2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (220+ words) Greenwich Time The Dodgers' sweep helped them reduce their magic number to six for clinching their 13th NL West title in 14 years without injured Shohei Ohtani or Freddie Freeman in the lineup They broke out for six runs in the fourth…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (283+ words) The Diamondbacks' winning streak ended at four and they fell a half-game behind San Diego for the third wild card in the National League. It was the third straight series in which the Royals won the final game to avoid…...

3+ day, 19+ min ago   (300+ words) Athletics left-handed pitcher Brady Basso allowed three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in four innings. Basso’s worked out of a jam in the fourth when the Blue Jays threatened with runners on the corners, but got out of…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (292+ words) Coby Mayo tacked on a sixth-inning homer for the Orioles, who had lost seven of eight before cranking up their offense against Cleveland lefty Foster Griffin (15-5). Chase DeLauter and Nathaniel Lowe homered for the Guardians, who hold a narrow lead…...

3+ day, 20+ min ago   (256+ words) The Phillies’ offense masked a shaky performance from starter Cristopher Sanchez (17-5), who got his NL-leading victory despite allowing six runs on 10 hits in six innings. Schwarber connected on a 3-2 sweeper from reliever A.J. Blubaugh to cap a six-run sixth inning. It…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (342+ words) Greenwich Time 10 1933 — Fred Perry wins his first U.S men’s singles title with a 6-3, 11-13, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Australian Jack Crawford 1937 — The Cleveland Rams play their first NFL game and lose 28-0 to the Detroit Lions 1962 — Rod Laver becomes…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (304+ words) Giants right-hander Landen Roupp (9-13) allowed two hits over six scoreless innings with four walks and two strikeouts. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third as San Francisco won for a third straight time with him on the mound. And…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (146+ words) Greenwich Time The 36-year-old Altuve reached the milestone with a hit to center field against Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez, becoming the second player in franchise history to reach 2,500 hits Hall of Famer Craig Biggio is Houston’s all-time leader with…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (246+ words) Toronto (73-73) sits a game behind the Cleveland Guardians for the third and final AL wild-card spot. Smith, who was traded from the Texas Rangers on Aug. 3, opened the scoring in the second inning with a 360-foot shot to give Toronto…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (335+ words) Bryan Reynolds had two of Pittsburgh’s five doubles off starter Sean Burke. Reynolds drove in two runs and scored twice as the Pirates jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings and rolled to their seventh victory in nine games behind…...