7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services ALLENTOWN, Pa. — With two big swings, Bryce Harper looked primed to join the Phillies in a pennant race. Harper homered to right-center field in his first at-bat, then went opposite field for a three-run shot in the eighth inning for Philadelphia’s Triple-A team Tuesday night to begin his
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6:40 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. sat atop the dugout bench on the first-base side at Petco Park on Tuesday afternoon and spoke unprompted for 250 seconds. He was measured yet unscripted, composed yet noticeably despondent. He lamented all the people he “failed” by testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, and he
1:19 PM ET Arte Moreno is exploring the possibility of selling the Los Angeles Angels after two decades of ownership, it was announced Tuesday. The Angels said they have “initiated a formal process to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the team” and have retained Galatioto Sports Partners as financial advisers in the
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” THE MOST BEAUTIFUL play in Major League Baseball exists because its practitioner embraced a long-held axiom: Form follows function. Once upon a time, Trea Turner was a habitual head-first slider, his fingers
7:05 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are 6-14 in August, drawing the ire of their entire fan base, while manager Aaron Boone is publicly showing his frustration by slamming tables in news conferences. But Yankees general manager Brian Cashman did not hesitate to stand behind the slumping club on Monday. “The
9:29 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — A year ago, Nate Fisher was employed by the First National Bank of Omaha determining whether to approve commercial loans. On Sunday, at Citizens Bank Park in his major league debut, he issued a denial to Philadelphia Phillies hitters. Fisher sparkled in pitching three scoreless innings, Mark
11:53 PM ET ESPN News Services WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Jorge Mateo lined a bases-loaded double to left field in the eighth inning, driving in three runs and sparking the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night in front of hundreds of cheering Little League World Series players from
8:09 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — As the race for the postseason continues to heat up, so have the tempers in the toughest division in baseball. The Yankees clawed out a 4-2 win over the AL East rival Blue Jays on Sunday
2:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Braves slugger Marcell Ozuna was booed by the Atlanta home crowd Sunday in the veteran outfielder’s first appearance since being arrested on a driving under the influence charge. Ozuna was booked early Friday and released on bond later that morning. It was the second arrest in as many years
9:59 PM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit two more home runs Saturday night, boosting his total to 692 and moving him past Stan Musial into second place on the career list for total bases. The 42-year-old Pujols connected for solo homers in the second and fourth innings
5:30 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole twice banged on the dugout roof, shouting in frustration and getting booed as scuffling New York lost for the 15th time in 19 games, beaten by the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Saturday. The AL East-leading Yankees fell to 9-20 since entering
3:05 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers activated right-hander Dustin May from the 60-day injured list to start Saturday’s game against the visiting Miami Marlins. May, 24, will make his first start in the majors since May 1, 2021, when he suffered a season-ending elbow injury at Milwaukee that required Tommy John surgery. In five
1:08 AM ET The Sugar Land Space Cowboys put together an inning for the ages Friday night, sending 23 men to the plate and scoring 17 runs in the sixth during a 21-4 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers in Sugar Land, Texas. The Space Cowboys, the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, torched the
8:33 PM ET Padres left-hander Blake Snell was cleared to make his start in San Diego against the Washington Nationals on Friday, one night after his vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver during a traffic stop on Interstate 5. According to a California Highway Patrol spokesman, the incident occurred at about 11 p.m.
10:41 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol early Friday morning. It was the second arrest in as many years for Ozuna. He was arrested May 29, 2021, on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation and battery after police said they witnessed him
5:54 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols launched a pinch-hit grand slam and drove in five runs, Adam Wainwright pitched seven sharp innings and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Colorado Rockies 13-0 Thursday for a three-game sweep. “We’re playing right now, I think the way that we were expecting ourselves
10:05 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. has yet to formally address his San Diego Padres teammates in the wake of his stunning suspension, but Jurickson Profar, one of his closest friends on the team, said he has been speaking with Tatis “every day.” “He’s devastated,” Profar said Thursday when asked about Tatis’
1:00 PM ET NEW YORK — When injured outfielder Harrison Bader walked into the Yankees’ clubhouse for the first time on Aug. 3, he couldn’t help but wonder what his new teammates were thinking. “I’m sure everybody in here was like, ‘We just traded for this guy in a boot?'” said Bader, who despite dealing