7:00 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins slugger Nelson Cruz was reinstated from the injured list Monday after the minimum 10-day stay and will play through a ruptured tendon in his left wrist. Cruz ruptured the tendon Aug. 8, and the Twins feared he would miss significant time. But the team later learned

11:30 AM ET SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Maddy Freking might be a young woman of few words, but thanks to her big plays on Little League’s biggest stage, she’s making a Mo’ne-like impact. Freking is the first girl to play in the Little League World Series since 2014, when Mo’ne Davis and Emma March both

10:41 PM ET I love the National League East. If they gave a daytime Emmy Award for best soap opera of 2019, it would have to go the NL East. We have Bryce Harper, bullpen problems up and down the division, managers on the hot seat, cold spells, hot streaks, Pete Alonso mashing, Ronald Acuna

5:12 PM ET New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso hit his 40th home run of the season on Sunday to set the National League rookie record for home runs in a season. Alonso homered to left field in the ninth inning. The 418-foot blast off the Kansas City Royals‘ Jacob Barnes broke a tie

11:48 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton said he had forgotten how the grass looked and smelled at the home of the Texas Rangers. He hadn’t been there since playing in the AL Division Series four years ago. Hamilton, the 2010 AL MVP the season the Rangers went to their first World

10:49 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mike Brosseau’s pinch-hit RBI single in the 13th inning drove in Eric Sogard to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 1-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night. Sogard doubled off Matt Hall (0-1) with two outs and Tommy Pham was intentionally walked. Brosseau, batting

5:43 PM ET Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday with left elbow inflammation. The move was retroactive to Aug. 14. Sale is 6-11 with a 4.40 ERA in 25 starts this season and has struggled with consistency. However, in his last two outings, the 30-year-old lefty had

8:00 AM ET When Curacao takes center stage in Williamsport for this year’s Little League World Series, you will encounter a familiar name: Profar. That would be Jurdrick Profar, a player for the Pabao Little League team from Willemstad, Curacao. And yes, he’s related to that Profar. In 2004, Jurickson Profar, now the starting second

1:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Just when you think it can’t get worse. It does. That’s how the Chicago Cubs must be feeling after back-to-back walk-off losses. The latest came on Friday night against the Pirates, when manager Joe Maddon called upon righty Brandon Kintzler to close out a 2-1 game. The only problem? Kintzler

4:27 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has expanded a lawsuit by minor league baseball players alleging they are being paid less than minimum wage. Players sued major league teams in February 2014, claiming most earn less than $7,500 annually, in violation of several laws. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero