SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish had his best outing since being sidelined for more than three months, and rookies Jackson Merrill and Jurickson Profar each hit a home run as the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Monday night. The Padres took a 2 1/2 game lead, secured the top NL […]
The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s daily MLB newsletter. Sign up here to get The Windup delivered straight to your inbox. Juan Soto hit three big round numbers at once last night. Also: Ken on the Tigers’ rise, José Altuve showed an umpire his entire bare foot and the Brewers are close […]
Jose Altuve has found a new way to get ejected. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images) There’s a saying in baseball that says every day you see something new. On Tuesday, that was Jose Altuve’s foot. An already dramatic game between the Houston Astros and the San Diego Padres took a strange turn early in the […]
Boone said it feels like the Sox are making a line change like a hockey team given the way Cora will change the lineup. “They’re doing really well,” he said. “I think they’ve done a really good job of building the squad so they pose a lot of challenges in that regard.” Retrieve starting point […]
Which Major League Baseball teams will secure a spot in the MLB postseason in the 2024 MLB playoffs? Take a look at the MLB wild card standings for the National League and American League as the regular season draws to a close. In the National League, the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves and […]
Which Major League Baseball teams will earn an MLB wild card spot in the 2024 MLB playoffs? Take a look at the MLB wild card standings for the National League and American League as the regular season draws to a close. In the National League, the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves have […]
BALTIMORE — Christopher Disalvo is a 4-foot-10 center fielder with a baseball obsession. He lives on Long Island, N.Y., but watched his idol from section 48, row 21, seat 4 at Camden Yards. Jose Altuve strolled into the holding circle and heard Disalvo call his pitch. “I asked him, ‘If you hit a home run, […]
The game had not yet started and Yordan Alvarez was already making an impression with his bat. During batting practice on Tuesday before the Houston Astros faced the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, the 27-year-old hitter hit a home run to right field. The ball was hit so far and with such force that […]
BOSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit two home runs and scored three runs, rookie right-hander Spencer Arrighetti had a season-high 13 strikeouts in seven innings and the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Saturday. Zach Dezenzo hit his first major league home run and Alex Bregman added a solo home run for […]
Jeremy Peña, World Series Most Valuable Player Jeremy Peña, World Series Most Valuable Player The Providence Journal BOSTON — Jeremy Peña was in the middle of a decisive rally on Friday night. The former Classical High star was back on a much bigger stage a few miles up the road. This three-game weekend series between […]
