Red Sox fire Dombrowski one season after title  —  The Boston Red Sox fired president Dave Dombrowski on Sunday.  The team plans to elevate assistant general manager Eddie Romero to lead its baseball-operations department, sources told ESPN.  —  Dombrowski, 63, was the architect behind …

Phillies Power Past Mets to Tighten Wild-Card Chase  —  Philadelphia hit three home runs as the Mets blew a chance to move up in the playoff chase.  —  Maikel Franco, Scott Kingery and Adam Haseley homered as the Philadelphia Phillies overcame an early deficit and outlasted the Mets, 10-7 …

A key free agent could fix third base.  But Rangers still must evaluate Santana, Solak.  —  Joey Gallo came through the minor leagues as the heir apparent to Adrian Beltre at third base, and he even took over the position early in 2017 as Beltre opened the season injured.  —  Gallo is an outfielder now.

Beede, Giants shut down Dodgers in a 1-0 victory  —  Kevin Pillar knocked in the game's only run with a ground out in the first inning and  —  Tyler Beede struck out five in five innings as the  —  San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles  —  Dodgers 1-0 on Saturday night.

Yankees Activate Gio Urshela From IL  —  As expected, the Yankees announced today they have activated third baseman Gio Urshela from the 10-day injured list.  The 27-year-old missed the minimum amount of time due to a left groin injury.  —  Urshela's breakout stands as one of the most surprising …

Minshew impresses teammates, coach with record-breaking performance  —  Jaguars rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew had to step in unexpectedly when Nick Foles was injury in Sunday's game against the Chiefs.  —  It's a bit too early to pronounce Sunday's game as the beginning of the Gardner Minshew Era for the Jaguars.

Odell Beckham Jr. is wearing a $350K Richard Mille watch during his Browns debut  —  Odell Beckham Jr. just took flexing to a new level.  —  The Browns receiver made his Cleveland debut against the Titans on Sunday, and he had the accessories for the occasion.

Myers' walk-off single lifts Padres to 2-1 win over Rockies  —  Manny Machado with one out in the 10th inning to give the  —  San Diego Padres a 2-1 win Sunday against the  —  Colorado Rockies and a series victory in a matchup between the worst teams in the NL West.

Marlins fan catches two foul balls in same at-bat, becomes hero  —  The likelihood of catching a foul ball at a professional baseball game is not too high, with studies putting the odds at 1-580.  —  Catching two — in the very same at-bat — is more than luck.

Flaherty dazzles again, Cardinals drop Pirates 2-0  —  Jack Flaherty had another strong start in his scintillating second half, scattering five hits over eight electric innings to lead the St. Louis  —  Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.  —  The 23-year-old Flaherty (10-7) …