The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-1 on Tuesday night in Cleveland. With the win, the Royals are now 75-58. The Guardians have the same record, but because of the tiebreaker, the Royals are now officially in first place.It’s an amazing accomplishment for the Royals to be in this spot, considering they lost 106 games a season ago. It’s also an amazing collapse for the Guardians, who once held a 10.0-game lead in the American League Central.Per Guardians reporter Zack Meisel on social media:For the first time since April 13, the Guardians are not standing atop the AL…
The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s daily MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox.Good morning! It’s another great day for baseball. Aaron Judge committed robbery, and Danny Jansen committed an act of time travel to make baseball history. Plus: Corbin Carroll and the Arizona Diamondbacks have awakened. I’m Stephen Nesbitt, pinch-hitting for Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal — welcome to The Windup!Trading Places: Jansen plays for both sides in same game For a brief moment Monday, Danny Jansen was on two teams at once. He was, on paper, in the…
The Bambino — one of Ruth’s monikers — wore the record-breaking jersey during a historic game against the Chicago Cubs Library of Congress Text size A jersey belonging to US baseball legend Babe Ruth shattered the record for the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever auctioned on Sunday, fetching $24.1 million. The online auction for the New York Yankee’s jersey lasted several weeks, and it was expected to best the previous record: $12.6 million paid in August 2022 for a baseball card for Mickey Mantle. Until 2022, no piece of sports memorabilia had ever broken the symbolic $10-million mark,…
MINNEAPOLIS — Pablo López pitched seven innings, Trevor Larnach hit two homers and the Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 on Saturday night.López (12-8) gave up four hits, struck out nine and walked one while extending his scoreless streak to 13 innings. He has pitched at least six innings in six of his last seven starts, posting a 2.25 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 44 innings over that span.”He pitched great,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “His stuff today was probably the best that he’s had all year.”St. Louis right-hander Sonny Gray (11-9) struck out seven in six innings,…
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Jack Harris and Mike DiGiovanna: On Tuesday night, Jason Heyward hit a go-ahead home run that manager Dave Roberts described “as probably the highlight of the season for me thus far.”Some 24 hours later, however, the Dodgers informed their highly respected, veteran clubhouse leader that he no longer had a place on the team.As the odd man out of the team’s anticipated roster crunch, Heyward was designated for assignment to clear a roster spot for returning utility man Chris Taylor, the team announced Thursday.Not even a dramatic pinch-hit,…
Jesse Winker was once Public Enemy No. 1 for some New York Mets fans.After his walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth on Wednesday gave New York a 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles and a series victory, Winker might be a hero to a lot of the fans who saved some of their loudest boos for him when he was wearing enemy uniforms.Winker’s new fans will be hoping for more heroics when the Mets start a critical road trip with the opener of a four-game series against the San Diego Padres on Thursday.The Mets are 1 1/2 games…
In the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz stole third base.The steal secured a spot for De La Cruz in the MLB record books. The swipe was his 60th of the season. He also has 21 home runs, making him the fifth player in MLB history to record 20 home runs and 60 stolen bases in a season. He secured the feat in just his second MLB season.De La Cruz made the milestone steal on a low pitch from Blue Jays reliever Brendon Little to Tyler Stephenson with Toronto…
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge and manager Aaron Boone declined to respond to criticism from the coach of a Little League team from Staten Island who accused the Yankees slugger of ignoring his players during New York’s visit to the Little League World Series.According to the Staten Island Advance, South Shore Little League manager Bob Laterza said Judge did not spend time with his team before Sunday’s Little League Classic against the Detroit Tigers in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He also said Judge ignored the players who yelled his name when he was in the on-deck circle.“How about turning around or…
After both teams were tied 3-3 through four innings on Tuesday night, the Cleveland Guardians outscored the New York Yankees 6-2 in the 12th inning en route to a 9-5 series-opening victory.Cleveland had an abundance of runners reach base in the contest, thanks in large part to remarkable plate discipline.As a team, the Guardians drew a season-high 14 walks against Yankees pitching, which were the most walks drawn in a game by an American League team this season. These were also tied for the most single-game walks drawn by an MLB team this year, joining the San Diego Padres’ 14…