This one’s going to leave a mark. And that’s saying something considering that the Rockies now own a 6-29 record.

The Tigers beat them 8-6 in 10 innings on Wednesday night at Coors Field. Spencer Torkelson drove a double off closer Zach Agnos into the right-center gap to score ghost runner Riley Greene.

Agnos got the next two hitters, but ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals’ pitching continues to carry the team.

And Wednesday, because of that, Kansas City kept up its string as the hottest team in baseball with a 2-1 home victory against the Chicago White Sox.

On this night, it was right-handed Michael Wacha’s turn to pitch a gem. The veteran was dominant in his ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A few hours before first pitch on Wednesday, Rob Thomson rapped his knuckles on the desk in the visiting manager’s office at Steinbrenner Field.

“Trea seems like — knock on wood — he gets at least a base hit every night," he said.

Perhaps the superstition paid off, because Trea Turner did that and more in the Phillies�...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins matched their season-high winning streak Wednesday, and Byron Buxton matched his career-high home-run streak.

These occurrences are not unrelated.

Buxton cracked a Charlie Morton curveball into the upper deck down the left field line with two runners on base in the third inning, the third consecutive game he...Read more

NEW YORK — Hours before the Yankees hosted the San Diego Padres for a rubber match at Yankee Stadium, Aaron Boone took a question about his team’s league-leading offense.

“We’ve got a lot of firepower,” the manager said, in part, a night after the Yankees scored 10 runs in the seventh inning of a 12-3 win.

Such a forceful explosion ...Read more

BOSTON — Prior to the game, Alex Bregman told the Boston Herald that he didn’t like the way his swing felt, and after he was finished talking he needed to go get some more work in.

Clearly whatever adjustments he made paid off.

Bregman had a huge day at the plate in Wednesday’s bounce back win, going 3 for 4 with a home run, three RBI ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New guys. Role players. Guys that have been around a while.

It doesn’t matter about their history or longevity with the Seattle Mariners right now. Seemingly someone is coming through no matter what.

This time it was the trio of Rowdy Tellez, Leody Taveras and Dylan Moore who provided the three biggest swings as ...Read more

PHOENIX — Juan Soto has been the subject of much consternation in New York over the last few months, but in recent weeks, the talk about the slugger has hit a fever pitch. Fans from all five boroughs and beyond have been wanting to know what’s wrong with Soto?

As it turns out, he’s just fine.

Soto hit two home runs in the Mets‘ 7-1 win...Read more

MIAMI — When minor-league reliever Matt Sauer showed up in the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse Wednesday afternoon, it was a sign that something was amiss.

In the middle of the first inning of the team’s 10-1 win against the Miami Marlins, the reason for his arrival finally became clear.

In yet another blow to their increasingly banged-up ...Read more

CHICAGO — The San Francisco Giants have yet to get Justin Verlander a win. When Robbie Ray takes the mound, all they can do is win.

Ray pitched six innings of one-run ball and closer Ryan Walker bounced back from Tuesday night’s costly outing to record a save as the Giants beat the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, to take two of three in the Windy City. ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Rather than turning to their No. 1 starter to halt or slow or — as the saying goes — stop a skid, the Cardinals turned the wheel over to Sonny Gray on Wednesday to drive forward their best stretch of baseball yet.

Gray’s seven shutout innings paired with Victor Scott II’s speed-demon baserunning to lift the Cardinals to ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Held scoreless through 5 2/3 innings by Pittsburgh Pirate’s ace Paul Skenes, the St. Louis Cardinals broke through against the hard-throwing righty on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium.

With two outs in the sixth inning, Alec Burleson produced a double down the left field line that scored Nolan Arenado and Willson Contreras to lift...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ temporary home, George M. Steinbrenner Field, is built with the exact same dimensions as Yankee Stadium.

That includes the short porch in right field, which stands only 314 feet from home plate, eight feet closer than the same wall at hurricane-ravaged Tropicana Field.

That may make the park hitter-...Read more

BOSTON — Lucas Giolito’s first start off the injured list was highly encouraging. The right-hander shut down the Blue Jays for most of his outing, and while he eventually ran out of gas, Giolito gave good reason for optimism going forward.

But Tuesday night marked a concerning step backwards.

Playing in soaking wet conditions amid steady ...Read more

MIAMI — Most of Tuesday’s game went according to plan for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tony Gonsolin produced a solid five-inning start in his second start back from Tommy John surgery, giving up just two runs.

Shohei Ohtani posted another monster stat line at loanDepot Park, hitting a tying home run in the sixth and a tying double in the ...Read more

NEW YORK — As the Yankees pursued a Juan Soto trade with the Padres two offseasons ago, Clarke Schmidt and Michael King each saw their names in rumors.

The pinstriped teammates figured either could be dealt, but the Padres ultimately insisted on King after he transitioned from the bullpen to the Yankees’ rotation down the stretch in 2023. ...Read more