Olympic Baseball Preview Capsule
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Baseball was dropped for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. It has been dropped again for the 2024 Paris Games and is...
MLB batting average jumps 7 points with substance crackdown
NEW YORK — The major league batting average jumped to .246 in June amid a crackdown by the commissioner's office on foreign substances utilized...
Hays homers to help Orioles to 5-2 win to sweep Astros
HOUSTON — Austin Hays homered and Ryan Mountcastle drove in two runs to help the Baltimore Orioles wrap up a three-game sweep of the...
AP Sportlight
July 1
1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first...
Urias 2 homers, Brewers rout Cubs 15-7 for 8th straight win
Highly touted Milwaukee prospect Aaron Ashby got hammered for seven runs in the first inning of his big league debut, but Luis Urias homered...
Martinez leads Red Sox past slumping Royals 7-6
BOSTON — J.D. Martinez drove in four runs, including two on a go-ahead double in the sixth inning, and the Boston Red Sox outlasted...
Astros, Olson, Castellanos finding success with 2 strikes
HOUSTON — For Yuli Gurriel and the Houston Astros, the fight is on when the count gets to two strikes.
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Take three! Nats’ Turner ties MLB record, hits for 3rd cycle
WASHINGTON — Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, accomplishing the feat...
Judge, Sánchez power Yankees past Ohtani, Angels 11-5
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge and Gary Sánchez powered a long-awaited onslaught from New York’s star-studded lineup, helping the Yankees overcome two more home...
Liberatore, Torkelson, Meyer, Kelenic in Futures Game
NEW YORK — St. Louis pitcher Matthew Liberatore, who started twice for the U.S. team that qualified for the Olympics, was among 50 players...
