April 9, 2018: Max Scherzer pitches a complete-game shutout, steals his first base
Yes, it was early in the season but the Washington Nationals…
May 4, 2018: Albert Pujols joins the 3,000-hit club
Jose Alberto Pujols took the big leagues by storm when he debuted…
May 6, 2018: Max Scherzer sets another strikeout record as Nationals win on a walk-off
“The great [pitchers] are all competitors, they can hardly…
May 8, 2018: Seattle’s ‘Big Maple’ James Paxton throws a no-hitter on Canadian soil
James Paxton’s reputation for being calm, cool, and collected…
May 15, 2018: Nationals’ Juan Soto homers before his major-league debut
“He has six homers, but this was actually his first. It just…
June 2, 2018: Max Scherzer pinch hits, scores winning run in the 14th inning
It certainly felt like mid-summer to the 39,578 fans attending…
June 22, 2018: Corbin and Nova duel, but Diamondbacks beat Pirates in extra innings
Some 24,843 showed up to see the Pittsburgh Pirates play the…
June 24, 2018: Dodgers set home run record at Citi Field in 11-inning win over Mets
The New York Mets announced in advance that this would be a bullpen…
June 29, 2018: Nationals’ Juan Soto sets hits record for a teenager
The Washington Nationals (41-38) had been leading the NL East…
July 2, 2018: Rare RBIs from Rick Porcello help Red Sox take over first place for good
It had been something like feast or famine for the Boston Red…
July 5, 2018: Nationals rally from 9-0 deficit, thanks to Trea Turner
Sean Doolittle, the Washington Nationals closer, was sitting…
July 7, 2018: Diamondbacks set franchise scoring record in 20-5 rout of Padres
While they set some offensive records during their run to the…
July 11, 2018: Rockies bludgeon Diamondbacks, 19-2, at Coors Field
The Arizona Diamondbacks came into the second game of a three-game…
July 14, 2018: La Tortuga mops up for Twins
In mid-July of 2018 the Tampa Bay Rays were making their only…
July 17, 2018: American League wins home run-happy All-Star Game in extra innings
All-Star week in any city is a celebration of baseball’s history,…
July 22, 2018: Minor-league pitcher pops the question, earns the win for State College Spikes
Before the State College (Pennsylvania) Spikes’ game of July…
July 24, 2018: Athletics erase 8-run deficit, beat Rangers 13-10
The Tuesday evening game was a matchup between two teams headed…
July 31, 2018: Nationals score early and often in 25-4 laugher over Mets
It was a laugher. Paul Dickson defined that baseball term as…
August 4, 2018: Oliver Drake sets major-league record by pitching for fifth team in one season
Whenever pitcher Oliver Drake changed teams in 2018, his hometown…
August 9, 2018: Mookie Betts hits for the cycle, but Red Sox fall to Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Boston Red Sox in a three-game…
August 10, 2018: Rome Braves win in 10th after a two-pitch complete inning
Minor League Baseball announced several rules changes for the…
August 16, 2018: Rare triple play helps Rangers win a wild one in Texas
The 18,398 fans who braved the 97-degree Texas heat to see…
August 16, 2018: A Modern Blowout: Mets blast Phillies, 24-4
It’s tempting to begin discussion of this game with a football…
August 18, 2018: Jacob deGrom pitches only complete game of his Cy Young Award-winning season
Jacob deGrom’s pitching made him one of the leading contenders…