PITTSBURGH — This night came with two sighs of relief.

The Padres survived some shoddy pitching and then pulled away to beat the Pirates, 9-4, on Friday night.

And the Padres appeared to have gotten what, considering the alternative, was good news. Fernando Tatis Jr. was diagnosed with a bruised forearm after he was hit by a pitch in the top...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout stood in the same spot outside the Los Angeles Angels’ clubhouse where he’s described many of his previous injuries. Often, he’s made predictions about his return that proved to be inaccurate, as he spent longer than expected on the injured list.

As he was explaining on Friday that he doesn’t think the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Friday night’s pitchers' duel reached a climax in the seventh inning. Dean Kremer breezed through his side, holding the Royals scoreless and to just three hits to that point. Kansas City’s Michael Wacha kept pace.

Ryan O’Hearn gave the Orioles the run support they — and Kremer — long waited for with a two-run blast and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — José Castillo hadn’t pitched in the major leagues since 2023 before he took the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the seventh inning on Friday evening.

Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber gave him a rough welcome back, sending the first pitch he saw 398 feet to right-center for a game-tying home run. Two batters later, Max ...Read more

NEW YORK — For the second time in less than two weeks, Max Fried left the Rays dead in the water.

While the lefty didn’t take a no-hit bid into the eighth like he did in Tampa on April 20, Fried held the Yankees’ division rival to just one knock over seven scoreless innings in a 3-0 win on Friday. With the series-opening victory, the ...Read more

BOSTON — The Red Sox pulled away late to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 in Friday night’s series opener, with Rafael Devers delivering the go-ahead two-run single in the seventh after Brayan Bello went toe-to-toe with Twins starter Joe Ryan in a hard fought pitchers duel.

But the joy of the win was tempered given the much larger loss the Red ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hoped to avoid the injured list. He didn’t get his wish, however.

The Yankees placed their second baseman on the 10-day IL with a right oblique strain on Friday morning. The move, retroactive to April 30, comes after Chisholm underwent an MRI on Thursday, an off day for the Yankees.

On Friday, Aaron Boone said ...Read more

BOSTON — The Red Sox are once again down a starting pitcher, though potentially not for long.

Prior to Friday’s game Boston placed right-hander Walker Buehler on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder bursitis and called up rookie Hunter Dobbins to fill his spot in the rotation. Dobbins is expected to start Saturday’s game against ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Mike Elias took a moment to gather his thoughts at his Friday afternoon news conference, his second in the past three weeks, when asked what makes Brandon Hyde a good manager. After a pause, the executive vice president and general manager gave one of his longest answers of the 15-minute session.

“Boy, you know, he knows ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants’ bullpen fell apart in the late going, and Justin Verlander still does not have a win in his now not-so-new uniform.

Tyler Rogers, who had allowed only one run in 16 games this season, gave up two in the top of the eighth inning, putting the San Francisco Giants in a hole they couldn’t escape in a ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — There are regrettable moves and then there was the button Angels manager Ron Washington pushed in the eighth inning Thursday night.

Up 4-2, he summoned lefty reliever Reid Detmers to face lefty-swinging Riley Greene with a runner at first. Never mind that the next two hitters after Greene were righties Andy Ibáñez and ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Chicago Cubs have touted a diverse offense that isn’t reliant on home runs to win games.

But long balls certainly help and were pivotal in the Cubs’ 8-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday at PNC Park.

A three-home-run fifth inning against starter Paul Skenes turned a two-run deficit into a 3-2 Cubs advantage. ...Read more

CINCINNATI — It wasn’t just the rain that put a damper on the Cardinals in the series finale against the Reds.

A day after their offensive uproar and doubleheader sweep, the temperature of the Cardinals lineup fell long before the storms arrived and washed out Matthew Liberatore’s start and a chance to win a four-game series at Great ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Kansas City Royals are heating up at the right time.

Despite getting stagnant offensive production most days, the Royals have found a way to win games and climb back into the American League Central race.

They have done it with their pitching. The Royals continue to enjoy strong outings from a quartet of starters — and ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Angel Martínez singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday as the Guardians slid past the Twins, 4-3, and claimed the final three games of a four-game series.

After the Twins took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 10th on Jonah Bride’s sacrifice fly, Cleveland answered quickly.

José Ramírez’s RBI ...Read more

CHICAGO — The biggest day of the Chicago White Sox season finally is at hand.

After an 8-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, the Sox will debut their new Chicago Bulls-themed alternate uniforms, celebrating what the team’s website described as two “iconic” franchises.

Like the vintage Reese’s commercial in which someone ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Nationals left fielder James Wood lined a cutter straight up the middle in the sixth inning on Thursday, 103.9 mph right off Taijuan Walker’s thigh.

Walker still made the play, coming off the mound to field the ball on the infield grass and get the out at first. And it wasn’t even the first time he put his body on the line ...Read more

After turning a 3-0 lead into a 3-4 deficit in the first inning of his last start, Tanner Houck badly needed a bounce-back outing.

And after the way Wednesday night’s game turned out — a 6-0 lead blown, and the Blue Jays walking it off in the 10th — the Red Sox needed a bounce-back win.

Houck got the job done. His team, not so much. They...Read more

NEW YORK — Carlos Mendoza could see the signs.

Even as Juan Soto endured a prolonged power outage, the Mets manager believed Soto was nearing a breakout. He pointed to Soto’s recent exit velocity and the quality of his at-bats.

On Thursday afternoon against the Arizona Diamondbacks, that breakout came to fruition. Soto struck two home runs...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The proposed Dodger Stadium gondola hit a major roadblock Thursday, when a state appeals court rejected Metro's approval of the environmental impact report for the project.

The project, proposed in 2018 by former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, requires approval from Metro, the Los Angeles City Council, Caltrans and the state parks...Read more