Rockies at Dodgers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for September 8  —  Its Monday, September 8 and the Rockies (40-103) are in Los Angeles to open a series against the Dodgers (79-64).  —  Chase Dollander is slated to take the mound for Colorado.

All those young fill-ins are winning games and keeping Texas Rangers in playoff contention  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — All of those rookie fill-ins are keeping the injury-plagued Texas Rangers in playoff contention.  —  Center fielder Michael Helman hit a grand slam while driving in all of their runs …

Exclusive: MLB's fired managers plot their returns after a most unusual summer … They have been bird-hunting and fly-fishing, watching their daughters play volleyball, hanging with their grandkids and attending World Series reunions.  —  They live in San Diego, Florida and Tennessee …

Phillies put Trea Turner, Alec Bohm on IL, expect both to avoid lengthy absences  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies put the left side of their infield on the injured list Monday afternoon, a foreboding development with three weeks to go in the season, but the club believes it could avoid significant absences for Trea Turner and Alec Bohm.

Precision and power: Boston's Aroldis Chapman still dominating at 37  —  PHOENIX — Aroldis Chapman has a reputation as a power pitcher, built through 16 years of routinely popping 100 mph on the radar gun.  —  As the Boston Red Sox closer has gotten older, the 37-year-old added craftiness to the power …

Cal Ripken's streak remains a marvel, three decades after he broke Lou Gehrig's record  —  BALTIMORE — The Orioles celebrated the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken's record-breaking 2,131st consecutive game.  —  If anything, that streak looks even more preposterous now.

Nola returns to form, Duran holds on in 9th, Phillies edge Mets 1-0 to extend NL East lead  —  PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola returned to form with three-hit ball over six innings and Jhoan Duran stranded two runners when he struck out the final two batters to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 1-0 on Monday night.

Phillies invite young fan to meet Harrison Bader after dispute over home run ball  —  The Philadelphia Phillies invited a young fan to meet Harrison Bader following their 9-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night after an apparent dispute over a home run ball hit by the center fielder during the game.

Murphy to undergo surgery to repair hip tear, miss rest of '25  —  ATLANTA — Sean Murphy's struggles over the past month were likely influenced by the right hip ailment that will be surgically repaired later this week.  —  Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos …

Yankees ‘in a position to go get it’ as their September standing improves  —  NEW YORK - Halfway through their Defining Dozen games, the Yankees have at least kept their best October hopes intact.  —  There was no denying that Sunday's 4-3 win against the first place Blue Jays “was huge,” as Ben Rice said at Yankee Stadium.

Shohei Ohtani sets the tone as Dodgers end uncharacteristic skid  —  BALTIMORE — Coming off an excruciating defeat that stretched their losing streak to five games, the Los Angeles Dodgers desperately needed a spark in the finale of a horrid East Coast trip.