BALTIMORE — The Orioles didn’t have a walk-off win through their first 119 games of the season.

Now, they can’t stop.

Samuel Basallo’s walk-off single in the 11th inning Tuesday lifted the Orioles to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, sending the several thousand fans remaining at Camden Yards home happy. The walk-off is the second...Read more

NEW YORK — Gleyber Torres got a hero’s welcome in his return to the Bronx Tuesday.

He got a warm ovation when he was first introduced and between innings, they ran highlights from his seven seasons with the New York Yankees.

And, to show his appreciation, he ripped a double in his first at-bat.

But by the end of the night, fans at Yankee ...Read more

CHICAGO — Waking up 4 1/2 games back of the final American League playoff spot with just 19 to play, the Tampa Bay Rays knew they had to take advantage of a three-game series against the league-worst Chicago White Sox.

They didn’t make it easy in Tuesday’s opener, letting a three-run lead get away in the middle innings, but they found a ...Read more

CLEVELAND — The Kansas City Royals are running short on time. With 17 games remaining, the Royals are banged up and fighting for their playoff lives.

Three starters are currently on the injured list. Meanwhile, the Royals’ offense continues to sputter against quality pitchers. On Tuesday, the Royals were dealt another blow to their ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Philadelphia Phillies fan secured a home run ball hit by Harrison Bader and proudly placed it in the glove of his 9-year-old son, Lincoln.

Moments later, the same fan removed the ball from his son's glove and gave it to a woman who claimed that it rightfully belonged to her.

Days after the now-viral incident occurred during ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In almost any other season, Dave Roberts might have made a different choice.

Even though Tyler Glasnow was pitching a no-hitter, Roberts would have at least considered removing the right-hander after six innings on Monday night.

Glasnow's pitch count was already at 91.

This season is unlike any other, however. Up is down, down...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The father of Rays shortstop Wander Franco summoned police Tuesday morning to attend to his son due to concerns about his well-being, according to reports from the Associated Press and several Dominican Republic news organizations.

National Police spokesperson Diego Pesqueira told the Associated Press that Franco was admitted to...Read more

After blasting a combined 10 home runs and scoring 28 runs in their previous two games, it would have been impossible for the Mariners to replicate that sort of production on Monday night

So when they had failed to score a single run against St. Louis Cardinals middling starter Miles Mikolas over the first five innings, which included ...Read more

The Padres did not exactly get to the Reds bullpen as much as the Reds bullpen was given to them on Monday night.

With 18 games remaining in the regular season and a division title and playoff seeding in the balance, the particulars don’t matter.

What does matter is that the Padres took advantage of the circumstances and came back to beat ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Royce Lewis doesn’t actually remember watching Barry Bonds hit a long home run off Troy Percival during the 2002 World Series, though his father, William, has a photo of the 3-year-old toddler sitting on his lap at Angel Stadium during that game.

But neither William nor the now-26-year-old Royce Lewis will ever forget the ...Read more

Garrett Crochet has been one of the best pitchers in baseball all season, but coming off a bizarre outing in which he allowed a season-worst seven runs, it was fair to wonder if the Red Sox ace was starting to run out of gas.

The big lefty dispelled any such concerns on Monday in Sacramento.

Crochet looked every bit his usual dominant self, ...Read more

Years ago, when Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax where at the top of the Dodgers’ pitching rotation, Drysdale missed a game to attend to some personal business. Koufax pitched a no-hitter that day.

When told about the achievement, Drysdale had one question: “Did he win?”

The Dodgers were three outs away from a combined no-hitter Monday, ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — With a smack of his glove and swift stride back to the dugout, Logan Webb celebrated a new career milestone.

“I told (catcher Patrick Bailey) before the game,” Webb said, “I’m only six away. But I’m not counting.”

The Giants ace wasn’t his most efficient, nor his most effective, against the Diamondbacks on ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola fired a sinker past Brandon Nimmo, who tipped it foul into J.T. Realmuto’s glove. As he walked off the mound, his seventh and final strikeout of the night secured, the crowd stood and clapped their appreciation.

Nola rebounded from a string of rough outings with his best start of the year on Monday night against ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Rookie pitcher Ryan Bergert has made a strong impression with the Kansas City Royals since arriving from the San Diego Padres at the trade deadline.

It wasn’t his night on Monday, however.

Bergert was chased early as the Royals lost 10-2 to the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. He allowed eight runs on 11 hits in 3 1/3 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As the pennant race intensifies, the Phillies will be forced to navigate it without their star shortstop and third baseman.

Ahead of a pivotal series against the New York Mets, shortstop Trea Turner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Third baseman Alec Bohm joins him on the IL with a sore ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was like Orel Hershiser could hear what Dodger fans were screaming at their TV.

Because, as slumping closer Tanner Scott came trotting into a nightmare ninth inning in Baltimore on Saturday night, the club's color analyst on SportsNet LA immediately tried to offer a rationalization for his entrance.

"You might be asking, why...Read more

DENVER — The San Diego Padres won’t get very far next month without Manny Machado rounding back into form. The same goes for Dylan Cease.

The two stars aligned on Sunday.

Machado’s first-inning homer got the offense started on a good, old-fashioned Coors Field romp, Dylan Cease turned in his best start in nearly a month and an 8-1 win ...Read more