TAMPA, Fla. — When the Angels took early batting practice Tuesday at George Steinbrenner Field, Ron Washington had a feeling what might happen in this series.

“Everything they were hitting was leaving,” the Angels manager said.

It was a sign of things to come.

With the weather getting warmer each of the three days here, the Angels kept ...Read more

DENVER — Starting pitching had been the Rockies’ saving grace in their otherwise awful start to the season. But there was nothing redeeming about their 17-2 loss to Milwaukee on Wednesday night at Coors Field.

Right-hander Antonio Senzatela got rocked, the offense continued to sputter, they committed four errors, and their 2-9 record is ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Minnesota Twins still aren’t playing their cleanest games, but Joe Ryan rescued a reeling team with his outing Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Ryan gave the Twins their strongest start of the season, permitting two baserunners across seven innings in a 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Matt Wallner and Ty ...Read more

BOSTON — No matter how many chances they got, the Red Sox just couldn’t get the big hit they needed.

After getting throttled by Toronto starter Kevin Gausman over eight dominant innings, the Red Sox forced extras but couldn’t keep the Blue Jays at bay any longer, losing 2-1 in 11 innings. Bo Bichette drove in the go-ahead run on a ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Rays accomplished their first goal Wednesday, grabbing an early lead for the first time in more than a week on Jose Caballero’s first-inning grand slam.

Then they finished the job, beating the Loa Angeles Angels 5-4 to snap a five-game losing streak.

The Rays got four runs in the first, loading the bases with two outs ...Read more

SEATTLE — Randy Arozarena belted an eighth-inning grand slam and then drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning with a bases-loaded walk, sending the Mariners to an improbable 7-6 victory over the rival Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon at T-Mobile Park.

The Mariners trailed 5-0 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – About midway through the last game of a six-game homestand Wednesday, the Giants seemed primed to fade into oblivion.

Instead, the Giants rallied from a five-run deficit to the delight of an announced crowd of 35,186 at Oracle Park to win, 8-6, against the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th. Mike Yastrzemski won it with a two-run ...Read more

DETROIT — Devin Williams has not made the strongest first impression as the Yankees’ closer.

The former Brewer, acquired over the offseason, now has a 12.00 ERA after nearly blowing the Yankees’ 4-0 lead over the Tigers on Wednesday. The Yankees ultimately prevailed, 4-3, after Mark Leiter Jr. relieved Williams and recorded the final out ...Read more

CHICAGO — As a fly-ball pitcher, home runs are inevitably part of left-hander Shota Imanaga’s game.

He averaged nearly one home run allowed per start last year, yet he still was one of the best starters in the league because most of that damage came with nobody on base. The Texas Rangers took Imanaga deep twice Wednesday, one of which was a...Read more

WASHINGTON — Dave Roberts had a feeling as he walked around the clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon.

Over the previous five days, his once-unbeaten Dodgers team had lost four times. The night before, they did so embarrassingly on a frigid night in the country’s capital, striking out 15 times in a six-run loss to the rebuilding Washington ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Four days after Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken invited Angels owner Arte Moreno to join her in "an open and honest conversation about the future of baseball in Anaheim," two members of the Anaheim City Council urged a different approach.

Councilwoman Natalie Meeks said during Tuesday's council meeting that she was "...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The missing bricks in front of the home plate entrance at PNC Park will be replaced, the Pirates told the Post-Gazette.

Following a weekend when the Pirates drew backlash due to their decision to replace a tribute logo for Roberto Clemente with an advertisement, the organization was once again under scrutiny due to the ...Read more

DETROIT – Cody Bellinger is quitting wings.

The Yankees outfielder felt much better Wednesday morning after food poisoning forced the outfielder out of the Yankees’ lineup on Tuesday. A serving of flats and drumsticks, ordered via room service at the Yankees’ team hotel, were to blame.

“They were good coming in,” Bellinger said ...Read more

NEW YORK — On a frigid afternoon at Citi Field, the Mets’ bats went ice cold.

Francisco Lindor’s sixth-inning single was the Mets’ first hit — and one of their only two — in Wednesday’s 5-0 loss to the Miami Marlins.

Miami starter Max Meyer stifled the Mets over 6 1/3 stellar innings, largely on the strength of a nasty slider.

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DETROIT — The Yankees’ bats remained quiet for most of Wednesday’s game, yet they managed to avoid getting swept by the Tigers at Comerica Park.

Ben Rice had a lot to do with that in a 4-3 win for the Bombers, as he launched a two-run homer off Tigers reliever Tyler Holton in the seventh inning. The 108.1-mph dinger marked the third of ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Wednesday afternoon’s game at PNC Park was a 13-inning marathon. Joey Bart ended it with a fly ball that seemed to stay in the air for an eternity.

Bart’s walk-off RBI single in the 13th inning lifted the Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the Cardinals in the finale of a three-game series. The Pirates didn’t get a hit until the...Read more

There are brutal, agonizing, gut-punch, shield-your-eyes losses.

And then there’s what happened to the Mariners on Tuesday night.

It’s April. It’s early April. A lot can and will happen over the next six months, and every baseball team at some point in a season will go through challenging stretches with ugly losses.

But if there’s a ...Read more