NEW YORK — New York Mets starter Tylor Megill and four relievers combined on the first no-hitter of the Major League Baseball season, teaming up to throw a whopping 159 pitches and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 Friday night. Megill was pulled after five innings and 88 pitches. The bullpen took over from there, with Drew Smith, Joely Rodriguez, Seth […]

ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” MLB handed out a 324-game suspension to Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Friday. The ban — which […]

NEW YORK — Fans in the right-field bleachers pelted Cleveland Guardians outfielders with bottles, cans and debris in a chaotic scene moments after Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres notched run-scoring hits with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory on Saturday. Rather than a celebration, Aaron Judge and Yankees teammates […]

Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. With a single against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, Miguel Cabrera became the 33rd member of the 3,000-hit club and only the seventh player in major league history to achieve the milestone and hit 500 home runs. He got No. 3,000 in the first inning against pitcher Antonio Senzatela, a fellow […]

Miguel Cabrera has joined an elite club, recording his 3,000th career hit with a single off Antonio Senzatela against the Colorado Rockies. Cabrera is also just the seventh player in major league history with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, joining Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez. Cabrera has been an utter force […]

Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr., who suffered a torn right ACL last July, has returned to the active roster, the team announced Thursday. Acuna, 24, had been rehabbing with Triple-A Gwinnett with a target return date of May 6. He played an entire game Wednesday, and was hitting .368 in 19 at-bats over six games during his rehab […]

NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton became the seventh-fastest player to reach 350 career home runs, launching a 417-foot drive to help the New York Yankees top the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Wednesday night. Stanton reached the milestone in 1,341 games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only players to reach 350 homers faster were Babe Ruth, Albert Pujols, Harmon Killebrew, […]

Vaudeville comedian W.C. Fields once said, “Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night.” Not to take a shot at the City of Brotherly Love, Rocky Balboa, or cheesesteaks, for that matter, but the Rockies can relate. Their long, painful Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park began with two ugly errors in the second inning, included another subpar start […]

The Rockies were leadoff home run kings in their road series opener at the Phillies but still fell short of a victory. Fielding mistakes ultimately sunk Colorado in an 8-2 loss Monday and spoiled an otherwise strong start from pitcher Kyle Freeland. Third baseman Ryan McMahon committed two errors. Connor Joe started the first inning on Monday with a 426-foot […]

Major League Baseball needs to be careful about where it walks, because it’s nearing a slippery slope. The slope is sports gambling. Two questions immediately come to mind. What does MLB do now about banished hit king Pete Rose? As team-sponsored gambling becomes more ubiquitous, what safeguards are in place to protect the integrity of the game? Let’s get something […]