Cubs Place Craig Kimbrel On Injured List  —  The Cubs have placed closer Craig Kimbrel on the injured list due to inflammation in his right elbow, tweets Jesse Rogers of ESPN Chicago.  President of baseball operations Theo Epstein told reporters that the team performed a precautionary MRI on Kimbrel …

Dodgers break NL record for homers in a season  —  The Dodgers broke the National League record for home runs in a season thanks to Joc Pederson's pair of homers in a 7-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.  —  The Dodgers have hit 250 on the year …

Lorenzen achieves feat last done by Babe in '21  —  Reds relief pitcher earns the win, hits a home run, plays in field  —  CINCINNATI — Michael Lorenzen is mostly utilized as a pitcher, but on Wednesday, he sent a friendly reminder that he's a two-way, and sometimes three-way, player.

After flopping with Giants, Ereck Flowers is out to reinvent himself with Redskins: 'You'd swear I was this villain'  —  ASHBURN, Va. — Ereck Flowers was smiling Wednesday, talking hopefully about his aspirations for his first season in Washington.  —  But he still remembers the sting …

Strasburg opt-out seen as increasingly likely  —  Stephen Strasburg posted the worst ERA of his Major League career in 2018, while also missing time due to shoulder inflammation and a pinched nerve in his neck.  —  In other words, the notion of Strasburg exercising the opt-out in his contract following …

Indians beat White Sox 8-6 thanks to Mercado's clutch catch  —  Oscar Mercado's spectacular running catch saved the game for the  —  Cleveland Indians.  It also might have saved their season.  —  The rookie made a leaping, backhanded grab of  —  Eloy Jimenez's drive to center field …

Gallen, Marte lead D-backs to sweep of Padres  —  Zac Gallen took a no-hitter into the seventh inning,  —  Ketel Marte hit a grand slam for his 30th homer and the  —  San Diego Padres 4-1 Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep.  —  The 24-year-old Gallen (3-4) struck out eight …

Revived Judge hits 20th homer as Yanks beat Rangers 4-1  —  Aaron Judge hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to keep up his power resurgence,  —  Gleyber Torres added his 34th home run and the  —  Texas Rangers 4-1 Wednesday night to move 43 games over .500 for the first time since 2009.

As September spawns, thoughts on Maikel Franco and Spencer Howard, two Phillies at opposite ends  —  CINCINNATI — Phillies officials have spent time over the last few days debating the immediate future of two players.  —  Maikel Franco and Spencer Howard.  —  Do they come up and lend a hand in the September playoff chase or not?

Awards Watch: Will Justin Verlander's Teammate Snatch His Cy Young Award?  — As the final month of the regular season gets underway, it appears Mike Trout and Justin Verlander have a strong hold in their award races.  But can Verlander's teammate Gerrit Cole go on a September streak to steal the Cy Young?

ARMED AND UNSTEADY: An adventurous season for Blue Jays pitching  —  ATLANTA — Sometime over the four-game series down the road in Tampa, the Blue Jays will make history once again.  —  And not necessarily of the positive variety.  —  Should pitcher Anthony Kay, who came to the team …

Giants' Madison Bumgarner could lead NL in innings after two injured years  —  Madison Bumgarner turned and briefly watched  —  Manny Machado's low liner.  It kept going and going, as if wings sprouted from the seams halfway through the flight.  —  It was the kind of homer …