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ESPN News Services Aug 28, 2023, 11:52 PM ET DENVER — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was confronted by two fans in right field during Monday’s game at Coors Field, an encounter that left the star player knocked to the ground. In the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies, an individual ran onto the

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 28, 2023, 03:47 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Mookie Betts has gone in just two weeks from long shot to odds-on favorite to win the National League MVP award at sportsbooks around the nation. Betts’ odds were sitting

Associated Press Aug 27, 2023, 06:32 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Brandon Lowe homered and drove in four runs as the AL wild card-leading Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees 7-4 in a contentious matchup Sunday and kept the road team winless in series since June. Benches and bullpens emptied twice in

Associated Press Aug 27, 2023, 06:01 PM ET SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Louis Lappe hit a walk-off homer for California to beat Curacao 6-5 in the Little League World Series championship Sunday, despite giving up a four-run lead. Louis flipped his bat and threw his arms in the air as he trotted around the bases,

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterAug 25, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 This week, the San Francisco Giants entered the third game of their series against the Philadelphia Phillies attempting to avoid a sweep. The Giants had swept the series the

Aug 27, 2023, 01:07 AM ET Los Angeles Angels right-hander Chase Silseth was transported to a hospital after being struck in the head on an unusual play during the fourth inning of Saturday night’s 5-3 victory over the host New York Mets. Silseth was injured on a play in which two Mets were on second

Associated Press Aug 26, 2023, 05:40 PM ET BALTIMORE — All-Star reliever Félix Bautista was placed on the 15-day injured list Saturday by the Baltimore Orioles, who can only hope his ailing elbow won’t keep him sidelined for the rest of the season. “Early indications are he has some degree of injury to the ulnar

Aug 26, 2023, 02:54 PM ET The Cincinnati Reds on Saturday placed left-hander Alex Young on the 15-day injured list because of tightness in his left hamstring and activated right-hander Ben Lively from the same list. The move on Young was retroactive to Friday and comes after his appearance Thursday night in a 3-2 loss

Aug 24, 2023, 07:00 AM ET After the Rays’ downturn, it seemed as if the Braves would coast to the best record in baseball. But now, it’s not even a certainty that they’ll finish with the best record in the National League. The Dodgers have dominated in August, going 17-3. Meanwhile, the Rangers are facing

ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2023, 07:55 PM ET Mookie Betts received a lengthy ovation from fans at Fenway Park in his first game back there Friday night as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Betts, the former Red Sox star who was traded to the Dodgers in 2020 — to the chagrin of

Aug 24, 2023, 08:00 AM ET AS RANDY AROZARENA leans against the padded fence at the top of the Tampa Bay Rays’ dugout, he tells me a story. It’s about growing up in Cuba, loving soccer, but choosing baseball instead. He sometimes looks distracted as he talks. His eyes make contact for a short time

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterAug 24, 2023, 10:55 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) The Oakland Athletics have submitted their application for relocation to Major League Baseball, A’s owner John Fisher told ESPN on Thursday, putting the team one step closer to

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 24, 2023, 04:08 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Shohei Ohtani is expected to be with the Los Angeles Angels for the start of their upcoming road trip and is

Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 24, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Every minute of the last three years Shohei Ohtani spent on the baseball field was a gift. The most perfect ball-playing specimen ever to wear a uniform, simultaneously one

ESPN News Services Aug 24, 2023, 01:13 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for the rest of the season because of a ligament tear in his right elbow, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday night. The Angels don’t yet know whether Ohtani will need surgery to repair the UCL

ESPN News Services Aug 23, 2023, 05:10 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani left the mound for the Los Angeles Angels in the middle of an at-bat during the second inning Wednesday with arm fatigue, according to the team. Ohtani had a 2-2 count on Cincinnati Reds third baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand when the Angels’

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 23, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. IT WAS AN early Saturday morning at Wrigley Field. Most of the Chicago Cubs‘ roster wouldn’t arrive for their game against the Kansas City Royals for hours. But at 8:30 a.m., about

Since the days when we first heard about “the Japanese Babe Ruth,” Shohei Ohtani has made even that lofty comparison obsolete, obliterating every expectation we could have reasonably had for him. No one, not even The Babe, has done what Ohtani has done in the big leagues as the first two-way baseball star of the