Category: Baseball

Mike Trout Homers in 7th Straight Game as Angels Fall to Guardians

Mike Trout homered in his seventh consecutive game, but it wasn’t enough for the Los Angeles Angels in a 5–4 loss to the host Cleveland Guardians on Sept. 12. Amed Rosario’s seventh-inning double drove home Steven Kwan to snap a 4–4 tie and lift Cleveland to its fourth win in a row and sixth in…


Former MLB Pitcher Turned Cop Varvaro Dies in Car Crash

Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan, according to police officials and his former teams. Varvaro, 37, was…


Former MLB Pitcher Turned Officer Killed in Crash While on His Way to 9/11 Ceremony

Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan, according to police officials and his former teams. Varvaro, 37, was…


Justin Turner, Max Muncy Help Dodgers Throttle Padres

Justin Turner hit a pair of home runs, including a seventh-inning grand slam, and Max Muncy broke a 2–2 tie with a two-run single in the sixth inning Sunday afternoon as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers routed San Diego 11–2 to wrap up an eighth straight series win against the Padres on Sept. 11. The…


Freeman, Dodgers Beat Padres 8–4; Magic Number Down to 4

SAN DIEGO—Freddie Freeman drove in four runs on four hits, including a two-run homer, and Trea Turner hit a go-ahead, three-run double for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat the San Diego Padres 8–4 on Saturday night to reduce to four their magic number for clinching the NL West. The Dodgers are closing in on…


Trout HR 6th Game in Row; Ohtani Blister, Angels Top Astros

HOUSTON—Mike Trout homered in his sixth straight game to set an Angels franchise record, Shohei Ohtani threw five solid innings before exiting because of a blister and Los Angeles beat the Houston Astros 6–1 on the night of Sept. 10. Trout hit his 34th homer, a three-run drive to left field in the second inning….


Pena, McCormick Homer to Lead Astros Over Angels 4–3

HOUSTON—Jeremy Peña hit a solo homer and Chas McCormick had a two-run shot in the seventh inning that helped the Houston Astros to a 4–3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. The Astros trailed by one entering the seventh when Trey Mancini led off with a single. McCormick then connected on his…


MLB Roundup: Twins Salvage Series Finale vs. Yankees

Carlos Correa hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning as the visiting Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 4–3 on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep. Former Yankee Gary Sanchez produced an RBI double and Nick Gordon hit a run-scoring single as Minnesota won in New York for the first time since…


Los Angeles Angels Sued by Pair of Dominican Prospects

A pair of baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic have filed suit against the Los Angeles Angels for not honoring verbal contract agreements, ESPN reported Sept. 8. According to the report, arguments were made Aug. 31 in a Dominican court after the Angels were alleged to have backed out of deals with Willy Fanas and…


Ohtani, Trout Homer Again, but Tigers Rally Past Angels 5–4

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game for the eighth time this season, but rookies Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to send the Detroit Tigers to a 5–4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 7. Kreidler hit his first career homer off…