9:02 PM ET CHICAGO — Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. left Sunday night’s contest against the Chicago Cubs in the fourth inning due to pain in his lower abdominal muscles, according to the Braves. Acuna had reached base via a walk in the top of the fourth but was attended to by Braves trainers
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7:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole shook his head, disgusted. Aaron Hicks put hands on hips and bowed his head. By the end of the afternoon, pretty much all of the New York Yankees were appalled, along with their loudly booing fans. Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a tiebreaking double off Cole in
4:53 PM ET ESPN News Services CINCINNATI — Shane Bieber kept up his record strikeout run, fanning 13 and pitching the Cleveland Indians past the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 on Sunday. Bieber (2-1) became the first pitcher in big league history to begin the season with four straight starts with at least 10 strikeouts since the
3:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Monday’s game between the Twins and Athletics at Oakland Coliseum has been postponed as the Twins organization continues to conduct testing and contact tracing for COVID-19. The game has been tentatively rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday with Game 1 scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET. The Twins’
4:48 PM ET The Chicago White Sox placed right-hander Lance Lynn on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a strained right trapezius. The move was made retroactive to Saturday. Right-hander Zack Burdi was recalled from the team’s alternate training site in Schaumburg. The 33-year-old Lynn is 1-1 with a 0.92 ERA this season, his first
3:22 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Teddy Ballgame is about to become Teddy Blockchain. Hall of Famer Ted Williams is coming to the digital memorabilia market with a release of nine different cards that follow the No. 9’s career from skinny rookie to Cooperstown inductee. The collectors’ items offered by Williams’ daughter are hand
1:14 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — San Francisco Giants closer Jake McGee and right-hander Logan Webb went on the injured list before Sunday’s game at Miami because they were feeling lingering effects from the COVID-19 vaccine. The Giants said they are hopeful both pitchers will be on the list for only a game or
11:02 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Jay Bruce will be retiring after the New York Yankees‘ game against Tampa Bay on Sunday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone made the announcement prior to Sunday’s game. “He actually came to me at the start of the series,” Boone said. “He let me know his thinking.”
11:37 AM ET The Washington Nationals have put pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, the team announced Sunday. The move is retroactive to April 15, but Strasburg’s last start was in a road loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday in which he was tagged for seven earned
1:46 AM ET Friday’s game lasted five hours, spanned 12 innings and included 17 pitchers. Saturday’s game came down to a centimeter. That, pretty much, was the distance between Petco Park’s outfield grass and the baseball that bulged out of Mookie Betts‘ glove, just barely secure enough to place another exclamation mark on an exhilarating
9:19 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Jacob deGrom struck out nine straight batters against Colorado on Saturday, falling one shy of matching Tom Seaver’s major league record. He fell short of the record and nearly missed a win. DeGrom finished with 14 strikeouts to lead the New York Mets over the Rockies 4-3
8:33 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Twins’ game against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night has been postponed due to Minnesota’s COVID-19 problems. Major League Baseball didn’t immediately announce when the game will be made up, or what will happen with the Twins’ series finale at Angel Stadium on Sunday. Saturday’s
5:12 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich, who has missed four straight games because of a sore back, was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday. “There’s nothing new, nothing to add,” manager Craig Counsell said. “That’s what it is. We’ll take a couple more days without baseball activities and see
2:01 PM ET Associated Press Masahiro Tanaka allowed Sho Nakata’s two-run homer in the first inning of the pitcher’s return to Japanese baseball, a 4-1 loss for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday. The 32-year-old right-hander signed with the Pacific League club in January
2:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez left Saturday’s game an inning after taking a foul ball off his right hand. New York said X-rays of Sanchez’s hand were negative and that he has a contusion on his right index and middle fingers. The club said he’s day
1:51 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Atlanta Braves placed 36-year-old infielder Sean Kazmar Jr. on the active roster Saturday, a move that put a big smile on the face of manager Brian Snitker. And for good reason. Kazmar hasn’t played in the major leagues in more than a decade. “That was probably one
12:52 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Tampa Bay Rays activated Gold Glove center fielder Kevin Kiermaier from the 10-day injured list prior to a game Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Kiermaier had been out since April 5 with a strained left quadriceps. He took live at-bats against taxi squad pitcher David Hess prior
12:13 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals traded outfielder Nick Heath, who had been designated for assignment earlier in the week, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league pitcher Eduardo Herrera on Saturday. The 27-year-old Heath, a speedster with a spotty bat, has been on the fringe of making