Mike Trout gets 1,000th career hit and home run on 26th birthday Mike Trout got his 1,000th career hit and also homered on his 26th birthday, but Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh inning of the Baltimore Orioles’ 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on […]
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Carpenter homers as Cardinals beat Royals 11-3 Matt Carpenter likes hitting in the western side of the state. Carpenter hit a three-run homer in St. Louis’ six-run fourth inning, and the Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 11-3 on Monday night for their third consecutive victory. In 13 games at […]
Votto homers for 3rd straight game, Reds beat Padres 11-3 Joey Votto caught up with another Reds first baseman, the one known for his huge arms. Votto homered for the third straight game and pulled into a tie with Ted Kluszewski on Cincinnati’s career list Monday night, leading the Reds […]
Williams dominant as Pirates top Tigers 3-0 Trevor Williams lost out in the derby to be the Pittsburgh Pirates’ fifth starter in the spring. Banished to the bullpen for the first month of the season, he felt he needed to turn himself into a flamethrower. When he was brought back […]
Home run king Barry Bonds says he wishes he’d played one more year All-time Major League Baseball home run leader Barry Bonds says he wished he had played one more season. On the 10th anniversary of breaking the home run record, Bonds told The Associated Press on Monday that believes […]
Dodgers dominance: At 79-32, on course for historic season Over the course of 111 games, this has undeniably become the year of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cody Bellinger’s rookie season continues to turn heads. Chris Taylor has seemingly come out of nowhere. And even with ace Clayton Kershaw on the […]
Dodgers complete first ever season sweep of Mets with one-hitter The Dodgers had just crushed the Mets like refuse in a trash compactor when Justin Turner heard a teammate marveling in the clubhouse food room. “How many wins is that?” the unidentified player said. “It doesn’t really matter,” Turner remembered […]
Darren Daulton, legendary Phillies catcher, dies at 55 Darren “Dutch” Daulton, the charismatic catcher who played a crucial role on the Phildaelphia Phillies’ 1993 World Series team, died on Sunday at the age of 55 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer, the team announced. Daulton, a three-time All-Star who […]
Junis, Royals beat Mariners 9-1 for doubleheader split Rookie Jakob Junis would like to stay a little longer next time. Junis pitched eight sharp innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 9-1 to split their doubleheader Sunday. Nelson Cruz homered twice and drove in four runs as […]
A’s rally with 5 runs in eighth to stun Angels, 11-10 The game kept wearing on, slowly and seemingly out of reach for the Oakland Athletics. They had lost a two-run lead and trailed by five after six innings. The young A’s were far from unnerved. “The way the game […]
