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7:16 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson was a late scratch Thursday after getting hit near the eye by a ball that ricocheted off a screen during batting practice. Olson missed the A’s 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Manager Bob Melvin said there were

5:47 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Yusei Kikuchi took a no-hit bid into the the seventh inning, and Taylor Trammell homered and made a sliding game-ending catch, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Houston Astros 1-0 on Thursday to avoid a four-game series sweep. Kikuchi (1-1) did not allow a hit until Carlos Correa

7:34 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Rockies selected the contract of veteran first baseman Matt Adams from the team’s alternate training site. The 32-year-old Adams was signed by Colorado in late March. He’s a career .259 hitter with 118 homers and 397 RBIs in stints with St. Louis, Washington and Atlanta. Adams

5:26 PM ET One of the game’s hottest pitchers is going on the injured list as Milwaukee Brewers starter Corbin Burnes won’t make his next outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend. Manager Craig Counsell did not specify the reason for Burnes going on the IL and said he couldn’t comment on the situation

5:26 PM ET Milwaukee Brewers right-handed starter Corbin Burnes was placed on the injured list for undisclosed reasons Thursday. The Brewers also announced right-hander Zack Godley was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right index finger contusion. To replace Burnes and Godley on the active roster, the Brewers recalled right-hander Alec Bettinger and

7:00 AM ET Believe it or not, we are already just about a month into the 2021 MLB season with the calendar set to flip to May this weekend. What does that mean for this week’s edition of our MLB Power Rankings? Well, yes, it is still early — but it also isn’t too early

12:10 AM ET Every Jacob deGrom start these days is a testament to pitching perfection, the most impressive combination of power and command since the peak of Pedro Martinez’s Hall of Fame career. Yet, once again, the New York Mets and their fans were left frustrated Wednesday, able to appreciate deGrom’s brilliance but staring at

10:05 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper left Wednesday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals after getting hit in the face by a 96.9 mph fastball from reliever Genesis Cabrera. Harper walked off the field on his own accord, displaying some blood on the left side of his nose. Cabrera then hit the next

10:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor‘s contract negotiations with the Mets seemed pretty smooth. His swing certainly has not. The $341 million star shortstop entered Wednesday batting .212 with three RBIs through 18 games with his new team and started hearing boos Tuesday night at Citi Field after grounding out late

9:30 PM ET Jacob deGrom tied Nolan Ryan’s record for most strikeouts through a pitcher’s first five starts of a season, finishing Tuesday’s start with nine strikeouts over six innings to run his five-game total to 59, matching Ryan’s achievement set in 1978. DeGrom departed with the Red Sox leading 1-0. It is his 33rd

6:25 PM ET Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell wasn’t pleased with a second-inning obstruction call on his pitcher, during the Brewers’ 6-2 loss to the Miami Marlins Wednesday. With one out and runners on first and third, Marlins second baseman Isan Diaz hit a soft ground ball between the pitcher’s mound and first base. Brewers starter

4:09 PM ET Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. — George Springer is set to make an impact with the Toronto Blue Jays. Springer is in the lineup as the designated hitter and will hit leadoff Wednesday night in his Blue Jays debut when Toronto plays Washington. The slugger started his first season with Toronto sidelined by

12:41 PM ET Throughout its storied history, Fenway Park has hosted football games, an outdoor NHL game, soccer games, the Harlem Globetrotters, concerts, an elephant party (back in 1914) and even Franklin Roosevelt’s final campaign speech in 1944. In recent months, it served as a vaccination site for COVID-19. Now it will host a series

12:33 AM ET The biggest declaration of this young baseball season: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. now officially carries a very loud, very lethal and very powerful bat. Guerrero launched three home runs and drove in seven RBIs in the host Toronto Blue Jays‘ 9-5 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday. Two were off Max Scherzer,

7:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder Mike Tauchman from the New York Yankees on Tuesday for left-handed reliever Wandy Peralta and a player to be named later. The 30-year-old Tauchman, a veteran of five major league seasons, had a breakout year for the Yankees in 2019 when he set

8:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jerry Blevins, a left-handed reliever who split the bulk of his career between the Oakland Athletics and New York Mets, announced his retirement after 13 big league seasons Tuesday night. The 37-year-old last pitched in the majors for Atlanta in 2019. He had been working at the

6:57 PM ET ESPN News Services The St. Louis Cardinals placed catcher Yadier Molina on the 10-day injured list Tuesday because of a tendon strain in his right foot, the team announced. Molina initially injured his foot on Friday while running out a double. He missed games on Saturday and Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds

4:54 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Outfielder Luis Robert was placed on the injured list Tuesday by the Chicago White Sox as a precaution after he reported feeling flu-like symptoms. General manager Rick Hahn said in a statement that Robert informed the team’s medical staff of the symptoms Monday night. The team is awaiting