For 40 years, April 29 has been an historic day in Boston baseball history.

It was on this day in 1986 that a 23-year-old Roger Clemens struck out 20 Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park, a new MLB record for a nine-inning game.

Even if game footage and reminiscences from Clemens himself hadn’t circulated on social media on Wednesday, the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Wednesday was getaway day for Dodgers, so before the final game of the team’s brief six-game homestand suitcases were lined up outside the clubhouse and equipment bags in various states of packing were strewn about the floor of the locker room.

And while few places have been sweeter than home for the Dodgers over the past two ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Padres built one of the best records in the major leagues by sizing up and wearing down starting pitchers.

Concurrently, they played virtually flawless defense and counted on a reliable group of relief pitchers to close out a number of remarkable comebacks.

Only one of those things happened Wednesday, and it only sort of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – Cole Young couldn’t hide the grin as he stood at first base.

Over in the third-base dugout at Target Field, his teammates were screaming and celebrating his latest accomplishment.

Young couldn’t help but feel like he might have just stolen a victory away from the Twins and given it to his team on Wednesday afternoon.

With ...Read more

NEW YORK — Elmer Rodríguez looked a bit erratic in his major league debut on Wednesday, walking four batters and hitting another in the Yankees’ 3-0 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Field.

Rodríguez — who at 22 years and 254 days old became the youngest player to pitch for the Yankees since Deivi Garcia did so in 2021 — initially ...Read more

BALTIMORE — For the first time this season, the Orioles postponed a game because of inclement weather.

Baltimore will host the Houston Astros in a traditional doubleheader Thursday after a rain-heavy forecast forced the Orioles to call off Wednesday’s game. Game 1 will begin at 12:35 p.m. with Game 2 scheduled for 30 minutes after the end ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The weather made the decision easy for anyone choosing between watching the Phillies and Flyers on Wednesday night.

Because of updated weather forecasts, Wednesday’s Phillies-Giants game was postponed and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Thursday.

Game 1 will begin at 12:35 p.m. and Game 2 will start at 5:...Read more

The Rays’ six-game winning streak ended with a messy 3-1 loss on a wet and cold Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland.

Their defense wasn’t crisp, with one costly error and several missed plays. Their bats were quiet against Guardians starter Gavin Williams, who worked strongly into the eighth. And starter Drew Rasmussen lasted only five innings...Read more

BOSTON — The Red Sox pitching staff has just suffered a massive blow.

The club announced Wednesday that left-hander Garrett Crochet is going on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. The move is retroactive to April 26 and infielder/outfielder Nate Eaton is being called up from Triple-A Worcester to fill his spot on the ...Read more

Xander Bogaerts lingered at home plate, watching a high drive to left field in the second inning bend toward the foul line. The ball stayed fair long enough to drop into the third level of the Western Metal Supply Co. building for a team-leading fifth home run.

The rest of the Padres’ stars were MIA on Tuesday.

Calf cramping forced Manny ...Read more

The Kansas City Royals began their six-game road swing with a little momentum.

After securing a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals pressed their luck against another American League West opponent on Tuesday night. The first stop was Sutter Health Park, home of the Athletics.

The Royals tangled...Read more

Right-hander Shohei Ohtani shook his head slightly as he walked off the field, having escaped the fifth inning with just one run yielded, stranding the bases loaded.

He strode through the dugout and straight back into the tunnel, with time to go over adjustments before coming back out for the sixth.

That was a luxury he wouldn’t have had if ...Read more

CHICAGO — On a night when José Soriano looked human again, the hitters couldn’t bail him out.

Soriano gave up three runs – two more than he had allowed all season – and the Los Angeles Angels lost to the Chicago White Sox, 5-2, on Tuesday night, dropping their fifth straight game.

As poorly as the Angels (12-19) have played over the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After a one-day reprieve from a deep losing stretch, the same issues that have hampered the Minnesota Twins for the past two weeks resurfaced in a 7-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night at Target Field.

The Twins were hitless in 10 at-bats with a runner on second or third base, and the bullpen flopped after entering ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When public address announcer Dan Baker’s microphone cut out during the pregame ceremonies before the Phillies’ opener against the San Francisco Giants, plunging the ballpark into silence for a few minutes, it seemed like an inauspicious beginning to the Don Mattingly era in Philadelphia.

The players had other ideas.

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NEW YORK — The entire New York Mets lineup has been marred in an uncharacteristic slump, but in the bottom of the fourth inning on Tuesday night at Citi Field, Juan Soto uncorked a very characteristic home run. A two-run shot, just his second of the year, scored the sixth and seventh runs of the inning for the Mets, practically a week’s ...Read more

ATLANTA — There are losses and then there are games like Tuesday night at Truist Park.

The Tigers not only lost the first of a three-game series to the Atlanta Braves, 5-2, they lost two key players to injury.

Starting pitcher Casey Mize strained his right groin and left the game in the bottom of the third inning. Center fielder Javier Bá...Read more

After a pair of defiant wins in their first two games since the sudden firing of manager Alex Cora and the bulk of the coaching staff, the Boston Red Sox came back to earth Tuesday night.

They looked more like the team they’ve been for much of this first month of the season: a shorter-than-ideal outing from their starting pitcher, too many ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Alex Cora won’t manage another team this season after getting fired by the Red Sox on Saturday night.

Not that the Phillies didn’t try talking him into it.

Dave Dombrowski spoke with Cora by phone on Sunday to gauge his interest in replacing Rob Thomson, even though Thomson still was managing the Phillies in Atlanta at the...Read more