Nobody expected Alex Bregman to get hurt before he even stepped into the batter’s box. But that is exactly how his Sunday afternoon ended. A 97-mph fastball from Luis Mey caught Michael Busch’s bat on a check swing, and the foul ball shot straight toward the on-deck circle, striking Bregman in the face. The Cubs […]
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Once again, the Braves are the Beasts of the NL East. For the first time since 2023, the Braves have won the 2026 NL East Division. They clinched the division over the weekend with a convincing sweep of the Houston Astros, including another win via late game heroics on Sunday. While the Braves certainly have […]
Mark P The Weekend Chat has arrived! We’ll open things up in a minute, after a few questions start to stack up in the queue…. You can’t misspell Alex Bregman without Bees? Mark P Beads?!And, this got me looking at that Bregman post to see if I’d made a typo, haha EricT Will any team give […]
A Yastrzemski hasn’t suited up for the Boston Red Sox since 1983. As for the last time a Yastrzemski sent the Red Sox to the postseason? Try today. Ronald Acuña Jr. Basketball Jersey Giveaway is Sept. 24! With a win or an Astros loss, the Red Sox could clinch an AL Wild Card berth on Sunday. In theory, Plan A — winning a game — sounds simpler. In practice, the team to beat was the Rays at Tropicana Field. No luck there. Boston surrendered four runs before retiring a batter in the bottom of the...
Sometimes, it’s just good to take all the drama out of the picture as soon as you possibly can. That’s exactly what the Braves did this weekend in Houston, as they made another good memory for themselves at the building formerly known as Minute Maid Park. It started with a nice, bubbly glass of champagne […]
Yordan Alvarez was not pleased after the Houston Astros were swept by the Atlanta Braves over the weekend, leaving them a game behind the Texas Rangers in the AL West with just six games remaining.
The Boston Red Sox are headed back to the American League playoffs, and they have the Houston Astros to thank for the achievement. The Red Sox lost 2 of 3 games over the weekend to the Tampa Bay Rays, but the Astros were swept by the Atlanta Braves. That allowed the Red Sox to clinch […]
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Boston fell behind by four runs in the first inning and never recovered in a 5-1 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field, dropping its second straight game and failing to clinch a postseason berth on its own.That disappointment didn’t last long; with a 4-2 victory over the Astros late Sunday afternoon, the Braves officially punched Boston’s ticket to October, and a pair of familiar names played prominent roles.
With a chance to secure the division title, the Braves had a challenging pitching matchup, with Martin Perez on the mound vs Hunter Brown and the Astros. Baserunners were scattered early, with a Baldwin walk leading off the game and an additional error in the top of the first, followed by three soft singles in […]
Alex Bregman suffered a freak injury when a foul ball on a check swing from Michael Busch struck him in the face while he was standing in the on-deck circle. He immediately covered his face and was bleeding as he left for the locker room. It appears to have been either a bloody nose or …
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The Texas Rangers have found themselves in first place in the AL West, surpassing the Houston Astros with just a few games remaining in the regular season. With the playoffs on the horizon, it’ll be important for the Rangers to try to stay in the driver’s seat, but ahead of their game against the Toronto […]
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Join us and discuss today’s game in the comments below! Game Info Game Date/Time: Sunday, September 20, 2:10 p.m. ET Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX TV: BravesVision Streaming: MLB.tv Radio: 680 AM / 93.7 FM The Fan, Los Bravos
TODAY’S GAME: With just seven games remaining on their schedule, the Houston Astros (77-78) will play their final home game of the season today as they try to salvage a win in their three-game series vs. the Atlanta Braves (91-64). Today’s pitching matchup is a good one between Astros ace RHP Hunter Brown (6-3, 3.43 […]
Happy Sunday, folks. Given the results around the league last night, it appears that the Red Sox’s magic number to clinch the postseason is down to one. The Rangers can get to 85 wins, while the Astros can get to 84. If the Rangers were to get to 85 wins, they’d clinch the American League […]
Join us and discuss today’s game in the comments below! Game Info Game Date/Time: Sunday, September 20, 2:10 p.m. ET Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX TV: BravesVision Streaming: MLB.tv Radio: 680 AM / 93.7 FM The Fan, Los Bravos
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (74-74) won 7-0 (BOX SCORE) Burrows started for Sugar Land and tossed 2 scoreless innings. He was relieved by Nezuh who also tossed 2 scoreless innings. The offense got on […]
The Marvel Universe continues to expand and reinvent itself. One of their many successes is the various “What If?” plot twists. “What If Doctor strange loses his heart instead of his hands? Perhaps it’s Spider-Man joining the Fantastic Four or “What If?” Ultron actually won? What if ? What if the Astros with all of […]
The Toronto Blue Jays have almost no margin for error remaining. With a 6-2 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday, they fell three games back of the Chicago White Sox for the final American League wild-card spot. The White Sox hold the tiebreaker over the Blue Jays, meaning Toronto needs four more wins than Chicago over the final seven games to overtake them. Moreover, the Rangers overtook the Houston Astros for the top spot in the AL West with the win, meaning the Astros are now one game ahea...
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Saturday night at Globe Life Field and moved into sole possession of first place in the American League West. With the Houston Astros losing to the Atlanta Braves again, Texas is 78-77 and 1 game ahead of Houston (77-78) with 7 games […]
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros are tied for first place in the American League West at 77-77 with eight games left. On Friday night, Texas beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 at Globe Life Field, while Houston lost 6-2 to the Atlanta Braves at Daikin Park. Houston holds the head-to-head tiebreaker […]
TONIGHT’S GAME: With just eight games remaining on their schedule, the first-place Houston Astros will welcome in the Atlanta Braves for their final home series of the 2026 regular season. RHP Hayden Wesneski (5-2, 3.70 ERA) will make his penultimate start of the season for the Astros tonight opposite RHP Grant Holmes (9-5, 3.49 ERA) and the Braves. THE POSTSEASON […]
An important contest for the relatively-normal NL East and the crab bucket that is the AL West begins at 7:10 pm ET. Whether you’re on the SB Nation app (avail on iOS or Android) or are cracking open your web browser to join us, thanks for being a part of the game thread <3 Game […]
There’s still work to do after last night’s tasteful champagne toast to celebrate a return to the postseason. Walt Weiss, no stranger to tinkering with a lineup formula, has maybe found what he likes most to face RHPs. He will run with the exact same lineup from last night’s 6-2 win versus the Astros, where three two-run homers to the Crawford Boxes in left field secured the series opener. Designated hitter Drake Baldwin leads off, followed by Ronald Acuña Jr. playing right field and aiming fo...
The Atlanta Braves may have clinched a postseason spot last night, but they’re not done yet. Grant Holmes gets the ball on Saturday night against the Houston Astros as they look to keep narrowing down that magic number of three. Here is your fifteen-minute scouting report for today’s game. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/wksQqVNEpX Follow Lindsay on Twitter: @CrosbyBaseball Read our written work: bravestoday.substack.com Get 20% off at NCase Cards with promo code “BravesToday” Rocker Chic...