.

Christian Scott was good, but far from great Thursday afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals. But the right-hander didn’t last long enough, forcing the bullpen to cover a lot of ground after the Mets came back to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth. A massive shot ...Read more

ANAHEIM — José Siri made sure the Angels didn’t waste another brilliant performance from Reid Detmers.

Siri’s walk-off single in the 10th gave the Angels a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.

Detmers had left with a one-run lead after seven dominant innings, but right-hander Chase Silseth gave up a game-tying homer ...Read more

TORONTO — Max Scherzer motioned for a mound visit.

The Phillies had put two runners on against him, and the veteran Toronto Blue Jays pitcher had just run to cover first base on a fielder’s choice. He wanted a breather before facing Alec Bohm.

But it didn’t work. After play resumed, Scherzer hung a slider to Bohm, and he crushed it for ...Read more

Byron Buxton is bothered by how much he’s struggled to hit with runners in scoring position this season, something he finds difficult to explain after he excelled in those same situations last year.

Maybe Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton figured out the solution Wednesday.

Buxton was moved to second in the lineup, the first time he’s ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals had been surging at the right time. After a slow start to the season, the Royals were finding ways to win.

However, the club ran into a roadblock Wednesday night.

The Royals fell, 6-4, to the Texas Rangers. KC scored in four separate innings but saw its winning streak end at three games.

KC had won ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — On a four-game losing skid and facing Shohei Ohtani, the Pirates needed a hero.

If predictions were being made, none would have expected Tyler Callihan.

Callihan blasted his first career homer, a no-doubt blast that bounced into the Allegheny River, and a go-ahead three-run shot in the eighth inning to lead the Pirates to a wild...Read more

BALTIMORE — There’s been an abundance of surprises with the Orioles this season, but perhaps the biggest has been the emergence of a reliable starting pitcher.

The team went 3-9 in Brandon Young’s starts in 2025, when the rookie recorded a 6.24 ERA. But this season has been drastically different. Baltimore moved to 9-1 in the 27-year-old�...Read more

CLEVELAND — The New York Yankees began experimenting with Jasson Domínguez in right field on Tuesday, sticking him there as he continued a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Domínguez, working his way back from an AC joint sprain, had only played one professional game in right field prior to that, and he’s only played ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants erased an eight-run deficit on Wednesday at Oracle Park and defeated the Washington Nationals, 11-10, as rookie Bryce Eldridge hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning.

San Francisco entered the bottom of the eighth inning trailing 9-1, the team’s only run of the game up to that point being a ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Drew Rasmussen struck out a career-high 13, and catcher Nick Fortes sparked a creative offense with four hits and three runs scored as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game series sweep.

Rasmussen picked up where he left off on Friday night in Miami, where he threw seven ...Read more

Tomoyuki Sugano set the tone, Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar provided the power, and Cole Carrigg turned on the juice in the Rockies’ 7-3 win over the Cubs on Tuesday night.

The Rockies never let the Chicago into the game, and the usual chants of “Let’s go Cubbies!” that envelop Coors Field were muted and infrequent.

Carrigg, making...Read more