PHOENIX — Ryan O’Hearn made his first big contribution to his new team just in time.

His game-tying home run leading off the ninth inning against left-hander Kyle Backhus ended a night of futility by almost everyone in the lineup and led to the Padres’ 3-2, series-clinching victory over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Xander Bogaerts ...Read more

“They don’t beat the teams they are supposed to beat.”

It’s a common and familiar lament of Mariners teams past and even present. The frustration of losing a game or a series to an opponent with a worse record and less talent is one of the more galling traits of mediocre teams that flirt with .500 records and never push beyond.

And ...Read more

BOSTON — By signing Roman Anthony to an eight-year contract extension, Wednesday could go down as a momentous day in Red Sox history.

Just don’t ask how things went later that night.

The Red Sox saw their seven-game win streak come to an unceremonious end on Wednesday, losing 7-3 to the Kansas City Royals in the club’s worst all-around ...Read more

BOSTON — Roman Anthony isn’t going anywhere.

The Red Sox announced Wednesday afternoon that they have signed Anthony to an eight-year contract extension covering the 2026-33 seasons. The deal also includes a club option for 2034, ensuring the talented outfielder remains under club control for the next decade.

According to ESPN’s Jeff ...Read more

DENVER — Even in a clash of Coloradan aces, Colorado ended up on the losing end.

By a lot.

Kevin Gausman (Grandview High School, class of 2010) pitched seven strong innings to outlast Kyle Freeland (Thomas Jefferson High, 2011), and the Rockies’ bullpen limped to a 20-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday, capping off a historically ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Only one other player in the last 110 years has tried to do what the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is doing this season, which is to pitch and hit successfully at the big league level.

Babe Ruth twice won more than 20 games and led the American League in ERA and starts before the Red Sox, then the Yankees, decided pitching was ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels could not have asked for a better scoring opportunity when they were down by a run in the eighth inning.

They had the bases loaded, with no outs.

But Logan O’Hoppe, Luis Rengifo and Christian Moore all struck out, stranding the runners and sending the Angels on their way to a 5-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on ...Read more

With the New York Yankees desperate for a win, Paul Goldschmidt delivered off the bench on Wednesday when Aaron Boone asked the veteran to pinch-hit.

The right-handed hitter replaced the lefty-swinging Austin Wells with Texas Rangers southpaw Robert Garcia on the mound in the seventh inning. With the game tied at two and Texas searching for a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Trevor Rogers delivered one of his worst performances of the season Wednesday afternoon. He tossed six innings of one-run ball.

His start Wednesday in the Orioles’ 5-1 win over the Phillies served as the latest reminder — as if another was needed — that this is just who Rogers is now. The southpaw didn’t have his best ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Mets have hit rock bottom.

Relying on David Peterson to throw seven innings every 5-6 days while the rest of the rotation only goes five innings clearly isn’t an effective plan. But then again, nearly getting no-hit is also a pretty ineffective plan.

Right-hander Gavin Williams no-hit the Mets through 8 1/3 innings on ...Read more

BOSTON — Roman Anthony isn’t going anywhere.

According to a report by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Red Sox have reached an agreement to sign Anthony to an eight-year, $130 million contract extension that will keep the club’s top rookie in Boston through the 2034 season.

Passan reports that the deal will start in 2026 and include significant...Read more

A woman will umpire a major league game for the first time Saturday when Jen Pawol works the bases during Saturday's doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and visiting Miami Marlins at Truist Park.

For Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, that announcement Wednesday brought one response: It's about time.

"That's great. I'll be watching," he said of...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Jerar Encarnacion cannot catch a break.

As the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2, on Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park, Encarnacion hit his second home run in as many games but left the game later with an apparent leg injury when trying to beat out an infield single.

After being swept by both the Pirates and New York Mets ...Read more

It might be a cliché this time of year, how injured players who return after the trade deadline can serve as de facto deadline acquisitions themselves.

But in the case of Max Muncy and the Dodgers, the team needed it to be true. Badly.

Immediately after Muncy went down with a knee injury in early July, the club’s lineup entered a deep ...Read more

PHOENIX — The Padres got a big night from their new left fielder, who set them up for a victory.

Then their new relief pitcher allowed a mammoth home run on a blazing fastball.

So they played a little more, scored five runs in the top of the 11th against Jake Woodford, the sixth relief pitcher to work for the Diamondbacks, and held on to ...Read more

Tuesday’s seven-run fourth inning was the kind of breakout performance the Rays have been talking about as a platform to end their extended skid and get back to their winning ways.

After they turned that big inning into a 7-3 win over the Angels, now we’ll see what it leads to.

For the night, anyway, they had reason to be happy, winning ...Read more

Eugenio Suárez hit a mammoth two-run home run — his 37th homer of the season and first since his return to Seattle — and Bryan Woo threw a seven-inning gem to lead the Mariners to a 8-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox in the opener of their three-game series Tuesday night before a crowd of 30,686 at T-Mobile Park.

Dominic Canzone and ...Read more

DENVER — Anthony Molina bombed on Blake Street. That was not a good thing.

Called up from Triple-A Albuquerque as a replacement part for the Rockies’ rickety rotation, the right-hander gave his team a fighting chance for five innings Tuesday night. True, he gave up a solo home run to Nathan Lukes in the third and a two-run blast to Daulton ...Read more