Pedro Grifol had a good night of sleep Saturday, relatively speaking, after the Chicago White Sox’s walk-off win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

“I love winning,” the Sox manager said Sunday morning. “I don’t sleep much anyways, but absolutely. This is what it’s about. At this level, it’s about winning, and when you win a couple in a row...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. – It was only a week ago when the Twins had one of the worst-performing offenses in the major leagues and their record slumped to six games below .500.

Now they are achieving feats that haven't been done by Twins teams in over a decade.

Nine Twins batters contributed to their 17-hit barrage in Sunday's 11-5 victory over the ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Eugenio Suarez spoiled another gem of a start from Logan Gilbert with a run-scoring double in the seventh inning, and another ex-Mariner, Ketel Marte, drove in the winning run in the eighth for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who avoided a sweep with a 3-2 comeback victory over the Mariners on Sunday at T-Mobile Park.

Gilbert continued a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Taijuan Walker seemed like he was headed for a quality start on Sunday until he walked onto the mound in the seventh inning. Walker’s pitch count was low — just 73 pitches — and he didn’t have any sort of pitch limit entering his first outing of the season.

There were times last year when manager Rob Thomson would pull ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Nobody throws more split-fingered fastballs than Keaton Winn, and the rookie let 31 more fly in his third straight quality start.

Winn, the rookie from Iowa, allowed three hits in six strong innings. Thairo Estrada and Mike Yastrzemski combined for San Francisco’s first back-to-back homers of the season, supporting the ...Read more

The Yankees rode a late-game surge, sparked by a seven-run 6th inning, and Anthony Rizzo clubbed his 300th career home run, to beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 15-5, on Sunday afternoon at American Family Field.

After opening up a four-run lead, starter Marcus Stroman was unable to record an out in the 5th inning, with Willy Adames hitting an RBI ...Read more

ATLANTA -- The Braves are living in extra innings these days, and their third such game of the homestand ended in successful fashion: They overcame a two-run deficit in the eighth and defeated the Guardians 4-3 in 10 innings. The Braves won the series and built upon their MLB-best 19-7 record.

Here are five observations from Sunday:

1. Braves ...Read more

TORONTO -- After six consecutive wins this week, three empty at-bats doomed the Dodgers on Sunday.

Despite trailing the Toronto Blue Jays by multiple runs for most of the afternoon at Rogers Centre — in a game the hosts got a big second-inning rally from their offense, a dominant start from right-hander Kevin Gausman and a bunch of dazzling ...Read more

DETROIT — You start running out of ways to describe Tarik Skubal’s dominance.

The Tigers’ left-hander gave up a double and single to the first two batters of the game and then proceeded to disassemble a red-hot Royals lineup over seven innings helping the Tigers take the series with the Central Division rival Kansas City, 4-1 Sunday at ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Félix Bautista never blew a save in consecutive appearances in his seven months as the Orioles’ closer.

Craig Kimbrel has now done so in his first month filling in for the injured Bautista.

After a stellar start to his Orioles career, Kimbrel on Sunday blew his second save in three days against the Oakland Athletics in ...Read more

NEW YORK -- Mark Vientos didn’t make the Mets out of spring training.

He’s only on the MLB roster now because Starling Marte went on the bereavement list Saturday, needing to tend to a family issue. The 24-year-old didn’t even start Sunday, entering in the bottom of the ninth as a pinch-hitter.

But Vientos emerged as the unlikely hero ...Read more

ATLANTA — Jarred Kelenic has gone through enough reflection and change to admit this: In the past, he was far too attached to his identity as a baseball player. He did not realize it until a fractured foot took baseball from him.

And after the injury, Kelenic, now without baseball, looked at himself in the mirror.

“Well, now who am I?” ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Those ugly batting averages on the scoreboard won't change overnight, but Carlos Santana and Kyle Farmer showed their importance at the bottom of the Twins lineup Saturday

Santana homered for the third consecutive game, scored three times and drove in four runs. Farmer, hitting behind Santana in the lineup, reached base four...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — A pair of lousy sliders from Taylor Rogers sank the Giants in extra innings on Saturday night.

Rogers replaced closer Camilo Doval in a tie game in the 10th inning, then allowed back-to-back home runs on back-to-back hanging sliders to Bryan Reynolds and Ke’Bryan Hayes as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Giants, 4-3, in ...Read more

SEATTLE — On a night where the Seattle Mariners celebrated the 1990s, George Kirby, who was born in 1998, delivered a brilliant pitching performance, featuring pinpoint command and thread-the-needle accuracy that was reminiscent of the greatest pitcher of that decade.

Only Greg Maddux wasn’t pumping 99-mph four-seam fastballs and 96-mph ...Read more

Aaron Boone made a significant lineup change on Saturday night and it paid dividends immediately. Alex Verdugo moved all the way up into the cleanup spot of the order and announced his presence in the top half with a big swing.

Verdugo clubbed a three-run homer to right field in the top of the first inning giving the Yankees a lead that they ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Rays had a lot going on in Saturday’s game against the White Sox.

Richie Palacios had a breakout performance in the leadoff spot, hitting a homer and reaching base six times. Austin Shenton hit his first big league home run. Randy Arozarena had an actual big hit. Jose Siri was unexpectedly removed from the game.

Ben Rortvedt ...Read more