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The Chicago Cubs train just keeps on rolling. Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field, Moisés Ballesteros homered and Michael Busch smacked a bases-loaded triple. That, plus six solid innings from Matthew Boyd, helped the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Diamondbacks, a series sweep and their 11th consecutive win at home. Arizona scored first, in […]
It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! It was a big week for the Bombers, who finished up a road trip with three games in Arlington, hosted the Savannah Bananas at Yankee Stadium, and came back home for a weekend of Star Wars […]
‘Coming out is a big deal for me, and I just wanted my baseball team to know the truth,’ Michael Holland said.
Squandered is the word of the weekend. It means to waste resources or opportunities through negligence or inaction. In this context, it means leaving runners on base at seemingly every turn. The Red Sox pitched a really good game today. Ranger Suarez threw four shutout innings before leaving the game with hamstring tightness. Tyler Samaniego, […]
This is my first guest recap on this new (well, since last summer) format. Let’s see how this goes, a bit different than how I usually do things. Today it will be Merrill Kelly against Matt Boyd. One March 30th of last year, he went 5 innings and did not give up a run, but […]
Maryland baseball hadn’t led against Michigan in the entire weekend series following an extra-inning walk off loss and a run-rule defeat. In one fell swoop, second baseman David Mendez changed that, crushing a two-run blast clear over the right-field fence to give the Terps their first lead all weekend. But after managing to hold onto […]
Jackson Marshall’s sixth inning grand slam gave the UConn Huskies the lead for good in a 4-3 win over the ETSU Bucs to salvage the series finale at Elliot Ballpark on Sunday. click on image to enlarge Photo ©: Ian Bethune Apple News users, click here to view the gallery
Good teams win close games. The Rays are proving so far this season that they truly are a good team. Today was another example. Not because every win has to be clean, or because the offense is turning games into batting practice. No, this one was proof in a much more Rays’ way. Tampa Bay […]
The Yankees have come to rely on production from their superstars, and this afternoon against the O’s, they got just that. Aaron Judge and Ben Rice both homered early—before Rice left the game in the fourth inning with a hand contusion suffered on a pickoff throw. But for a team to sustain a hot two-week […]
Box Score Logan Henderson looked great through six strong innings, but Milwaukee couldn’t complete the sweep of the Nationals as a ninth-inning rally fell just short in Sunday’s series finale. Both teams combined for just one hit, a Brandon Lockridge double, through the first four innings. Milwaukee was the first team to score, breaking through […]
There was a large chunk of today’s game when the Orioles were in it. They came back from a deficit to tie the game at 3-3, they made some noise against lefty ace Max Fried, and Trey Gibson did not implode as so many starting pitchers have for the Orioles lately. When they fell behind […]
Obinna Ekezie Jr., one of the top players in the 2027 class and a Kentucky Basketball target, has made his decision. Ekezie, the fourth overall-ranked prospect and second-ranked center, has committed to the school down the road, the Louisville Cardinals, and will reclassify to 2026, choosing them over other finalists, Arkansas, BYU, Kentucky, and Maryland. […]
The Dodgers didn’t hit a home run on Sunday, but didn’t need to. They scraped together just enough offense to back a stingy Justin Wrobleski, who extended his April success into May in a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium. That snapped a four-game losing streak for the […]
The St. Louis Cardinals didn’t provide much to get excited about for the first 8 innings. Dustin May gave the Cardinals a serviceable start, but his former team touched him up for 3 runs before his day was done. The Cardinals had early innings opportunities, but had nothing to show for it on the scoreboard […]
Texas Rangers lineup for May 3, 2026 against the Detroit Tigers: starting pitchers are Jack Leiter for the Rangers and Tyler Holton for the Tigers. The Rangers take on Detroit in the series finale in Detroit. Brandon Nimmo is back in the lineup, at DH. The lineup: Nimmo — DH McCutchen — LF Seager — […]
Blue Jays 3 Twins 4 That was irritating. Joe Ryan left the game with a sore elbow after walking the second batter and we had to think we had a good chance. But no. Trey Yesavage wasn’t good, but then only gave up one run. In four innings he allowed five hits, three walks and […]
The Atlanta Braves announced that pitcher Jose Suarez was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners and reliever Joel Payamps was outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett. Both pitchers were designed for assignment by Atlanta on May 1. Suarez had pitched in six games with the Braves, making one start and collecting one three-inning save. He struck […]
Try not to move is good advice when you are trapped in a Jeep with a Tyrannosaurus rex bearing down on you. It is bad advice when you are throwing a cutter. Unfortunately, as Marlins pitcher Chris Paddack found out, the Phillies are not like T. rexes,, and they will hit you very, very hard […]
Heading into the 2026 season, the UConn Huskies hadn’t lost a home weekend series in their first five years at Elliot Ballpark. On Saturday afternoon, the Huskies (26-22) fell to East Tennessee State University (29-15), 6-1, to drop their second-straight homestand. Losing their last weekend home series to Big East rival St. John’s two weeks […]
The Cincinnati Reds did not have a position player pitch on Sunday in Pittsburgh. They did not get shelled 9-1, or walk seven consecutive batters in a 17-7 drubbing. The Reds instead watched their brightest young star turn in precisely the kind of outing they needed after their starters and bullpen had been torched the […]
The Twins sent Joe Ryan to the bump this morning—the Peacock MLB Sunday Wakeup special—hoping for a series split. He lasted all of two batters before leaving with an undisclosed injury. It would be an unexpected bullpen game featuring the worst pen in baseball. My thoughts at the exact moment: how many innings will Kody […]
The San Diego Padres activated right-handed starter Griffin Canning from the injured list Sunday morning to start in the final game in the series against the Chicago White Sox. Right-hander Randy Vásquez, slated to start on Sunday, will be pushed back to Monday in San Francisco. The corresponding move for the Padres is to place […]
The Mariners, suddenly drawing from their depth a month into the season, made a waiver claim today, picking up lefty José Suarez from Atlanta. Mariners fans likely remember Suarez from his lengthy Angels tenure, from the time he signed with the Angels as a free agent out of Venezuela to 2024. Prior to the 2025 […]
Arizona’s doomed season began with a 6-game losing streak. It played just below .500 ball for the next two months, but the last two weeks its been back to how it started. The Wildcats lost 11-5 at Kansas on Sunday afternoon, getting swept for the second time in Big 12 play. Arizona (16-30, 7-17 Big […]
The Kansas City Royals are going for a road sweep today in the Pacific Northwest, yes, you read that right a ROAD sweep. Last night, the Royals once again snatched a clutch victory in extras from the Seattle Mariners, allowing the Royals to win their third series this season and their first on the road. […]