11:05 PM ET ESPN News Services The Oakland A’s added a key insurance run in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, thanks to the enforcement of an obscure rule. A’s second baseman Corban Joseph popped a foul with one out and runners on second and third, and third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert

4:09 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Minnesota Twins broke a major league record for most home runs on the road, getting back-to-back homers in the third inning for 140. Jake Cave led off the third with a solo shot off Chicago White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease to give AL Central leaders the record.

3:42 AM ET The Baltimore Orioles‘ emotions boiled to the surface again Wednesday night, as reliever Richard Bleier and third-base coach Jose David Flores became embroiled in an obscenity-filled shouting match in the dugout and clubhouse tunnel. In a fifth-inning incident shown live on the local broadcast of Baltimore’s 8-4 loss to the host Washington

10:25 PM ET Oakland Athletics All-Star third baseman Matt Chapman is feeling OK and not in the concussion protocol after being hit in the head by a pitch and exiting Wednesday night’s road game against the Kansas City Royals. A’s manager Bob Melvin provided the update to reporters after the 6-4 loss. Chapman was hit

11:48 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The final game of the 2019 regular season is barely a month away. The World Series starts three weeks later. It ends early enough that players will be able to file for

1:45 AM ET The best teams in St. Louis Cardinals history — a history that includes 11 World Series titles, second only to the Yankees — were built around stars: Dizzy Dean, Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, Ozzie Smith, Albert Pujols. When the Cardinals missed the playoffs last season for a third year in a row,

10:48 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The wife, child and mother-in-law of a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization were killed in a small Virginia town Tuesday, with police arresting the brother-in-law of right-hander Blake Bivens

3:06 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez has not been ruled out for the postseason — if Cleveland can make it without him — despite a broken hand. Ramirez had surgery Monday in New York on the broken hamate bone in his right hand, an injury suffered during a hard

10:37 PM ET The narrative all season in the National League has essentially been the Los Angeles Dodgers and everybody else. It’s hard to fight back against that statement, as the Dodgers own the largest run differential in the majors — only the Houston Astros are close, and no NL team is within 100 runs

1:31 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Original Tampa Bay Rays owner Vince Naimoli has died at 81. The team said Monday he died Sunday nearly five years after being diagnosed with an uncommon brain disorder. The Tampa businessman had been part of unsuccessful bids to purchase and relocate the Seattle Mariners and San