PITTSBURGH -- Designated hitter Kyle Schwarber put himself in the Phillies' record book as his team came back from a six-run deficit and defeated the Pirates, 11-9, in 10 innings at PNC Park on Friday night. “That was a wild one,” Phillies manager Don Mattingly said. It was the bottom

NEW YORK – All these years later, there’s still a palpable jolt of energy when the Subway Series rolls around. Manhattan’s avenues were flooded by rivalry caps as the weekend closed in, and by dusk, each pitch could be seen on an ultra-high-definition Times Square billboard that spanned an entire

MINNEAPOLIS -- It looked like a game-saving play by Twins infielder Brooks Lee. Moments later, the tying and winning runs for the Brewers had scored and Minnesota manager Derek Shelton had been ejected. A 3-2 Brewers win over the Twins on Friday night at Target Field turned in the blink

CHICAGO -- The Cubs fans who flocked to Rate Field on Friday night did what they could to make their presence known. The backdrop was different and the hometown rivalry revved up the atmosphere, but the chants when Pete Crow-Armstrong stepped to the plate in the seventh inning were familiar.

ST. LOUIS -- Yohel Pozo did so much hooting and hollering while running the bases during his three-hit game in West Sacramento on Thursday, that by the time he delivered a walk-off hit at Busch Stadium on Friday night, he hardly had enough voice left to celebrate audibly.

NEW YORK -- A Mets team already decimated by injuries endured a nightmare scenario late Friday night, when the club learned that starting pitcher Clay Holmes suffered a fractured right fibula and will “be down for a long time,” according to manager Carlos Mendoza. “It’s a huge blow,” Mendoza said.

Division rivalries, city rivalries, state rivalries and Interleague rivalries are on tap this weekend for the second annual Rivalry Weekend presented by Booking.com. Watch select out of market games free on the MLB app. Through Sunday, you can watch every game for free on MLB.TV (excluding Apple TV games on

Every lineup deals with its share of slumps and injuries. When top players aren’t producing, clubs need unexpected sources of production to step up. The players below have done that and then some. With more than a quarter of the season gone, here are nine of the most surprising names

DENVER -- When Merrill Kelly took the mound at Coors Field in the D-backs’ series opener against the Rockies on Friday night, he had made 177 starts in his Major League career and 382 professional starts overall.

ATLANTA -- Growing up in suburban Boston as the grandson of Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski, Mike Yastrzemski adopted the Braves as his favorite National League team. His fandom was so strong that he went through a portion of his childhood sleeping with a baseball glove that Bobby Cox gave

HOUSTON -- Spencer Arrighetti started the season in Triple-A Sugar Land, and he admits that, “it felt like a kick in the face in the moment, but I never got discouraged.”

PITTSBURGH – The orange traffic cones, which have become a whimsical rallying point for the Pirates this season, went to a whole other level on Friday night at PNC Park. When Marcell Ozuna hit a two-run home run into the Pirates’ bullpen in right-center field to cap a six-run third

NEW YORK -- Juan Soto ticked off his list of ailments in a matter-of-fact manner: “The hand, calf, elbow, everything.” The start of the season has not been kind to Soto, who landed on the injured list back in April and hasn’t quite been 100% since. Soto did manage to

Justin Verlander is one of the few pitchers to have performed during the entire pitch-tracking era of Major League Baseball. He broke into the big leagues in 2005, which is well before Statcast debuted in 2015, and even before Pitchf/x began in '08. He once cruised. Earlier in his career,

The big news for the Rays this week has been the progress they’ve made toward securing a long-anticipated long-term ballpark in the Tampa Bay area. There’s a lot to like about the way they’re playing in their longtime home, too.

ANAHEIM -- And then there were five. Just over a week ago, the Dodgers faced the question of who would be the odd man out once Blake Snell returned from a season-opening IL stint with left shoulder fatigue. That decision was pushed back when Tyler Glasnow was sidelined with lower

ATLANTA -- Instead of saying Drake Baldwin homered off Connelly Early, it would be more accurate to say Baldwin homered against the Red Sox starter and off center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela’s glove.

As a former All-Star and 12-year big leaguer, Jack Wilson no doubt understands the impact a small gesture can have on young fans. Now as the father of burgeoning A's star Jacob Wilson, an All-Star in his own right, the elder Wilson is still doing his part to spread goodwill

DETROIT – Spencer Torkelson has learned to ride the ups and downs of a long baseball season. Posting two 30-homer seasons in the last three years, with a demotion to Triple-A Toledo in between, has helped teach him patience. “Gotta stay pretty even,” he said.

SEATTLE -- The big hitters will get their big hits, and they’re going to start getting them consistently. It’s going to happen. Until it does, the Padres will be happy to continue winning the way they have been.

CLEVELAND -- Maybe it was the Tito speedo (or maybe not) that caused the Reds to win again on Friday. But, what definitely helped was Matt McLain's spectacular diving stop that saved the club's night when the second baseman secured the final out to hang on to a 7-6 victory

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Warning to the rest of the league: Nick Kurtz is officially on a heater. There was a sense that Kurtz was on the brink of a power surge when he blasted an opposite-field grand slam on Wednesday, as crushing homers the other way is usually a telltale

ANAHEIM -- Just one start into his 2026 season, left-hander Blake Snell is landing back on the injured list.

SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh opened up for nearly 15 minutes on Friday about his first career stint on the injured list, his outlook to return from a right oblique strain, how much pain he was playing through and much more.

NEW YORK – The Yankees’ dream pairing of Max Fried and Gerrit Cole atop the rotation never materialized during their first season as teammates. That anticipated one-two punch appears to be delayed this year, too. Fried was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday with a left elbow bone