September 20, 2020: Uninvited guest attends Yankees game at Fenway
As if the 2020 season wasn’t strange enough, an unusual incident…
September 22, 2020: Yadiel Hernández’s first homer for Nationals is a walk-off winner
The Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies, division…
September 30, 2020: Alex Kirilloff becomes the first player to make his major-league debut as a postseason starter
The major leagues’ 2020 pandemic season, with its abbreviated…
October 16, 2020: Will Smith homers off Will Smith, sparking Dodgers’ turnaround in Game 5
Over the first four games of the 2020 National League Championship…
October 24, 2020: Brett Phillips’s walk-off hit lifts Rays over Dodgers in Game 4
Momentum in the 2020 World Series had swung back and forth through…
April 8, 2021: Mets win home opener on controversial walk-off hit-by-pitch
The New York Mets were hosting the Miami Marlins for their home…
April 14, 2021: Yadier Molina catches his 2,000th game for Cardinals in loss to Nationals
This Wednesday afternoon game between the St. Louis Cardinals…
May 5, 2021: Orioles’ John Means throws a unique, near-perfect no-hitter in Seattle
Through the end of the 2021 season, 23 perfect games have been…
May 21, 2021: Stephen Strasburg returns to Nationals for first win since World Series run
“Stephen Strasburg should be remembered for what he is: an…
June 10, 2021: Red Sox win a wild one at Fenway Park
There have been many baseball games in which the fans have been…
June 22, 2021: Scherzer inspected, Girardi ejected: ‘sticky stuff’ crackdown goes haywire
Major League Baseball had started checking pitchers for “sticky…
June 28, 2021: Five homers, two by Kyle Schwarber, power Nationals over Mets
Hall of Famer Johnny Mize could hit a baseball. Author Joe Posnanski…
June 29, 2021: Germán Márquez throws a ‘Maddux’ at Coors Field, and hits two doubles
It is a universally acknowledged truth in baseball that pitching…
June 30, 2021: Trea Turner hits for his third career cycle as Nationals hit high-water mark for 2021
The Washington Nationals were on a roll as June 2021 ended. For…
July 1, 2021: Braves beat Mets as Jacob deGrom’s ERA rises to 0.95
After suffering a 20-2 beatdown to the Atlanta Braves at Truist…
July 8, 2021: Rookie reliever Daniel Camarena’s grand slam powers Padres’ comeback
With two aces taking the mound, it was a safe prediction that…
July 10, 2021: Dodgers hit 8 home runs and score 22 runs in blowout of Diamondbacks
A crowd of 44,645 came to Dodger Stadium on a picture-perfect…
July 11, 2021: NL stars win Futures Game as Rachel Balkovec makes historic coaching appearance for AL
After a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB…
July 18, 2021: Alcides Escobar caps Nationals comeback with homer and walk-off single
Prospect: “A minor-league player who appears to have enough…
July 19, 2021: Jon Lester hits a high note, and a homer, as Nationals rout Marlins
Left-hander Jon Lester had enjoyed one of the best careers of…
July 26, 2021: Shohei Ohtani sets records as Angels beat Rockies
The 22,751 fans attending the opener of the Los Angeles Angels’…
July 30, 2021: Blue Jays play first home game in Canada in nearly two years
Although the COVID-19 pandemic impacted all 30 major-league baseball…
August 7, 2021: Josiah Gray’s pitching, Riley Adams’s first homer end Nationals’ losing streak
Atlanta Braves fans, 38,300 of them, packed Truist Park for the…
August 12, 2021: Romine brothers form rare battery for Cubs in blowout game
Major-league brothers are relatively rare. Brothers playing in…