When expecting parents are pondering a name for the child they will soon welcome into the world, there are many elements to take into consideration. Apparently, from 2002-04, one of them was the hope that their progeny would become a star baseball player who would reach the Major Leagues in

LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers right-hander River Ryan has impressed over his first four Major League starts. But as he worked on another gem on Saturday at Dodger Stadium, Ryan’s night ended much sooner than expected, as he left the Dodgers’ 4-1 win over the Pirates in the fifth inning alongside

CHICAGO -- Dansby Swanson walked into the visitors’ clubhouse at Guaranteed Rate Field on Saturday afternoon wearing a United States women’s national team jersey with his wife’s No. 9 on the back. A few hours earlier, he was on the edge of his seat watching her in the gold-medal game

Caitlin Clark has already left her mark on basketball. Is baseball her next sport of choice? It appeared that way for a moment Saturday, when the star rookie for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever was in attendance at Yankee Stadium before Game 1 of a doubleheader between the Yankees and Rangers.

MIAMI -- Not many teams can give up a six-run inning and still come back and win a game. But not many teams are playing like the San Diego Padres right now. On Saturday, the Padres were down four runs after Miami put up six in the fifth inning. Once

PHOENIX -- The D-backs won the game Saturday night, but any celebration was tempered by the two players they lost during their 11-1 win over the Phillies at Chase Field.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The first MLB team to reach 70 wins in 2024? The Baltimore Orioles. Another quality start by ace Corbin Burnes, another home run from red-hot rookie Jackson Holliday and a late go-ahead homer by Ramón Urías led the O’s to a 7-5 victory over the Rays at

The Lake Erie Crushers of the Frontier League made history on Friday night by becoming the first team to win a professional baseball game by not scoring a run. Wait, what? Technically speaking, the Crushers beat the Schaumburg Boomers 1-0, but no runs were scored in 11 innings. That begs

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BOSTON -- Spencer Arrighetti wants the big game. Since making a rocky big league debut in which he gave up seven runs over three innings to the Royals on April 10, the right-hander has settled in over 21 starts with the Astros. His repertoire has improved, the stuff is better.

Every rookie wants to make a strong first impression. If that comes courtesy of a bunch of home runs, all the better. But given that, for most people, new things come with an adjustment period, it’s rarely expected. Rarely expected, but sometimes delivered. The author of the most recent rookie

MILWAUKEE – Katie Manno is a baseball mom and amateur baker from Pewaukee, Wis., who never expected those two loves to intertwine in the way they did outside American Family Field on Saturday. Brewers players surprised fans by making a loop of the lots at peak tailgating time prior to

DENVER -- Time will tell if this was the night the Braves turned things around. But in the midst of Matt Olson’s second multi-homer game of the season, the team was reminded of how valuable the first baseman could be during its late-season push. Olson’s towering grand slam in the

FORT WAYNE -- One week ago, USA Women's National Team player Alex Hugo helped the team win silver at the Women's Baseball World Cup, falling to seven-time World Cup winners Japan in the gold medal game. For many, silver wouldn't be so bad. But for Hugo, one of the most

SEATTLE -- It turns out Mariners reliever Tayler Saucedo’s viral line isn’t always completely true. You play nine innings. But sometimes, you can win a game in the first. In a 4-0 victory over the Mets on Saturday night at T-Mobile Park, the Mariners did their best to do just

The Chicago White Sox Nike RBI program won the junior baseball division championship of the 2024 Nike RBI World Series on Saturday at Holman Stadium at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla. Chicago won both junior and senior championship match-ups against the Dominican Republic Nike RBI. The

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MINNEAPOLIS -- The skid is over. But for the Cleveland Guardians, the real work may have just begun. The American League Central leaders concluded a seven-game losing streak – their longest since 2022 – with a 2-1 win on Saturday night at Target Field. The victory put them back to

NEW YORK -- Cody Bradford was arguably the Rangers’ best starting pitcher when he landed on the injured list on April 14. At that time, he had a 1.40 ERA in 19 1/3 innings across three starts. He was holding opposing batters to a .145/.169/.203 slash line, and he had

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NEW YORK – Aaron Judge is usually the man with the thunderous bat for the Yankees. On Saturday afternoon, he had three hits in an 8-0 victory over the Rangers in the first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, but New York’s cleanup hitter, Austin Wells, drove in a

“It sounded like somebody shot a .22.” Will Clark is an avid hunter, so he knows the distinct sound of a .22 caliber rifle. “It was a definite ‘crack’,” said Clark. “Without a shadow of a doubt.” What Clark, an All-Star first baseman for the Giants from 1986-92, was describing

After setting the single-season (35) and career (75) home run records at Florida this year, it was a matter of time before Jac Caglianone brought his light-tower power to the Minors. He just didn't draw up his first professional home run looking like this. The sixth overall pick in July's

SAN FRANCISCO -- A decade after carrying the Giants to the 2014 World Series championship, Madison Bumgarner returned to Oracle Park on Saturday afternoon and reflected on his legendary postseason performance that fall. Bumgarner threw a four-hit shutout against the Pirates in the 2014 National League Wild Card Game, sparking

KANSAS CITY -- With two on and nobody out to begin the seventh inning, the Royals bullpen was stirring, preparing to help starter Michael Wacha out of a sticky situation in a tie ballgame. Wacha turned to his defense for help instead, watching the infield turn an atypical 3-4-5 double