DENVER — Mickey Moniak‘s star power is in overdrive.

The Colorado Rockies‘ outfielder launched two more home runs on Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, giving him 11 in Colorado’s first 35 games and extending his hitting streak to 16 games.

Still, a formula for consistent success continues to elude the reimagined Rockies. Their 11-6 loss...Read more

SAN DIEGO — It didn’t come easy.

But Xander Bogaerts came through in a very Xander Bogaerts manner, and that seemed a fitting way for the San Diego Padres to take a lead that would set them up for their first victory in six days.

A four-game losing streak came to an end in large part because Bogaerts hit a check-swing grounder straight ...Read more

SEATTLE — Luis Castillo was (a bit) better. The Seattle Mariners’ offense was not.

Playing without injured star Cal Raleigh for the second day in a row, the Mariners’ offense offered little thump in a 4-1 loss before 39,408 at T-Mobile Park and were swept by a Kansas City Royals squad that came into series with one of the worst records in...Read more

NEW YORK — In the first two games of the series, the New York Yankees took early leads over the Baltimore Orioles and looked like the far better team throughout the entire game.

On Sunday, the Yankees waited until the eighth inning to prove that fact.

The Orioles played sloppy defense and couldn’t get the big hit, but they were down only ...Read more

BOSTON — The 2025 Boston Red Sox were a top-10 team in several offensive metrics, but the struggles to capitalize were always there. They were a bottom-10 team in runners left on base, and had the fourth-worst rate of Productive Out success despite having the most Productive Out opportunities of any American League team. No MLB team had more ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A series win against one of the only teams that have a worse record than the New York Mets might not seem like much of a victory, especially since they didn’t look particularly good in any of the three games they played this weekend at Angel Stadium.

If the Mets learned anything this weekend, it’s that digging themselves...Read more

MIAMI — Kyle Schwarber took a changeup in the dirt, dropped his bat, and peeked into the dugout, where teammates applauded and banged the padded railing.

Everybody laughed.

It was a new day, and in baseball, sometimes that’s all you need. One day after getting shut out on one hit, the Phillies scored six first-inning runs for South Florida...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays just needed a little time to get going Sunday.

Shut out by the San Francisco Giants through the first seven innings, they bunted home the tying run in the eighth, then won in the 10th when Jonathan Aranda singled home Chandler Simpson.

The result was a 2-1 victory to complete a series sweep and their MLB-best...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Enough was enough.

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered Sunday on a four-game losing streak, with a lack of offense undermining solid performances from the pitching staff. They were on the verge of being swept by the St. Louis Cardinals, after losing a series to the Miami Marlins in Los Angeles.

Manager Dave Roberts, declaring for ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As if things weren’t bad enough for the Minnesota Twins lately, even a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday came with a major loss.

Joe Ryan exited his start at Target Field because of right elbow soreness after throwing only nine pitches.

Ryan called for a trainer after he walked Kazuma Okamoto with a full-count ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Saturday’s Pittsburgh Pirates-Cincinnati Reds game featured 24 combined runs, 30 hits and 13 walks. On Sunday afternoon, those same two teams managed four total hits in the first seven innings and didn’t score a run until the eighth.

What a difference a day makes.

But the result in the standings was the same. The Pirates ...Read more

SEATTLE — As Axl Rose’s unmistakable voice filled T-Mobile Park as “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns-N-Roses blared at uncomfortable decibels, the crowd of 42,794 fans, many of whom were there to celebrate the Hall of Fame pitcher that made that song his own, rose to their feet for a second time to deliver an ovation deserving of Emerson ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Sometimes, an opposing pitcher is excellent. Sometimes, an offense is struggling.

Sometimes, it is infuriatingly both.

The Padres lost, 4-0, on Saturday in a game in which they were confounded by a second straight young White Sox starting pitcher.

Sean Burke, a 26-year-old right-hander, allowed the Padres four hits in his six ...Read more

DETROIT — Another game, another injury concern for the Tigers.

Second baseman Gleyber Torres left the Tigers’ 5-1 win over the Texas Rangers Saturday night in the fourth inning with what the club reported as tightness in his left side.

Before he departed, he helped build a 5-0 lead in front of 33, 373 chilly patrons at Comerica Park.

In ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Time is running out for the pitchers at the back end of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation to prove that they should stay once left-hander Blake Snell returns from the injured list.

Right-hander Roki Sasaki strengthened his case Saturday with a quality start, despite some hiccups, as the Dodgers fell 3-2 to the St. Louis ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays combined another strong team effort on the mound with their small-ball offense on Saturday night to beat the Giants, 5-1, at Tropicana Field.

With their second straight win, the Rays improved to 20-12, including an impressive 18-7 run since their 2-5 start. It’s the sixth time they’ve started a season that ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ever since hitting two home runs against the Kansas City Royals on April 18, Cody Bellinger had been in a bit of a funk.

That power surge preceded a 10-game stretch in which the Yankees’ outfielder hit .171 with zero dingers and a .521 OPS. But Bellinger snapped out of it Friday, ripping two doubles in the Yankees’ win over the...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It’s an oft-used baseball cliche that hitting can be contagious. On Saturday, the Cincinnati Reds showed that walks can be contagious, too.

The Pittsburgh Pirates hammered the Reds 17-7 on Saturday afternoon at PNC Park, aided by 19 hits and 11 Reds walks. The Reds walked seven consecutive batters in the second inning, allowing...Read more