6:19 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Injured Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Blake Snell is scheduled to make his first rehab start Saturday in a playoff game with Triple-A Durham. Last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner has been out since July 22 because of bone chips in his throwing elbow that required

1:16 AM ET It was looking like a bit of slow day on Wednesday, with only 11 games on the slate, but then Joc Pederson continued his tear in the late game. In his final at-bat on Sunday, his three at-bats on Monday and his three on Wednesday (he didn’t play Tuesday), Pederson did this:

12:13 AM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers broke the National League record for home runs in a season thanks to Joc Pederson‘s pair of home runs against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. The Dodgers have hit 250 homers on the year, surpassing the Houston Astros‘ previous record of 249, which they set in 2000.

1:33 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newly minted Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez made a point of watching rehabbing reliever Aaron Barrett throw a bullpen session early in spring training in 2018 and was amazed at how well the right-hander was throwing. After all, Barrett already had missed two full seasons after undergoing Tommy

7:00 AM ET I love September, with those perfect late-summer afternoons and cool, pleasant evenings. The leaves beginning to turn. The final month of baseball’s playoff drive before the drama and magic of October begins. My one pet peeve: Halloween displays in stores. Can we at least finish the regular season before we start getting

11:32 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — A few cheering fans caught the attention of Nationals manager Dave Martinez as he finally began his nightly debrief with reporters. “Thank you for staying,” Martinez said. They couldn’t have been blamed for leaving early. No doubt, they’re glad they didn’t. Kurt Suzuki capped the largest ninth-inning comeback

3:31 PM ET New York Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnacion has returned to the lineup after missing a month with a broken wrist. Encarnacion will bat fifth in the lineup and serve as the Yankees’ designated hitter Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers. The 36-year-old Encarnacion told reporters that he has no lingering pain in his

4:59 PM ET We were sitting in the press box at Wrigley Field on Sunday watching a no-hitter — of sorts. Milwaukee’s Gio Gonzalez hadn’t allowed a hit in three innings against the Cubs, but he had walked four, and even if he hadn’t you knew that once Chicago reached its third time through the

10:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Joc Pederson collapsed to the ground and spent several minutes writhing in pain on the right-field warning track on Monday afternoon. Three nearby security guards hovered over him, biding the time until Dave Roberts and a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ medical staff could make the jog over.

4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton left Monday’s 7-3 loss to the New York Mets with what manager Dave Martinez said was knee tightness. He will get an MRI on Tuesday. Eaton was making his first start since suffering a bruised right knee when he was hit by