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LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki continued to impress, pitching into the sixth inning, and the Dodgers had a late lead. But Tanner Scott allowed his first runs on over a month in a decisive eighth inning in a stunning 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.

Scott had a rough go of it in his first year in Los Angeles, but this season has looked much more like the dominant reliever the Dodgers signed to a four-year contract. Entering Saturday he struck out a third of his batters with a 1.14 ERA, 2.18 xERA in 23 2/3 innings, and hadn’t allowed a run since April 24, thirteen appearances ago.

Staked to a 3-1 lead in the eighth inning, Scott allowed a pair of singles for one run, snapping his scoreless skid, then Edmundo Sosa hit a two-run home run just over the left field wall to turn the game around.

After leading the majors with 10 blown saves last season, this was Scott’s first blown save of 2026. Before the three runs in the eighth inning on Saturday, all Dodgers actual relief pitchers (Miguel Rojas excluded) allowed two runs in their previous 50 2/3 innings.

Encouraging beginning

Sasaki has found some success of late in throwing his harder split-fingered pitch, which plays better off his fastball. That’s kept him in games longer, and helped him string together confidence-building starts.

“Over the last handful of weeks, he’s just more comfortable,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game. “For me, the quality of [the fastball], the command of it has gotten a lot better. He hasn’t hit 100, but it’s still commanded a lot better than it was early on. 97 commanded is a lot better than 100 out of the hitting zone.”

Sasaki did hit triple digits on Saturday, twice (100.4 and 100.1 mph), plus three more at 99.8 mph and 99.7 mph. It’s the first time he’s thrown 100 mph this year, something he did regularly in Japan and did three times last season. But more importantly, he was effective, matching his MLB high with 18 swinging strikes — eight on the fastball, seven on the slider, and three on the slider.

Alec Bohm hit a 98.9-mph fastball at the top edge of the strike zone over the center field wall for the first run of the game, in the second inning. But Sasaki didn’t allow much else, and retired his next 13 batters in a row before Kyle Schwarber — who struck out in his first two at-bats — reached on an infield dribbler in the sixth inning. A more traditional single, by Trea Turner to right field, ended Sasaki’s night at seven strikeouts through 5 1/3 innings, up 2-1 but with the potential tying and go-ahead runs on base.

Alex Vesia walked Bryce Harper to load the bases, but struck out Edmundo Sosa and got Bohm to ground out to strand the inherited runners, escaping his second jam in as many nights.

Sasaki ended his promising May with a 3.18 ERA in five starts, with 28 strikeouts against only six walks in 28 1/3 innings.

Alex Call, making his second start in a row in left field after Teoscar Hernández strained his left hamstring, was instrumental in the Dodgers’ first two runs. He singled home Will Smith in the second inning, then doubled to center in the fourth on a ball that got past a diving Justin Crawford, and took third on an error by Adolis Garcia attempting to help out in right. Santiago Espinal’s sacrifice fly gave the Dodgers their first lead of the night.

Andy Pages doubled in the seventh inning, and scored on a two-out single by Mookie Betts. Pages nearly got thrown out at home, but was ruled safe. That distinction proved important, because replays were inconclusive whether catcher JT Realmuto tagged his foot or whether Pages even touched home plate at all. Not enough to overturn the Phillies challenge meant the call stood, and the Dodgers got their insurance.

They just needed a little more cushion in this one, and the win streak is snapped at six games.

Saturday particulars

Home runs: Alec Bohm (6), Edmundo Sosa (3)

WP — Orion Kerkering (3-0): 1 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 2 strikeouts

LP — Tanner Scott (1-2): 1 IP, 3 hits, 3 runs

Sv — Johan Duran (12): 1 IP, zeroes

Up next

The homestand concludes on Sunday (1:10 p.m., SportsNet LA), with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound against Phillies rookie right-hander Andrew Painter.

Mariners 5, Diamondbacks 1

Back-to-back series wins: Bryan Woo, +.24 WPA

Letting the shutout get away in the 9th: Josh Naylor, Randy Arozarena, Cole Young, and Mitch Garver, -.02 WPA

Game Thread Comment of the Day:

The only way to build a streak is one game at a time.

After a five-game losing streak, the Colorado Rockies mounted a ninth-inning comeback win over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night to get back in the win column. The Rockies came out swinging on Saturday to make it two.

In a refreshing manner, the Rox made things fairly relaxing. They took control of the game right off the bat and never looked back.

Welcome back, Ryan Feltner!

You’re never quite sure what you’re going to get when a pitcher comes back from an injury. Ryan Feltner progressed nicely after landing on the 15-day injured list and rehabbing in Albuquerque, but there are always some nerves along with the leap back to the majors.

Things couldn’t have gone any better for Feltner in the top of the first. He came out firing, showing off his velocity and putting together an extremely efficient 1-2-3 inning, escaping on just seven pitches.

Feltner continued his hot start with a great day all around. Aside from Ezequiel Tovar snagging a grounder up the middle to save a hit in the bottom of the first, he didn’t need much help.

Feltner did a great job getting ahead of batters. He was aggressive targeting the zone, getting a first-pitch strike on 11 of 15 batters faced through the fifth. He didn’t find himself in many jams, working through half of his innings on 10 or fewer pitches.

You couldn’t have asked for more in Feltner’s return to the Rockies. He bounced back impeccably, notching a Quality Start and finishing the day with 6.0 shutout innings pitched, giving up just four hits with two strikeouts and no walks.

After the game, manager Warren Schaeffer commented on his efficiency: “(His) fastball command was exceptional, slider was good, got double play balls when he needed them early. I just thought he controlled the game very well. He was in attack mode. When he does that, he’s pretty dang good.”

Thanks, Rally Rabbit!

Conversely, things were a struggle for Adrian Houser to start the game. The Giants’ starter was put to work early, giving up crucial hits and walks in the first. He struggled to find the zone, as his two-seam fastball had the velocity but could not hit the mark. He needed nearly 40 pitches to get out of the first.

The Rockies offense was still feeling the effects of the loose bunny that ran the warning track and jumpstarted the bats on Friday night:

The Rally Rabbit made an early appearance to keep things rolling Saturday night, lurking in the grass before the game started. Whether you attribute things to the bunny or to the offense finding their groove, the Rockies struck early.

Colorado took advantage of Houser’s struggles. After Jake McCarthy and Hunter Goodman both walked, Willi Castro brought McCarthy home with a line drive to center field. Tovar singled to join his friends on the basepaths to load things up.

Sterlin Thompson put together a great at bat and was hit by a pitch (on what would’ve been ball four anyway), as Goodman came home. Edouard Julien was unable to do more damage, striking out with the bases loaded. But the Rockies took a 2-0 lead into the second.

Later in the bottom of the fourth, McCarthy followed up a Julien single with a two-run dinger at the expense of Houser to increase the lead to 4-0. Not long after that, Houser was yanked with two outs, replaced by Sam Hentges. Houser finished his day with just 3.2 innings pitched, surrendering eight hits, four earned runs including a home run, and two walks with four strikeouts.

Piling on some insurance

The Rockies offense continued a steady assault through the middle innings, getting runners on base and increasing the lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Hentges got the first two outs but couldn’t stop Colorado from breaking through. Julien drew a walk and was moved to second base by a Brett Sullivan single. McCarthy grabbed another RBI with a single to left, bringing the lead to 5-0.

Later, in the bottom of the seventh, Kyle Karros joined the fun and blasted a solo shot into the bullpen over the right center fence — his first against a team other than the Los Angeles Dodgers.

McCarthy’s thirst for RBI wasn’t quenched, so he knocked another single to left to bring Tyler Freeman home and put the Rockies up by a touchdown with a successful PAT. Schaeffer noted that, “Jake’s taken the opportunity and run with it… he’s taken full advantage of his playing time.” TJ Rumfield would return McCarthy’s favor, with another single to get McCarthy across the plate. The Rockies left the seventh up 8-0.

Staving off a comeback

Alas, it wouldn’t be a shutout. After a clean seventh from Brennan Bernardino, Blas Castaño entered in the top of the eighth, going on to give up a two-run home run to Drew Gilbert. He surrendered a triple to Jung Hoo Lee in the ninth, followed by an RBI single to Matt Chapman to make the game 8-3.

Luckily the Rockies had plenty of cushion. With seven shutout innings from the pitching staff and 14 hits from the offense, Colorado gave the fans little to worry about as nearly everything went right across the board.

Up Next

With the series win in hand, the Rockies will try to sweep the Giants on Sunday afternoon.

Robbie Ray gets his 12th start of the season, going 3-6 so far with a 4.60 ERA with 53 strikeouts across 58.2 innings pitched. For the Rockies, Tanner Gordon is set to get another start. Gordon has a 0-0 record with a 5.85 ERA in eight games and one start this season. First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. MDT.

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This season is going astonishingly well in Atlanta. They are the first team to 40 wins despite missing half of their projected rotation, having missed time from Ronald Acuna and Drake Baldwin, Ha-Seong Kim only playing 12 games and being astonishingly bad, and Austin Riley struggling. Now Schwellenbach, Waldrep, and Smith-Shawver are progressing back towards health, Ronald Acuna is healthy and in full form, Drake Baldwin should hopefully be back soon, they have the depth to bench Kim for real MLB shortstop options, and Austin Riley is (maybe? hopefully?) showing some life. This could be a SCARY team in October if health doesn’t betray them, but we’ve still got ~100 games to go for the regular season. Let’s enjoy what a journey it’s been so far, what a journey we’ve got to come, and hope for something special come October.

Braves News

Ronald Acuna led the way as the Braves homered their way to a 5-2 win, with strong pitching from the bullpen behind a solid Martin Perez.

MLB News

Breakout star Munetaka Murikami will miss a month or two with a grade 2 hamstring strain.

Former Braves Jarred Kelenic elected free agency after being DFA’d by the White Sox.

The A’s placed veteran Luis Severino on the 15-day IL with a shoulder strain.

Just a few days ago, baseball fans celebrated the 33rd anniversary of one of MLB’s most bizarre moments. The day that Jose Canseco tried to catch a fly ball, only to see it ricochet off his head and over the wall for a home run.

Thankfully, Saturday night’s game between Milwaukee and UCF in NCAA baseball regional action gave you an updated version.

Grant Ross for Milwaukee came to the plate in the bottom of the fifth with two outs and the bases empty. Ross lofted a fly ball to straight-away center field, where UCF outfielder DeAmez Ross tried to make the catch at the wall.

Instead, the ball deflected off his glove, and then his head, before carooming over the wall for a home run:

Here is a longer clip, that includes a few replays of the moment at the wall:

The home run staked the upstart Panthers to a 10-1 lead, just one day after the Horizon League champions knocked off Auburn, the fourth-overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament.

While UCF has closed the gap — the score is currently 10-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning at the time of publication — this play might live on in Milwaukee lore, no matter how the game ends.

Iowa right-hander Connor Noland came off the injured list. Iowa Right-hander Yacksel Ríos went on the temporarily inactive list.

Knoxville first baseman Edgar Alvarez came off the restricted list.

Right-hander Luis Rujano was sent to the rookie ball ACL Cubs from Double-A Knoxville.

Iowa Cubs

The Iowa Cubs got blasted by Indianapolis (Pirates), 14-5.

Connor Noland came off the injured list and pitched the first four innings. He allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits. Noland struck out six and walked one.

Zac Leigh relieved Noland to start the fifth inning and only managed to retire one batter. Leigh took the loss after giving up five runs on one hit and four walks over one-third of an inning. The one hit was a three-run home run. Leigh did not have a strikeout.

Gavin Hollowell is making a case for a major-league call up with another perfect inning in the seventh, striking out two. Hollowell has a 1.23 ERA and hasn’t given up an earned run since May 7.

DH Chas McCormick went 2 for 5 with two RBI.

Left fielder Ben Cowles was 2 for 5 and scored once.

RBI single for McCormick.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies swept a doubleheader from the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 7-5 and 7-5.

Starter Jake Knapp pitched 2.2 innings and gave up one run on three hits. He walked one and struck out two.

Dawson Netz pitched the final 3.1 innings and got the win, giving up only one run on a solo home run. He allowed two hits total. Netz struck out two and walked one.

DH Ethan Hearn clubbed a solo home run in the second inning, his third on the year. Hearn went 1 for 4.

In the third inning, catcher Owen Ayers cracked a two-run home run, his seventh. Ayers was also 1 for 4.

First baseman Edgar Alvarez hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, his fifth home run this year. Alvaraez went 1 for 3.

Finally, third baseman Jefferson Rojas hit his sixth home run with the bases empty in the seventh. Rojas went 1 for 4.

Second baseman Alex Madera was 2 for 3 with an RBI double in the third. He scored on Ayers’ home run.

Shortstop Hayden Cantrelle was 2 for 3 and scored one run.

Tyler Schlaffer started game two and allowed just one run on two hits. Schlaffer walked three and struck out six.

The Smokies went into the bottom of the seventh with a 7-1 lead, but Jackson Kirkpatrick had trouble getting anyone out. He gave up four runs on two hits and three walks over just a third of an inning. So Marino Santy was summoned from the pen with one out, two on and the tying run at the plate. He walked the first batter he faced to load the bases and then a run came home on a ground out by former Smokie Pablo Aliendo. Then Santy got a strikeout to end the game and collect the save.

Left fielder Carter Trice hit a solo home run in the second inning, his eighth on the year. Trice went 1 for 3 with the home run and a sacrifice fly for two total RBI.

Right fielder Alex Ramírez connected with the bases empty in the fifth, his fourth on the year. Ramírez went 2 for 4 with a double and the home run. He scored twice.

Center fielder Andy Garriola was 3 for 4 with a double. He scored one run and drove in one.

Shortstop Hayden Cantrelle was 2 for 3.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs cracked open the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 7-0.

Koen Moreno got the start and went four innings. He allowed just two hits. Moreno walked four and struck out four.

Eli Jerzembeck pitched the next two innings and got the win because Moreno didn’t pitch five innings. Jerzembeck gave up no hits, but he walked two and struck out two.

Mason McGwire made his High-A debut in this game and was impressive in collecting a three-inning save. He allowed just one baserunner, a two-out single in the seventh. McGwire struck out six.

For the second-straight game, first baseman Drew Bowser hit a grand slam. This one came in the sixth inning. It was Bowser’s third overall home run this year. Bowser went 1 for 4.

Third baseman Matt Halbach was 1 for 1 with two walks and a hit by pitch. Halbach scored twice and his single in the third drove in a run.

Center fielder Josiah Hartshorn was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.

Here’s an RBI double by Jose Escobar and an RBI single by Justin Stransky. Escobar was 1 for 4 and Stransky went 1 for 3 with a walk.

Bowser’s grand slam.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans grounded the Wilson Warbirds (Brewers), 7-5.

Noah Edders started and gave up four runs on five hits over 3.1 innings. Edders walked two, hit one batter and struck out three.

Riely Hunsaker allowed the game to stay close, giving up just one run on three hits over 4.1 innings. Hunsaker walked two and struck out three. He also hit a batter.

Braylon Myers threw the final 1.1 innings, allowed no runs and got the win after the Pelicans took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Myers gave up just one hit. He struck out one and walked no one.

Left fielder Geuri Lubo hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth to give the Pelicans the lead for the first time. It was Lubo’s second home run of the year. Lubo went 2 for 4 with a double and the home run.

Third baseman Yahil Melendez clubbed a two-run home run in the fifth to tie the game up 4-4. It was Melendez’s first home run of the year. Melendez finished 1 for 4.

Center fielder Alexey Lumpuy went 2 for 4 with two steals. He scored on a wild pitch in the third inning.

The Melendez home run.

ACL Cubs

Beat the Diamondbacks, 4-0.

After nearly two months, Fernando Tatis Jr. is finally on the board with his first home run of the season.

In the fifth inning of the Padres’ 9-4 loss to the Nationals, Tatis blasted a towering 451-foot solo homer to left field at Nationals Park to break his harrowing streak without a home run that dated back to last season.

Before Saturday’s game, the Padres outfielder had not gone deep in 240 plate appearances, which was the longest home run drought in the MLB.

“I just knew right away,” Tatis told reporters following the game, according to The Associated Press. “About f–king time.”

Upon hitting the homer, Tatis flipped his bat and got a warm welcome from his teammates as he rounded third base.

“It was very exciting for everybody,” Padres manager Craig Stammen said. “He’s been carrying that burden. The team has been carrying that burden.”

The last time Tatis had hit a home run was a game against Arizona on Sept. 27.

“Bet you he’ll sleep a little better tonight, knowing that he has a little ‘one’ on his numbers. He has a lot in his career, but it’s different,” San Diego shortstop Xander Bogaerts said. “Everyone knows what the deal is here.

“Everyone knows he has zero, so I think getting that kind of pressure off his back is nice.”

Despite Tatis’ blast, the Padres gave up six runs to Washington in the seventh for their 25th loss of the season.

“There’s no off days over here, man,” Tatis said. “This game will find a way how to still punish you.”

Tatis’ numbers have taken a significant hit so far this season because of his home run drought.

Despite holding a .268 batting average going into Saturday’s game, the three-time All-Star was slugging just .307 across 55 games played.

The Saturday night matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs was supposed to be electric. What it turned out to be was…odd. The St. Louis Cardinals got a solid start out of Kyle Leahy, yet he wouldn’t make it out of the 5th inning and the Cardinals offense was nearly mute squandering what chances they had losing to the Chicago Cubs 6-1 Saturday night. It pains me to admit this, but Pete Crow-Armstrong had a lot to do with it.

Kyle Leahy gave the St. Louis Cardinals 4 1/3 innings allowing 6 hits with 4 strikeouts. He didn’t face any real drama until the top of the 2nd inning when Alex Bregman hit a ball that was initially called a home run, but the umpire review showed it ducked just to the left of the foul pole. Bregman did end up flaring a single to right field, but it didn’t lead to any runs.

The St. Louis offense didn’t awaken until JJ Wetherholt singled to center in the bottom of the 4th inning. He advanced to 2nd on an excuse me groundout by Iván Herrera and then scored the first run of the game when Alec Burleson cracked a single to right field giving the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.

That lead wouldn’t last long as the dreaded 5th inning rolled around which has been the nemesis of the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff several times this season. Kyle Leahy would serve up a ball right down the middle that Pete Crow-Armstrong turned into a laser shot double to right. He then advanced to third on a Nico Hoerner groundout and then scored on a single by Michael Busch tying the game 1-1. Ryan Fernandez would come in to get the final outs of the 5th inning which he would do despite throwing a wild pitch in the process.

Ryan Fernandez would not be so fortunate in the top of the 6th inning. After making a good fielding play on a dribbler in front of the mound from Amaya, Ryan would fire the ball past Alec Burleson into right field. He would then walk Dansby Swanson before Manager Oli Marmol removed him for Justin Bruihl to face Pete Crow-Armstrong who he would hit with the first pitch to load the bases. Nico Hoerner then singled to right scoring Amaya giving the Cubs their first lead of game at 2-1. Michael Busch then hit a sacrifice fly to deep right field scoring Swanson upping the Cubs lead to 3-1.

The Cardinals would threaten in the bottom of the 6th when Victor Scott II drew a walk on a full count that was confirmed by a failed Cubs ABS challenge. The Fox announcer then made a big deal about JJ Wetherholt having never hit into a double play in his Cardinals career so far. Spoiler Alert: JJ didn’t hit into one this time either as he instead smoked a single into center field. Unfortunately, Iván Herrera would fulfill the prophecy of the Fox dude and hit into a double play grounding a ball to Alex Bregman who would step on third base and fire the ball across the diamond to first to end the inning.

The low point of the night (or best moment ever if you’re somehow a Cubs person) was Pete Crow-Armstrong responding to the “Tarps Off” crowds chants of “OVERRATED” by crushing a home run off of Gordon Graceffo right into the middle of their seats making it 4-1 Cubs in the top of the 8th inning. Well played, Armstrong, but we still despise you.

The Chicago Cubs would make a late innings comeback by St. Louis less likely as Ian Happ doubled to start the top of the 9th inning. Suzuki would then reach on an error from Nolan Gorman. After Ballesteros grounded out, Amaya would be given first base on catcher’s interference by Jimmy Crook. Matt Pushard did not help himself as he bounced a ball off of the backstop scoring Happ from third and making it 5-1 Cubs. Pushard would follow that up with a walk to Dansby Swanson and then…wait for it…another hit by Pete Crow-Armstrong who singled in Suzuki giving Chicago all the runs they’d need as it was 6-1. Believe it or not, it could have been worse. Masyn Winn made an incredible play on a ground ball up the middle that ricocheted off of JJ Wetherholt as he stepped on second and used his rifle arm on a throw to first for a double play.

To add insult to injury, the Cardinals made ridiculous decisions in the bottom of the 9th inning. Wait, there was just one ridiculous decision and it was made by Ivan Herrera. JJ Wetherholt led off the inning with a single. He was one of the few bright spots as JJ went 3 for 4 on the night. Ivan would reach on a fielder’s choice narrowly avoiding hitting into a double play, but would try to advance to third base on a single by Alec Burleson, but would be thrown out trying. Never make the first or second out of an inning at third base they say (for a good reason). Jordan Walker would make the last out of the game driving a ball deep into the left-center field gap, but it was caught by (you guessed it) Pete Crow-Armstrong.

The St. Louis Cardinals will try to rebound and win the series Sunday night when Matthew Liberatore takes the mound for another national broadcast. Jordan Wicks will get the start for the Chicago Cubs. First pitch is set for 6:20pm central time as the game will be watchable on NBC/Peacock.

The Dodgers finish off their homestand on Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound coming off a pair of seven-inning gems. He’s pitched at least six innings in nine of his 10 starts, averaging 6.4 innings per start this season.

Rookie Andrew Painter takes the ball for the Phillies, with a 5.40 ERA and 4.36 xERA through his first 10 major league games, including nine starts. He’s allowed five total runs in 16 1/3 innings over his last three starts.

The Dodgers are 10-5 during day games this season, including 5-3 on Sundays, though they’ve dropped two of their three Sunday home games.

Sunday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Phillies
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 1:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

Tobias Myers departed as a reliever, but could return to the Mets as a starter.

The right-hander, who was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse after Friday’s game — allowing the Mets to add a fresh bullpen arm — will be lengthened out over the next two weeks, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, giving the team additional flexibility on his usage.

Myers will follow a “scripted” program in the minors that allows him to stretch out for length should the Mets decide to insert him into the starting rotation.

“Once these 15 days are up, then we will make that decision,” Mendoza said before the Mets’ 6-1 victory over the Marlins. “He could either go and continue to get stretched out or just back to the role we have been using him. He’s very versatile and an important part of our team.”

Myers allowed two runs in one inning of work Friday, boosting his ERA to 4.05. He has filled various roles for the club, including opener, long reliever and high-leverage arm.

“Not an easy decision, given how important he’s been for the team,” Mendoza said of Myers’ demotion. “We told him, ‘Hey, you are going to be back here soon,’ and he understood, but obviously he’s not happy about it.”

Left-hander Cionel Perez was selected to the Mets’ roster.

He pitched a perfect sixth inning in his Mets debut.

Bobby Valentine and Lee Mazzilli were inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony.

Those in attendance included former Mets managers Joe Torre and Willie Randolph, general managers Joe McIlvaine and Steve Phillips, and team Hall of Famers Mike Piazza, Al Leiter, John Franco, Howard Johnson, Edgardo Alfonzo and Mookie Wilson.

Hall of Fame hockey executive Lou Lamoriello, who as baseball coach at Providence College recruited Valentine to play in the Cape Cod League, also attended.

Jorge Polanco, who is continuing his rehab at Double-A Binghamton, could potentially rejoin the Mets for their series next weekend in San Diego.

The veteran infielder has been on the injured list since April 15, rehabbing a wrist contusion and Achilles bursitis.

The Mets are 8-3 in their last 11 home games.

Overall, they are 14-15 at Citi Field this season.

The Dodgers and Phillies are back at it, this time on SportsNet LA.

Saturday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Phillies
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Time: 7:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA, MLB Network (out of market)
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

With two veteran serviceable but uninspiring pitchers on the mound in the Great American Ballpark, this had the looks of a high-scoring affair on paper.

Six batters were all it took to get through the first inning, as Martin Perez walked the only baserunner and got a double-play to erase him. The Braves struck first in the second, as Ozzie Albie doubled and came around to score after a Dubon walk and a Yaz single. Dubon was caught with a big lead at third on a throw-down by Stephenson at catcher, but the throw was low and bounced off the bag. Dubon came home and the throw from Suarez beat him there, as he was called out. He appeared to have eluded the tag on replay and the Braves challenged, but the call stood due to lack of clear and convincing evidence, though it feels like a call that would have been “confirmed” as safe if Dubon had been originally called safe. Not a great MLB replay challenge system moment, but the Braves had a 1-0 lead going into the bottom of the second inning.

Perez walked Steer with one out in the second and then gave up a homer to JJ Bleday, as the Reds took the 2-1 lead. Ronald Acuna brought us level in the third with an opposite field homer of his own, as this was starting to look like the slugfest we expected.

The scoring resumed in the fifth, as Jorge Mateo jumped on a Singer breaking ball for a big solo homer to give the Braves a 1-run lead. Still with two outs in the fifth, Ronald, Harris, and Olson walked to load the bases for Ozzie. Ozzie flied out to extinguish the threat.

Tyler Kinley took over for Perez in the sixth and worked a quick 1-2-3 frame with a strikeout, as he has bounced back from a rough patch. Matt Olson gave Atlanta a big insurance run for a 4-2 lead with another solo homer in the seventh. The Death Star that is the back of the Braves’ bullpen was brought in and Lee and Suarez did their part with a scoreless 7th and 8th inning. Just to make sure we knew he is fully back and in peak form, Ronald Acuna launched another homer in the ninth, giving Raisel Iglesias a third run’s worth of cushion as he goes for another save. Raisel did his part and worked a 1-2-3 inning, securing a 5-2 victory on the night, a series win in Cincy, and a chance for a sweep on Sunday.

Join us tomorrow as the Braves go for that sweep with Spencer Strider on the mound at 1:40 PM ET.

Here we are again.

For the sixth time this season, the Mariners will look to break above .500 after a wild walk-off win on Friday in front of a crowd of over 44,000. Bryan Woo will look to keep rolling from his last pair of starts, while the Diamondbacks will be running out right-hander Ryne Nelson.

Lineups:

Mitch Garver is behind the plate for Seattle tonight despite the righty, continuing the fairy even job share with Jhonny Pereda while Cal Raleigh continues to work back from his oblique injury. Cole Young is once again in the six-hole above Dominic Canzone, and it’s very plausible that this is for splitting up the platoon bats. Despite Nolan Arenado suffering a gnarly-looking hit by pitch in the ninth inning in last night’s contest, he’s back at the hot corner for the Snakes. (UPDATE: Arenado has been scratched. José Fernández will play third and bat eighth in his stead, while Gabriel Moreno will hit cleanup with Adrian Del Castillo behind him hitting fifth. The rest of Arizona’s lineup remains unchanged.)

Game Info:

First Pitch: 7:10pm PDT

TV: Mariners.TV

Radio: Ol’ reliable

The ebbs and flows of a long, long baseball season can totally change your mood in a matter of days. Just six days ago, the Yankees had lost three consecutive games against division rivals and had fallen to 5.5 games back of the first-place Rays. Six days later, they have a chance to pull within a half-game after winning five in a row and Tampa dropping their fifth game in six days this afternoon against the Angels.

Ryan Weathers will take the bump, looking to secure the series victory in West Sacramento in his 11th start of 2026. It’s been a terrific start to the season for the former Marlin, posting a 3.14 ERA (131 ERA+) and 3.45 FIP in 57.1 innings with 65 strikeouts. He’s coming off a strong seven innings against the Rays at Yankee Stadium, and will look to replicate the eight innings of one-run ball he put up against this potent offense in early April.

Toeing the slab for the (Sacramento) A’s is J.T. Ginn, the one-time Mets prospect who you might remember from his near-no-hitter against the Angels earlier this month that resulted in a heartbreaking walk-off defeat. Despite a nightmare start last time out, he’s still pitching to a 3.19 ERA (141 ERA+) and 4.18 FIP in 12 appearances (nine starts) across 53.2 innings with 48 strikeouts. He’s faced the Yankees once before, throwing five innings of one-run ball back in 2024.

The peripherals are fairly pedestrian all around on Ginn, but he’s been well above-average at preventing hard contact in the air and keeping the ball on the ground. He has a five-pitch mix, led by his sinker, which he throws 54 percent of the time against right-handed hitters. It’s a much more even split from the left side, which he’s struggled with more, tossing his cutter, changeup, slider, and four-seamer all at least 14 percent of the time.

Trent Grisham, who’s been heating up of late, will lead off again, followed by Ben Rice, Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. Paul Goldschmidt will get another start at first base, batting sixth, while Ryan McMahon, Austin Wells, and Anthony Volpe round out the lineup. Keep in mind that Amed Rosario is unavailable after being put on paternity leave.

It’s more of the same for the A’s. Colby Thomas leads off in front of Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers, Brent Rooker, and Tyler Soderstrom. Henry Bolte and Zack Gelof get another start, while Darell Hernaiz and Alika Williams round out the bunch in the middle infield.

How to watch

Location: Sutter Health Park — West Sacramento, CA

First pitch: 10:05 pm ET

TV broadcast: YES, NBCSCA

Radio broadcast: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (NYY), Talk 650 KSTE, KVMX 92.1/105.5, A’s Cast (ATH)

Online stream: MLB.tv (out-of-market only), Gotham Sports App

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We’re now two months into ABS, and it has largely become part and parcel of the landscape. We’ve now got enough data to see some interesting trends. For example, this confirms what we suspected: that catchers (and pitchers, though those are a tiny fraction – no AZ pitcher has yet challenged) are better at it than hitters. 58 percent of fielding team challenges have been successful, but for batters, the number drops to 47 percent. The D-backs reflect this too, but have actually been better on defense, where they’re challenging successfully at an impressive 65% rate. But it’s been a while: Arizona haven’t put in a successful defensive claim since May 21, losing their last three in a row.

At the dish, Arizona have gone 19-21, a 48% rate that’s basically right in line with league average. The hitter most likely to be tapping his helmet for the D-backs is perhaps unsurprising: it’s catcher Gabriel Moreno, who has challenged seven pitches. However, he’s not quite as good there as when wearing the mask, having gone 4-3. And three of the four were called strikes which actually were out of the zone by more than two inches, including the most egregious overturned strike yet of 2026 for an Arizona hitter, more than three inches out. Corbin Carroll has only challenged twice, but has won both of them.

On the other hand, D-backs have challenged and lost five pitches which were inside the strike zone by more than two inches. The worst one there was this challenge by Lourdes Gurriel, which was again, over three inches from being a ball. Considering Gurriel wasn’t even facing the plate when the ball reached the catcher… Yeah. What’s interesting is, overall, the ratio of challenges has remained fairly static at around four percent since the beginning of the season. I might have expected either umpires to get more used to calling the “right” zone, or players to get better at challenges. Perhaps those two things cancel each other out!