4:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros pitcher Cristian Javier and two relievers combined for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 19 years, shutting down the best team in baseball for a 3-0 victory at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. Javier (5-3), a 25-year-old right-hander without a complete game in 84 professional
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9:25 AM ET Mark Appel, the 2013 No. 1 overall pick whose baseball career included a three-season absence from the sport, is getting his first major league call-up Saturday at the age of 30. The Philadelphia Phillies are bringing in the right-handed Appel from Triple-A Lehigh Valley because reliever Connor Brogdon is on the COVID-19
8:38 PM ET ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman walked into the interview room at Truist Park on Friday afternoon and couldn’t contain his emotions. He took a deep breath, turned away from the cameras, crossed his hands above his head and walked out. “Gimme a second,” he said. “Hold on.” A few minutes later, Freeman returned
12:56 PM ET Slugger Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees agreed to a one-year, $19 million contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing scheduled for Friday, sources confirmed to ESPN. Judge can make an additional $250,000 by winning an MVP award and $250,000 for World Series MVP, sources confirmed. Judge, 30, is in the middle of
6:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Giants outfielder Joc Pederson said Thursday he hopes fans in San Francisco won’t take it too far when Cincinnati comes to Oracle Park and Tommy Pham is playing outfield for the Reds. The Giants will host the Reds in a three-game series that begins Friday night. Pham slapped Pederson
11:04 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Aaron Judge lined a game-winning single on the eve of his arbitration showdown, capping a four-run ninth inning that included Aaron Hicks‘ tying, three-run homer off closer Ryan Pressly in the New York Yankees‘ 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday night. Batting with two
7:00 AM ET While the Yankees pull away from other American League powers, competition in the National League is starting to heat up 11 weeks into the season. The Braves are making a push for the Mets at the top of the NL East, while the Dodgers are barely holding onto the No. 1 spot
1:27 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani struck out a career-high 13 over eight dominant innings of two-hit ball, and the AL MVP also reached base three times in the Los Angeles Angels‘ 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. After giving up two singles to start the first,
12:05 AM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Four at-bats, four hits and one unforgettable cycle in just six innings of work. “Beyond unbelievable. An epic night,” Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said after Austin Hays became the sixth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle. Hays completed the feat with a sixth-inning double
2:34 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — A day after Astros outfielder Jose Siri called his bat-flip home run celebration against the New York Mets “an error,” he seemingly backtracked Wednesday with a profane tweet that was later deleted. While not addressing the incident directly, Siri’s tweet said: “(expletive) bad opinions. have fun.” It was
2:52 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit two three-run homers and drove in a career-high eight runs, but Whit Merrifield led off the 11th inning with an RBI double before the Kansas City Royals hung on for a 12-11 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. Ohtani crushed a
9:18 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Aaron Judge intends to just “wear a nice suit” and “introduce myself and sit back” as a three-person arbitration panel debates whether the New York Yankees should pay their All-Star outfielder the $21 million salary
4:41 PM ET American League RBIs leader Jose Ramirez is back in the Cleveland Guardians‘ lineup Tuesday after missing his first two games this season with a sore right thumb. He is batting third and playing third base in Tuesday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins, who lead the Guardians by just one game in
7:00 AM ET Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker was feeling restless. The defending champions were keeping him up at night. When his team dropped the first two games of a series against the Arizona Diamondbacks to close out May, the Braves had fallen four games under .500 and Snitker decided something needed to be done.
10:36 PM ET It’s that kind of season again for the New York Yankees. The Bronx Bombers are absolutely dominating the opposition this season, as they’ve reached 50 wins in 67 games for a winning percentage of .746. It puts them in a class of their own in MLB this season — the next closest
3:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — All-Star Mets sparkplug Jeff McNeil left a game against the Miami Marlins on Monday with tightness in his right hamstring. McNeil walked off uneasily after taking home on a wild pitch in the fourth inning and went straight to the clubhouse. Luis Guillorme replaced him at second
6:38 PM ET Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was not in his team’s lineup for Sunday night’s series finale against the Chicago White Sox because of a hand injury and is considered day-to-day, manager Dusty Baker said. “Hopefully it will just be a few days,” Baker said. Baker told reporters that the “prognosis was better
5:51 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Jack Suwinski hit his third homer of the game in the ninth inning, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3, walk-off victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. The rookie drove a slider from sidearming Tyler Rogers (0-3) to right for his