
August 11, 2020: Big-league baseball returns to Buffalo more than 100 years later in Blue Jays win
Buffalo hadn’t hosted a major-league baseball game in over…

August 13, 2020: Boston’s Kevin Plawecki becomes only pitcher with a hit in 2020
The Red Sox were not having a good year. They had won their Opening…

August 19, 2020: Dane Dunning, Casey Mize make their debuts, both strike out seven
The Chicago White Sox (13-11) were looking for a series win against…

August 25, 2020: White Sox’s Lucas Giolito no-hits the Pirates in Chicago
The Pirates were visiting the White Sox for a two-game series.…

August 25, 2020: Red Sox play their first game in Buffalo after a 103-year absence
The last time the Boston Red Sox had played a game in Buffalo…

September 9, 2020: Atlanta Braves set modern-era NL record by scoring 29 runs
At least one statistical analysis has concluded that a baseball…

September 11, 2020: Historic all-lefty lineup is right for the Rays
Before the game, the players, coaches, and grounds crew observed…

September 13, 2020: Cubs’ Alec Mills stymies Brewers’ bats in no-hitter
With cardboard cutouts lining every seat of Miller Park due to…

September 16, 2020: Yankees’ Gerrit Cole notches 100th career win while pitching to his high school catcher
Heading into their September 16 game with the Toronto Blue Jays,…

September 16, 2020: Luis García, baseball’s youngest player, wins one for the Nationals
The visiting Washington Nationals (17-29, 10½ games back of…

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 24, 2020: Boston’s Tzu-Wei Lin appears in only big-league game as a pitcher
Versatile players can help give a manager a bit more flexibility.…

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 6, 2021: Juan Soto’s first career walk-off hit gives Nationals an Opening Day win over Braves
Opening Day 2021 finally arrived for the Washington Nationals…

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…