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It’s another night here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hole-in-the-wall for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us for a while. We need a friend tonight. There’s no cover charge. The dress code is casual. We validate parking. The hostess can seat you now. […]
The Brewers re-signed infielder Jonathan Ornelas on a minor league contract, reports Francys Romero. He’ll report to Triple-A Nashville. Ornelas elected free agency after being waived by Milwaukee last week. The Brewers had acquired him a couple weeks earlier in a minor league trade with the Athletics. Ornelas was a stopgap depth infielder while Cooper Pratt was […]
In the bottom of the fifth inning of Tuesday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers were looking for a spark to avoid a brutal loss. Fortunately, that came in the form of a Mookie Betts double with two on, which scored a returning Alex Freeland from second base, but Shohei […] The post Scary Shohei Ohtani slide briefly has Dodgers fans concerned appeared first on ClutchPoints .
If there was any team that needed a win — really, really needed a win — it was the Colorado Rockies. Their odds of avoiding another 100-loss season were sagging by the day, and they were drowning after their 10th consecutive loss at Coors Field. Making things worse were Monday night’s near win that ended […]
Two major qualms people have about the Chicago White Sox lately: Starting pitchers needing to find a way to go deeper into games and the offense needing to capitalize with runners in scoring position. Last night’s loss was a mix of both when Anthony Kay was knocked out in the fifth inning, and the offense left 14 runners on base. Tonight, thanks to two-out base hits from Andrew Benintendi, Colson Montgomery, and Randal Grichuk, the White Sox offense found a way to score five runs. That was ...
The Baltimore Orioles have been hanging tough in the AL Wild Card race, and every win matters right now as far as their postseason hopes are concerned. Their modest four-game winning streak may have ended on Tuesday in a 4-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies, but they wouldn’t have carried a winning streak to tonight […] The post Orioles’ Colton Cowser recalls Triple-A HR robbery after game-saving catch – here’s the video appeared first on ClutchPoints .
ARLINGTON, Texas — Brandon Nimmo set season highs with 4 hits and 5 RBI, 3 of them driven in with two outs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 8-5 on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field. Texas moved to 69-70 and pulled within one game of the first-place Houston Astros, who lost 5-1 to […]
The Red Sox gave Sonny Gray some extra rest Tuesday night. The decision came at a cost.Forced to dig into their depleted starting pitching depth, Boston turned to 22-year-old Jedixson Paez for a spot start against the Mariners. It went about as poorly as possible.
I’m old enough to remember when the Orioles had a .500 record. Those were good times. The O’s couldn’t keep up the momentum of their series opener, dropping the second game to the Rockies, 4-2. Newly promoted Luis De León, making his major league debut, coughed up a tie-breaking two-run homer in the seventh after […]
The Athletics faced the Texas Rangers in the middle game of their three-game series. The Rangers moved one step closer to a sweep of their division rivals, defeating the A’s 8-5 in another game marked by bad pitching and struggles with runners in scoring position. The Green and Gold finished 2-for-10 with runners in scoring […]
Charlotte Knights 3, Gwinnett Stripers 1 (10 innings) Noah Schultz took the hill for the Knights (72-61) and breezed through four innings. Then came the fifth: a leadoff single, an airmailed throw by Schultz and a sacrifice fly, and suddenly the Stripers were on the board. Schultz’s night ended after 4 2/3 innings. He allowed […]
Royals reliever Carlos Estévez will undergo shoulder surgery next week, manager Matt Quatraro tells reporters (link via Anne Rogers of MLB.com). The skipper described it as a “somewhat exploratory” procedure, so there’ll likely be a more defined timeline once the operation is complete. Estévez was diagnosed with a rotator cuff strain in early May and tried […]
Box Score Nights like these are the nights the Brewers are glad they came out on the winning end. A night filled with little-league errors was quickly overshadowed by big-league blasts to give the Brewers a 9-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs, evening the series and extending their division lead back to eight games. Entering […]
The call-up to San Diego happened for San Diego Padres top prospect, Ethan Salas, after a loud last week with El Paso. The Padres catcher-of-the-future impressed in his 24 games with the Chihuahuas and finished strong before getting the promotion to finish his 2026 season with the major league squad. In 105 plate appearances with […]
Big league rosters have officially expanded now that we’ve reached the month of August. The Cincinnati Reds responded in kind by promoting both Brandon Williamson and Juan Brito earlier on Tuesday, the latter providing depth across the infield as the Reds face something of a short-term crisis there. Ke’Bryan Hayes resides on the 10-day IL […]
Auburn quarterback Byrum Brown is ready to make his debut for the Tigers on Saturday vs. the Baylor Bears after following head coach Alex Golesh from South Florida. Brown enters Week 1 as Auburn’s starting quarterback after producing more than 4,000 yards of offense and 42 total touchdowns last season with the Bulls. The senior […] The post Auburn QB Byrum Brown’s message before Week 1 vs. Baylor will have fans hyped appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Texas Rangers scored eight runs while the Californian Athletics scored five runs. The Rangers seem to have finally found themselves a punching bag and the veterans were lining up to throw some haymakers. September started in a similar fashion to how August ended with Texas beating up on the hapless Athletics. The catalyst tonight […]
Mantua, Cuba, is a small fishing village on the northwestern coast of the island; legend says it was founded by shipwrecked Italian sailors in the early 1600s. Los Arroyos, the neighborhood where Randy Arozarena grew up, is a tiny tip of the island, about as close to Cancún as it is to the capital Havana, […]
You wouldn’t know it from these last 36 hours, but the Mariners actually rank dead last in all of baseball in runs scored this season. Unfortunately for the Red Sox, bad MLB hitting can still erupt against bad MLB pitching, and that’s what happened in Boston’s 9-6 loss to Seattle. Without showing their lines, here’s […]
Freddy Peralta and the Tampa Bay Rays came out on top in his first time pitching against the New York Mets since getting traded to the American League East team. Making his sixth start in a Rays uniform on Tuesday, Peralta had some sort of a revenge game against New York, as he pitched one […] The post How emotional was Rays’ Freddy Peralta’s first game against the Mets? appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Twins went with an opener tonight, Andrew Morris got the first inning with Connor Prielipp taking over from there. It worked out well, as you can see from the score in the title, as the Tigers only managed one run in the first, with Prielipp shutting them out in his five innings tonight. Kody […]
Iowa catcher Ethan Hearn and infielder Hayden Cantrelle were both activated off the Development List. Right-hander Dominick Reid was promoted from Low-A Myrtle Beach to High-A South Bend. Outfieder Michael Gupton joins South Bend from the ACL Cubs. South Bend right-hander Ethan Bell and outfielder Geuri Lubo both went on the Development List. Shortstop Juan […]
The San Francisco Giants have not had a great season in 2026. But on Tuesday night, they had a chance to claim a big road win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It would have been a nice way to start off the final month of the regular season. Unfortunately, the Giants were not able to get […] The post Giants walked off by Pirates on brutal error appeared first on ClutchPoints .
New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor offered a straightforward assessment of Freddy Peralta after facing his former teammate for the first time since the Mets traded Peralta to the Tampa Bay Rays on August 2, one day before the 2026 MLB trade deadline. Lindor homered to lead off Tuesday’s game, but Peralta quickly settled in […] The post Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor opens up about facing Freddy Peralta post-trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Arizona Diamondbacks veteran Ketel Marte said Tuesday he wasn't fully aware of the meaning of the message that said "may the bridges I burn light the way" on the hat he wore Monday.
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