7:00 AM ET I get it: Hitting 20 home runs isn’t what it used to be. Thirty home runs in 2019 might barely elicit a yawn at season’s end, and even 40 home runs might register only a simple, “Well, that’s a nice season.” But, come on, 50 home runs is still 50 home runs,

9:00 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez left the second game of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals after being hit by a pitch Sunday night. Daniel Ponce de Leon plunked Suarez on the left hand with his first pitch of the at-bat in the fifth inning.

4:44 PM ET Carlos Carrasco made his return to a major league mound on Sunday after being diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. The Cleveland Indians veteran right-hander pitched an inning in relief against the Tampa Bay Rays, allowing two hits and a run. The 32-year-old Carrasco hadn’t pitched in the majors since late May

12:07 AM ET There it is! Or, rather, there it goes! The Minnesota Twins blasted their way into the record books on Saturday night, hitting their 263rd, 264th, 265th, 266th, 267th and 268th home runs of the season, breaking the single-season record of 267 set by the New York Yankees way back in … 2018.

11:35 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants right-hander Reyes Moronta will undergo an MRI on his throwing shoulder after leaving Saturday night’s 4-1 loss to the San Diego Padres. Manager Bruce Bochy said after the game that Moronta suffered an acute shoulder strain. Moronta fell off the mound and writhed

3:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Cleveland Indians left fielder Tyler Naquin has a torn ACL in his right knee, the second major injury the team has suffered in a week as it makes a push for the playoffs. Naquin was carted off the field after crashing into the wall while taking

10:47 PM ET A week after Luis Castillo and Octavio Dotel headlined a list of suspects named in an investigation of drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic, local authorities have cleared the former MLB players of charges of money laundering. The public prosecutor announced on Friday that he’s suspending the arrest warrant against Castillo after

9:41 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia was pulled from his start Friday night against the Oakland Athletics with a recurrence of right knee soreness that has bothered him for years. Sabathia, who plans to retire at the end of the season, said he will get his

4:05 PM ET ESPN News Services A medical examiner in Texas has ruled that Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a report released Friday that Skaggs had the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone in his system along with

11:38 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Aristides Aquino‘s homer set a record. Harold Ramirez‘s homer set off a celebration. Aquino broke the National League rookie mark for homers in a month with his 14th in August, but Ramirez homered leading off the 12th inning for the Miami Marlins, who beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3