
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…

August 22, 2018: Ryan Zimmerman’s 11th walk-off home run, a play in two acts
“The pressure is on him, man. It’s not on me. I’m supposed…

August 29, 2018: Christian Yelich completes first career cycle with six hits
Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich called this “one of the craziest…

August 31, 2018: Daphnée Gélinas leads Canada to World Cup bronze in thrilling win over USA
From left: Ashley Stephenson, Kaitlyn Ross, and Alli Schroder…

September 5, 2018: Brandon Phillips home run lifts Red Sox to comeback win over Atlanta
It was a team effort. It took 21 Red Sox players to win the game…

September 17, 2018: Christian Yelich makes history with second cycle of the season
Yogi Berra once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”1…

September 20, 2018: A Pounding by the Bay: A’s stomp Angels, 21-3
With nine games remaining in the season, 17,217 fans at the Oakland…