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 …

Introducing the Strikeout Kings.  They are more commonly known as the 2019 Texas Rangers  —  Camden Yards opened in 1992, two years before Globe Life Park opened its doors, and the home of the Baltimore Orioles remains one of the gems of baseball.  —  The warehouse in right field …

A's score 7 in 7th to beat Angels 10-6; Trout hits 45th  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Manager Bob Melvin is fond of saying the Athletics are at their best when hitting home runs and showing patience in the batter's box.  —  They've proved they're pretty good when pinch-hitting, too.  —  Pinch-hitter

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 …

Fried's dominating performance leads Braves past Nats 4-2  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried pitched one-hit ball over seven innings to outduel  —  Atlanta Braves a step closer to their second straight NL East title, beating the  —  Washington Nationals 4-2 in the opener of a four-game series between …

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 …

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.

He struck out his brother and earned the win.  Brian Moran's MLB debut one for record books  —  Brian Moran's trot to the mound from the bullpen at PNC Park on Thursday was quick, quicker than he thought it would be as he prepared to make his Major League debut for the Miami Marlins.

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 …

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 …

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 …