The sight of Aaron Sanchez mowing down the Tigers’ lineup Tuesday night at Comerica Park had the same feeling Max Scherzer created during his 20-strikeout gem against his old team last month. The sight of Justin Upton dashing home as Ian Kinsler’s 10th-inning single sailed over third baseman Josh Donaldson into left field, completing the Tigers’ comeback for a 3-2 win, was similarly incredible. Except the Tigers believed they could do it.
Beltran homers for 1,000th extra-base hit
Carlos Beltran’s 2016 season has been an all-out rewrite of baseball’s record books, and Tuesday was no different.
A’s looking for rotation to help lead turnaround
For the A’s season to move in the right direction, the starting pitching will have to improve. This is not asking for a miracle, but it is asking for a change.
Dozier’s walk-off caps Twins’ 4-HR night vs. Marlins
Brian Dozier hit a walk-off two-run homer with two outs in the 11th inning to lift the Twins to a 6-4 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night at Target Field.
Pineda goes 7 to send Yankees past Angels
Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer and Starlin Castro added a solo shot, supporting Michael Pineda’s longest effort of the year as the Yankees defeated the Angels, 6-3, on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
Price-Bumgarner, Thor lead slate on MLB.TV
It’s set to be a day of dueling aces and new faces in action around the Majors today, highlighted by an Interleague showdown of star southpaws by the Bay and a long-anticipated big league arrival in Pittsburgh.
Each franchise’s best homegrown Draft pick
Not every Draft pick will pan out, but sometimes teams strike gold, selecting cornerstone players that star in the organization for decades. What follows is a list of the ultimate homegrown players — the best ever drafted and developed by each Major League team based on the value they accrued for the team that drafted them.
Eickhoff’s 7 strong leads Phils past Cubs
The Phillies needed a brilliant effort from Jerad Eickhoff to have any chance against the Cubs on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
Confused rabbit causes lengthy, and irresistible, delay in Minor League game
Or, maybe the little critter wanted to pitch in relief?
Tigers save best for last, stun Jays in 10th
The Tigers, held to one hit over eight scoreless innings by Aaron Sanchez, erupted for two runs in the ninth off Sanchez and closer Roberto Osuna before Ian Kinsler’s 10th-inning RBI single earned Detroit its fifth straight win with a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Comerica Park.
Handicapping the Draft’s No. 1 overall pick
Jonathan Mayo selects the players he believes to be the favorites, contenders and dark horses for the Phillies to take with the first pick in the 2016 Draft.
Nationals in good hands with Rizzo, Baker
There’s a lot of baseball between here and there, of course. But the Nats got out of the gate 9-1 and have looked like a postseason team every day since then, the only question being whether they’ll hold off the Mets to win the National League East or grab one of the two Wild Card spots. They passed the Mets to take first place on May 29 and extended the lead Tuesday, when the Pirates swept the Mets in a doubleheader.
Tempers flare, O’s knock 4 HRs to power past Royals
With Kansas City in the midst of a five-game losing streak, tensions boiled over in the Orioles’ 9-1 win over the Royals on Tuesday night when Kansas City righty Yordano Ventura plunked Manny Machado with a 99-mph fastball. The benches cleared and the bullpens emptied as Machado charged the mound, overshadowing another strong offensive night for Baltimore at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
If asked, Bumgarner would enter Derby
Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner has a message to the folks coordinating the Home Run Derby at this year’s All-Star Game in San Diego: Ask me and I will come.
Ball slips out of Greg Mahle’s hand, jabs a hole in advertising board behind home plate
This would work well at a carnival, though.
Cain-do-it: Lorenzo robs Alvarez of HR
As bad as the Royals’ first inning was in Tuesday’s 9-1 loss to the Orioles, it could have been worse.
Bobby Parnell took on gravity and gravity won on this throw to second base
Gravity’s a bad time, man.