CHICAGO — The record will show that the Phillies won a game Sunday night by scoring twice in the 10th inning without getting a hit that left the infield.

It’s good to be opportunistic.

But the most notable moment from a grind-it-out 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs came in the seventh inning when Aaron Nola walked off the mound at Wrigley...Read more

The Tampa Bay Rays headed back home Sunday night with lots of reasons for a happy flight.

The 4-2 win completed a sweep of the San Diego Padres and a 5-1 road trip; extended the Rays’ winning streak to five, their longest in nearly a year; and got them back to .500 for the first time since mid-April.

Zack Littell, after deserving better in ...Read more

DENVER — At least the Swifties are happy.

After every Colorado Rockies loss at Coors Field, Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off” is cheerily played through the sound system. It’s music to opponents’ ears.

The Rockies lost again Sunday afternoon, falling 8-1 to the Cincinnati Reds in a game that once again illustrated that Colorado’s ...Read more

SEATTLE — Sunday couldn’t have gone much better for Logan Evans.

Not only did his lifelong dream finally come true, as the 23-year-old got the call to the major leagues after making five starts this season in Triple-A Tacoma, but the 6-4 Evans pitched well enough in his major-league debut to get Mariners fans, and teammates, excited about ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There were plenty of positives for the Pittsburgh Pirates on their six-game Los Angeles road trip. Sunday was not one of them.

The Los Angeles Dodgers crushed the Pirates 9-2 in Sunday’s series finale, scoring five runs in the first two innings off Pirates starter Bailey Falter and managing 14 hits overall. The Dodgers bullpen...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals rebounded at home over the past week. A disappointing road trip, on which Kansas City went 2-8, had left them with a bruised ego and a lot of questions.

Kansas City’s offense was a non-factor and the Royals’ pitching staff was working overtime to compensate. Entering Sunday’s series and homestand finale ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have found a lot of different ways to win ballgames this season. Sunday was something new.

Heliot Ramos hit a walk-off “Little League home run” as the Giants beat the Texas Rangers, 3-2, at Oracle Park, scoring the game-winning run on his own weakly hit ground ball thanks to two throwing errors from the Rangers....Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ first win Sunday was all about patience.

Their second victory was a mix of pitching and power.

The Yankees (17-11) flexed their versatility in a doubleheader sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays (13-15) in the Bronx, giving them a series victory over their American League East rival.

They won the first game, 11-2, on the...Read more

Sunday afternoon was nearly all sunshine and roses for Brayan Bello and the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Guardians 13-3 to win their first series against Cleveland since 2023.

Bello went six innings in his second start of the year and held the Guardians to three earned runs on six hits, three walks and four strikeouts on 99 pitches (61 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The New York Mets’ bullpen has been dominant over the last month, protecting leads for four innings or more as the starting rotation has struggled to go deep into games in the first month of the season. But the relief corps might be starting to show some cracks.

The Mets watched the Washington Nationals erase a six-run lead in ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees punished Kevin Gausman with patience.

Oswaldo Cabrera drew a walk. So did Ben Rice.

And so did Paul Goldschmidt, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe.

All of those came against Gausman during a six-run rally in the third inning of the Yankees’ 11-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, kicking off Sunday’s doubleheader ...Read more

NEW YORK — Devin Williams is out as the Yankees’ closer, at least “for right now,” Aaron Boone said Sunday morning.

Williams, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers over the winter, has endured a brutal start to his pinstriped career, taking an 11.25 ERA, two losses and one blown save over 10 games into Sunday’s doubleheader against the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Ryan started walking toward the dugout when he thought he had struck out Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Logan O’Hoppe on a full-count fastball at the bottom of the strike zone in the fourth inning Sunday.

Ryan stopped after a few steps and shook his head, showing his disagreement with the call after his first walk of...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The lead designer of the Athletics Las Vegas ballpark is set to take part in an event this weekend where he’ll give attendees a look inside how the idea of the $1.75 billion facility came to life.

Frankie Sharpe, director of sports architecture at Bjarke Ingels Group has been leading the design work of the A’s 33,000-fan ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers entered Saturday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on a three-game losing streak with hits and runs increasingly difficult to muster.

Home runs, however, are a different matter, especially when they come from batters named Hernández.

A blast by Teoscar Hernández to begin the eighth inning ...Read more

SEATTLE — One pitch was all the Seattle Mariners needed to recharge some positive vibes into the ballpark Saturday night.

Julio Rodriguez hammered the first pitch thrown in the bottom of the first inning off the left-field foul pole for a loud home run and Jorge Polanco went back-to-back two pitches later to power the Mariners to a six-run ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Dylan Cease has not looked like Dylan Cease yet.

The Padres at least scored a run, but these Padres hardly look like the Padres that began the week with baseball’s best record.

A sixth-inning run to halt a scoreless streak at 30 innings in a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night at Petco Park was a mere whisper into ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Miguel Vargas got behind in the count 0-2 in a fifth-inning at-bat Friday against Athletics starter Luis Severino.

The Chicago White Sox third baseman took a sweeper for a ball. Severino threw another sweeper just off the plate, and Vargas drove it the other way for an RBI single to right-center.

Vargas doubled in ...Read more