PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes allowed a career-high seven hits on Thursday night. He left to a standing ovation, with a shutout still intact.

Skenes allowed five singles and two doubles in six innings, but never allowed a runner past second base in a 7-0 win against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday at PNC Park. Three relievers completed the shutout...Read more

SEATTLE — The Chicago White Sox had plenty of runners on base Thursday.

They just couldn’t get them in.

The Sox squandered several scoring chances, falling 4-3 to the Seattle Mariners in 11 innings in front of 37,930 at T-Mobile Park.

The Sox went 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position while being swept in the three-game series.

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SEATTLE — In a game where it seemed like they might find any possible way to hinder a successful outcome, the Mariners still managed to pull out a victory and complete a series sweep of the Chicago White Sox.

It wasn’t easy.

The M’s were out of bench players by the 10th inning. Their batting order had Miles Mastrobuoni batting in Cal ...Read more

PHOENIX — Ryan O’Hearn made his first big contribution to his new team just in time.

His game-tying home run leading off the ninth inning against left-hander Kyle Backhus ended a night of futility by almost everyone in the lineup and led to the Padres’ 3-2, series-clinching victory over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Xander Bogaerts ...Read more

“They don’t beat the teams they are supposed to beat.”

It’s a common and familiar lament of Mariners teams past and even present. The frustration of losing a game or a series to an opponent with a worse record and less talent is one of the more galling traits of mediocre teams that flirt with .500 records and never push beyond.

And ...Read more

BOSTON — By signing Roman Anthony to an eight-year contract extension, Wednesday could go down as a momentous day in Red Sox history.

Just don’t ask how things went later that night.

The Red Sox saw their seven-game win streak come to an unceremonious end on Wednesday, losing 7-3 to the Kansas City Royals in the club’s worst all-around ...Read more

BOSTON — Roman Anthony isn’t going anywhere.

The Red Sox announced Wednesday afternoon that they have signed Anthony to an eight-year contract extension covering the 2026-33 seasons. The deal also includes a club option for 2034, ensuring the talented outfielder remains under club control for the next decade.

According to ESPN’s Jeff ...Read more

DENVER — Even in a clash of Coloradan aces, Colorado ended up on the losing end.

By a lot.

Kevin Gausman (Grandview High School, class of 2010) pitched seven strong innings to outlast Kyle Freeland (Thomas Jefferson High, 2011), and the Rockies’ bullpen limped to a 20-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday, capping off a historically ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Only one other player in the last 110 years has tried to do what the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is doing this season, which is to pitch and hit successfully at the big league level.

Babe Ruth twice won more than 20 games and led the American League in ERA and starts before the Red Sox, then the Yankees, decided pitching was ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels could not have asked for a better scoring opportunity when they were down by a run in the eighth inning.

They had the bases loaded, with no outs.

But Logan O’Hoppe, Luis Rengifo and Christian Moore all struck out, stranding the runners and sending the Angels on their way to a 5-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on ...Read more

With the New York Yankees desperate for a win, Paul Goldschmidt delivered off the bench on Wednesday when Aaron Boone asked the veteran to pinch-hit.

The right-handed hitter replaced the lefty-swinging Austin Wells with Texas Rangers southpaw Robert Garcia on the mound in the seventh inning. With the game tied at two and Texas searching for a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Trevor Rogers delivered one of his worst performances of the season Wednesday afternoon. He tossed six innings of one-run ball.

His start Wednesday in the Orioles’ 5-1 win over the Phillies served as the latest reminder — as if another was needed — that this is just who Rogers is now. The southpaw didn’t have his best ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Mets have hit rock bottom.

Relying on David Peterson to throw seven innings every 5-6 days while the rest of the rotation only goes five innings clearly isn’t an effective plan. But then again, nearly getting no-hit is also a pretty ineffective plan.

Right-hander Gavin Williams no-hit the Mets through 8 1/3 innings on ...Read more

BOSTON — Roman Anthony isn’t going anywhere.

According to a report by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Red Sox have reached an agreement to sign Anthony to an eight-year, $130 million contract extension that will keep the club’s top rookie in Boston through the 2034 season.

Passan reports that the deal will start in 2026 and include significant...Read more

A woman will umpire a major league game for the first time Saturday when Jen Pawol works the bases during Saturday's doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and visiting Miami Marlins at Truist Park.

For Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, that announcement Wednesday brought one response: It's about time.

"That's great. I'll be watching," he said of...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Jerar Encarnacion cannot catch a break.

As the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2, on Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park, Encarnacion hit his second home run in as many games but left the game later with an apparent leg injury when trying to beat out an infield single.

After being swept by both the Pirates and New York Mets ...Read more

It might be a cliché this time of year, how injured players who return after the trade deadline can serve as de facto deadline acquisitions themselves.

But in the case of Max Muncy and the Dodgers, the team needed it to be true. Badly.

Immediately after Muncy went down with a knee injury in early July, the club’s lineup entered a deep ...Read more

PHOENIX — The Padres got a big night from their new left fielder, who set them up for a victory.

Then their new relief pitcher allowed a mammoth home run on a blazing fastball.

So they played a little more, scored five runs in the top of the 11th against Jake Woodford, the sixth relief pitcher to work for the Diamondbacks, and held on to ...Read more