Tag: Major League Baseball

Braves score 2nd straight walk-off win for 2-0 lead vs Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Eddie Rosario cracked a line-drive single up the…

October 18, 2021

Red Sox dump Yankees, battle Rays for AL East title

CAP2: Xander Bogaerts BOSTON (AFP) – Xander Bogaerts smashed a two-run homer…

October 6, 2021

Ominous starts for champs Dodgers, Yankees in MLB

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ‒ The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and New…

April 2, 2021

Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

MLB: Red Sox dominate Yankees anew

Betts led off the bottom of the first at Fenway Park with…

July 27, 2019

Texas Rangers’ Joey Gallo (right) is congratulated by Tim Federowicz after Gallo scored a solo home run in the team’s 4-3 win over the National Leaguers. (AP)

AL batters top MLB All-Star

Japanese right-handed pitcher Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees was the…

July 10, 2019

Pete Alonso of the New York Mets. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Alonso wins home run derby

Alonso bested Guerrero, another rookie, with a nerveless display of power hitting…

July 9, 2019

Members of the New Orleans Pelicans including Zion Williamson #1 leave the court after an earthquake shook the Thomas & Mack Center (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)

California earthquake shakes NBA summer league games

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which was centred about 230 kilometres (145 miles)…

July 6, 2019

New York Yankees’ Gary Sanchez hits a two-RBI single against the Boston Red Sox during the seventh inning of their MLB match held Sunday in London. (AP)

Yankees sweep Red Sox in London

The Yankees scored nine runs in the seventh inning and held off…

July 1, 2019

New York Yankees' DJ LeMahieu hits an RBI single against the Boston Red Sox at London Stadium. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

NY Yankees edge Boston in London

Records tumbled in the Yankees’ 17-13 win, a four hour, 42 minute…

June 30, 2019

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price throws during batting practice in London (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

MLB visits London

The Yankees are playing two regular-season games against the Red Sox at…

June 29, 2019

DJ LeMahieu #26 of the New York Yankees (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images/AFP)

Yankees set record

LeMahieu belted a pitch off Toronto left-hander Clayton Richard into the second…

June 26, 2019

Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Ex-Red Sox star Ortiz shot

Ortiz’s father, Leo Ortiz, told US sports broadcaster ESPN “David is injured…

June 10, 2019

Felix Hernandez #34 of the Seattle Mariners (ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Seattle’s ‘King Felix’ reaches 2,500 career MLB strikeouts

"King Felix" used a 92-mph sinker ball to get Boston's Michael Chavis…

May 12, 2019

Todd Frazier #29 of the New York Yankees celebrates scoring on a wild pitch with teammate Aaron Judge #99 against the Houston Astros during the fourth inning in Game Three of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium on October 16, 2017 (ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Princely ticket prices for Yanks-BoSox tiffs in London

NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball is charging princely prices for…

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November 29, 2018

New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Yankees ace joins HOF ballot

New York Yankees ace relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, a member of five…

November 20, 2018

In this file photo taken on October 13, 2018 Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two run home run against Jeremy Jeffress #32 of the Milwaukee Brewers during the eighth inning in Game Two of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - Justin Turner's two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers October 13, 2018 that knotted their Major League Baseball playoff series at one game each. Turner's blast off Brewers relief pitcher Jeremy Jeffress gave the Dodgers the lead for the first time in front of a crowd of 43,900 at Miller Park in Milwaukee. (Dylan Buell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Dodgers turn back Brewers, tie series

Justin Turner’s two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles…

October 14, 2018