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✅ Cleveland Guardians score runs in just 1 of 9 innings
✅ Tanner Bibee gives up the exact number of earned runs he leads by
✅ Bibee gets ridiculous and completely undeserved Loss
✅ Shawn Armstrong enters and allows home run

It was another infuriating game of baseball for Guardians fans to watch last night. 2 runs for Grant Fink’s offense. Both in the 1st inning. Bibee gave them back in the third. Cooper Ingle blew the lead in the 7th by not knowing how many outs there were. And Armstrong gave up the dinger in the 8th.

On the bright side, Chase DeLauter looked awesome against Jacob deGrom.

And Braylon Doughty got promoted to AA. My favorite pitching prospect since Biebs.

How bad is that Guardians offense?

• The pitcher who shut them down on Monday night, Chris Paddack, was immediately DFA’d after he completed the only task Texas signed him for. They know Paddack sucks—he has an ERA near 10 against the rest of baseball—but he consistently dominates Cleveland because Grant Fink’s offense never adjusts to anything.

I expect another team to employ this same strategy before the season ends. Could the White Sox do it this weekend?

Like a rollercoaster built by a particularly unimaginative person, tonight’s Mariners game was slow and boring for the first two-thirds, then suddenly rocketed into being fun late. By the time it was over the score was 8-3 and the Mariners offense had somehow not only blown past their former three-run-per-game cap (Rest in Pieces, hopefully never to be seen again), but managed to score all those runs without a homer for the first time in four years. For a team that’s built on on-base and slug, tonight was a lot of death by papercuts inflicted on the Angels bullpen, appropriately ending what’s been a weird June in a weird way – and yet also not, because with this win the Mariners end June at 13-14 for the month, the exact same way they ended June of 2025. Could this boring back-loaded rollercoaster metaphor bear out over the whole season? Reader, we shall see.

Bryan Woo turned in another solid start in what’s been a fairly uneven season for him so far, bobbing and weaving through some bad-luck BABIP hits and fielding miscues behind him; he didn’t have to deal with more than one baserunner until the fifth, when perpetual thorn in Mariners side Jo Adell reached on a throwing error from Colt Emerson and then Woo , maybe shaken, walked his next hitter, Josh Lowe, who is currently running a robust 4% walk rate. Woo rebounded to get out of trouble, getting three straight weakly-hit outs, and then roared through the sixth with a quick 1-2-3 inning against the top of the Angels lineup.

But the Mariners offense limped through those first five innings, tonight missing both Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone, both getting in an extra day of rest before tomorrow’s off-day. The Mariners couldn’t get anything going off Jose Soriano, putting him in a time machine and transporting him back to his early dominant days of the 2026 season despite some wandering command. Soriano struck out nine Mariners over five innings, as they chased after both cutters up and curveballs down, scattering just three hits across the first five frames.

The Mariners finally broke the deadlock in the sixth, finally stringing together some hits against Soriano, and we’re saying finally twice (thrice!) because that’s how finally it felt. Julio Rodríguez, leading off the inning, jumped on the first pitch he saw, a slider, for a single. Josh Naylor then worked a slightly longer at-bat before getting a fastball he could dump up the middle for a single of his own. The Mariners got their first run of the day – and the first run of the game – on a third consecutive single from Randy Arozarena, who took Soriano’s splitter and scorched it into left field, bringing in Julio from second easily.

That * explosion of offense * caused Angels manager Kurt Suzuki (curséd sentence) to call upon Chase Silseth, who sounds like if a Star Wars character went to a fancy boarding school, to face Cal Raleigh. It’s been a struggle for the Big Dumper, and while we would have loved to see a refreshing rainmaking Dump in the form of a home run, Cal’s smug face here on an overturned strike three that flipped to a walk – a challenge that risked what would have been the Mariners’ last challenge of the day after an ill-considered challenge by Naylor in the first – is pretty sweet succor.

Cole Young was the hero of last night’s game with his two-homer effort and he continued to produce at the plate today, smoking a splitter from Silseth (say that three times fast) at 101 mph into right field, bringing in Naylor from third. A wild pitch brought home another run and suddenly the Mariners had hit their three-run cap. After the next two batters made outs – Colt Emerson struck out on a borderline pitch challenged by Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe, and Victor Robles struck out on seven pitches, nary a one of which approached the plate – it seemed like that’s where the inning, and possibly the run-scoring, would grind to a halt, with Weston Wilson – owner of two strikeouts already on the day – due up. But Wilson got a sinker on the plate and was able to just knock it over the head of a leaping Nolan Schanuel to bring in another pair of runs.

It’s a good thing the Mariners did add on, because the Angels did their own version of breaking the game open in the seventh after Bryan Woo exited the game with one out, having given up another bad-luck leadoff single on a changeup to Wade Meckler and, a batter later, losing a nine-pitch battle to pesky Josh Lowe that ended in a single on the slider.

Eduard Bazardo was called upon to stop the bleeding and he did not, giving up an RBI single to the first batter he saw, Logan O’Hoppe, on a poorly-located sinker. Bazardo then worsened the situation by walking nine-hole hitter and former Mariner Donovan Walton, bringing up Zach Neto, who tattooed a sinker right back up the middle for a two-RBI single, drawing the game to 5-3. Sinkers? More like stinkers on this part of the rollercoaster (bad, pejorative, creaky).

Things could have gotten worse from there, as Vaughn Grissom dunked a pitch shallowly into right field that Weston/Wilson – who has played some outfield but almost exclusively in left field – couldn’t quite get to, diving but having the ball pop out of his glove. WesWil smartly came up firing, though, and was able to get the ball in for a force on Neto, caught between second and third as Walton remained at second, having to hold up to see if the ball was caught. Bazardo was able to get Schanuel to fly out harmlessly to end the inning, but things were considerably tighter than they had been, with just two runs left to ensure that another strong start from a Mariners starter wouldn’t be squandered.

However, here’s where the rollercoaster (fun, complimentary, whoo-hoo-hands) gets cranking again. The Mariners were able to open up the lead again the seventh against veteran lefty Brent Suter. Julio led off with a hard-struck single up the middle, moving to third on a one-out double by Arozarena. But Cal had a tough at-bat against Suter, going down on three pitches for the second out, putting the onus on the two young lefties at the bottom of the lineup – Cole and Colt, whose ages combined are a mere six years older than Suter. Cole started off by working an excellent ten-pitch plate appearance culminating in a walk, fouling off pitch after pitch and refusing to expand against the veteran. Hooray for Cole. Then Colt, not to be outdone, parachuted a little fly-ball single on the first pitch he saw into left field for another two runs of insurance.

It was a particularly nice moment for Emerson, who struggled yesterday, going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. But Emerson immediately gave all the credit to his teammate Young for working a long at-bat and forcing Suter to show his hand.

“Cole Young having the 10-pitch at-bat against Suter – that’s a really great pitcher, and seeing him do that gave me all the confidence in the world to go up there and be myself,” Emerson said. “Kind of saw everything Suter had to throw at that point – Cole got multiple changeups, you know no one practices lefty-lefty changeups, so seeing that fitght was just outstanding. I’m so happy for him.”

With a five-run lead, Dan Wilson opted to give Michael Rucker a chance at redemption against the middle part of the Angels order. Rucker walked the first hitter he saw, Jorge Soler, and then fell behind his next hitter 1-0, but was able to get Meckler to ground into a double play on the second pitch, a well-located four-seamer at the top of the zone, and then got another ground ball out off the bat of Adell for a scoreless inning. Andrés Muñoz, in to get a little work before the off-day, shut the door in the ninth with authority, and that was that. A solid team win, and they didn’t even have to homer about it. Now the calendar flips to July, and the All-Star Break, and hopefully some hotter Mariners hitting to go with the warmer temperatures.

Dave Roberts became the fastest manager to reach 1,000 wins with the Los Angeles Dodgers' 9-3 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday, June 30.

Roberts has compiled a 1,000-606 record, reaching the 1,000-win mark in fewer games than Cap Anson (1,641 decisions), according to MLB's Sarah Langs.

He earned every one of his managerial victories with the Dodgers.

Dave Roberts speaks on his 1000 managerial wins. pic.twitter.com/QzVhkKNMey

— DodgersMuse (@LADodgersMuse) July 1, 2026

Roberts served as interim manager for the San Diego Padres on June 15, 2015, following the Padres’ decision to fire Bud Black. The Padres suffered a 9-1 loss to the Athletics at Petco Park. Pat Murphy was then hired to take over as interim manager for the rest of that season.

Roberts was hired by Los Angeles in 2016 and finished that season as the Manager of the Year after leading the Dodgers to a 91-71 record.

He’s won three World Series titles and five National League pennants during his tenure.

The Dbacks needed a big start from Brandon Pfaadt, and he was able to deliver on Tuesday night in his first start back in the major league rotation. Early on in the game, many fans were quick to note some mechanical changes to Pfaadt’s delivery as he started on the 1st base side of the rubber and seemed to go away from bringing his hands over his head to initiate his windup. His motion definitely appear a lot cleaner. He was able to give them 5.1 innings giving up just 3 hits and 1 run and was super-efficient needing just 66 pitches to pitch into the 6^th inning. Pfaadt’s start definitely set the tone for the game as the Dbacks battled to get back above .500.

On the offensive side, the Lourdes Gurriel Jr hot streak watch is also officially on as he homered in the first inning with 2 on and is now 8 for his last 22 with 4 doubles and a home run. We all know what it can look like when Lourdes gets on a heater, and fortunately for the Dbacks it may be coming at the perfect time as they desperately need the offense. Later in the game, Ketel Marte homered in his 4^th straight game tying a franchise record. An absolute no doubter on an 0-2 pitch that went 431 feet. This is such a great sign to see for the budding all star as he continues his recent tear. Max Kepler was also able to collect his first hits as a Dback tonight as he doubled in the bottom of the first inning and later singled. A good sign for the recent pickup.

Tonight was all Dbacks as they won their franchise record 8^th straight game against a single team to start the season. They have had the Giants number all season, and this series could have come at a better time.

The Dbacks will go for a 3 game sweep tomorrow evening as they send Zac Gallen to the mound as he looks to right the ship. A sweep would be great to see for this team after they were just swept themselves this past weekend, especially considering they are gearing up for a tough series against the red-hot Milwaukee Brewers this weekend.

It’s not a surprise that when the Astros get solid pitching, their winning percentage is very high. for years I’ve called it the Astros’ Rule of 4. Their record when giving up 4 or less runs has been incredibly high.

This season, when the Astros allow 4 runs or less, they are 32-10. That’s a .762 winning percentage. For a team that is 43-45 overall, that is a staggering number that indicates a clear line of winning demarcation.

Despite the fact they have had some inconsistent performances from some key members of the rotation and they have been hit hard by pitching injuries for the third straight year, the pitching continues to be the key to victory for Houston.

Taking a look at their current rotation, and taking into consideration the performances of these pitchers, which Astros SP do you believe will lead the team in wins at the end of the season?

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The Athletics took on the MLB-leading Los Angeles Dodgers in game 2 of a three-game series at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. For a second straight night, the A’s were no match for the Dodgers, who coasted to a 9-3 victory, securing the series with a game to spare and sending the hosts to their fourth straight defeat.

Early Offense

A’s starting pitcher Jeffrey Springs got off to a rough start. The Dodgers scored two runs in the top of the first, as shortstop Mookie Betts hit an RBI single and then left fielder Teoscar Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly.

The Athletics immediately got a run back against Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski. With one out, catcher Shea Langeliers hit an infield single. He then scored from first on designated hitter Jonah Heim’s two-out RBI single off the right field wall. The A’s could have scored more, but Los Angeles’ third baseman Tommy Edman made a nice diving play to end the inning.

It looked like the Dodgers would add to their lead after the first two batters of the second inning reached on an A’s fielding error and a walk. However, Springs buckled down, retiring the next three hitters to escape the jam and keep his team’s deficit at one run.

What to do about Springs

Springs’ home run issues resurfaced in the third inning. With two outs and two runners on, Edman crushed the first pitch he saw over the center-field fence for his first home run of the season, giving the visitors a 5-1 lead.

A’s Waste First RISP Chance

In the top of the fifth, A’s second baseman Joshua Kuroda-Grauer made his second nice catch of the night on a popup in the shallow outfield. In the bottom of that frame, the Athletics stranded third baseman Max Muncy at second after his one-out double down the left field line.

24 For Springs

The A’s left Springs in to pitch the sixth inning, a decision that backfired when Dodgers’ second baseman Miguel Rojas led off the inning with a solo home run to left, his third of the season.

A’s manager Mark Kotsay removed Springs after he walked Shohei Ohtani. The left-hander struggled once again, allowing six runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked four, only struck out two and served up two more long balls. Right-hander Elvis Alvarado replaced Springs, recording the final two outs of that inning.

Dodgers Dominating Again

The Dodgers scored three more runs in the seventh against A’s reliever Geoff Hartlieb. The rally began when A’s left fielder Joey Meneses failed to catch a fly ball off Betts’ bat. A few batters later, Meneses misplayed Edman’s RBI single that brought home the Dodgers’ seventh run.

The next batter, Rojas, hit a sacrifice fly to bring home his team’s eighth run of the evening. Dodgers’ catcher Dalton Rushing then followed with a two-out single, marking the second straight night the Dodgers scored nine runs.

Colby Jack

In the bottom of the seventh, the A’s scored for the first time since the first inning. Right fielder Colby Thomas homered for the second straight night, his fourth of the season, making it a 9-3 game.

Wrobleski continued his impressive start to the season, limiting the A’s to three runs on seven hits over seven innings while striking out a career-high 11 batters on a career-high 110 pitches.

The A’s comeback attempt stopped there, as they went down quietly against Dodgers’ relievers Brock Stewart and Wyatt Mills.

Through two games, the Dodgers outscored the Athletics 18-7, racking up 31 hits and five home runs against the Green and Gold’s subpar pitching staff. The win marked Dodgers manager Dave Roberts’ 1,000th career victory, a milestone reached faster than any other manager in MLB history.

The further the Athletics fall below .500, the harder it will be to dig out of the hole. With the Houston Astros, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners all playing well, the A’s need to figure things out sooner than later.

Tomorrow, the “Green and Gold” look to salvage the final game of this series. Right-hander J.T. Ginn will start, aiming to help his team end its four game losing streak. Ohtani was supposed to pitch the series finale, but the Dodgers are moving his next start to Friday, choosing to roll with a bullpen game rather than waste an Ohtani start at this minor-league stadium.

Yesterday’s off day following five straight wins wasn’t enough to slow down the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in Kansas City. The offense remained hot putting up a ten spot on the Royals as the Rays rolled to their sixth consecutive victory.

The Rays trailed early in this one as Griffin Jax surrendered a first inning homer to Carter Jensen. The solo shot, his twelfth of the year, gave the Royals a 1-0 lead. However, the Rays answered in a big way in the top of the third.

Leading off the third, Nick Fortes dropped a bunt down the third base line and reach second on a throwing error by Nick Loftin. Yandy Diaz walked and Aranda quickly followed with a RBI single to tie the game at 1-1. With runners at the corners and nobody out, the red-hot Junior Caminero sent a long fly ball over the wall in left field to give the Rays a 4-1 lead. The blast marked his 23rd of the year and it was his fifth consecutive game with a homer.

The Rays weren’t done. The very next pitch delivered by Royals starter Noah Cameron was ambushed and deposited in the seats in left center. The homer was Vilade’s sixth of the year and gave the Rays a 5-1 lead. Then DeLuca and Simpson singled. Deluca later scored on a RBI single by Ben Williamson and the Rays would end the inning with a 6-1 lead.

The six runs were all they needed tonight, but you would be foolish to turn down insurance runs. They tacked a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. Fortes drove home both runs on a single in the fifth inning and the sixth inning was, to put it lightly, a disaster for Royals pitching.

The Rays worked six walks in the sixth inning, though one was negated by a double play. Following the double play, Eric Cerantola walked five consecutive batters and allowed a run to score via a wild pitch. He walked in the other run.

On the night, the Rays totaled 10 hits, walked 11 times and only struck out twice. All 11 walks were issued in the first 5.2 innings.

Contrary to the Royals staff, Jax and the pen walked only one batter tonight and struck out seven. Jax did the heavy lifting, turning in what might be his best line of the season. Across six innings he allowed three runs on five hits, struck out five and walked none. He earned the win and gave way to Booser, Sulser, and Kimbrel. Suler allowed the only other run to score in the eighth.

Lastly, for those watching the standings in late June, the Yankees dropped their sixth straight and fell to 2/5 games back of the Rays in the division. The Rays are now four games up in the loss column on the Yankees. With a record of 49-33 , the Rays will look to continue their hot streak on Wednesday night with Shane McClanahan taking the ball after being given some extra days of rest. He will look to get back in a groove opposite Seth Lugo.

Mariners 8, Angels 3

Viva Mexico!: Bryan Woo, .31 WPA

Dutch Oven: J.P. Crawford, -.08 WPA

Game thread comment of the day:

Cade Cavalli pitched brilliantly tonight, striking out 13 Red Sox hitters while only allowing one hit and no walks over seven superb innings. Unfortunately, that’s not what I’ll remember most about his unwanted presence at Fenway.

Instead, it will be this comment he shouted at Willson Contreras after striking him out in the bottom of the fourth inning:

The next time somebody utters that phrase, in that tone, at a person whose heritage hails from a country near the equator and doesn’t have ill intent, will be the first. Frankly, if he would have just said “sit down bitch,” it would have been far less problematic.

But like a louse, he launched language loaded with racial undertones, and it rolled off his tongue like it came from the mouth of a suspended cop. The only thing more jarring than the junk jumping out of Cavalli’s jugular is the fact Contreras didn’t immediately try to snap it in half given everything happening in his world right now.

And as far as intent goes, you don’t need to take my word for it. Here’s somebody with a far more relevant perspective on Cavalli’s comment than me:

Cavalli claims the racial outburst stemmed from him taking exception with Contreras bumping him on the way off the base paths to end the first inning, which Contreras absolutely did. Here’s Cavalli on that incident:

“There’s a certain level of respect you have for other players. I have respect for him. But you don’t run by me and brush me going off the field. It’s just not something you do in this game.”

You know what else you don’t do? Call somebody “boy” in that tone and context and not expect blowback. If Cavalli thinks Contreras lightly brushing him is in the same zip code of disrespect as the garbage spewing out of his trap in the fourth inning, then he’s as lost as Flight MH370!

Speaking of lost, how about this umpiring crew? Last night, Nic Lentz threw Contreras out of the game for tapping his helmet following a check swing, and yet somehow what Cavalli did tonight was deemed less severe than that. I mean, what are we doing here? This is a horrendous look for them on multiple levels, and I hope both they and Cavalli are suspended by the league!

Meanwhile, Contreras, who was ejected, didn’t do himself any favors after leaving the field. He spent the next couple of innings hopping on Instagram and getting into it with idiot fans while his replacement at first base, Andruw Monasterio, was coming up short on both defense and at the plate. Here are those items juxtaposed:

At this point, it’s Chad Tracy’s job to get to Contreras and try and bring the temperature down, and I’m sure (after he was also ejected) they had a very compelling conversation down in the clubhouse during the second half of the game. (It was almost certainly more interesting than the rest of the game itself, which saw the Red Sox middle relief spiral out of control in an 8-1 defeat.)

Unfortunately, the brawl wasn’t the only disaster from this game. The other major story, which was actually unfolding around the same time, is Connelly Early leaving with “left elbow discomfort” after four shutout innings. This broke the Red Sox string of 12 consecutive quality starts (it was very likely to reach 13 the way Early was going), and could obviously lead to much bigger problems for the rotation going forward. We’ll know more tomorrow after they get some tests done.

Three Studs

Connelly Early: Four shutout innings, and well on his way to another great outing when the injury bug paid him a visit.

Anthony Seigler: Led off the game with a double and scored the only Red Sox run – A run that was holding up until Connelly left the game Early.

Chad Tracy: He absolutely had to get ejected after what Cavalli said to Contreras and the umpires allowing Cavalli to stay in the game. My only gripe is he didn’t get tossed quicker!

Three Duds

Danny Coulombe: He was the first bullpen arm into the game after Early’s exit and boy did he suck! He faced four hitters, failed to get three of them out, and the two outs he did get were from a lineout and a Wilyer Abreu assist at third base on a hit. Coulombe is rapidly turning into a guy you can’t go anywhere near in a close game.

Ceddanne Rafaela: 0-4 with two strikes outs and burned the last ABS challenge in a useless spot. He needs to show way more restraint with those!

Jarren Duran: Now hitting .196 with a .604 OPS after tonight’s 0-3 performance.

Play of the game:

It’s the brouhaha in the fourth inning:

Justin Wrobleski had the most strikeouts by any Dodgers pitcher in a game this season, going seven innings to beat the Athletics 9-3 on Tuesday night at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.

Wrobleski struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings on Tuesday, the most by a Dodgers pitcher this season. This was the left-hander’s sixth start of at least seven innings this season, tied with Yoshinobu Yamamoto for most on the team. Wrobleski allowed three runs, two of them in the seventh inning, but the Dodgers offense provided plenty of support made those late runs not matter much.

Tommy Edman and Miguel Rojas each homered off A’s left-hander Jeffrey Springs, who leads the majors with 24 home runs allowed. The Dodgers put up crooked numbers in three different frames, with a pair in the first inning, then three runs each in the third and seventh.

Edman had four hits and drove in four runs while getting the start at third base, continuing his hot start. Since returning from the injured list on June 16, Edman has reached base at least twice in seven of his nine starts, and overall is hitting .395/452/.579.

Notes

• Dave Roberts picked up his 1,000th managerial win. His .626 career winning percentage is the highest of the 69 managers who’ve won at least 1,000 games in the majors.
• Dodgers are 7-1 in the first eight games of their nine-game road trip, averaging seven runs per game. On the season, the Dodgers average 6.15 runs scored per game on the road, compared to 3.96 at home.
• The Dodgers were 18-9 in June.

Tuesday particulars

Home runs: Tommy Edman (1), Miguel Rojas (3); Colby Thomas (4)

WP — Justin Wrobleski (10-2): 7 IP, 7 hits, 3 runs, 11 strikeouts

LP — Jeffrey Springs (3-8): 5 1/3 IP, 8 hits, 6 runs, 4 walks, 2 strikeouts

Up next

One more game in the Triple-A ballpark on Wednesday night (6:40 p.m., SportsNet LA). Dodgers are going with a bullpen game as Shohei Ohtani got kicked to Friday, while the A’s turn to former un-signed first-round Dodgers draft pick J.T. Ginn.

The Dodgers’ storied history has allowed many a manager to thrive. In the nearly 70 seasons since the franchise moved to Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had a losing record 13 times, the last coming in 2010. They have made the playoffs every year since 2013, and, with the best record in baseball this season, are primed to reach the postseason for a 14th straight year, tying the MLB record set by the Atlanta Braves from 1991-2005.

A lot of the Dodgers’ recent success has come under Dave Roberts, who on Tuesday night became the fourth manager in franchise history to reach 1,000 career victories. This fall, he will try to guide his team to its third consecutive World Series title, a feat last accomplished by the New York Yankees in 2000 under the tutelage of Joe Torre — who later managed the Dodgers for three seasons.

Here’s a look at how the 10 managers during the Dodgers’ time in Los Angeles have fared.

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Walter Alston

Years as manager: 1954-1976

Record: 2,040-1,613, .558 win pct

Alston, who managed the team’s final four seasons in Brooklyn, is the team’s winningest manager and won four of the franchise’s nine World Series titles, the first coming in 1955. He won three more in Los Angeles in 1959, 1963 and 1965 while also guiding them to the World Series in 1966 and 1974. When he won his 2,000th career game in 1976, Alston was only the fifth manager in MLB history to reach that mark. (There are 13 now.)

A 1983 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and six-time NL manager of the year, Alston also invited radio broadcaster Anita Martini into the clubhouse in 1974 after the Dodgers beat the Astros in Houston to clinch the NL West title — the first time a female journalist had been allowed in any professional sports locker room.

Tommy Lasorda

Years as manager: 1976-1996

Record: 1,599-1,439, .526 win pct

After serving as the team’s third base coach for four seasons, Lasorda took over as manager late in the 1976 season when Alston announced his retirement. He led the Dodgers to the National League pennant in his first two full seasons, losing both times to the Yankees in the World Series. He won his first World Series in 1981, knocking off the Yankees, and rallied his team to a surprise title in 1988 in which the Dodgers beat the heavily favored Athletics. Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997, his first year of eligibility.

A fiery and vibrant presence who spent 71 years with the Dodgers, Lasorda managed nine players who won the NL rookie of the year award. The Dodgers also opened the Japanese player pipeline on his watch. Hideo Nomo, the first Japanese big leaguer to permanently relocate to the U.S., joined the Dodgers in 1995. Three decades later, the team features Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on its star-studded roster.

Bill Russell

Years as manager: 1996-1998

Record: 173-149, .537 win pct

A stalwart at shortstop for most of his 18 seasons with the Dodgers, Russell stepped in after Lasorda suffered a heart attack in June 1996 and stayed on when Lasorda resigned a month later due to health concerns. Russell was only the third Dodgers skipper in 43 seasons when he took over on an interim basis for the rest of the 1996 season. He guided the team to a wild-card berth — the team’s last postseason appearance until 2004 — and became the full-time manager after the season.

During his tenure, ownership of the team shifted from the O’Malley family to Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Entertainment Group, which completed the purchase of the Dodgers in March 1998. After winning 88 games and finishing second in the NL West in his only full season at the helm in 1997, Russell was fired 74 games into the 1998 season as part of a housecleaning that included the removal of general manager Fred Claire.

Glenn Hoffman

Years as manager: 1998

Record: 47-41, .534 win pct

Hoffman served as a stopgap measure more than a permanent replacement in his short tenure with the team. After nine years playing in the majors, Hoffman took up coaching in the Dodgers’ minor league farm system, splitting time between managing and coordinating field instruction for player development. However, when the Dodgers needed someone to take over for Russell in late June, Hoffman stepped up from his position managing the Dukes.

The skipper led the team to a third-place finish in the NL West, 15 games behind the eventual league champion San Diego Padres. After Davey Johnson took over before the 1999 season, Hoffman remained with the team as third-base coach for seven seasons.

Davey Johnson

Years as manager: 1999-2000

Record: 163-161, .503 win pct

Johnson’s managerial history before the Dodgers was chaotic and full of front-office disputes. And, despite having won the AL manager of the year award in 1997, it took two years for another team to take a chance on him.

While in L.A., Johnson did win his 1,000th game, doing so in May 1999. But his tenure did not live up to expectations, even with a roster that included Hall of Famer Adrián Beltré, Kevin Brown and Gary Sheffield. Johnson’s only losing full season of his career was in 1999, finishing third in the NL West. The Dodgers performed better the next year, but Johnson wouldn’t return.

Jim Tracy

Years as manager: 2001-2005

Record: 427-383, .527 win pct

Tracy had been a minor league manager and served as a bench coach with the Montreal Expos under Felipe Alou and with the Dodgers under Johnson. Tracy posted four winning seasons, including two with more than 90 wins, and guided the Dodgers to the NL West title and a playoff appearance in 2004. The St. Louis Cardinals knocked out the Dodgers in four games in the NL Division Series in what was the team’s first postseason action since 1996.

The bottom fell out in 2005 as the team finished 71-91, the second-worst mark since the team moved from Brooklyn, with a roster revamped by general manager Paul DePodesta — who was hired after the 2003 season a few weeks after Boston real estate developer Frank McCourt purchased the team. Tracy had approached the team about a contract extension late in the 2005 season, a bold request considering the team’s record. When Tracy was let go at the end of the season, the team called it a “mutual parting of ways.” Less than four weeks later, DePodesta was fired for not adequately replacing Tracy.

Grady Little

Years as manager: 2006-2007

Record: 170-154, .525 win pct

Little came to the Dodgers with a reputation that preceded him. The manager — the most recent soul tortured by the Curse of the Bambino — gave Pedro Martínez the nod to continue in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS matchup between the Red Sox and the Yankees, a game New York won in extra-inning, walk-off fashion.

After spending two years in the Chicago Cubs organization as a consultant and scout, Little restarted his managerial career with the Dodgers, reuniting with some of his former players, including Nomar Garciaparra and Derek Lowe. The Dodgers clinched a wild-card berth in 2006 but were swept by the Mets in the NLDS before muddling through an injury-plagued season and missing the playoffs in 2007. Little’s lack of response to a possible return that offseason resulted in general manager Ned Colletti pursuing other options.

Joe Torre

Years as manager: 2008-2010

Record: 259-227, .533 win pct

Torre packed his suitcases for the West Coast rather than taking a pay cut with the Yankees, bringing future manager Don Mattingly with him. The winning started soon after the move. The Dodgers returned to the playoffs in 2008 and won a postseason series for the first time since 1988.

Though, it did not go without controversy. Manny Ramirez tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2009, leading to a 50-game suspension. And while other players — namely Clayton Kershaw — rose through the ranks on his watch, Torre’s one issue remained consistent: He couldn’t beat the Phillies. Twice, the Dodgers were downed by Philadelphia in the NLCS. After an 80-82 season in 2010, Torre passed on skipper duties to Mattingly.

Don Mattingly

Years as manager: 2011-2015

Record: 446-363, .551 win pct

Mattingly came on board during a tumultuous time in the franchise’s history as the Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2011 in a bid by McCourt to preserve his ownership. (He eventually agreed to sell the team, with the Guggenheim ownership group taking over in 2012.)

After two winning seasons, Mattingly was in the hot seat with the Dodgers in last place early in the 2013 campaign. But the Dodgers caught fire midseason and won the NL West and knocked out the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS. Mattingly called out the team’s front office, asking for a multiyear contract in exchange for returning in 2014, which he eventually got. But the Dodgers couldn’t get past the NLDS in 2014 and 2015, and the team parted ways with Mattingly with one year left on his deal.

Dave Roberts

Years as manager: 2016-present

Record: 1,000-605, .623 win pct

The son of an African American father and Japanese mother, Roberts is the first minority manager in Dodgers history. After guiding the Dodgers to the NLCS in 2016, he became the first manager of Asian heritage to go to the World Series in 2017 and the first to win when the Dodgers captured the team’s first championship in 32 years in 2020.

Before Roberts led the team to back-to-back World Series championships, he earned a four-year contract extension worth a record $8.1 million annually. In addition to the three World Series titles, the Dodgers have won five NL pennants and nine division titles under Roberts. To further underscore the consistent winning the Dodgers have achieved with him: The Dodgers had two 100-win campaigns in their first 58 seasons in Los Angeles. Since Roberts took over in 2016, the franchise has had five.

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Yankees manager Aaron Boone and some players spoke about the team's loss to the Tigers on Tuesday night...

Spencer Jones' near-robbery

One of the biggest moments of the game occurred in the first inning. With two outs and no one on, Kerry Carpenter hit a long fly ball to center field off of Cam Schlittler. Yankees prospect Spencer Jones drifted back, timed his jump and seemingly came up with the catch. But once Jones hit the outfield wall, the ball came loose and went over, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

It was an unfortunate moment for Jones and the Yankees, but it would get worse. 

Instead of the inning ending, the Tigers wound up taking Schlittler deep two more times and pushed their lead to 4-0 before the Yankees came up to the plate. He also had to toss 36 pitches and almost didn't get out of the opening frame.

Boone was asked after the loss whether the first home run rattled Schlittler.

"Cam’s a dog out there," Boone said. "It’s obviously a robbed home run, ball gets jarred out a little bit by the impact of the wall. That shouldn’t have a big effect and I don’t think it did."

Spencer Jones nearly robs Kerry Carpenter at the wall, but the ball pops out of his glove for a home run pic.twitter.com/eOkW9qUovr

— SNY Yankees (@snyyankees) June 30, 2026

Why did Schlittler struggle?

Schlittler entered Tuesday's game with the AL lead in ERA (1.62) and that changed in a hurry.

The young right-hander went just four-plus innings, allowing a career-worst six earned runs on four homers. His ERA jumped to 2.08 and after such a dominant start to the 2026 season, it was jarring to see Schlittler struggle. But the Yankees believe it was simply a lack of execution.

"I thought the stuff was ok; they hit the ball out of the ballpark. Got to him, obviously," Boone said of Schlittler's night. "Missing locations…and just long at-bats that added up against him... Took advantage of mistake locations and made him pay for it." 

"Not good. Didn’t execute with two strikes to a team that likes to put the ball in the air. Just didn’t get the job done," Schlittler said. "Comes down to execution. Just didn’t make the right pitches when it mattered."

With the Yankees having lost five in a row, they were hoping Schlittler would put a stop to the losing streak. Schlittler welcomed that pressure, but lamented not being able to get it done. 

"We’re not playing good ball right now. It’s my job to stop that bleeding and I couldn’t get it done," Schlittler said. "Put our team down four against [Tarik Skubal]. Took a while to experience an outing like that. Take what I can from it and get ready for next week."

Yankees offensive struggles

The now six-game losing streak is mostly due to the Yankees' lack of offense. On Tuesday, they had four hits, the first time they eclipsed three in five games. During that span, they have scored 15 runs.

“We know we have a lot of talent. It’s such a long season," Ben Rice said after the loss. "It just so happens that right now, it’s kind of like the whole team is going through something all at once.”

Rice went 1-for-4 with his lone hit being a solo shot off of Skubal. The hit snapped an 0-for-18 stretch for the slugging first baseman. 

Anthony Volpetold The Daily News' Gary Phillips that "everyone's pissed" about the offensive slump and that the lineup is pressing.

"We're all trying to have good at-bats and put stuff together, and then when you want to do it so bad, you probably press," Volpe said. "And it feels like, as an offense, we're pressing.”

The Yankees skipper said he wouldn't go as far as to say he's seeing a lot of pressing from his players, but they have to simplify their at-bats.

"I like our preparation. Our guys are committed and dialed," Boone said. "Nothing’s changed there, but when you have a handful of guys struggling, you might start pressing a little bit. I don’t see a lot of pressing going on, but keeping it small and focusing on winning pitches, winning at-bats. And when you start doing that as a group. All of a sudden that can start to snowball."

The Yankees are in the midst of a 16-game stretch of not having a day off, with one game remaining (5-10 record in that span). They'll look to salvage a win in the series finale on Wednesday afternoon.

This was a game the Houston Astros (43-45) needed to win if they were going to have a shot to win their 6th straight series. It didn’t start well, but it did end well.

Astros starter Mike Burrows (W, 4-8) surrendered 3 runs in the first inning on 2 hits, 2 walks and an HBP, but would settle down to only allow 1 more run over the next 4 innings. The Astros offense, and specifically Yordan Alvarez (3×4), would have his back.

The Astros offense exploded for 6 runs in the 4th off Minnesota Twins (41-46) ace Joe Ryan (L, 5-5), highlighted by a grand slam from Houston’s MVP frontrunner.

Three straight 1-out singles by Cam Smith, Taylor Trammell and Yainer Diaz in the bottom of the 4th would get the Astros on the board, with Diaz’ single driving in Smith to make it a 3-1 game. With 2 outs, Ryan walked Ray Delgado to load the bases. Ryan then walked Jose Altuve on a pitch originally called strike three, but Altuve challenged the call and won, resulting in ball 4 to drive in the Astros’ second run.

Alvarez then crushed a 1-1 pitch to right center for a grand slam, giving Houston a 6-3 lead.

Burrows would allow another run in the top of the 5th when Josh Bell doubled in Kody Clemens, but that was as close as the Twins would get.

The Astros bullpen combined for 4 perfect innings with 6 strikeouts. Josh Hader would strike out 2 in a perfect 9th for his 8th save.

The Astros are currently 2GB of Texas in the AL West and 1GB of Seattle (pending tonight’s game) in the AL Wild Card race.

Tomorrow’s rubber game at Daikin Park will match up Astros SP Tatsuya Imai (5-3, 5.36 ERA) vs. Twins SP Taj Bradley (6-3, 3.98 ERA). First pitch 7:10pm CT.

In their second contest with the Miami Marlins, the Colorado Rockies had hoped to even the score after dropping the series opener. However, a persistent Marlins offense coupled with effective pitching left the Rockies mostly empty handed with catcher Brett Sullivan pitching the final 1.2 innings.

The Rockies dropped the game in a 14-3 slog, a fitting final chapter in the Marlins’ remarkable June.

The offense was stymied

The Marlins got off to a quick start with a Kyle Stowers triple. The next batter, Griffin Conine, hit a double to make the score 1-0 with just one out. However, Tanner Gordon managed to get two outs, giving the Marlins a 1-0 lead in the first.

However, it did not take long for the Rockies to catch up when Mickey Moniak hit his 13th home run of the season.

However, the Marlins would take the lead again in the second when a Cole Carrigg error (his first) allowed Javier Sanoja to get on second. After that, a Leo Jiménez single was enough to bring Sanoja home and make the score 2-1 Marlins.

In the third inning, the Marlins continued to score. This time, Sanoja hit a three-run homer to score Xavier Edwards (fielder’s choice) and Owen Caissie (HBP).

When the Marlins’ half of the third ended, they had a 5-1 lead.

Finally, in the fourth inning, the Fish failed to score.

The Rockies finally got players on base in the fifth inning when Eury Pérez walked Edouard Julien and Kyle Karros with one out. However, they were unable to capitalize.

Seth Halvorsen entered the game in the sixth inning and got two outs but struggled to get the third. After walking Jiménez, five straight hitters would reach. Liam Hicks and Stowers both singled, with the latter earning the RBI in scoring Jiménez, which made the score 6-1. Following that, Conine singled, and the Marlins grew their lead to 7-1. Keeping up with his teammates, Edwards singled, and the score ballooned to 8-1.

In the sixth inning, the Rockies again had traffic on base due to Moniak and TJ Rumfield walks. It was enough for the Marlins to pull their starter.

Still, the Rockies did not have an answer for Pérez, who gave the Marlins 5.1 solid innings. His final line was one run (earned) on two hits. He walked four and struck out eight on 86 pitches. Pérez has an ERA of 4.21

The Rockies were no better against reliever Lake Bachar who quickly snagged the final two outs and ended the sixth inning.

The seventh inning went to John Brebbia in relief of Halvorsen but fared no better, giving up a two-run, 450-foot homer to Joe Mack, his fifth. The score was 10-1.

In the Rockies half of the seventh, they once again managed to get the first two batters on base via walk. This time, the Rockies scored Julien on a Jake McCarthy ground out, giving the Rockies their first run since the first inning.

As the seventh inning closed out, the scare was 10-2 Marlins.

That changed in the eighth when Brebbia gave up a three-run homer to Caissie. With the score 13-2, Brebbia left the game, and RHP/catcher Brett Sullivan entered the game.

On a positive note, Rumfield extended his hitting streak to 13 games after getting a double in the eighth inning. (It was the Rockies first hit since the second inning.)

Sullivan allowed an RBI double in the ninth to Stowers, and the score jumped to 14-2.

The Rockies, big fans of arriving fashionably late, tacked on one more run in the ninth. Karros knocked a serious double, and Ezequiel Tovar followed with a double of his own for a final 14-3 score.

The Marlins had a season high in runs and hits. Their final line was 14 runs (all earned) on 21 hits. They walked twice and struck out five times. Only Jakob Marsee failed to record a hit.

As for the Rockies, three runs (earned) on five hits. They walked six times and had 12 strikeouts.

”You’re gonna have one of these every now and then,” manager Warren Schaeffer said, adding the team would flush it and be back tomorrow.

Tanner Gordon fought through it

There’s no other way to put it: The Marlins hit Tanner Gordon hard from the first inning. However, he still managed to give the Rockies five innings and keep the game within reach. (After all, it was not yet the seventh inning, which is when the Rockies clock in.)

He left the game after finishing the fifth inning on 74 pitches. His final line was five runs (all earned) on nine hits. Gordon did not walk a batter and struck out four.

His ERA is 6.69.

“I thought he battled,” Schaeffer said, noting that he was able to help preserve the bullpen. “A couple of elevated off-speed pitches hurt him.”

The bullpen struggled

In the sixth inning, Seth Halvorsen entered the game in relief of Gordon. The inning did not go well with the Marlins scoring three runs on his watch. Halvorsen’s final line was three runs (earned) on four hits in one inning of work. He walked one and did not tally a strikeout on 25 pitches. Halvorsen’s ERA is 4.74.

John Brebbia entered the game to pitch the seventh. It took 25 pitches for him to finish that inning, and he allowed two runs on two hits.

He came back out to handle the eighth and allowed a three-run homer. His final line was 1.1 IP, allowing five runs (all earned) on five hits. He struck out one and currently has an ERA of 10.38.

RHP/catcher Brett Sullivan handled the ninth inning as well. His final line was one run (earned) on three hits. He walked one and did not notch any strikeouts in 1.2 IP.

Coming into this game, Sullivan lacked 22 innings of pitching to be classified as a two-way player. That number has now decreased to 20 innings. Should this happen, only Sullivan and Shohei Ohtani would have this classification.

Next up

Tomorrow night, the Marlins and Rockies will continue their series with Max Meyer facing Kyle Freeland.

First pitch is at 6:40pm.

See you then.

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In back-to-back nights, the offense scored eight or more runs while the pitching staff maintained its command, as the White Sox secured their first road series win since the May 1 series in San Diego after beating the Orioles, 9-3.

His ERA didn’t improve much (4.41), but Erick Fedde was solid enough tonight to earn his third win of the season, working out of some key jams to keep himself and the Sox in the game. Fedde tossed 90 pitches across five innings and gave up three runs on five hits, walking three and striking out three, and eventually had a nice eight-run cushion to work with.

Despite leaving eight runners on base as a team, the Good Guys were efficient (3-for-9) with runners in scoring position, and every batter in the lineup reached base at least once, except for Miguel Vargas – but hey, he can’t be the hero every night. His teammates picked him up anyway, mashing 11 hits with three doubles and two homers while also drawing six walks to keep the baserunners flowing. Andrew Benintendi and Jacob Gonzalez each popped off for three hits, while three players racked up two or more RBIs: Gonzalez (three), Junior Perez (three), and Colson Montgomery (two), with the latter two each mashing a bomb.

The White Sox scored early with one run in the top of the first after Kyle Teel drew a walk to start the game, and Benintendi mashed his 12th double of the season to the right field corner. Righthander Trey Gibson stumbled through the first for the Orioles, walking three batters to load up the bases, but the Good Guys unfortunately couldn’t capitalize, and Tristan Peters grounded out to strand all three.

The South Siders’ one-run lead lasted for maybe 10 minutes, give or take. Gunnar Henderson struck from the leadoff spot once again, beginning the frame with a base hit, and Pete Alonso walked to put two runners on with two outs. Jumping on the first pitch, Samuel Basallo delivered in the clutch with a base hit in the right-field gap to erase the lead and tie the game, 1-1.

The good news is that the White Sox apparently got sick of being called a “bad road team” and exploded for seven runs in the top of the third with six hits, three walks, and two home runs: a two-run, 440-foot moon shot from Colson Montgomery, and a three-run tank from Junior Perez for his second of the year.

Since joining the team on June 18, Perez has gone 4-for-13 with two home runs and four RBIs while posting a 1.047 OPS. It’s a small sample size, and Perez has also struck out six times, but there’s been some solid production from him when he’s been called upon.

On top of that, Jacob Gonzalez drove in two during the mega rally in the third, and sent a deep RBI double to right-center the next inning that one-hopped the wall to drive in his third run of the night. Since snapping his rough cold streak, Jacob has slashed .440/.481/.720 while going 11-for-25 with a homer, four doubles, 12 RBIs, and just four strikeouts. With Tuesday’s game, Gonzalez has raised his season OPS above .700 (.738)and has been making massive strides to keep his spot on the team once Munetaka Murakami is back.

After the Perez home run, that was the end of the day for Gibson, and it’s likely one he will want to forget. To make things worse, the Baltimore coaches seemed to let him flounder out there, opting not to use another mound visit during the mayhem. Gibson ended up with his third loss after 2 2/3 frames, allowing eight runs on seven hits, two homers, six walks, and five strikeouts; and his ERA has now ballooned up to 7.36. Ouch. But thank you for your service, sir.

The Orioles added two more runs in an attempt to cut the eight-run lead down in the bottom of the fifth, but Fedde worked through the jam to complete five innings and be on the hook for the win. Back-to-back doubles from Gunnar Henderson and Dylan Beavers scored one, and an RBI single from Pete Alonso scored the third Baltimore run, but that was all she wrote from their offense tonight.

Recalled from the Triple-A Charlotte Knights just a few days ago, Tyler Schweitzer came on to relieve Fedde and ended up finishing out the game and earning his first major league save. Schweitzer looked great throughout all four innings, only surrendering four hits while striking out three. He also tossed 36 of his 46 pitches (78%) for strikes, and looked way more buttoned up this time around. Tyler’s job was to eat innings, and he did that perfectly to save the game and close out the series win.

The Cleveland Guardians just dropped their second game in a row to the Texas Rangers tonight, leaving the White Sox with a two-game division lead. Regardless of whether they sneak out of Baltimore with a sweep, this next series in Cleveland will be huge. With these big wins over the last few games, the Good Guys now have a +30 run differential, which is the third-best in the American League, and have slightly improved their road record to 17-25.

We got an early one on at Camden Yards on Wednesday, with the series finale taking place at 11:35 a.m. CT. Lefthander Noah Schultz returns from the IL and makes tomorrow’s start, not having pitched since May 24 in San Francisco. In three June rehab starts with the Knights, Schultz accumulated a 4.00 ERA across nine innings, giving up four earned runs with two homers, six walks, and 15 strikeouts, with seven Ks in his final 4 2/3 frame outing.