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Blue Jays 3 Rays 4 The Jays were leading for most of the game, as if that’s any solace. Tyler Rogers has been terrific for us, but a ground ball pitcher can have bad luck on occasion. His eighth went ground out, double (66 mph, not hit hard), Yandy Diaz ground ball single (harder hit, […]
Cincinnati Reds closer Emilio Pagan threw just one pitch in the Bottom of the 9th against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, and it’s a pitch he’ll surely hope to forget. Immediately after letting it fly to Cubs 2B Nico Hoerner, he reached for his left hamstring – the same left hamstring that had dogged […]
American League Central foes, pay close attention to the “objects in mirror may be closer than they appear” note in your rear view mirror. After a less-than-stellar April, the Kansas City Royals have won all five of their games in May and are now half a game out of first place. Kansas City’s efficient 5-3 […]
The Nationals got on the board first in this game. After a walk to Daylen Lile, Curtis Mead doubled to make it 2nd and 3rd with just one out. CJ Abrams hit a grounder to Luke Keaschall who tried to get Lile out at the plate, but Lile was too quick, putting them up 1-0. […]
Shohei Ohtani pitched his deepest into a game in three seasons, but got very little offensive support in the Dodgers’ 2-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Tuesday night at Daikin Park. Ohtani was efficient on the mound with eight strikeouts and no walks. Not only did he record an out in the seventh inning […]
The Yankees were down 3-0 in the top of the first inning. There were runners on second and third with two out and a 3-2 count on Jake Burger. Struggling rookie pitcher Elmer Rodríguez was on the verge of being pulled as he neared 40 pitches. Before the Yanks even had a chance to bat, […]
After two innings in Tuesday’s series opener against the Oakland Athletics, it looked like it might be another frustrating night for the Phillies’ offense. One night after squeaking out a 1-0 win over the Marlins, the Phillies seemed determined to leave as many runners on base as possible. They loaded the bases against A’s starter […]
The Rays have taken small ball to new extremes, winning today on 1 double (a bloop that fell into no man’s land) and 10 singles. When your small ball is this small it maybe needs a new name: tiny ball? wee ball? But the key point is that 10 singles and a double added up […]
As Spring Training was coming to a close, we collected predictions about the 2026 season from the Purple Row community. At the time, here’s how folks thought the the season would shake out by October: We now have a little over a month of games on the books, which is enough time for opinions to […]
The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the New York Yankees scored seven runs. Yankees starter Elmer Rodriguez has had a peculiar beginning to his big league career. The 22-year-old has been a big leaguer for just two games in which he has played and both have been starts against the Rangers, a team not […]
The Athletics were back in the City of Brotherly Love today to start a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizen Bank Park. Luis Severino took the mound for the A’s this afternoon against Cristopher Sánchez for Philadelphia. Severino worked his way in and out of trouble in the first two innings but escaped […]
The Tigers find themselves in a precarious position early in the season. They’ve lost two starters as Casey Mize and now Tarik Skubal are out of commission, and they just dropped the first game of the series to one of the most struggling teams in the AL. They needed to start winning, if only to […]
The San Francisco Giants play game two of this three-game home series against the San Diego Padres tonight from Oracle Park, and they’re looking to take the series win after a 3-2 victory on Monday. Taking the mound for the Giants is their ace, righty Logan Webb, who is making his eighth start of the […]
Don’t lose the series, Braves! Also, Michael Harris II in left field!
Today’s Lineups PIRATES DIAMONDBACKS Oneil Cruz – CF Geraldo Perdomo – SS Nick Gonzales – 2B Ketel Marte – 2B Bryan Reynolds – RF Corbin Carroll – RF Ryan O’Hearn – 1B Adrian Del Castillo – DH Marcell Ozuna – DH Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Konnor Griffin – SS Lourdes Gurriel – LF Jake Mangum […]
Cal Raleigh is back. Raleigh returns to the Mariners lineup at designated hitter on Tuesday. He’s missed the last three games with “general soreness” in his core, or side, or something. The team hasn’t been too forthcoming with specifics on the injury, and it doesn’t really matter now, because Raleigh is back. He is still […]
The Scions trio is back for a dive into #3 Georgia Tech Baseball’s current state (a very good one, shall we say) with a date with Duke coming up this weekend. Plus the outlook for Tech Softball as they get ready to face Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament, plus the latest in football recruiting […]
After a convincing shutout win behind Davis Martin to open up the series in Los Angeles, the White Sox have a chance to bring their record to .500 with another W tonight. The overall vibe with this team, who is playing like they have nothing to lose and everything to gain, has been contagious across […]
San Diego Padres (20-14) at San Francisco Giants (14-21), May 5, 2026, 6:45 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Oracle Park – San Francisco, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Before the second game of the series against the San Francisco Giants, the Padres made a series of roster changes. Second baseman Jake Cronenworth went to the seven-day injured list with concussion symptoms and infielder Sung-Mun Song was recalled from Triple-A El Paso. Cronenworth was hit on the jaw by a pitch in the series […]
Pittsburgh Pirates, vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, May 5, 2026, 9:40 p.m. ET Location: Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ Broadcast: 93.7 KDKA The Fan, Sportsnet Pitching Matchup: Bubba Chandler (1-3, 4.97 ERA) vs. Eduardo Rodriguez (2-0, 3.03 ERA) The Pirates continue their road trip, traveling out west to face the Diamondbacks in a three-game series at Chase Field […]
The Dodgers conclude their road trip with a daytime start against the Houston Astros on Wednesday at Daikin Park. This will be the third consecutive daytime getaway day start for Tyler Glasnow, who led the Dodgers in strikeouts (47) and innings (38 2/3) through the end of April. He has a 1.83 ERA and 37-percent […]
Triple-A Oklahoma City has been a busy place for Dodgers on the mend for the past few weeks, with rehab assignments piling up over the last few days. Utility man Kiké Hernández is the latest to work his way back with the Comets, starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday night. Hernández on Tuesday started and […]
Atlanta Braves rookie starting pitcher JR Ritchie came up from Triple-A Gwinnett in the International League back in April, and the hope for him was that he had left that league behind for good. Today the IL came for him – but in a positive way, as Ritchie was named the league’s Pitcher of the […]
Dodgers followed a three-game win streak with a four-game losing streak, and have now won their last two. Will the streakiness continue tonight? Tuesday game info