1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (280+ words) The White Sox had just two hits in losing for the eighth time in 11 games. Chicago's AL Central lead over idle Cleveland slipped to 1 1/2 games. Jones (4-6), making his 40th career start, allowed leadoff walks in the third and fourth innings and…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1363+ words) PHILADELPHIA — Progress in a demanding sport is not always linear. Four years ago, Cristian Javier found the pinnacle of a breakout season on the same mound he climbed Thursday. Throwing the first six innings of a combined World Series no-hitter…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (368+ words) The Golden Players Club, an organization for elite baseball players, said Harimoto died on Wednesday without specifying the cause of death. Harimoto started his professional baseball career in 1959 when he joined the then-Toei Flyers, who became the Nippon Ham Fighters....

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (293+ words) DeGrom didn’t allow a hit until Cole Young singled on a line drive off the pitcher’s raised glove leading off the sixth. The two-time Cy Young Award winner struck out eight of his first nine batters for the fifth time…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (994+ words) PHILADELPHIA – In a game seeking separation, Cam Smith delivered. Smith crushed a hanging splitter from Phillies closer Jhoan Duran for a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning Thursday, lifting the Houston Astros to a 2-1 win and capping a positive series…...

3+ day, 41+ min ago   (367+ words) Houston Chronicle Ohtani has been managing lingering soreness in his right biceps and left knee for weeks now, but he waited until after Tuesday night's game to tell the training staff about his arm after playing Monday "There was a…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (307+ words) Aaron Judge singled in the third for his first hit since returning from a broken rib a day earlier and had another hit in the eighth before being lifted for a pinch runner. Judge went 2 for 4 and his only chance…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (274+ words) Jose Siri added a two-run shot and Denzer Guzman a long solo homer for the Angels, who won consecutive games for the first time since taking three straight against Texas on Aug. 11-13. Winning for just the fourth time in 15 games,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (317+ words) 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 and had…...

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…...