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Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 10:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Rookie Keider Montero pitched Detroit’s first shutout in three seasons and the Tigers beat the Colorado Rockies 11-0 Tuesday night. Montero (5-6) was making his 14th major league start and became the first Tigers pitcher with nine shutout innings since Spencer Turnbull‘s

Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Veteran stars Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer will rejoin the Texas Rangers‘ pitching rotation later this week after both had an extended absence due to injuries. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday that deGrom will pitch on Friday and Scherzer on Saturday.

Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Cleveland Guardians right-hander Ben Lively left the game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night after he was struck by a comebacker. It looked as if Lively was hit on the outside of his right leg by Dominic Fletcher‘s liner in

Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber set the MLB single-season record with his 14th leadoff home run Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays before being removed from the game in the fourth inning due to left elbow discomfort. In the bottom of

Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left oblique muscle, the third time in yet another interrupted season that the 34-year-old has been sidelined by injury. The Angels also put closer

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterSep 10, 2024, 07:00 AM 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 NEW

ESPN News Services Sep 9, 2024, 10:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Pirates ace Paul Skenes struck out nine over six solid innings in a win Monday to bring his strikeout total for the year to 151, a franchise record for a rookie. The 22-year-old Skenes (10-2) allowed one run on six hits

ESPN News Services Sep 9, 2024, 07:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins could be getting closer to infielder Carlos Correa returning to the lineup, while the return of centerfielder Byron Buxton is a bit more uncertain. Correa has been out since July 12 with right plantar fasciitis, and the All-Star

Sep 9, 2024, 05:09 PM ET James Earl Jones, the iconic actor whose unmistakable bass voice resonated to film, theater and television audiences across the world for more than six decades, died Monday at the age of 93, according to his agent Barry McPherson. Jones won two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmys, a Golden Globe

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2024, 07:24 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 NEW

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2024, 07:47 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz knows his team is staring down a record number of losses this season, but he’s urging his players to “make

Associated Press Sep 9, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn won’t pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays this series because of a sore lower back, manager Carlos Mendoza said Monday. Blackburn had been expected to come off the 15-day injured list to face the Blue Jays.

Associated Press Sep 9, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers plan to add top pitching prospect Kumar Rocker to their roster this week and expect the 6-foot-5 right-hander to make his big league debut Thursday night in Seattle. Rocker’s pending promotion was revealed by the team Monday, an

Buster Olney, ESPN Senior WriterSep 9, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — When the first of Pavin Smith‘s fly balls soared into the right-field corner of Minute Maid Park on Sunday night, Justin Verlander moved

Associated Press Sep 8, 2024, 11:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Pavin Smith homered in first three at-bats for his first multi-home run game and drove in a career-high eight runs, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks rout the Houston Astros 12-6 on Sunday night to end a three-game losing streak. Smith became the second

ESPN News Services Sep 8, 2024, 07:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run of the season to tie his career high and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-0 on Sunday in record-tying heat. With the first-pitch temperature of 103 degrees matching the hottest

Field Level Media Sep 8, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Phillies placed shortstop Edmundo Sosa on the injured list Sunday with back spasms, while right-hander Seth Johnson was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Sosa, 28, was batting .264 with seven home runs and a career high-tying 30 RBIs in 83 games,

Associated Press Sep 8, 2024, 03:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Multi-Cy Young Award winners Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer are prepared to rejoin the Texas Rangers‘ starting rotation after completing rehab assignments, manager Bruce Bochy said Sunday. “He’s ready to start here,” Bochy said of two-time Cy winner deGrom. “Same with