Category: Baseball

Clayton Kershaw Sharp, Mlb-Best Dodgers Rout Rockies 10–1

LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw went six scoreless innings in his next-to-last start before the playoffs and the Los Angeles Dodgers had an eight-run fourth inning in a 10–1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Cody Bellinger hit a three-run home run, Mookie Betts had a pair of doubles among his three hits and Chris…


Vargas, Dodgers Beat Padres 5–2 for 108th Win

SAN DIEGO—Miguel Vargas hit a tie-breaking, two-run single with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 5–2 on Thursday night to slow the Padres’ playoff push. The Dodgers added to their franchise single-season record with their 108th win. They’ve already clinched the NL’s No….


Angels’ Ohtani Has No-hitter Broken up in 8Th vs Athletics

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Los Angeles Angels phenom Shohei Ohtani took a no-hitter into the eighth inning Thursday night against the Oakland Athletics before Conner Capel singled with two outs to break it up. Capel hit a sharp grounder that deflected off sliding shortstop Livan Soto’s glove and into left-center field. Even if Soto had been able to…


Judge Ties Maris AL Mark With 61st HR, Lifts Yanks Over Jays

TORONTO—When Tim Mayza made a mistake pitch, Aaron Judge made sure the Blue Jays left-hander wound up on the wrong end of history. Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season with a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the seventh inning that lifted the New York Yankees over the Toronto…


Freddie Freeman’s 10th-Inning Hit Sends Dodgers Past Padres 1–0

Freddie Freeman broke up a scoreless tie with a run-scoring single to center with one out in the 10th inning on Wednesday, giving the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers a 1–0 victory over the San Diego Padres. Freeman’s career-high 192nd hit of the season, off Padres reliever Steven Wilson (4–2), drove in automatic runner Mookie Betts…


Trout Hits 38th Homer, Lorenzen Sharp as Angels Beat A’s 4–1

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Mike Trout hit his 38th home run, Michael Lorenzen went five strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels continued their success against the Oakland Athletics with a 4–1 victory on Wednesday night, Sept. 28. Taylor Ward also homered, while Lorenzen (8–6) gave up an unearned run to lower his ERA to 0.45 against the…


Padres Beat Dodgers 4–3 in 10 to Reduce Magic Number to 4

SAN DIEGO—Jorge Alfaro is used to being in position to walk off games. Just not with a walk-off walk. Alfaro drew a bases-loaded free pass from Craig Kimbrel with two outs in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres beat the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers 4–3 on Tuesday night to reduce their…


Yankees Clinch AL East but Judge’s Home Run Record Chase Stalls

TORONTO—The New York Yankees clinched top spot in the American League East with a 5–2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday but Aaron Judge’s pursuit of Roger Maris’s home run record remained stalled on 60. Judge, who had four walks, scored twice in the win but for the seventh consecutive game the Yankees…


Baseball-Yankees Clinch AL East but Judge’s Home Run Record Chase Stalls

TORONTO—The New York Yankees clinched top spot in the American League East with a 5–2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday but Aaron Judge’s pursuit of Roger Maris’s home run record remained stalled on 60. Judge, who had four walks, scored twice in the win but for the seventh consecutive game the Yankees…


Cardinals Clinch NL Central Title by Beating Brewers 6–2

MILWAUKEE—The St. Louis Cardinals finally separated themselves from the Milwaukee Brewers in early August after chasing them for much of the season. They haven’t looked back since, turning what had been a nip-and-tuck NL Central race into something of a runaway. MVP contender Paul Goldschmidt went 2 for 4 with a pair of RBIs as…