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Ken Sugiura: Cutting Orlando Arcia was warranted, but it doesn't mean Braves won't miss him
ATLANTA — Among the last contributions that Orlando Arcia made to the Braves, on May 20 at Nationals Park, was small but indicative.
Before pitching in the bottom of the eighth, Atlanta reliever Rafael Montero was held up by the umpiring crew, which demanded he change his glove, as its coloring ran afoul of rules for being distracting.
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Jason Mackey: I hope Paul Skenes' success didn't cause Pirates to change plans for Bubba Chandler
PITTSBURGH — Just promote him and end the speculation.
Otherwise, what the Pirates are doing with Bubba Chandler looks foolish, money-focused and almost like they regret how they handled Paul Skenes, promoting him on May 8 and giving the dominant right-hander enough runway to become the National League's Rookie of the Year.
There's a ...Read more

One bad inning costs Jack Kochanowicz in Angels' loss to Yankees
ANAHEIM, Calif. — One inning – and really one pitch – ruined the night for Angels pitcher Jack Kochanowicz.
The right-hander gave up four runs in the fourth inning of a 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday night.
Kochanowicz retired 17 of the 19 hitters he faced in the other six innings when he took the mound.
Even if he had ...Read more

Padres walk off against Marlins to start homestand
SAN DIEGO — The Padres are still not hitting a whole lot.
But they are hitting just enough since Friday to have won three times in four games, which is three more times than they had won in their previous six games.
And in the end Monday, they didn’t have to hit.
Tyler Wade scored on a wild pitch by Cade Gibson with one out in the 11th ...Read more

Padres recalling Kyle Hart as they mull paths forward for Michael King, Yu Darvish
SAN DIEGO — Kyle Hart will be recalled to start Wednesday’s series finale against the Miami Marlins, allowing the Padres to give Nick Pivetta two extra days of rest ahead of starting again on Friday, the start of 13 straight games.
The Padres do not yet know if Yu Darvish will be available to bolster the rotation during that long stretch of...Read more

Diamondbacks rock Pirates in series opening loss
PHOENIX — Veteran left-hander Andrew Heaney has been solid overall this season. His effort Monday evening was a different story. Matched up against an opponent hungry to get back into the win column, Heaney had little answers against the Arizona Diamondbacks, which paired with another quiet day at the plate, led to a 5-0 loss for the Pirates ...Read more

Royals trailed 6-0 before making things interesting in Memorial Day loss to Reds
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The late broadcaster Harry Caray used to say, “You can’t beat fun at the old ballpark.”
That adage was put to the test for much of Monday’s game at Kauffman Stadium, where the Kansas City Royals lost 7-4 to the Cincinnati Reds.
The Royals (29-26) fell behind 6-0 as starter Michael Lorenzen labored through five ...Read more

Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani spur Dodgers to stress-free win over Guardians
CLEVELAND — It had been a while since the Los Angeles Dodgers’ last stress-free win.
Over their previous nine games entering Monday, the team had won just three times — and needed extra-innings after blown ninth-inning saves in two of them, and a late-game go-ahead home run from Teoscar Hernández in the other.
Such theatrics ...Read more
Rays beat Twins to send win streak to 6
TAMPA, Fla. — Zack Littell delivered a strong six-plus inning start, and Jonathan Aranda and Danny Jansen hit homers to lead the Rays past the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Monday night.
The win was the Rays’ sixth straight, their longest streak in nearly two years —since a seven-game run in June 2023 — and is the longest current winning ...Read more

Garrett Crochet Ks 11 but Red Sox drop another 1-run game in loss to Brewers
In Monday’s meeting of mediocre May teams, the Brewers pulled out a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in Milwaukee.
Both clubs entered their series opener 10-13 on the month, with some of the worst pitching in the league. In May, the Brewers rank 10th in ERA and 13th in home runs, while the Red Sox arrived at American Family Field 15th in ERA ...Read more

Francisco Lindor lifts walk-off sacrifice fly as Mets defeat White Sox
NEW YORK — The Mets appeared poised for a letdown.
After finishing the weekend with back-to-back wins over the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, the Mets struggled for seven innings Monday to get anything going against the cellar-dwelling Chicago White Sox.
Ex-Mets starter Adrian Houser shut them out for six-plus innings.
The Mets ...Read more

Paul Sullivan: Cubs beat the hapless Rockies 3-1 to kick off a must-win series at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs met the newest “worst team in baseball history” Monday at Wrigley Field, and not surprisingly, it turned out to be a good day to play the Colorado Rockies.
Despite managing only four hits, the Cubs beat the Rockies 3-1 before a Memorial Day crowd of 40,171, riding the arm of starter Jameson Taillon and the ...Read more
At last, Orioles secure a 3-game winning streak with 5-2 win over Cardinals
BALTIMORE — For the first time in 2025, the Orioles are on a streak.
Behind the arm of Charlie Morton and the bat of Dylan Carlson, Baltimore (19-34) beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Monday for its third straight win — the first winning streak the Orioles have enjoyed this season and one victory short of their longest in the past 11 ...Read more

Giants go quietly in 3-1, series-opening loss to Tigers
The San Francisco Giants’ bats slept in Monday in their earliest start of the season, leading to a 3-1 loss that opened their three-game series in Detroit.
A 10:10 a.m. PT first pitch can’t be to blame, however, for the Giants’ offensive woes, not when they failed to score more than four runs in any of their previous eight games.
The ...Read more

Paul Sullivan: Report on Cubs' All-Star Game announcement raises many questions -- but team stays quiet
CHICAGO — The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is coming to Wrigley Field.
Yeah, probably.
It’s going to make the city a ton of money, promote tourism and give the world a true picture of our town.
Um, hopefully.
And the real winners will be the Chicago baseball fans who will get MLB’s crown-jewel midsummer event — the Home Run ...Read more

Lackluster offense, poor defense cost Dodgers in loss to Mets
NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani provided the Los Angeles Dodgers some temporary reprieve on Sunday.
Before the game, he faced hitters for the first time since undergoing Tommy John revision surgery in 2023, drawing a large crowd in the visitor’s dugout at Citi Field as he touched 97 mph with his fastball and struck out two batters in five at-bats...Read more

Yankees withstand rain delay, late Rockies rally to take rubber match
Up 4-2 in the fifth inning, the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies paused for a rain delay at Coors Field that lasted one hour and 46 minutes. When play resumed, the Rockies got a run back and the Yankees were suddenly on the verge of losing the lead, and potentially the series to the lowly Colorado club.
J.C. Escarra came through for the ...Read more

Cubs catcher Reese McGuire slugs 2 home runs to fuel comeback win over Reds: 3 series takeaways
CINCINNATI — Reese McGuire was not supposed to be in the Chicago Cubs’ lineup Sunday at Great American Ball Park.
McGuire made the short commute Saturday night from Columbus, where Triple-A Iowa played over the weekend, to join the Cubs with Miguel Amaya going on the injured list because of a left oblique strain. The 30-year-old catcher got...Read more

John Niyo: Skubal comes out cooking at Comerica, delivers huge win for Tigers
DETROIT — Dillon Dingler missed the handshake that wasn’t midway through the eighth inning Sunday afternoon.
So the Detroit Tigers' young catcher wasn’t completely sure if Tarik Skubal would get a chance to finish what he started Sunday afternoon in another dominant outing at Comerica Park.
“But when I looked out to the bullpen and saw...Read more

Rays defeat Blue Jays with 13-run win
TAMPA, Fla. — The Rays rode strong pitching and a big offensive day that included a seven-run fifth inning to a 13-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, extending their winning streak to a season-high matching five games.
In doing so, they completed their second sweep of the season and, at 26-26, got back to .500 for the first time since ...Read more
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- Ken Sugiura: Cutting Orlando Arcia was warranted, but it doesn't mean Braves won't miss him
- Paul Sullivan: Cubs beat the hapless Rockies 3-1 to kick off a must-win series at Wrigley Field
- Diamondbacks rock Pirates in series opening loss
- Padres recalling Kyle Hart as they mull paths forward for Michael King, Yu Darvish
- Garrett Crochet Ks 11 but Red Sox drop another 1-run game in loss to Brewers