ANAHEIM — José Siri made sure the Angels didn’t waste another brilliant performance from Reid Detmers.

Siri’s walk-off single in the 10th gave the Angels a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.

Detmers had left with a one-run lead after seven dominant innings, but right-hander Chase Silseth gave up a game-tying homer ...Read more

TORONTO — Max Scherzer motioned for a mound visit.

The Phillies had put two runners on against him, and the veteran Toronto Blue Jays pitcher had just run to cover first base on a fielder’s choice. He wanted a breather before facing Alec Bohm.

But it didn’t work. After play resumed, Scherzer hung a slider to Bohm, and he crushed it for ...Read more

Byron Buxton is bothered by how much he’s struggled to hit with runners in scoring position this season, something he finds difficult to explain after he excelled in those same situations last year.

Maybe Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton figured out the solution Wednesday.

Buxton was moved to second in the lineup, the first time he’s ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals had been surging at the right time. After a slow start to the season, the Royals were finding ways to win.

However, the club ran into a roadblock Wednesday night.

The Royals fell, 6-4, to the Texas Rangers. KC scored in four separate innings but saw its winning streak end at three games.

KC had won ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — On a four-game losing skid and facing Shohei Ohtani, the Pirates needed a hero.

If predictions were being made, none would have expected Tyler Callihan.

Callihan blasted his first career homer, a no-doubt blast that bounced into the Allegheny River, and a go-ahead three-run shot in the eighth inning to lead the Pirates to a wild...Read more

BALTIMORE — There’s been an abundance of surprises with the Orioles this season, but perhaps the biggest has been the emergence of a reliable starting pitcher.

The team went 3-9 in Brandon Young’s starts in 2025, when the rookie recorded a 6.24 ERA. But this season has been drastically different. Baltimore moved to 9-1 in the 27-year-old�...Read more

CLEVELAND — The New York Yankees began experimenting with Jasson Domínguez in right field on Tuesday, sticking him there as he continued a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Domínguez, working his way back from an AC joint sprain, had only played one professional game in right field prior to that, and he’s only played ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants erased an eight-run deficit on Wednesday at Oracle Park and defeated the Washington Nationals, 11-10, as rookie Bryce Eldridge hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning.

San Francisco entered the bottom of the eighth inning trailing 9-1, the team’s only run of the game up to that point being a ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Drew Rasmussen struck out a career-high 13, and catcher Nick Fortes sparked a creative offense with four hits and three runs scored as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game series sweep.

Rasmussen picked up where he left off on Friday night in Miami, where he threw seven ...Read more

Tomoyuki Sugano set the tone, Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar provided the power, and Cole Carrigg turned on the juice in the Rockies’ 7-3 win over the Cubs on Tuesday night.

The Rockies never let the Chicago into the game, and the usual chants of “Let’s go Cubbies!” that envelop Coors Field were muted and infrequent.

Carrigg, making...Read more

CLEVELAND — Spencer Jones finally demonstrated his impressive pop in The Show on Tuesday, drilling his first major league home run in the Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Guardians.

Jones got the Yankees on the board in the second inning when he launched a two-run blast off Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi. A no-doubter, the ball traveled 443 feet ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Give the Mariners’ fill-in infielders the save in this one.

The Mariners’ late-game relief woes resurfaced in another excruciating ninth inning Tuesday night, forcing the Mariners to turn to rookie right-hander Nick Davila in the 10th inning just a few hours after he was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma.

Officially, Davila ...Read more

TORONTO — For most of the season, when Jhoan Duran made the jog from the bullpen to the mound, the result of the game seemed like a foregone conclusion.

Duran had been perfect in his first 16 save opportunities entering Tuesday, but Toronto managed to end that streak, walking him off, 3-2, in the ninth inning.

The first two batters Duran ...Read more