Baseball

ARLINGTON, TEXAS – Texas rookie pitcher Ian Gibaut was suspended for three games Tuesday, a day after he threw a fastball behind San Diego’s Manny Machado following a grand slam in a dustup over baseball’s unwritten rules. Gibaut appealed the penalty imposed by Major League Baseball and was active for […]

New York – Ted Williams was piloting fighter jets in Korea the last time the New York Yankees dominated the Boston Red Sox like this. Luke Voit homered twice, Aroldis Chapman returned from the COVID-19 injured list to pitch the ninth inning and the Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-3 […]

New York – Clint Frazier wants to make sure his time as the New York Yankees’ future doesn’t stretch beyond four years. He also hopes to avoid skipping their present and moving directly to their past. Frazier was acquired from Cleveland in the July 2016 deal for reliever Andrew Miller […]

New York – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo belted a three-run home run in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 7-5 come-from-behind win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. The Japanese slugger put the Rays up by a run in the fourth inning at Sahlen Field before Toronto reclaimed the lead with back-to-back homers. […]

There is no thought of social distancing, it seems, when celebrating a no-hitter. When Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher Yasuhiro “Ryan” Ogawa became the 82nd NPB hurler to join the no-hitter club, catcher Akihisa Nishida wasted no time enveloping him in a bear hug on the mound. The rest of the […]

Phoenix – Speedy Padres pinch runner Jorge Mateo was thrown out at the plate trying to score from first base on a single to end the game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks held off San Diego 7-6 on Saturday night. The Padres nearly completed a late rally after trailing 7-1. San […]

Cincinnati – The Cincinnati Reds became the third Major League Baseball team to have games called off because one of its players tested positive for COVID-19. The last two games of a series between the Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park were postponed Saturday after one Cincinnati […]

Yokohama – Tokyo Yakult Swallows right-hander Yasuhiro Ogawa threw the first no-hitter of the season on Saturday and the first of his career in a 9-0 Central League win over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Ogawa’s gem was the 93rd no-hitter in the history of Japanese pro baseball, and the 30-year-old […]

New York – Gerrit Cole posted his 20th straight regular-season win, becoming the sixth pitcher to ever reach the mark by throwing seven sharp innings to lead the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Friday night. A noted Yankees fan growing up in Southern California, Cole (4-0) […]

Cleveland – After hearing Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac explain their actions, the Cleveland Indians sent the pitchers to their alternate training site on Friday after the two broke team rules and Major League Baseball coronavirus protocol last weekend in Chicago. Clevinger and Plesac drove to Detroit separately with their […]