With Walker Buehler on the mound Friday night, the Dodgers didn’t have to rely on their bats. Buehler, a rookie right-hander, held the Cardinals to two hits in eight innings as the Dodgers won, 3-0, at Busch Stadium to pull into a tie with the Cardinals for the second National League Wild Card spot.
Ian Happ’s three-run homer in the seventh inning provided the decisive blow on Friday night during the Cubs’ win against the Reds at Wrigley Field. Chicago starter Cole Hamels held Cincinnati to two runs over his 6 2/3 innings and struck out seven, and Jorge De La Rosa picked up his first career save with a scoreless ninth. Jose Peraza and Joey Votto hit back-to-back homers for the Reds in the loss.
Perhaps it was more than chitchat when Aaron Boone commented that his Yankees seem “eager to prove to the baseball world that we’re an elite club.” Then again, they’ve played like world-beaters against the Blue Jays all season long.
Khris Davis led off the top of the tenth inning with a towering home run to give Oakland a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay on Friday.
Juan Soto continued his push toward locking up the NL Rookie of the Year Award, swatting a first-pitch fastball from Kevin Gausman over the left-center-field wall for a solo home run in the fourth inning. It was Soto’s 20th home run of the year, the third-most ever by a teenager in MLB history.
Juan Soto continued his push toward locking up the NL Rookie of the Year Award, swatting a first-pitch fastball from Kevin Gausman over the left-center-field wall for a solo home run in the fourth inning. It was Soto’s 20th home run of the year, the third-most ever by a teenager in MLB history.
Josh Donaldson’s first home run for the Indians was a solo shot to tie the game at 2-2 in the sixth inning against the Tigers at Progressive Field on Friday night.
LAS VEGAS — Erik Jones surprised the field by winning the pole Friday for the opening race of the NASCAR Cup series playoffs, turning a lap in 28.705 seconds and narrowly edging Joey Logano. Jones opened the first weekend of NASCAR’s 10-race postseason by earning his second career pole in his Joe
Veteran umpire Tom Hallion has some explaining to do after seemingly attempting to block the New York Mets walk-off celebration on Thursday. According to the New York Post, Major League Baseball officials are expected to question the veteran umpire for
