12:42 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and his older brother, Yuli, have become the first brothers in major league history to have multihomer games on the same day. Toronto’s Lourdes Gurriel homered in the first and fourth innings Friday night in the Blue Jays‘ 11-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
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11:07 PM ET After Baker Mayfield‘s starring role in ending the Cleveland Browns‘ winless streak on Thursday night, he chose to end his postgame news conference with a baseball shoutout. “Christian Yelich for NL MVP,” Mayfield said. Before the game, Mayfield showed up to FirstEnergy Stadium wearing Yelich’s Milwaukee Brewers jersey. The two became friends
11:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Victor Martinez will be in the lineup for one final time Saturday in Detroit. The longtime Tigers slugger announced before Friday night’s 4-3 loss to the Royals that he will finish his 16-season career on Saturday. Martinez will sit out Sunday’s series finale against Kansas City and accompany the
2:51 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers fired manager Jeff Banister on Friday, more than a week before the end of what will be the team’s first consecutive losing seasons in 10 years. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu will serve as interim manager for the remainder of the season, starting with Friday
Sep 18, 2018 Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. BOSTON — The 1912 Red Sox won 105 regular-season games, more than any other team in Boston history, but they did not accomplish it with the flair that the 2018 team has done it with this season while also
10:33 PM ET NEW YORK — When New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit mashed a long second-inning home run Thursday night, he helped put his team in the major league record books. That homer, coming off a 92.6 mph 1-0 fastball from Boston Red Sox left-handed starter Eduardo Rodriguez, was Voit’s 10th since being
12:00 PM ET Read the original Spanish-language version of this story here. CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — When José Manuel Cora covered the Caguas Criollos ballclub as a newspaper correspondent, his youngest son had free rein of Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium. He played in its press box, ate dinner there, even caught glimpses of a few
3:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig couldn’t decide which celebration fit best, so he basically used all of them. He rubbed his fingers and flexed his biceps, clapped his hands and raised them to the sky, crossed his arms on his chest and brought them to his helmet, all while rounding third base
9:00 AM ET The first few months of 2013 were an embarrassing time for the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the first full year under their new ownership, the first year they were spending more than any other team in the National League. And at the end of June they were in last place. “Smart
11:11 AM ET The New York Yankees activated closer Aroldis Chapman from the disabled list Wednesday. Despite going 0-for-4 in his return, Yankees slugger Aaron Judge said “everything felt good” and that he was “excited” about getting his first start since fracturing his wrist July 26. The Yankees placed Chapman on the DL on Aug.