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8:18 PM ET Boston Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi became the third pitcher in major league history to allow five home runs in one inning Tuesday night. In his Fenway Park start against the Houston Astros, Eovaldi lasted just 1⅔ innings, allowing eight hits and six earned runs while striking out none. In the second

4:31 PM ET Right-hander Matt Harvey has been suspended 60 games for distributing a “drug of abuse” under Major League Baseball’s drug program, the league announced Tuesday. Harvey, who is currently with the Baltimore Orioles at the team’s extended spring training facility, said in February he provided oxycodone to late Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler

7:30 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith FOR AN HOUR, Elyjah Blankenberg carefully went through his baseball card collection. He wanted the perfect mix of Orioles and Yankees cards — but mostly Yankees — for the biggest adventure of his life: His first mad dash to try to get autographs at a baseball game. Blankenberg has a

7:00 AM ET Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Joon Lee Close ESPN Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate More than a month into the 2022 Major League Baseball

6:18 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes said he deactivated his Twitter account after screenshots surfaced Sunday of tweets from a decade ago that included racial slurs. Cortes appeared to be quoting rap lyrics in at least some of the tweets, and he did not seem to be

9:17 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Houston Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi collapsed running to cover first base in the fifth inning Monday night against the Boston Red Sox and was taken off the Fenway Park field on a stretcher. Odorizzi, who entered the game with a 15 2/3 inning shutout streak, appeared to

11:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina set a major league record for wins by a starting battery as the St. Louis Cardinals routed the San Francisco Giants 15-6 on Sunday night in a game that ended with veteran slugger Albert Pujols on the mound. Molina homered and drove

12:00 AM ET There are tough losses. And then there is the kind of loss the Reds suffered on Sunday: It’s like when you’re out for a walk on a beautiful sunny day and you see the cutest little puppy who greets everybody with its tail wagging 100 mph and then you go up to

4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Cincinnati Reds starter Hunter Greene and reliever Art Warren combined to allow zero hits in a complete game, but it didn’t count as a no-hitter — or even a win — because the Pittsburgh Pirates eked out a run in the bottom of the eighth inning for

11:39 AM ET ESPN News Services DUNEDIN, Fla. — Prospects on the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays struck out 24 batters in a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees‘ Tampa Tarpons in the Florida State League on Saturday night, pitching a combined two-hitter. Right-hander Nick Frasso, 24, struck out eight over three innings. Dahian Santos,

1:26 AM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani and Taylor Ward provided just what the Los Angeles Angels needed to get over a bad loss in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Ohtani hit his 100th career home run, Ward hit a grand slam and the Angels salvaged a split by beating the

8:09 PM ET Associated Press Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. is day-to-day after an MRI on a sore groin that has forced him to miss three straight games came back negative. The right fielder was expected to play Saturday against the San Diego Padres, but manager Brian Snitker said Acuña reported feeling uncomfortable when

11:56 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Houston Astros acquired utilityman Mauricio Dubón in a trade with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. The 27-year-old Dubón is batting .239 with two homers and eight RBIs in 21 games this season. He has big league experience at second base, third base, shortstop and center field.

5:17 PM ET Trevor Bauer‘s grievance hearing against Major League Baseball will begin May 23, a source told ESPN on Friday, confirming a report from The Athletic. Bauer was handed a 324-game suspension on April 29 for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy, twice the amount of the previous longest suspension since the policy was implemented

6:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Veteran infielder Robinson Cano has signed with the San Diego Padres, it was announced Friday. The New York Mets released the 39-year-old Cano on Sunday after designating him for assignment a week earlier. The Padres likely will use the left-handed-hitting Cano at designated hitter, hoping he can improve their

8:05 AM ET THE WATCH ON Gabe Kapler’s left wrist started as a curiosity and traveled a smooth path to obsession. Big, chunky and obviously expensive, it was both striking and vexing. Morning or afternoon, the time on the watch bore no resemblance to the actual time of day. Even more vexing, the time was

10:01 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. CHICAGO — Nice try, Jim. That was Brian Cashman’s sarcastic response when addressing Astros owner Jim Crane’s comments against the Yankees‘ general manager concerning Houston’s sign-stealing scandal. “I don’t think anybody’s going to dance to the tune he’s singing,”

7:34 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, limited to designated hitter duty of late, has a small tear in his right UCL, will get a PRP injection and will not throw a baseball for four weeks, manager Joe Girardi told reporters Thursday. Girardi said Dr. Neal ElAttrache of Kerlan-Jobe in Los Angeles confirmed the