Here’s the thing about scoreboard watching and hoping for other teams to suffer defeat to aid your postseason hopes, you still need win your own games for it to truly make a difference.

On a night where they could’ve gained ground in the American League West standings with the Astros losing and also pick up a game the chase for the third ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio Urías struck his wife.

What's indisputable is this: He threw the punch.

The Los Angeles Times obtained from the California Highway Patrol a 72-second recording of the incident that derailed Urías' once-promising baseball career, and its ...Read more

CINCINNATI — The Braves had lost three in a row — all in disappointing and frustrating fashion. And at this time of the season, the potential consequence is this: Any slide can effectively end a club’s season.

The Braves are still alive.

They stopped the skid at three games and beat the Reds, 7-1, on Wednesday at Great American Ball Park...Read more

NEW YORK — If you heard an explosion in Flushing on Wednesday, don’t worry, it was just the Mets‘ bats.

Questions about how the Mets would produce offense without Francisco Lindor have quieted for another night after they used a nine-run fourth inning to finish a sweep of the Washington Nationals. The Mets smacked the Nats, 10-0, at Citi ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Ronny Henriquez has never saved a major league game in his 18-game major league career, had never even been given an opportunity before Wednesday night.

It showed.

The rookie right-hander, forced into his first-ever extra-inning action because the Twins’ bullpen has been so overworked lately, faced four batters and allowed two ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Tarik Skubal let out his trademark howl after ending the fifth, and his night, striking out his nemesis Salvador Perez to strand two runners.

He was so fired up, he knocked the glove off his right hand. And why wouldn’t he be? He had struck out seven and allowed only a first-inning run in his five innings Wednesday, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — There are mementos in the Hall of Fame from Dylan Cease’s no-hitter on July 25. The Padres presented him with a giant framed collage with a copy of the sports section and the scorecard from that day. The highlight video played before every game at Petco Park features the radio call from the end of the game.

But what Cease did ...Read more

Apparently all the San Francisco Giants needed to do to wake up their dormant offense was put a continent between them and Oracle Park.

The Giants rode their bats to a second straight win over the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, securing the first series of their final road trip of the season.

They got a pair of home runs, including one to lead off ...Read more

Tanner Houck could go the rest of the year without throwing another pitch and his season would be a success. The right-hander has set a new career high in innings pitched, earned his first All-Star nod and established himself as a dependable starter, all after entering the year without any assurance he’d be in the rotation at all.

Now the ...Read more

MIAMI — First, a caveat. The Miami Marlins are not a good major league baseball team.

This season, the rebuilding club has MLB’s second-most losses and second-fewest runs scored. On Wednesday night, their lineup featured only one hitter with a batting average above .262. Dominating them does not exactly portend future postseason success.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jordyn Adams’ infield hit in the 13th inning was too late to get Jack Kochanowicz the win he deserved, but good enough to get the Angels a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.

With the automatic runner having moved to third on a fly ball, the White Sox had the infield in when Adams poked a ball ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías awaits a decision from Major League Baseball on potential discipline over a domestic violence incident last year, the Los Angeles Times has obtained a copy of video of the incident.

Urías was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence last September outside BMO Stadium. The case was...Read more

MIAMI — This was not the encore Bobby Miller had in mind.

Last year, the hard-throwing right-hander and first-round draft pick emerged as a breakout rookie in the Dodgers rotation.

He posted an 11-4 record and 3.76 ERA, establishing himself in the big leagues with a triple-digit fastball and fiery, competitive mindset. He earned a spot on ...Read more

DENVER — Before the Rockies’ relievers could even settle into their seats beyond the right-field wall, Corbin Carroll jolted them awake.

Carroll’s 438-foot blast on Austin Gomber’s seventh pitch Wednesday ricocheted off the second-deck facade and landed in the home bullpen, setting the tone for Gomber’s disappointing start, the ...Read more

CHICAGO — The ivy started turning a little earlier than usual this month at Wrigley Field, ensuring a picturesque backdrop for a ballgame come October.

But with seven home games remaining and the Chicago Cubs playing out the string in the 2024 season, that scenic view once again will be wasted.

Maybe next year?

Barring a miraculous turn of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — This was not the encore Bobby Miller had in mind.

Last year, the hard-throwing right-hander and first-round draft pick emerged as a breakout rookie in the Dodgers rotation.

He posted an 11-4 record and 3.76 ERA, establishing himself in the big leagues with a triple-digit fastball and fiery, competitive mindset. He earned a spot...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles designated veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel for assignment Wednesday, the team announced before their game against the San Francisco Giants. They recalled right-hander Bryan Baker in a corresponding move.

Kimbrel, 36, joined the Orioles on a one-year, $13 million deal this offseason to take over for the injured closer F�...Read more

Already, the Mariners were trailing by two runs when Victor Robles stepped to the plate in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday night.

The first pitch from Yankees right-hander Luis Gil, a 92-mph fastball, whizzed by Robles’ face and hit the Mariners’ leadoff hitter in the right hand.

Robles danced around in front of the plate, shaking ...Read more