ANAHEIM, Calif. — On John Mozeliak’s first day at Angel Stadium, he got to see what the Angels look like when they’re playing well.

They put together a little bit of everything in a 5-2 victory over the A’s on Saturday night, their third victory in the last four games.

Starter Reid Detmers gave up two runs, and then four relievers shut...Read more

SAN DIEGO — One after another, Dodgers hitters Kyle Tucker and Dalton Rushing broke up their offensive slumps with home runs.

The Dodgers’ game-winning rally in the sixth inning, en route to a 15-3 victory against the Padres at Petco Park Saturday, featured blasts from two of the hitters who most needed individual victories at the plate.

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BALTIMORE — Saturday was tracking to be another loss in which the Baltimore Orioles were silenced by a left-handed pitcher. Then they got to a righty.

Washington Nationals starter Foster Griffin exited after allowing one run over seven innings. Another southpaw came on and retired Taylor Ward and Gunnar Henderson to begin the eighth before a ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The first swing was a powerful uppercut. The second swing was more of an off-balanced flail. Both achieved the same result.

Rafael Devers hit two homers and drove in four runs on his bobblehead night and Logan Webb allowed just one hit over seven shutout innings as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves 5-0 on ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Forget Shohei Ohtani; fans should have flooded Target Field this week to watch Colorado Rockies All-Star catcher Hunter Goodman.

Goodman hit three home runs as the designated hitter Saturday. He launched a solo homer to the third deck in left field during the first inning and a solo homer to the center field bullpens in the ...Read more

CLEVELAND — During this two-week stretch of anemic production and for much of the season, scoring three runs in a game has somehow been enough for the Seattle Mariners to win more games than they’ve lost.

They came into Saturday night having posted a 12-6 record in games where they have scored three runs.

It’s a testament to their ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — If not for the rearrangement of the rotation to buy Dustin May some extra rest or questions about recent performance from other starters, there would be more attention given to the trapdoor underneath the Cardinals’ offense.

Searching since leaving the pinball machine in Kansas City, the Cardinals’ offensive struggles have ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox recognized their division-winning 1983 club with several members from that team on the field before Saturday’s game against the Kansas City Royals.

The 2026 version is also trying to make some waves, sitting in first place halfway through the season.

Fresh off a 22-run outburst Friday, the question became ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — In deciding to be cautious in handling two-time All-Star Shane McClanahan’s return to action for the first time since August 2023 by skipping his turn in the rotation, the Tampa Bay Rays put some extra work on their relievers by designating Saturday as a bullpen game.

That turned out to be no problem.

Five relievers, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Game No. 2 of the Andy Green era was going similarly to the first, and to most of the games the New York Mets had played this season, until Francisco Lindor reminded all of Citi Field why he’s been missed this season.

The Mets’ shortstop, playing in only his third game back since returning from a calf strain, hit a game-tying, ...Read more

BOSTON — If there was ever a time for New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole to turn things around against the Boston Red Sox, it would be when facing this offensively challenged iteration.

But Cole, whose issues against the Red Sox since donning the pinstripes are well-documented, yet again struggled on the mound at Fenway Park on ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – Seven-run efforts helped the San Francisco Giants win back-to-back games last week in Atlanta.

Friday night, the Giants scored a run in the first inning … then none afterward, losing 3-1 at Oracle Park to open a three-game series against the struggling Atlanta Braves.

The defining stat: San Francisco went 0-for-8 with ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It took about 15 minutes for Walbert Ureña to go from the best game of his career to the worst.

The Angels right-hander retired the first 12 hitters he faced on Friday night, barely even throwing a pitch out of the strike zone.

In the fifth, though, Ureña gave up seven runs, sending the Angels on their way to a 9-3 loss ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Walker Buehler did a better job handling the team he used to play for than Roki Sasaski did pitching against the team he decided not to play for.

Even if Buehler wasn’t given a chance to handle the Los Angeles Dodgers for as long as he might like, the Padres made him a winner on the strength of Ty France’s three-run homer, a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins earned their first walk-off win of the season Friday, but they walked off the field feeling more frustrated than the Colorado Rockies.

That’s what happens when a team carries a seven-run lead into the eighth inning, blows it and trails by a run entering the bottom of the ninth before winning in extras.

Royce Lewis ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Have the Kansas City Royals hit rock-bottom?

If there was any notion they could make a late surge in American League Central standings, those aspirations have officially fallen by the wayside.

The Royals lost, 22-1, to the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. In their last two games, the Royals have been outscored by 32 runs...Read more

BOSTON — It’s been more than 124 years since Cy Young pitched the first and only perfect game in Red Sox history, but for a while on Friday it looked like Payton Tolle might have a chance to etch his name into franchise lore.

It wasn’t meant to be, but Friday was still a night the Red Sox rookie will always remember.

Tolle was ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Despite Konnor Griffin’s best efforts, Paul Skenes’ personal losing skid reached eight.

Griffin homered in his first swing off the injured list, but Skenes allowed four runs in the second inning and Mason Montgomery allowed a go-ahead, two-run Noelvi Marte homer in the eighth as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pirates, 6-4, on ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — That didn’t take very long.

A few days ago, there were rumblings about Junior Caminero’s diminishing power numbers. After bashing 45 home runs in 2025, Caminero had a respectable, but unspectacular, 15 homers through 75 games this season.

It’s probably best to consider that matter now closed.

Caminero blasted a ...Read more