October 4, 2017: Archie Bradley’s unlikely triple helps Diamondbacks win wild-card slugfest
Going into 2017, not many in baseball had high expectations for…
April 8, 2018: Shohei Ohtani’s home pitching debut is almost perfect
The crowd in Anaheim for the Los Angeles Angels’ sixth home…
April 3, 2018: Shohei Ohtani’s home debut with Angels is a blast (and two singles)
It was Shotime! in Anaheim. Shohei Ohtani, the two-way Japanese…
August 18, 2017: Manny Machado’s 3 homers, including a walk-off grand slam, propel Orioles past Angels
"It's always good when you get into a situation where you can…
August 23, 2017: Rich Hill’s almost perfect game and no-hitter crumbles in Pittsburgh
Rich Hill had bounced around professional baseball for 10 years…
May 4, 2018: Albert Pujols joins the 3,000-hit club
Jose Alberto Pujols took the big leagues by storm when he debuted…
April 7, 2018: Patience at the plate is a virtue as Phillies beat Marlins, 20-1
Gabe Kapler understood that one of his first priorities in…
September 16, 2017: Rock Bottom: Padres crushed, 16-0, by Rockies at Coors Field
Two NL West rivals heading in opposite directions were facing…
September 4, 2017: Diamondbacks’ J.D. Martinez hits 4 home runs at Dodger Stadium
“J.D.! It stands for Just Dingers!”1 In the first game of…
September 2, 2017: Cubs hold on, beat Braves in 14-12 slugfest at Wrigley Field
Since the All-Star break, the 2017 Chicago Cubs’ offense had…
September 8, 2017: Michael A. Taylor’s inside-the-park grand slam wins one for the Nationals
Washington’s Max Scherzer (13-5, 2.19 ERA) was hoping not only…
March 29, 2018: Ichiro returns to the Seattle Mariners
It is not always that a star player gets to “come back” to…
September 15, 2017: Rays drop first home game after Hurricane Irma
Tampa Bay was struggling to stay in the playoff picture as the…
September 2, 2017: Astros return to the field after Hurricane Harvey strikes Houston
George Springer of the Houston Astros taps the "Houston Strong"…
October 29, 2017: Bregman’s walk-off single lifts Astros over Dodgers in a wild Game 5
On October 29, 2017, the World Series was tied at two games…
October 19, 2017: Dodgers ace Kershaw shuts down Cubs to clinch NL pennant; Hernandez wallops 3 homers
A year after rallying to beat Cleveland for their first World…
October 18, 2017: Cubs show championship swagger to stay alive in NLCS
The Cubs were playing mostly for pride in Game Four of the 2017…
October 17, 2017: Dominant Darvish and Dodgers push listless Cubs to the brink in NLCS
The Cubs returned to Wrigley Field for Game Three of the 2017…
October 9, 2017: ‘Respect me! Respect me!’ Cubs overcome 4 errors to defeat Nationals in Game 3
In Game Three of the 2017 National League Division Series against…
October 11, 2017: Too sick to pitch? Strasburg has last laugh against Cubs in NLDS
For much of the rain-induced two-day gap between Games Three…
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…
August 14, 2017: Chad Bettis comes home to Colorado
"Tho' much is taken, much abides … that which we are, we are;…
September 14, 2017: Indians winning streak extends to 22 on Jay Bruce’s walk-off double
The Cleveland Indians were hot. They were on a 21-game win streak,…
August 30, 2017: Stephen Strasburg complete game … and a home run
The Washington Nationals came into their game on August 30, 2017,…