Alvarez, Crow-Armstrong pulling away in MVP races as season winds down
Last chance for the candidates to make their case for MLB's biggest postseason awards.
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Last chance for the candidates to make their case for MLB's biggest postseason awards.
Ohtani was supposed to be a trailblazer. Instead, his unprecedented success has reinforced just how difficult what he's doing really is.
Jakob Marsee hit a two-run homer and Sandy Alcantara earned his first career save as the Miami Marlins held off the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Wednesday night.
Cal Raleigh had two hits and three RBIs, Josh Naylor had two hits and two RBIs and the Seattle Mariners kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
Ethan Salas hit his first two major league homers and became the youngest catcher in history with a multi-homer game Wednesday night as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3.
John Rave hit a two-run homer, Michael Massey added a solo shot and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston 5-2 on Wednesday night, dropping the Astros into a first-place tie with the Texas Rangers in the AL West.
Brandon Nimmo hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning before Ezequiel Duran added a two-run single, and the surging Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 on Wednesday night to pull even with Houston atop the AL West.
Pete-Crow Armstrong hit his 43rd and 44th homers and broke the Chicago Cubs’ record for left-handers, and Shota Imanaga allowed a run in six innings in an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
Pete Alonso homered against the New York Mets again, a solo shot in the first inning that sent the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-1 victory Wednesday night and a three-game sweep at Citi Field.
Christian Yelich’s two-run double in the seventh inning sent the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds at least temporarily prevented the Los Angeles Dodgers from clinching the NL West title with a 6-2 victory on Wednesday night.
Zack Wheeler pitched seven scoreless innings, Alec Bohm went 2 for 2 with an RBI and three of Philadelphia’s season-high 13 walks, and the Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 3-0 on Wednesday night.
Pete Alonso hit another home run against his former team Wednesday night — and received another ovation from New York Mets fans still smarting over his departure for the Baltimore Orioles last December.
Robert Stock’s comeback season ended Wednesday, when the New York Mets right-hander was placed on the 15-day injured list due to numbness in his fingers.
The Baltimore Orioles placed second baseman Jackson Holliday on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday with to left wrist inflammation.
If the Toronto Blue Jays are nervous about reaching the post-season, it doesn’t show. Myles Straw wore small, silver 1990s-style sunglasses as he answered questions from reporters following a 2-for-4 performance in Wednesday’s 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers.
Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell left his start Wednesday night against the Cincinnati Reds after an inning because of left groin tightness.
Stephen Vogt and the Cleveland Guardians are used to the late-season pressure of trying not only to clinch a postseason spot, but also to win a division title.
Luke Keaschall went 3 for 5 and scored from second base on Victor Caratini’s game-ending single in the 13th inning Wednesday, sending the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 5-4.
Ernie Clement had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and Myles Straw followed it up with an RBI single as the Toronto Blue Jays earned a critical 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
Former Toronto Blue Jays reliever Brian Wolfe has died, his wife announced on Wednesday. Wolfe was 45.
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