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Ohtani secures first K's as a Dodger, then adds 5 RBIs

Two-way star triples and homers after tossing scoreless inning in second start
@sonjamchen
June 22, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Sunday's starting pitcher for the Dodgers walked off the mound after a scoreless first inning. A couple of minutes later, he was standing in the batter's box to lead off the bottom half of the frame. That's just the beginning of what amazes the Dodgers about Shohei

Raleigh's ridiculous run continues with 31st HR, 4th of series at Wrigley

June 22, 2025

CHICAGO -- Cal Raleigh cannot be stopped. The Mariners’ catcher crushed another massive home run in Sunday afternoon’s 14-6 win at Wrigley Field, ambushing the first pitch he saw and sending it 414 feet to straightaway center field for a two-run blast in the top of the first inning.

Look who's climbing back up Power Rankings with eye on top spot

June 22, 2025

The rest of the NL West was starting to sneak up on the Dodgers over the last couple of weeks, but even with their usual batch of pitcher injuries, they’re starting to look like themselves again -- as you can tell from Shohei Ohtani’s back-to-the-halcyon-days-of-Anaheim double-duty game on Sunday. Can

Why one of MLB's most jacked players watches Tom and Jerry cartoons

June 22, 2025

Yandy Díaz is, in a word, strong. His workout routines have been featured in muscle magazines, he crushes broken-bat home runs and when you sit in front of him and, very carefully, ask him questions about how he's gotten so huge ... his answers are hardly surprising. "I try to

'Shoeless Jazz' steps up to spark Yanks in comeback win

June 22, 2025

NEW YORK -- Churning around third base, Jazz Chisholm Jr. was slipping and sliding inside his left cleat, the perspiration from a summer Bronx afternoon already having soaked through his Yankees-issued socks by the second inning. When the laces came loose, there was no time to turn back. His shoe

Phillies alone atop NL East after Luzardo shuts down Mets

@paul_casellaMLB
June 22, 2025

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies knew the National League East wasn't going to be won or lost in one June series against the Mets. They do, after all, still have more than half of the season left to play.

Purple (and gold) reign: LSU wins second MCWS title in 3 years

@Spokes_Murphy
June 22, 2025

The LSU Tigers are once again the kings of Division I college baseball. The sixth-seeded Tigers used a four-run fourth inning and a solid performance from starting pitcher Anthony Eyanson (MLB Pipeline's No. 66 Draft prospect) to defeat 13th-seeded Coastal Carolina on Saturday, 5-3, and secure the program's second College

Known for hitting home runs, Jac can rob them too

June 22, 2025

SAN DIEGO -- Jac Caglianone didn’t feel the ball hit his glove. Jackson Merrill crushed a hanging changeup from Royals reliever Lucas Erceg. As the bail sailed over right field, it looked destined to clear the fence for a two-run homer that would have broken the deadlock that the Royals

An airborne slide to avoid the tag. A juke move. If he had pulled this off ...

June 22, 2025

Had Royals outfielder Drew Waters pulled this off, it would have been one of the great plays at the plate in recent memory. With Kansas City and San Diego tied at two in the ninth on Sunday afternoon, Freddy Fermin knocked a base hit into the right-center-field gap, and Waters

O's catcher exits game after wild collision at home plate

Baltimore drops Bronx series when bats go quiet after productive 1st inning
June 22, 2025

NEW YORK -- A wild collision at the plate on Sunday afternoon resulted in an early departure for Orioles catcher Maverick Handley at Yankee Stadium. Handley exited the O’s 4-2 loss in the series finale against the Yankees in the bottom of the second inning after he was hit hard

Classic rivalries, first-place showdown among 5 series to watch this week

@Spokes_Murphy
June 22, 2025

At some point this week, every MLB team is scheduled to play its 81st game of the year. Yep, we are already halfway through this season. During this first full week of summer, we'll be treated to a matchup between two red-hot teams in first place as well as two

The 4 bats driving the Tigers' resurgent offense 

June 22, 2025

When MLB.com senior club reporter Jason Beck outlined five questions facing the Tigers ahead of the offseason, he led with the most-pressing one: Where can Detroit upgrade its offense? The story of the 2024 Tigers was one of “pitching chaos,” with Tarik Skubal and a cavalry of relief arms steering

Former top overall prospect Alvarez optioned to Triple-A

June 22, 2025

PHILADELPHIA -- Francisco Alvarez, the talented, affable 23-year-old catcher who once rated as the No. 1 prospect in baseball, is going to work out his issues in the Minors. Before their 7-1 loss to the Phillies on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park, the Mets optioned Alvarez to Triple-A Syracuse and

Iglesias a super sub with all the Padres' RBIs in walk-off win

June 22, 2025

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres signed Jose Iglesias precisely for a day like this. The veteran infielder played only three innings on Sunday afternoon. But did he ever make those three innings count?

D-backs being extra cautious, will have Carroll (left hand) undergo MRI

June 22, 2025

DENVER -- Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll was out of the lineup for the third straight game on Sunday and will undergo an MRI on his left hand Monday when the team arrives in Chicago for a three-game series with the White Sox. Carroll was hit on the hand Wednesday night

Scherzer set for return to Toronto's rotation on Wednesday

@KeeganMatheson
June 22, 2025

TORONTO -- Nearly three months since he made his debut with the Blue Jays, Max Scherzer is back. Scherzer is officially listed as the Blue Jays’ starter for Wednesday in Cleveland, what the Blue Jays hope will be the end of a long, challenging battle against his pesky right thumb.

Tigers back on the sunny side after 6-run 9th clinches rain-soaked finale

June 22, 2025

TAMPA -- Clutch hitting, shutdown pitching and superb defense. The recipe seemed familiar for the Tigers on Sunday afternoon, when they defeated the Rays, 9-3, at George M. Steinbrenner Field to snap a three-game losing streak and salvage the series finale.

Why surging Trout's not quite ready for return to RF

June 22, 2025

ANAHEIM -- Angels superstar Mike Trout is still dealing with some soreness in his left knee, which has kept him from playing right field since his return from the injured list three weeks ago, but it hasn’t affected his ability to impact games as a designated hitter. Trout, who suffered

Landry has Oklahoma homecoming for Volts 

June 22, 2025

In the nightcap of Sunday’s AUSL doubleheader, fans at Love’s Field were greeted with a familiar sight: Sam Landry pitching in the circle. Landry -- a second-team All-American during her senior season at Oklahoma -- had a homecoming for the Volts on Sunday night, returning to familiar confines. She completed

Injuries: Carroll, Dodgers, Sale, Eovaldi, Adley, Shota

June 22, 2025

Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.

Ramos' 4-RBI day helps push Giants to series win over Red Sox

June 22, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO -- Heliot Ramos put the Giants in an early hole with a costly defensive miscue in the first inning. But the 25-year-old outfielder ultimately made up for it with his bat. Ramos went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, and Casey Schmitt, Mike Yastrzemski and Willy Adames each homered to

'Pretty complete' offensive dominance helps Brewers secure series sweep

June 22, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS -- Most of the time, to see an avalanche you have to be in a frigid climate. But in sub-tropical conditions this weekend, the Brewers buried the Twins with an avalanche of hits. Caleb Durbin had three of the Brewers’ 17 hits on Sunday as Milwaukee completed a three-game

Meyers' all-around brilliance sparking Astros in June

June 22, 2025

ANAHEIM -- After Sunday’s 8-7 series-clinching victory over the Angels, the Astros head back to Houston with an MLB-best 14-6 record in June, including nine wins in a run of 13 straight games without an off-day. “We’re never out of a game,” manager Joe Espada said after the Astros held

What to expect from Reds top prospect Burns in the big leagues

June 22, 2025

While Chase Burns was considered to be among the top arms in the 2024 Draft class, one with premium athleticism and power stuff, there was a question mark hanging over him as a pitching prospect that made some teams pause. His fastball.

Bandits battle Blaze in AUSL action (Watch FREE, Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET)

June 22, 2025

Backed by a historic partnership with Major League Baseball, the Athletes Unlimited Softball League has launched its inaugural season and will be pitting its four teams against each other until the championship weekend in late July. Thanks to the widest broadcast distribution of any season in any sport under the