Month: July 2023

ESPN News Services Jul 22, 2023, 05:47 PM ET CHICAGO — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras left Saturday’s 8-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs because of right hip tightness. Contreras drove in two runs against his former team. He hit an RBI double in the fifth inning, and then was replaced by Ivan Herrera
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 05:12 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Dodgers ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw will throw another bullpen session Monday before facing hitters. Manager Dave Roberts said Saturday that Kershaw came out “well” after a 40-pitch bullpen the previous day. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner and 10-time All-Star hasn’t pitched in
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 05:09 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers All-Star shortstop Corey Seager went on the 10-day injured list Saturday because of a sprained right thumb. Seager said an MRI showed no structural issues with the thumb that he hurt in the series opener Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers,
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Jul 22, 2023, 03:11 PM ET The Chicago White Sox activated veteran right-hander Joe Kelly from the injured list Saturday while veteran right-hander Bryan Shaw was designated for assignment. Kelly, 35, has not pitched since July 4 because of right elbow inflammation. He is 1-4 with a 4.82 ERA for the White Sox in 29
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Jul 22, 2023, 02:58 PM ET The Seattle Mariners placed veteran outfielder AJ Pollock on the injured list Saturday with a left hamstring strain while right-hander Prelander Berroa was optioned to Double-A Arkansas. In corresponding moves, outfielder Taylor Trammell was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and right-hander Isaiah Campbell from Arkansas. Pollock, who was removed from
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Nick Saban and Alabama added four-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench Jr. to its 2025 recruiting class Saturday. Ffrench, No. 15 overall in the 2025 ESPN 300, is the second highly touted receiver to pledge to the Crimson Tide in the 2025 class, following Saraland (Ala.)
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 01:43 PM ET CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A freshman football player at Austin Peay died Friday night in a single-car crash near the school’s campus in Clarksville, officials said. Jeremiah Collins, an 18-year-old defensive back, was driving too fast while exiting a highway and his pickup truck rolled several times before
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Jul 22, 2023, 12:36 PM ET Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson is set to return to the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Swanson, 29, was listed as sixth in the order after being activated Saturday from the 10-day injured list. He had been sidelined since July 5 with a left
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Jul 22, 2023, 09:06 AM ET WARSAW — Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva was blocked on Friday from entering Poland for reasons of state security and public safety, the Polish interior ministry said on Saturday. The 38-year old, a bronze medalist at 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was on the list of players of the BNP
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