MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins third baseman Jose Miranda matched an MLB record when he recorded a hit in 12 consecutive at-bats with his single off Hunter Brown in the fourth inning on Saturday in Minnesota’s 9-3 win over the Astros. The only other hitters on record with hits in 12 consecutive

NEW YORK -- As a young fan growing up in enemy territory, Ben Rice traveled from the rocky shores of tiny Cohasset, Mass., to proudly announce where his allegiances rested, surreptitiously scrawling “Yankees Rule!” on the right-field Pesky Pole at Boston’s Fenway Park. Rice left his mark on the historic

After tearing up the Minors, it was only a matter of time before Nationals phenom James Wood connected on his first homer -- and sure enough, MLB's No. 2 prospect got on the board on Saturday in his sixth Major League game. Wood's first homer was an opposite-field three-run shot

The old baseball wisdom goes that hitting is the hardest thing to do in sports, because as even the greatest hitters fail 70% of the time. But a hitter can also get so hot that he steps to the plate and succeeds again, and again, and again, and again. This

The starting position players for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game have been settled. And on Sunday night, we will learn the rest of the American and National League rosters for the July 16 game at Globe Life Field. But who will have the honor of starting the Midsummer Classic on

MINNEAPOLIS -- Willi Castro had three of the Twins’ 14 hits and Brooks Lee hit his first Major League homer as Minnesota defeated Houston, 9-3, on Saturday. Twins third baseman Jose Miranda singled in his first two at-bats to tie an MLB record with hits in 12 consecutive at-bats. The

NEW YORK -- Rafael Devers has tormented Yankees ace Gerrit Cole with the home run over the years. But in Saturday's 14-4 loss to New York at Yankee Stadium, Boston’s star slugger came up with a milestone single off New York’s ace. In the top of the third, Devers ripped

PITTSBURGH -- After serving a 10-game sticky substance suspension that stemmed from an incident on June 23, Mets closer Edwin Díaz took some time before Saturday’s contest against the Pirates at PNC Park to reflect on his time away. Despite remaining consistent in his stance that the substance was a

MINNEAPOLIS -- Astros rookie outfielder Joey Loperfido, whose barehanded, second-effort catch of a Willi Castro fly ball at the wall in the eighth inning Friday summed up the craziness of the evening, couldn’t help but go to his phone in the moments after Houston escaped Target Field with a 13-12

LOS ANGELES -- The reserves for the All-Star Game will be announced on Sunday, and all signs point toward Dodgers catcher Will Smith making his second appearance in the Midsummer Classic. His numbers leading up to Friday’s game were already good enough. But just to erase any possible doubt, Smith

PITTSBURGH -- PNC Park’s faithful rose to their feet and started to build to a roar as Paul Skenes got set to deliver an 0-2 pitch to Harrison Bader. Pitching in front of a sellout home crowd for the first time in his Major League career, Skenes’ slider went strike

CHICAGO -- After his performance against the Cubs on Saturday, it would be hard to leave lefty Tyler Anderson off the American League squad for the 2024 All-Star Game in Texas. Anderson registered his best start of the season, striking out 10 over eight scoreless innings to lift the Angels

If the results of our latest Rookie of the Year poll are any indication, we could have some history on our hands later this year. With the Yankees' Luis Gil and the Pirates' Paul Skenes each holding a commanding lead in their leagues in balloting among MLB.com experts, and with

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CHICAGO -- As a 32nd-round pick out of Cal State Dominguez Hills in 2011, it was an accomplishment for Kevin Pillar to even reach the Major Leagues. But Pillar continued to defy the odds with a stellar career and reached a major milestone on Saturday, getting to 10 years of

SAN DIEGO -- The best ending is the one you never see coming. For eight innings on Friday night, the largest crowd in Petco Park history partied. The Padres were cruising against the division-rival Diamondbacks, and the 47,171 fans in attendance reveled in what felt certain to be an easy

PITTSBURGH -- It’s been nearly 77 years since the last time the Pirates homered at home as many times as they did Friday against the Mets. So much so that the team’s allotment of celebratory fireworks for the day was exhausted. Things started getting Rowdy in the fourth when Rowdy

ATLANTA -- Trea Turner considers his swing a complicated one. It is special when he repeats it. His swing is helping him put together a potentially historic season for a Phillies shortstop. He homered twice in Friday night’s 8-6 victory over the Braves at Truist Park, giving the Phillies a

SEATTLE -- Luis Castillo flashed his big boyish grin as Mariners manager Scott Servais paced to the mound with two outs in the seventh inning on Friday night. “La Piedra” had just issued a two-out walk on his season-high 104th pitch and knew his night was done. But even in

MINNEAPOLIS -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, who was voted in as the starter at second base for the American League in the All-Star Game earlier this week, escaped serious injury after being hit on the left hand with a pitch in Friday’s 13-12 win over the Twins. Altuve went

NEW YORK -- With the Red Sox one strike away from defeat, Masataka Yoshida completely changed the narrative on Friday night at Yankee Stadium when he belted a game-tying two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning that propelled Boston to an eventual 5-3 victory in 10 innings.

LOS ANGELES -- Rhys Hoskins was 0-for-the-road-trip and fighting a funk that goes all the way back to his return from a hamstring injury at the end of May. The Brewers hope that this is the swing that breaks the slugger out of it and provides a silver lining on

OAKLAND -- The Orioles arrived in the Bay Area on Thursday night ahead of their three-game weekend series in Oakland and headed to their hotel in San Francisco. The team bus drove past Oracle Park (the home ballpark for the Giants), which brought a moment of reflection for Albert Suárez.

ATLANTA -- Alec Bohm is going to squeeze everything he can from his first All-Star experience. He learned Wednesday that he will be the National League’s starting third baseman in the July 16 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Globe Life Field in Arlington. On Friday, Bohm announced that he

Baseball’s newest top pitching prospect is Jackson Jobe, and it had been a while since he toed the rubber at Double-A. When the 21-year-old right-hander returned to the level on Friday night, it was as if he’d never left. Jobe pitched like he hadn’t missed a beat in Erie’s 6-1