Future Hall of Fame forward Patrick Kane said that he wasn't sure what to expect when he joined the Detroit Red Wings in December 2023, especially after having spent most of his career with the rival Chicago Blackhawks.
Kane instantly became a fan favorite in the Motor City and was embraced by the fan base, not only routinely thrilling crowds at Little Caesars Arena but also providing timely offense; his 57 points ranked fifth overall on the team last season.
However, Kane decided against what would have been a third full campaign in Detroit, and instead returned to the Blackhawks with a two-year, $16 million contract, where he'll eventually wrap up his playing days.
But just because Kane no longer wears the Winged Wheel, it doesn't mean that he won't forever look back fondly upon his time playing in Detroit.
He posted a touching tribute on social media, thanking the Red Wings organization, the players, training and equipment staff, and the fans for embracing him.
"Thank you to Marian and Chris Ilitch, Steve Yzerman, all the coaches, players, trainers, equipment managers, and everyone within the organization for making Detroit a special place for me and my family over the past few seasons," Kane wrote.
Kane continued by thanking his longtime friend and teammate Alex DeBrincat, along with several of his now-former teammates before sending a special message to the fans of Hockeytown.
"Finally, to the fans—wow, what can I say? The support I felt over the last few seasons was unbelievable," Kane said. "I never expected that coming from Chicago. To score my 500th goal and 1,375th point at home at LCA, in front of you, was... perfect. Thank you for all your love. Sorry we couldn't get over the hump and get in the playoffs. That's all anyone wanted."
"It was truly an honor to be a Red Wing, and I enjoyed every minute of it. To be part of such a storied franchise and be welcomed with open arms is something my family and I will never forget. Thank you, Detroit!"
In the 189 games that Kane played with the Red Wings, he scored 57 goals with 106 assists.
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For the second straight night, Dodgers fans made Citi Field sound like Chavez Ravine as the owners of the best record in baseball pulled out a 4-3 victory in Queens on Saturday night.
Nolan McLean wasn’t helped by his defense — a Brett Baty throwing error and a Francisco Alvarez passed ball contributed to a three-run Dodgers third inning.
The punchless Mets predictably couldn’t touch Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who won for the 11th time this season.
The right-hander pitched around trouble in the first, third and fifth innings, and delivered six innings of one-run ball.
Nollan McLean watches Kyle Tucker round the bases after his solo home run in the third inning of the Mets’ 4-3 loss to the Dodgers on July 25, 2026 at Citi Field. Robert Sabo for New York Post
He held the Mets to 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
The loss marked the second time this season McLean has come up short against Yamamoto despite allowing just a total of three earned runs in 13 innings against the powerhouse Dodgers.
“That guy is unbelievable. It’s fun to watch him at the same time,” McLean said. “Wish he wouldn’t pitch so good against us.”
McLean completed six innings for his seventh straight start, allowing just two earned runs.
He struck out seven, walked two and allowed seven hits.
“I thought Nolan was solid. Short of spectacular, but solid,” interim manager Andy Green said.
A two-run pinch-hit double by Tyrone Taylor in the eighth got the Mets within a run, but A.J. Ewing struck out to end the inning, and the Mets went down in order in the ninth.
They have now lost four of their past five games, falling to a season-low 19 games under .500 at 43-62.
A.J. Ewing strikes out to end the eighth inning of the Mets’ loss to the Dodgers. Jason Szenes / New York Post
Only the Rockies have a worse record in the National League.
McLean allowed a leadoff homer in the third to Kyle Tucker, his second homer in as many days after entering the series with seven this season.
The Mets courted Tucker in the winter, but lost out to the Dodgers.
Then, the Mets let McLean down defensively.
With one on and one out, Baty’s throw hit the runner, setting the Dodgers up at first and third.
McLean didn’t help himself, failing to find the bag on a potential 3-6-1 double play that would’ve gotten him out of the inning.
Dalton Rushing rounds second base and heads to third on a throwing error by Brett Baty (not pictured) during the third inning of the Mets’ loss to the Dodgers. Robert Sabo for New York Post
Later in the frame, Alvarez boxed a breaking ball that popped in and out of his glove, enabling Andy Pages to score the third Dodgers run.
It is what Mets fans have come to expect from this team: sloppy play in the field and not enough of a response at the plate.
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There were chants of “Let’s go Dodgers” throughout this one-sided contest, starting at first pitch.
Friday night, Mets fans booed down most of those chants.
But perhaps taking a cue from the home team, they didn’t show anywhere close to the same resistance a night later.
Jul 25, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles right fielder Dylan Beavers (12) gets a walk-off single at the bottom of the ninth against Atlanta Braves at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Lexi Thompson-Imagn Images | Lexi Thompson-Imagn Images
In tonight’s game between the Orioles and Braves, the Orioles starting pitcher was outstanding, but the offense wasn’t able to score many runs. With a one-run lead in the eighth inning, manager Craig Albernaz turned to relief pitcher Rico Garcia. Garcia, who has struggled lately, gave up a home run to tie the ballgame.
Are you feeling déjà vu? I certainly was watching it, because that is exactly what happened in yesterday’s game. Luckily for the Orioles, tonight’s game took a different turn after that home run. Last night, the Orioles squandered their chance in the bottom of the ninth and lost in extra innings. Tonight, Jackson Holliday and Dylan Beavers ensured there wasn’t a repeat.
After Tyler O’Neill opened the bottom of the ninth with a strikeout, Holliday smacked a ball to left field that looked like it would sink in for a hit. Braves left fielder Mauricio Dubón almost made a great play on it but couldn’t hold on to the ball. Holliday landed on second base with a double. Colton Cowser hit a ball to deep center field, but could only move Holliday over to third.
Enter Beavers. With two outs, he was the only thing standing between the Braves and extra innings. Didier Fuentes threw him a first-pitch fastball and Beavers hit it to the right side. Ozzie Albies made a diving attempt at second base but it got past him. Holliday raced in from third! Orioles win! And thank goodness. I could not take another extra-innings loss.
Why did Albernaz go with Garcia again, when Yennier Cano was also getting warmed up? I don’t know. (Cano ended up pitching a very good ninth) I didn’t like it before the home run yesterday, and I didn’t like it tonight. But for tonight, at least, we can enjoy a win and not stew on it too much. We can remember the Beavers walk off and another outstanding start from Brandon Young.
Because Young had a heck of a night as part of a starting rotation that has turned out to be pretty good. It just proves how little I actually know about the Orioles. Because if you had told me to guess which part of the team would be the weakest link in a bad season, I probably would have guessed the rotation.
Young pitched into the seventh inning tonight and allowed just six baserunners. It shook out to four singles, a double, and two walks. He didn’t allow a run until the sixth inning, and before then he felt in control even when he allowed runners on. It’s such a good feeling to have a pitcher like this on the mound.
Through six innings, Young allowed more than one baserunner in an inning just twice. In the second, he gave up a single and a walk, but came back to strike out the next two batters to end the inning.
He wasn’t as good in the sixth. He walked Matt Olson with one out, then Michael Harris II sneaked a ball inside the right field line for a double. That put runners on second and third with the Orioles up 2-0. One run came in on a groundout, but it could have been a lot worse. Young got the third out as well on a groundout, and the Orioles retained the lead for the moment.
At 89 pitches, Young came back out for the seventh inning and faced Austin Riley. He had already struck Riley out twice. He did it a third time for the first out of the inning, and his day was done at 94 pitches. It’s so hard to judge in a one-run game, but I probably would have left him in the game until a runner got on or he finished the inning.
Regardless, it was another success for Brandon Young. He keeps shrinking his ERA, lowering it from 3.25 to 3.13 tonight. That’s better than any of his rotation mates. His final line: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K.
Young was replaced by Grant Wolfram, who immediately gave up a hit to pinch hitter Eli White. It looked like a double, and ended up being a double. But White tripped and fell between first and second base. Dylan Beavers played the ball in right field and threw it to Henderson on a bounce. It was not a great throw, but it was playable. About the time the ball got to Henderson, White was lying on the ground out of reach of second base. But Henderson didn’t make the catch and it bounced away. White got up and made it to second.
That runner didn’t end up scoring, as Wolfram retired the next two batters. But it was still embarrassing as hell. I want to request that the Orioles stop doing things like that.
On offense, the Orioles got to Bryce Elder for four hits and four walks through five innings, but only managed two runs. They had multiple baserunners in each of the first two innings but couldn’t score. Finally, they got through in the third thanks to some help from Jim Jarvis. Pete Alonso hit a pop-up to the Braves shortstop, and Jarvis simply dropped the ball. Back-to-back singles by Taylor Ward and Christian Encarnacion-Strand brought Pete home and gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead.
That was the first of two Alonso pop-ups that Jarvis dropped. He didn’t score the second time, but I appreciate Jarvis’s attempts to help.
Gunnar Henderson hit his 18th home run of the year in the fifth inning, the final hit allowed by Elder. He closed out the inning and his night with a Ward strikeout.
That was it for the offense until Beavers stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth and sent nearly 38,000 Hawaiian shirt-wearing fans home happy.
O’s win, 3-2! The rubber game between these teams is tomorrow at 1:35. Shane Baz will take the mound for the Orioles.
Who is your pick for Most Birdland Player tonight? Is it Young, for his 6.1 strong innings? Beavers for the game-winning hit? Maybe Cano for his nine-pitch ninth inning? Tell us in the comments below.
Kyle Tucker drops his bat after hitting a solo home run in the third inning during the Dodgers' 4-3 win over the New York Mets on Saturday night. (Dustin Satloff / Getty Images)
The ball jumped off Kyle Tucker’s bat for a high-flying home run into the right-field stands at Citi Field.
Tucker had been patient, watching the first four pitches of the at-bat against Nolan McLean, a pair of balls, and a pair of strikes low and in. Then, when McLean missed with a center-cut fastball, Tucker got all of it.
With his first swing in a game the Dodgers would win 4-3 on Saturday, Tucker gave his team the early lead. And for the first time as a Dodger, he homered in consecutive games.
“I feel a lot better,” Tucker said after the game, as fellow outfielder Teoscar Hernández shouted from the other side of the clubhouse, acknowledging his homers. “Need more of that. Seeing the ball decently, putting better swings on it. Just need to compound that into more swings, more at-bats. See how [Sunday] goes and just keep with it.”
It’s too early to say if this is the Tucker breakout the Dodgers have been waiting for. Nearly two-thirds of the way through the season, he has yet to hit like he has for most of his career.
“It’s coming,” manager Dave Roberts said Friday. “It hasn’t been as consistent or as fast as we’d like, but he’s still going through it. He’s still working hard.”
Tucker’s home run kicked off a three-run third inning for the Dodgers (67-38). They scored the other two with the help of a throwing error and passed ball from the Mets (43-62), while the Dodgers kept the pressure on with a barrage of balls in play.
That was enough to all but decide the game, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. The right-hander held the Mets to just one run, coming off a single from Bo Bichette, over six innings.
Though Yamamoto gave up five hits (all singles) and issued three walks, he navigated the traffic with poise.
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers during the second inning of a 4-3 win over the Mets on Saturday. (Frank Franklin II / Associated Press)
Tucker came close to hitting a second homer, sending a fastball to left field in the fourth inning. But Mets left fielder A.J. Ewing caught the ball just before the wall. The Dodgers’ final run instead came off a single from Andy Pages in the fifth.
The Mets struck back in the eighth. Edgardo Henriquez hit a batter and walked another to open the inning. And both runners scored when closer Tanner Scott replaced Henriquez with two outs and gave up a double to Mets pinch-hitter Tyrone Taylor. But Scott got out of the inning without giving up the lead, and Brock Stewart recorded the save, his first of the year.
Tucker’s home run was his ninth of the season. Last year with the Cubs, he racked up that many by May 3.
“There’s some times where I like to see the ball coming in, put a swing on it, and I can visualize the ball coming off the bat and doing what I want with it, but it doesn’t really go that way,” Tucker said. “Which is a little frustrating. ... That happens at times, but it’s seemed to happen a lot more this year. I’ve just got to battle for the next pitch and just continue on with the at-bat.”
Tucker, who has traditionally hung his hat on his strike-zone control, ended a 12-game streak without a walk Friday.
“It was a little weird, because I hadn’t walked in a while,” Tucker said. “So I honestly didn’t know what to do for a sec.
“But I mean, anything to get on base, whether it’s a single, homer, walk, whatever it is, just try to keep going with it.”
“I’ve, at times, thought I found something, or trying to turn the page, and it just kind of goes away and it’s back to square one,” Tucker said. “That’s where you’ve just kind of got to keep working, keep grinding and keep moving forward.”
Against the Mets, Tucker has looked more like the player the Dodgers expected when they signed him to a four-year, $240-million contract, with the power and plate discipline that earned him four straight All-Star nods before this year.
If he can recapture that identity down the stretch and into the postseason, his slow start will fade in the memories of Dodgers fans.
“Everyone in here is supportive, from the players to the coaching staff, everyone,” Tucker said. “At the same point, you’ve got to be confident in yourself. So I just try to go up there every single at-bat and not think about previous ones. Just go up there and try to compete.”
And this time, their hosts offered them plenty of help.
On a night Yoshinobu Yamamoto grinded through six innings of one-run ball, and Kyle Tucker opened the scoring by clanking his second home run in as many days off the right-field foul pole in the third inning, the Mets made sure to give the Dodgers just enough breathing room in their 4-3 win, committing a comedy of errors after Tucker’s homer in the third to leave themselves too big a hole to climb out of it.
With one out in the inning, a Dalton Rushing single was followed by a ground ball from Shohei Ohtani that could have gone for a double-play. First baseman Brett Baty, however, couldn’t avoid Rushing with his throw to second, grazing the catcher’s helmet to send the ball ricocheting into the outfield.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto grinded through six innings of one-run ball. AP Photo/Frank Franklin IIKyle Tucker opened the scoring by clanking his second home run in as many days. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Andy Pages came up next and hit another potential double-play grounder to Baty, who this time managed to complete his throw to second base. But as Francisco Lindor zipped the ball back across the diamond, pitcher Nolan McLean couldn’t find the bag while trying to cover first, allowing a run to score and the inning to continue.
With Max Muncy at the plate two batters later, McLean threw an outside sweeper that catcher Francisco Alvarez flat-up booted behind the plate. The ball bounced out of his glove and skipped away from the plate. Pages scored standing up to make it a 3-0 game.
Come the end of the night, those extra runs would be crucial.
While Yamamoto tip-toed in and out of danger in his five-hit, three-walk outing –– stranding two runners on base three different times –– the Dodgers bullpen nearly coughed up what had become a 4-1 lead after Andy Pages and Bo Bichette traded RBI singles in the fifth.
In the eighth, Edgardo Henriquez hit his first batter then walked the next. While he followed that with back-to-back strikeouts, he could only watch from the dugout as Tanner Scott relieved him and yielded a two-run double to pinch-hitter Tyrone Taylor.
For the briefest of moments, hope was pulsating through Queens again.
Alas, the middling Mets couldn’t complete the comeback, with Scott striking out AJ Ewing to escape the eighth and Brock Stewart getting his first save of the season in the ninth.
Andy Pages came up next and hit another potential double-play grounder to Baty. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
What it means
The Dodgers (67-38) clinched another series win on Saturday, making it three-for-three coming out of the All-Star break on this East Coast swing against the Yankees, Phillies and Mets.
Now, the Dodgers will go for their first series sweep in a month, trying to finish the nine-game road trip with a 7-2 record in Sunday’s series finale.
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Of the many problems that have plagued Tucker’s mediocre debut season with the Dodgers, a lack of power had been near the top of the list.
Before this weekend, the $240 million slugger had hit only seven home runs all season. Going back to April 19, he had just four long balls in 76 games, posting a .348 slugging percentage over that stretch.
In this series, however, Tucker has gone deep in back-to-back games for the first time this year, following up a key two-run blast late in Friday’s win by sending his solo blast Saturday high off the foul pole.
“There’s some times where I like to see the ball coming in, put a swing on it, and I can visualize the ball coming off the bat and doing what I want with it, but it doesn’t really go that way, which is a little frustrating,” Tucker said Friday night, when asked about his lack of power. “But at the same time, I just gotta battle for the next pitch and just continue on with the at-bat.”
This weekend, that approach has finally led to some encouraging results.
Now, the Dodgers will go for their first series sweep in a month, trying to finish the nine-game road trip with a 7-2 record in Sunday’s series finale. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Who’s not
Henriquez had the best month of his young career in June, giving up just two runs in 11 appearances while striking out 14 batters and –– most importantly –– walking only two.
Since then, however, the flame-throwing right-hander’s command issues have returned.
In his last seven outings, he has issued seven walks, plus his hit batter on Saturday. He has also given up three earned runs in that stretch. Still, his ERA on the season remains just 2.81.
Up next
The Dodgers’ two-week road trip will finally come to an end on Sunday, when Emmet Sheehan (4-7, 5.13 ERA) faces right-hander Freddy Peralta (5-9, 5.01 ERA).
MESA, ARIZONA - MARCH 15, 2025: Michael Carico #9 of the Chicago Cubs bats during the seventh inning of a spring training Spring Breakout game against the Los Angeles Angels at Sloan Park on March 15, 2025 in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images) | Diamond Images/Getty Images
With the Arizona Complex League now over, the following players have been promoted from the ACL Cubs to Low-A Myrtle Beach.
Right-hander Geovanny Vazquez
Right-hander Julio Valdez
Right-hander Freddy Rodriguez
Shortstop Fernando Cruz
Everyone loses today. The four affiliates even managed to lose five games between them.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs were swept in a doubleheader by the Gwinnett Stripers (Braves), 8-0 and 5-3.
Jordan Wicks started game one and got chased in the second inning. The final line on Wicks was five runs on four hits and three walks over 1.2 innings. Wicks struck out one.
Catcher Owen Ayers was 2 for 3.
In game two, Ty Blach allowed four runs in the bottom of the first inning and the I-Cubs never caught up. The final line on Blach was four runs on six hits over three innings. One of the hits was a two-run home run by former Cub Carlos Santana. Blach walked three and struck out one.
Iowa had just three hits in game two. Left fielder Chas McCormick went 2 for 3 with two doubles and a steal.
Center fielder Brett Bateman made a nice catch, at least. He was 1 for 2 with an RBI single and a run scored. He was also hit by a pitch.
Brooks Caple technically had a quality start, but he still took the loss after giving up three runs on six hits over six innings. Two of the hits were solo home runs. Caple struck out four and walked no one.
Left fielder Andy Garriola was 2 for 4 with a double.
Third baseman Alex Madera was also 2 for 4 with a double.
First baseman Ethan Hearn went 2 for 4.
Knoxville had ten hits tonight, but went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.
Kohl Franklin started tonight’s game on a rehab assignment and allowed one run on four hits over 4.1 innings. Franklin walked one and struck out one. He also hit a batter.
Ethan Bell allowed two runs on three hits over 1.1 innings and took the loss. Bell struck out one and did not walk anyone.
First baseman Michael Carico went 1 for 3 with two-run single and a bases-loaded walk for three total runs batted in.
Starter Noah Edders allowed just one run on four hits over four innings. Edders struck out four and walked no one.
Emilio Ramos gave up just one run over the next three innings with the one run coming on a fifth-inning home run. Ramos surrendered four hits total. he struck out five and walked one.
After the Pelicans scored one run in the top of the tenth, Emilio Melendez surrendered two unearned runs in the bottom of the inning to take the loss. Melendez allowed the two runs on two hits and one walk over 2.1 innings. He also hit a batter. Melendez struck otu three.
Right fielder Alexey Lumpuy hit a solo home run in the third inning, his seventh on the season. Lumpuy was 2 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored. He also stole a base.
Jul 25, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Athletics relief pitcher Mason Barnett (63) throws to the Minnesota Twins in the fourth inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images | Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images
The Athletics matched up against the Minnesota Twins in the second game of their three-game series, looking to build on their series-opening victory. This game played out the inverse of Friday night’s contest, as the A’s struggled with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss that sets up Sunday’s series finale to be the rubber match.
Both Teams Waste Scoring Chances
The Twins’ scheduled starter Michael Paredes was a late scratch, so Kendry Rojas made the start for the hosts. The left-hander got his outing off to a strong start with a scoreless first two innings. A’s opener, left-hander Brady Basso, matched Rojas, keeping the Twins off the board through two frames.
A’s center fielder Henry Bolte walked to begin the third inning and then advanced to second on right fielder Lawrence Butler’s sacrifice bunt. Rojas escaped the jam as the Athletics stranded Bolte at third base, wasting their first scoring opportunity of the game.
Basso’s day was done after 2 1/3 scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and a walk, while recording three strikeouts. Right-hander Mason Barnett replaced him out of the A’s bullpen, inheriting a runner on second and one out. He did his job, preventing that runner from scoring.
Pitching Duel Continues
The Twins removed Rojas from the game after he completed four scoreless innings, only allowing one hit and one walk and striking out five.
Left-hander Taylor Rogers entered to pitch the fifth. Seeking to break the deadlock, A’s first baseman Jeff McNeil was awarded a one-out double to right field after fan interference. With two on and two out, Jacob Wilson grounded out, failing to come through with runners in scoring position for the second time in the game.
While the A’s offense struggled to get going, its pitching staff continued to keep the Twins off the board. Barnett picked up where Basso left off, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings to keep the game scoreless through five innings.
Twins Score First
Barnett ran into trouble in the bottom of the sixth. A walk followed by a double put two Twins runners in scoring position at second and third with one out. With two outs, Twins’ right fielder Alan Roden lined a two-run single, giving Minnesota a 2-0 lead and ending Barnett’s outing. The hero of last night’s game, left-hander Jose Suarez, entered and recorded the final out of the inning, limiting the damage to two runs.
Twins’ reliever Tommy Nance protected his team’s lead, working around McNeil’s second double of the game to pitch a scoreless seventh inning. Once again, the A’s could not come through with a two-out RBI hit as Bolte flew out to center to end the threat.
A’s Offense Woeful!
The Athletics offense failed to capitalize on a prime opportunity to at least tie the game in the eighth inning. Facing Twins’ right-hander Andrew Morris, Butler drew a leadoff walk. He advanced to third base as Wilson reached second on Morris’ throwing error.
Minnesota’s reliever escaped the jam by striking out Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom on pitches nowhere near the strike zone before getting Jonah Heim to ground out. Kurtz should have gone on a rehab assignment as he struck out four times in his first game off the injured list.
Not scoring there took the wind out of the A’s sails. The visitors went down quietly in the top of the ninth against Yoendrys Gómez, who secured his 13th save in the Twins 2-0 series-evening victory.
The A’s finished the game 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, leaving seven on base in a disappointing offensive performance. The “Green and Gold” will aim to get the bats back on track in tomorrow’s series finale, which will pit Athletics’ veteran left-hander Jeffrey Springs against Minnesota’s young lefty Connor Prielipp.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 25: Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws a pitch during the first inning of the game against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 25, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images) | Getty Images
After a lackluster week heading into the All-Star break, the Dodgers have won all three series on the long road trip through the Eastern time zone. That was secured with Saturday night’s 4-3 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field.
Kyle Tucker went 80 plate appearances and nearly four full weeks without a home run before his blast on Friday. Then in his first at-bat on Saturday, Tucker opened the scoring with another blast, in the third inning.
One out after the Tucker homer, Dalton Rushing singled. Shohei Ohtani grounded into a potential double play, but Brent Baty — playing first base this season for the first time in the majors — threw a ball that caromed off Rushing’s helmet, not getting any out and instead putting runners on the corners. Andy Pages beat a return throw to first base to prevent an inning-ending double play for one run, and a passed ball brought home another for a three-run frame.
Teoscar Hernández in the fifth inning doubled for a second straight game, then scored on a two-out single by Pages.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto walked three Mets, just the third time in 19 starts he’s issued more than a pair of free passes. He needed 52 pitches to get through the first three frames, but still finished with a typically solid outing, allowing just one run in six innings.
He allowed five singles, three of them bunched together in the fifth inning for New York’s only run against him. Yamamoto struck out five and completed six innings for the 17th time in 19 starts.
Edgardo Henriquez hit a batter and walked another in the eighth, and both scored on a double off Tanner Scott later in the frame to get New York within a run.
After Scott got the final out of the eighth inning working on his second straight day, Brock Stewart pitched a clean ninth with two strikeouts for his third career save and first since 2023 while with the Minnesota Twins. It’s Stewart’s second career save for the Dodgers, along with a three-inning save on June 20, 2017, also against the Mets.
The Dodgers long odyssey comes to a close on Sunday morning (10:40 a.m. PT, SportsNet LA) before returning to Ithaca Dodger Stadium. Emmet Sheehan starts the series finale, with Freddy Peralta on the mound for the Mets.
The Mets were defeated by the Dodgers 4-3 on Saturday night at Citi Field.
Here are some takeaways...
-- Nolan McLean picked up right where he left off over his last few outings, retiring the first six Dodgers he faced over the first two innings. That stretch and his unearned run streak were broken up in the third, though, as Kyle Tucker crushed his second homer in as many nights off the right-field foul pole.
LA added two more runs in the inning thanks to some shoddy Mets defense. New York failed to execute two potential inning-ending double-plays, one thanks to a Brett Baty throwing error, and Francisco Alvarez allowed his eighth passed ball of the year to force in the third run of the game.
McLean rebounded with a scoreless fourth, but the Dodgers struck again for a two-out run in the fifth. The youngster loaded the bases with just one out as he began running out of gas in the sixth, but a lineout double play helped him escape without further damage on his line.
Overall, he allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven.
-- The Mets' offense had plenty of opportunities of their own against Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who wasn't exactly at his sharpest. They went a combined 0-for-3 with RISP in the early going, stranding a pair in both the first and third innings, and were set down in order during the other two frames.
New York almost squandered another opportunity after getting a pair of singles to open the fifth, but Bo Bichette dumped in his second two-out hit of the game to get them on the board. They got the leadoff man on again in the sixth with a six-pitch walk, but the next three were set down.
Yamamoto ended his night with just the one run allowed on five hits, three walks, and four strikeouts.
-- Daniel Duarte threw well in relief of McLean. He worked around a two-out single in the seventh, then used a strike-him-out, throw-him-out double play to evade a hit by pitch in the eighth. Duarte has yet to allow a run across five big league appearances this season.
-- The Mets were awfully close to failing to deliver one more time after getting a walk and HBP to open the eighth, but this time it was the red-hot Tyrone Taylor who came off the bench and lined a two-run double off closer Tanner Scott to cut the deficit down to one.
-- Taylor became their 11th man left on base, and after a quiet ninth, they finished 2-for-11 with RISP.
Game MVP: Andy Pages
The All-Star outfielder had just one hit, but drove in two of LA's four runs on the night.
Jul 25, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (17) delivers a pitch to the Seattle Mariners during the first inning at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images | Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images
The Texas Rangers scored seven runs while the Seattle Mariners scored one run.
The Rangers came into tonight’s game apparently with the worst starters ERA in the Majors this month with a pitcher who had most recently allowed three home runs in his last start and with a lineup featuring, at first blush, about a handful of actual big league-quality batters.
Their task was beating the hated once American League-favorite Mariners to return to the two games above .500 mark that they enjoyed at the All-Star break, which would also bring them to a season-best two and a half game lead in the American League West.
Done and done.
Thanks to great work from those big league-quality batters, the Rangers jumped out ahead 3-0 in the first inning with an assist from some extremely poor outfield play from the Mariners. Seattle opted to give regular center fielder Julio Rodriguez a half day as their designated hitter and moved professional corner outfielder Luke Raley to center field.
That move immediately backfired on Seattle manager Dan Wilson as Raley dove for an Ezequiel Duran flare to the right field gap at medium distance that most average center fielders glide over and catch and allowed Wyatt Langford — who had doubled ahead of Duran — to score the game’s first run with Duran ending up at third base.
After Brandon Nimmo worked an 0-2 count into a walk, Duran scored on an Evan Carter double and then Nimmo scored on a Nicky Lopez ground out. An inning later, the Rangers would score a couple more runs in an inning that featured a Joc Pederson stolen base, another Langford double, and and RBI single from Duran.
Just about the only demerits for the Rangers in the early goings was letting Mariners starter Bryan Woo off the hook with an opportunity to turn the game into a blowout and expend some bullpen bullets with a long weekend yet to go between these two squads.
But that’s nitpicking, really. The Rangers had a bottom of the order with no one featuring an OPS above .650 and were integrating career journeyman backup catcher Austin Wynns into the lineup batting ninth.
Scoring five runs early was a major boon for Texas and they made great use of it despite Woo ultimately going five innings and the Rangers waiting until the seventh to get back on the board when Alejandro Osuna, one of those bottom of the order guys, delivered a two-run double to put this one to bed.
With the win, the Rangers have positioned themselves to take the series with one more victory and will leave this series with the Mariners no worse than atop the division. Though, the Rangers will not be facing a second place team tomorrow as the Astros have now passed Seattle in the standings.
Player of the Game: The lede has been buried a bit as the main story from this game was Nathan Eovaldi coming up large, as is his specialty.
Eovaldi was that guy who allowed three home runs in a loss to Atlanta in his first start of the second half and the Rangers needed him to be more vintage Eovaldi against the team that came into the game behind Texas in the standings. He delivered as he nearly always does.
Eovaldi tossed seven innings with just the one run allowed on three hits and a walk while striking out eight in a crisp 91 pitches. Eovaldi was in total control in that special way where he turns a game you’d really like to see your team win into a cozy affair because you know he’s not going to relent.
I really hope I never take Eovaldi’s ability to dominate in the biggest moments for granted. Thanks for always being your nastiest when we really need you, Nate.
Bonus hat tips to Langford and Duran for delivering when the Rangers had chances in the early innings as two of Texas’ few prime threats to do so. Langford finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored, and an RBI.
Unfortunately Langford also fouled a couple of painful looking pitches off his foot before one of his doubles and later left the game after six innings so hold your breath on that. You can only take so many questionable quality batters in one lineup so the Rangers need Langford.
Up Next: The Rangers face their first of two consecutive Ranger Killer hurlers with RHP Jacob deGrom set take the mound for Texas against RHP Logan Gilbert for Seattle.
The Sunday afternoon first pitch from The Shed is scheduled for 1:35 pm CDT and will be back on the Rangers Sports Network.
Jul 25, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Luis Lara (18) gets a base hit against the Colorado Rockies in the sixth inning at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Michael McLoone-Imagn Images | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images
The Brewers have traditionally had trouble with Rockies starter Ryan Feltner, a generally mediocre pitcher in his six-year career. But tonight, led by a couple of 21-year-olds and aided by some poor Rockies defense, Milwaukee finally figured him out. Robert Gasser also befuddled Colorado hitters for most of the night, and after a frustrating loss on Friday, the Brewers evened the series with a mostly comfortable win.
Gasser started nicely with three consecutive groundball outs in the top of the first. In keeping with yesterday’s game, Christian Yelich flew out to the warning track in his first at-bat. The Brewers got a couple of baserunners when Jackson Chourio snuck a single through the infield and Brice Turang laid down a perfect bunt for a hit, but Contreras grounded into a 1-6-3 double play that ended the inning.
Hunter Goodman became Gasser’s first strikeout leading off the second. TJ Rumfield was next, and Gasser nearly got hit by a comebacker, but he got out of the way, and Cooper Pratt made the play for the second out. A Willi Castro popout ended the inning, and Gasser was perfect through two.
Jake Bauers drew a walk to start the second, and on the first pitch to the next batter, Garrett Mitchell, he stole second. Mitchell grounded out on the next pitch, but that at least got Bauers to third with one out. Luis Lara was next, and he just missed his first career homer — instead, he had a sac fly to the right-field corner. Pratt, who just hit his own first career homer on Monday, followed with his second career homer, a solid shot out to left on the first pitch of the at-bat. David Hamilton nearly got in on the action, too, but flew out to the warning track to end the inning with the Brewers ahead 2-0.
Gasser kept his perfect game going through the first two outs of the third, but gave up a two-out single to Ezequiel Tovar before Jake McCarthy struck out to end the inning. Feltner came back in the third with his first 1-2-3 inning of the game against the top of the Brewers’ order.
Colorado got their first rally of the game in the top of the fourth when Kyle Karros led off with a single to center (one that Mitchell might’ve been able to catch with a better jump) and Cole Carrigg followed with a double down the left-field line. Colorado’s best hitter, Goodman, was next, and he hit a broken-bat single into left, and he advanced to second on Chourio’s (ill-advised) throw home. Just like that, the game was tied, on batted balls of 80, 93, and 70 mph.
Gasser got the first out of the inning on the next pitch, when Rumfield grounded out to short, and one pitch after that, Castro flew out to right. Braxton Fulford also flew out to right, and Gasser was out of the inning, but the Brewer lead had vanished.
Contreras burned a challenge while striking out looking to start the fourth. Bauers followed with a single to center, and Mitchell just missed a homer with a 383-foot drive to deep center that became yet another ball caught on the warning track. With two outs, a couple of Brewer rookies came through to restore Milwaukee’s lead: Lara lined a single to left, and Pratt followed with a hard grounder that deflected off of Castro’s glove and into right, scoring Bauers in the process. A Hamilton strikeout ended the inning, but Milwaukee was back on top at 3-2.
Tyler Freeman hit a solid single to center to lead off the fifth, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Tovar. McCarthy hit a hard line drive toward the gap in right, but Lara got a good jump and made a nice jumping catch to steal a double (and a run). Karros was out on a soft liner to third, and Freeman was stranded at second.
Yelich led off the bottom of the inning with a jam-shot fly ball to center which should’ve been caught but wasn’t — Carrigg, in center field, got a bad jump and dove and sort of trapped the ball, but it ended up on the grass, and Yelich was credited with a double. Chourio followed with a strikeout, and Yelich then made an out on the bases when he tried to take third when Karros was playing a ways off of the base, but not far enough. Turang was then robbed of a hit by Carrigg, who made up for his mistake earlier in the inning by making a diving catch for the third out.
Gasser had given up some hard contact in the fifth, but he’d only thrown 70 pitches, so he kept going in the sixth with a quick, seven-pitch, three-up three-down inning. Contreras, of all people, started the bottom of the sixth with an infield hit, and Bauers followed with a single into left, which got him on base for the third time in three plate appearances. With two on and nobody out in the sixth, Feltner’s day was over, as the Rockies turned to the right-handed flamethrower Juan Mejía.
Mejia got off to a poor start by walking Mitchell on four pitches to load the bases. Lara hit a pop fly to left, but it dropped into no-man’s land, and McCarthy misplayed it on the bounce, which allowed a second run to score and got Lara to second base for a bloop double. Pratt was up next and hit a fly ball to left—it looked like it had a chance to drop, but Pratt settled for a sac fly that made it 6-2, instead.
Hamilton had the next chance for the Brewers, and he popped a single over the outstretched glove of Tovar for another hit. Lara had to freeze to make sure it got down, so he held at third, and the lineup turned over with runners on the corners and one out. Yelich struck out, but with two outs, Hamilton took off for second, and Ashcraft faked a throw to second then threw back to third to try to get Lara leaning too far off the bag—the throw, though, went off of Karros’s glove and into left field, allowing Lara to score. Chourio grounded out to end the inning, but the Brewers were up 7-2.
After the long inning, the Brewers went to Chad Patrick in the top of the seventh, even with Gasser at just 77 pitches. Patrick had no trouble and put up a 1-2-3 inning, and capped off Gasser’s nice day: six innings, two runs (on weak hits), five hits, no walks, and four strikeouts.
Turang greeted the new Colorado pitcher, Tanner Gordon, rudely, by hitting a double into the right-field corner. Contreras struck out looking on a pitch that he wanted to challenge, but Contreras had already burned both Brewer challenges, so he couldn’t. Bauers also struck out on a pitch he wanted to challenge (for the record, both pitches looked like balls on Gameday), but those are the breaks. Garrett Mitchell struck out, too, but he at least swung. (This would’ve been a very frustrating inning in a close game, but we can deal with it with a five-run lead.)
Lance McCullers Jr. was on for his second outing as a Brewer in the bottom of the eighth. After getting the first two outs, he walked back-to-back hitters in front of Goodman and his 31 homers. That prompted a visit from pitching coach Chris Hook, but McCullers won a long battle by getting a pop-up (which he fielded himself) on the ninth pitch of the at-bat.
The Brewer Boy Wonders both reached to start the bottom of the eighth, Lara on a walk and Pratt on an error by Karros at third, an error which allowed Lara to reach third. Pratt stole second on the next pitch, setting the Brewers up for another chance at a big inning. Gordon did a decent job working out of it, with a strikeout by Hamilton, a sac fly RBI by Yelich, and a pop out by Chourio, but the Brewers tacked one on and led 8-2.
McCullers walked Rumfield to start the ninth, but struck out Castro. A ground ball from Brett Sullivan to Bauers could’ve ended the game, but his throw to second sailed past Pratt and into left field and there were two on with one out. Turang made a nice catch on a pop-up in shallow right field, but the third out remained elusive when McCullers walked Tovar to load the bases. After a mound visit, McCarthy jumped on the first pitch and blooped a two-RBI single to center, which brought Pat Murphy out of the dugout to retreive McCullers in favor of Trevor Megill, who came into the game needing one out but in a save situation.
The Brewers surely didn’t want Megill to have to pitch tonight. He got ahead of Karros, but the Colorado third baseman fought off and 0-2 fastball way above the zone and dumped it into center for another RBI single. Improbably, Carrigg came to the plate as the tying run, but Megill struck him out to finally end the game.
The kids led the way in this one. Lara was 2-for-2 with a walk, a sac fly, and three RBI. Pratt was 2-for-3 with a solo homer, a sac fly, and a stolen base. Turang also had multiple hits including a double. On the mound, Gasser had his nice night, Patrick had a good scoreless inning. McCullers battled wildness and a Bauers error, but Megill was able to clean up the mess.
The Brewers will try to secure the series tomorrow with Jacob Misiorowski on the mound. That game is at 1:10 p.m. If you’re interested in this kind of thing, the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony is also tomorrow, starting at 12:30 on MLB Network.
Jul 25, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers shortstop Ezequiel Duran (20) reaches third base on his RBI triple against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images | Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images
Rangers 7, Mariners 1
Sitting poolside on a nice day: J.P. Crawford, .05 WPA
Falling asleep in the sun and getting a nasty sunburn: Bryan Woo, -.29 WPA; Cole Young, -.05 WPA
ATLANTA, GA - JULY 20: Atlanta shortstop Jim Jarvis (74) catches a pop fly during the MLB game between the San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves on July 20th, 2026 at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The Braves were going for a series win on Saturday, in a matchup of back-of-the-rotation starters.
As one might expect, given the pitchers involved, there were baserunners scattered throughout the early innings. The Orioles struck first in the third, as Jim Jarvis committed an error and didn’t make another play on a hard line drive, allowing a run to score. Bryce Elder’s first fly ball of the game allowed a second Baltimore run in the fifth on a Gunnar Henderson homer. It was a very unusual start for Elder as he struck out 8 batters and walked 4, but ultimately completed 5.0 innings with only the 1 earned run on the homer, which the Braves will take any day. Matt Olson correctly challenged a strike 3 call, turning it into ball 4, and ended up scoring on a Michael Harris double for the Braves’ first run, making that challenge pretty huge.
Victor Mederos was first out of the bullpen in the sixth and looked like he had completed 2.0 scoreless innings when he induced a pop-up to shortstop from Pete Alonso, but Jim Jarvis again dropped the ball, landing runners on the corners still with two outs for Gunnar Henderson. Mederos struck out Henderson and was fired up leaving the game, as he had struck out 3 Orioles over 2.0 scoreless innings and continues to look like a nice bullpen find. His outing became even bigger as lefty Ozzie cranked a homer over the right field wall to lead off the eighth inning, tying the ballgame up at 2 runs.
That was all the offense was able to do in the eighth, so Didier Fuentes took over and cruised his way through the eighth with two strikeouts and a soft lineout. After a quiet frame from the bottom of Atlanta’s lineup vs the back of Baltimore’s bullpen, Fuentes was sent back out to hopefully shut down the ninth and send the game to extra innings. Jackson Holliday doubled with one out to create a threat and moved to third on a deep flyout for the second out. A soft single from Beavers in the leadoff spot ended the game, handing the Orioles a 3-2 victory.
Join us tomorrow for the rubber-match in Camden at 1:35 PM ET.
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani skipped a tentatively scheduled bullpen session Saturday and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the two-way superstar won’t throw off a mound again until his irritated left knee feels 100%.
“We’re just going to kick the can,” Roberts said before his team played the New York Mets. “I think like I said yesterday, we’re not going to move forward until he feels 100% confident (and) we feel 100% confident that we should do it.”
Ohtani hasn’t pitched in a game since July 3. But the Dodgers say his knee doesn’t bother him while batting, and the four-time MVP has remained in the starting lineup regularly.
The two-time defending World Series champions began the day with the best record in the majors at 66-38 and an 11-game lead in the NL West over Arizona.
Ohtani received a lubricant injection just before the All-Star break and Roberts said last weekend it would be “some time” before Ohtani makes his next appearance as a pitcher.
The right-hander then threw about 30 pitches off a mound Wednesday during a bullpen session in Philadelphia, but Roberts said Ohtani felt a “little bit of regression.”
“It was obviously not ideal, him throwing his last bullpen and going backwards essentially,” Roberts said. “So obviously that’s disappointing because you throw a bullpen, you continue to build up. So that was disappointing, but as far as worry, concern, we don’t have any of that.”
Ohtani is 8-2 with a 1.79 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 85 2/3 innings over 14 starts on the mound this season and has won his past six decisions. He entered Saturday batting .286 with 22 homers, 61 RBIs and a .920 OPS.
In other injury updates, two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell made a second rehab start Friday night for Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Sidelined since his season debut May 9 because of loose bodies in his pitching elbow, the left-hander threw 49 pitches and allowed one run and two hits in 2 2/3 innings. Roberts said Snell likely will progress to four innings in his third rehab outing.
Star closer Edwin Díaz (right elbow surgery) will make another rehab appearance Sunday for Oklahoma City and, if all goes well, the right-hander is expected to be activated from the injured list Wednesday.
Tyler Glasnow, on the 60-day IL since May 8 because of low back spasms, threw 25 pitches in one simulated inning Friday. Glasnow will pitch in another simulated game next week when the Dodgers return home and might start a rehab assignment after that.
