Marco Gonzales came into the season as one of the Mariners’ biggest questions. But as Seattle has surged into the American League West lead, the 26-year-old southpaw continues developing into one of baseball’s best surprises. Gonzales threw 7 1/3 innings of two-run ball on Friday as the Mariners topped the Rays, 4-3.
Brett Gardner slugged a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning to spoil Jacob deGrom’s dominant effort, and Giancarlo Stanton collected yet another Citi Field homer as the Yankees rallied late to defeat the Mets, 4-1.
In the NHRA’s first visit to Virginia Motorsports Park since 2009, Courtney Force led Funny Car qualifying Friday for the inaugural Virginia NHRA Nationals.
Friday at Belmont Park had 5 stakes races: the True North (G2) won by Imperial Hint, the New York Stakes (G2) won by Fourstar Crook, the Belmont Gold Cup Invitational (G2) won by Call to Mind, the Bed o’Roses Invitational (G3) won by Lewis Bay, and the Tremont Stakes won by Our Braintrust. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg left Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants after two innings with a shoulder injury.
Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg made an early exit with a potential injury Friday night.
Masahiro Tanaka exited Friday night’s game against the Mets with an apparent injury after scoring in the top of the sixth inning.
Masahiro Tanaka exited Friday night’s game against the Mets with an apparent injury after scoring in the top of the sixth inning.
Shohei Ohtani is the best story in the sport right now, but his elbow injury is the same type that has shelved other pitchers for a season or more.
Sacramento Kings forward Garrett Temple was banned from using Uber.
