Texas Rangers ballyhooed right-hander Kumar Rocker made his major-league debut on Thursday evening in opposition to the Seattle Mariners and turned in a powerful and at occasions dominant outing.  Rocker’s line for the evening:  Supervisor Bruce Bochy earlier than the sport indicated that Rocker can be restricted to 5 innings or round 75 pitches. Since…

For the second time in his final 4 begins, Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis misplaced a no-hit bid by permitting a leadoff house run within the ninth inning.  After working eight hitless innings towards the New York Mets in what turned out to be a 6-2 Mets win (field rating), Francis within the prime…

USATSI Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 4 one-run innings in opposition to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday (GameTracker) in his first look since June 15. He had missed practically three months after affected by a rotator cuff pressure.  Yamamoto held the Cubs to 1 run on 4 hits and no walks, all whereas…

New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes labored out of the bullpen throughout his group’s Saturday 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs, and he was not happy by the change in position.  The 29-year-old Cortes, after making 28 begins for the Yankees this season, on Saturday made his first aid look since 2021. The shift to…

Getty Photos The Seattle Mariners suffered a doubtlessly crucial loss on Sunday, as veteran beginning pitcher Luis Castillo departed his begin towards the St. Louis Cardinals with what the staff later termed a left hamstring pressure.  Castillo exited after three innings of labor wherein he allowed two earned runs and struck out three towards one…

Getty Photos The New York Mets gained their ninth sport in a row on Saturday, defeating the Cincinnati Reds by a 4-0 remaining (field rating). The Mets, who entered the day tied with the Atlanta Braves for the third and remaining Nationwide League wild-card spot, will now enter Sunday’s sequence finale with sole possession of…

The Los Angeles Dodgers have sustained one more damage to a member of the rotation. This time, 25-year-old rookie right-hander Gavin Stone has landed on the 15-day injured listing with proper shoulder irritation. On the identical time, the Dodgers optioned right-hander Michael Petersen again to Triple-A and recalled left-hander Justin Wrobleski and right-hander Landon Knack. …

Thursday afternoon, the Cincinnati Reds completed off their three-game sweep of the Houston Astros at Nice American Ball Park (CIN 1, HOU 0). Ty France, who went 9 for 11 within the sequence, hit a solo residence run for the sport’s solely run. There was some controversy within the fourth inning, when it appeared Rhett…

Getty Photographs The Chicago Cubs no-hit the Pirates on Wednesday night time as Shota Imanaga threw seven shutout innings earlier than handing the sport over to the bullpen. Nate Pearson tossed a clear eighth inning and Porter Hodge shut the Pirates down within the ninth to complete off the twenty first mixed no-hitter in MLB…

USATSI The Baltimore Orioles are again in first place within the AL East. They took care of enterprise in opposition to the historically-bad White Sox with a snug, 9-0, victory that was by no means actually unsure Tuesday. The O’s scored three runs within the first, 4 within the second and that was that.  The…