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ESPN News Services Apr 16, 2024, 01:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Chicago Cubs rookie Michael Busch homered for the fifth straight game Monday night, matching the longest streak by a Cubs player since 1900. Busch led off the second inning with his sixth home run of the season, a 419-foot drive to

ESPN News Services Apr 15, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Michael Lorenzen pitched five scoreless innings in his Texas debut and three relievers completed a five-hit shutout as the Rangers topped the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Monday night. Lorenzen, signed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract as a free agent late

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 09:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, beginning the end of the racial segregation that had relegated Black

ESPN News Services Apr 15, 2024, 09:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland appeared to injure his right, non-throwing shoulder while being used as a pinch runner in the ninth inning of Monday night’s 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Manager Bud Black, however, said afterward that Freeland was

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 08:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez had an MRI on Monday that showed a mild groin strain. It was a promising development for Kansas City after Perez left Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the New York Mets following a fourth-inning collision at home

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 05:37 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions John

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 06:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Astros ace Justin Verlander will throw a side session Tuesday, and if that goes well he’ll make his season debut this weekend against the Washington Nationals. Houston manager Joe Espada made the announcement Monday but wouldn’t say which game of the series

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 06:08 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Cubs placed right fielder Seiya Suzuki on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain, the team announced on Monday. Suzuki, 29, was hurt in Sunday’s

ESPN News Services Apr 15, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Ken Holtzman, who tossed two no-hitters for the Chicago Cubs and won four World Series, died Sunday at 78. His brother, Bob, confirmed the two-time All-Star left-hander’s death to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Holtzman had been hospitalized for three weeks while battling heart issues. The Cubs

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — The Mariners called up top prospect Jonatan Clase on Monday, looking to help spark an offense that has underperformed in the first 2½ weeks of the season. Clase, a 21-year-old switch-hitting outfielder, was hitting .311 with four doubles, two triple and two

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Boston Red Sox left fielder Tyler O’Neill had to leave the game against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday in the eighth inning after colliding with third baseman Rafael Devers when the two were chasing a shallow popup. Devers made the catch as

Field Level Media Apr 15, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Marlins third baseman Jake Burger landed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a left oblique injury. Burger, 28, told reporters he felt discomfort following Sunday’s 9-7 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Burger is batting .228 with three homers and a team-high

Anthony Olivieri, ESPN.comApr 15, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WICHITA, KAN. — At noon, when Bob Lutz left the old mechanic’s garage that had been turned into the gleaming headquarters of the youth baseball league he founded, he liked to look across the street at the statue of Jackie Robinson. There, in a

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Just over two weeks into the MLB season, the Atlanta Braves are exactly where they’re expected to be: atop the National League East standings. But any thought that the

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 12:52 AM 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. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar came up with the game-winning hit that led to

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 14, 2024, 09:29 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. Open Extended Reactions Veteran left fielder Tommy Pham is closing in on a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox,

Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — Milwaukee’s offensive tear finally ran into a roadblock in the form of the Brewers‘ former ace. Not that Corbin Burnes had it easy. Burnes allowed a home run to the first batter of the game, and Baltimore‘s new star pitcher left after

Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 05:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Blake Snell had a rough return to Tropicana Field with the San Francisco Giants. The two-time Cy Young Award winner allowed seven runs over four innings on Sunday in a 9-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, including a pair