Mar 31, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Texas Rangers shortstop Ezequiel Duran (20) celebrates with Texas Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford (36) after hitting a home run during the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images | Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images
The Texas Rangers scored eight runs while the Baltimore Orioles scored five runs.
Jacob deGrom’s few days delay to his 2026 season was going well despite his former New York Mets teammate Pete Alonso seemingly having his number. For his first four innings, deGrom looked like his vintage self aside from a couple of hits from the Polar Bear, including a solo home run.
Staked to a 3-1 lead in the middle innings, deGrom ran into unexpected issues with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. With the ability to qualify for a victory appearing an afterthought, the O’s rallied and knocked out Texas’ co-ace.
Baltimore’s No. 9 hitter reached via a single, and an infield single one batter later brought up Baltimore’s most dangerous hitter. Gunnar Henderson delivered a two-run double on a ball that left fielder Wyatt Langford seemed to misplay and that ended deGrom’s night with the game tied 3-3.
All in all, deGrom finished his evening going 4 2/3 innings allowing six hits, three runs, while striking out seven and walking none. Not the worst outing, but not one deGrom will likely recall at his Hall of Fame speech.
And luckily for the veteran legend, the Rangers bats were up to the task of having his back. With runs scored in five of the nine separate innings, Texas collected 13 hits and scored a season-best eight runs.
Meanwhile the bullpen was also held up their end of the bargain post-deGrom with Cole Winn, Jakob Junis, and Robert Garcia each enjoying scoreless outings before Chris Martin labored a bit to get through the ninth inning, allowing a couple of runs after Texas had pretty much turned it into a blowout.
With a pair of wins in Baltimore, the Rangers have earned themselves no worse than two series wins on the road to begin the year and will go for a sweep of the O’s tomorrow.
Player of the Game: The three hitters at the top of the order had two hits apiece with Corey Seager launching a solo home run in the ninth to cap off the scoring for Texas, Wyatt Langford smacking a triple that ignited the early scoring, and Brandon Nimmo collecting the eventual game-winning RBI single after Baltimore had come back to tie things in the middle innings.
But the guy tonight was catcher Danny Jansen to add to the cache of new acquisitions who have contributed to victories early this season. Jansen went 3-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI with those runs coming off the biggest hit of the night when Jansen turned a tight one-run game into an eventual easy win with a two-out, three run home run.
Consider the momentum shifted.
Up Next: The Rangers will attempt an early season sweep in tomorrow’s finale with RHP Nathan Eovaldi named Tuesday’s starter. The Orioles, meanwhile, will also go with their Opening Day starter with LHP Trevor Rogers making his second start of the year.
They’re starting the April Fools finale from Camden Yards in the ante meridiem local time with first pitch set for 11:35 am CDT and you can watch it on the Rangers Sports Network.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Kevin McGonigle #7 of the Detroit Tigers hits a two-RBI single during the eighth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on March 27, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Detroit Tigers (2-2) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (1-3)
Time/Place: 9:40 p.m., Chase Field SB Nation Site: AZ Snake Pit Media: Detroit Sportsnet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network Pitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Pfaadt (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
* Note: Stats in the table below are Fangraphs’ 2026 projections
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MARCH 26: Cal Raleigh #29 and Logan Gilbert #36 of the Seattle Mariners gather at the mound during the fourth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at T-Mobile Park on March 26, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Mariners recorded their first walkoff win of the season last night and in narrative-pleasing fashion, it was Cal Raleigh who dealt reigning MVP Aaron Judge’s Yankees the loss. Ah, that’s the good stuff. The Mariners really needed that win because they have two rough draws for the rest of this series, starting with Max Fried tonight. It’s a second straight day against a lefty, so once again I must implore you to read this piece on lefty lineup construction from Zach Mason if you have not. Or even if you have.
SS J.P. Crawford (shoulder) has reported to Tacoma, where he will begin a rehab assignment tonight. If you have Mariners TV, you also have access to the Mariners minor-leagues so you can watch the game if you are so inclined.
Today’s Game Information:
Game time: 6:40 PT
TV: TBS; Mariners.TV, which you can stream or watch on local cable. Details here. Aaron Goldsmith, Ryan Rowland-Smith, and Angie Mentink will be on the call.
Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports, with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 25: Max Fried #54 of the New York Yankees pitches against the San Francisco Giants during the sixth inning on Opening Day at Oracle Park on March 25, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Yankees finally took one on the chin Monday night, as Cal Raleigh delivered the walk-off winner for the Mariners in Seattle. After opening the season with a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants, New York dropped its first game of 2026 in a frustratingly getting walked off in a 2-1 loss.
It might be early in the season, but the games still count the same now as they do in September and these head-to-heads with the Mariners could have playoff seeding implications later in the year. The good news for the Yankees is that they could not ask for a much better bounce-back setup.
Thanks to the rare Sunday offday due to the Netflix Opening Night game on Wednesday, skipper Aaron Boone was able to skip the fifth spot in the rotation and line things up for Max Fried to take the ball tonight on normal rest. It is the kind of subtle early-season advantage smart organizations should exploit, and it gives New York exactly who they want on the mound after their first loss.
Fried looked every bit like the ace in his Yankees debut, tossing 6.1 scoreless innings, while allowing just two hits, and striking out four Giants. What made it even more impressive was that Fried did not appear to have his sharpest stuff or his best command, yet he still found a way to navigate through the Giants lineup down by the bay. Tonight, the task shifts from setting the tone for the season to resetting it after a loss, exactly what you have aces for in baseball.
Seattle counters with Logan Gilbert, one of the more underrated power right-handers in the American League. Gilbert might not be the definite ace of this loaded staff but he is a gem of a starting pitcher nonetheless. Gilbert’s combination of fastball shape, extension, and swing-and-miss secondaries gives this matchup the feel of another pitchers’ duel, which means the Yankees’ offense may once again need to capitalize on a small handful of mistakes. However, there is some reason for optimism.
History suggest the Yankees can make Gilbert uncomfortable. In seven career starts against New York, Gilbert is just 2-3 with a 6.57 ERA and 31 strikeouts, and several of those outings have turned into short, high-stress nights. That includes his lone start against the Yankees last season when the Bombers were able to chase Gilbert after 5.1 innings of five-run ball (one unearned) in the Bronx.
After mustering just one run Monday night, the Yankees will hope they can get to Gilbert early and often with the bats. Boone continues to tinker with the lineup, and tonight backup catcher J.C. Escarra gets his first appearance of the young season after four consecutive starts from Austin Wells. Escarra, Ben Rice, and Ryan McMahon all get their first cracks at Gilbert. That puts the focus squarely on the big bats of the order.
Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, Giancarlo Stanton, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. are the types of hitters who can change this matchup with one swing, especially against a pitcher who tends to live in the zone early with his fastball. If the Yankees are going to bounce back tonight, it likely starts with their stars doing damage rather than matchup specialists exploiting a split.
Can Judge and company cash in on their opportunities this time, or will Seattle’s pitching staff keep making life difficult in T-Mobile Park?
How to Watch
Location: T-Mobile Park — Seattle, WA
First pitch: 9:40 p.m. ET
TV broadcast: YES Network, Mariners.TV, TBS (National broadcast)
Online stream: Gotham Sports App
Listen: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280, Seattle Sports 710 AM
PEORIA, ARIZONA - MARCH 11: Colt Emerson #85 of the Seattle Mariners looks on in the dugout during a Spring Training game against the Colorado Rockies at Peoria Stadium on March 11, 2026 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Mariners surprised the baseball world today with the news of a record-breaking extension for prospect Colt Emerson. While much of the extension chatter has focused on the Mariners’ pitching core, the Mariners instead locked down the 20-year-old shortstop who has steadily climbed prospect lists since his draft year in 2022, when the Mariners took him 22nd overall out of John Glenn High School in East Concord, Ohio.
“[Colt] has run up the food chain so quickly because of his performance, maturity, work habits, etc.,” said Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto. “He is going to be a very young major league debut player and as such was trending toward being a very young major league free agent, and it was a priority for us to make sure that we kept him here as a part of this for longer.”
Emerson had a strong spring, but it wasn’t necessarily his performance on the field that impressed Dipoto the most. “The way he integrated with the other players and just how easily he fits,” is what Dipoto described as Emerson’s standout quality from the spring. “Listening to him talk in the cage with Rob Refsnyder, Brendan Donovan, the ease with which he was operating with guys who have been in the league a long time.”
This is something I saw firsthand at spring training; Emerson was hard to pin down to talk to, simply because he was always either participating in a drill, or deep in conversation with one of his teammates. He, Donovan, Naylor and Refsnyder were regular fixtures in the team’s newly-revamped batting cages.
Even more impressive is Colt Emerson the person: watching him do everything from encouraging a teammate to picking up an errant piece of trash in the batting cage and tossing it in the proper receptacle to the way he treated everyone, from teammates to media to complex staff, with equal measures of respect.
“You have to be a good player to garner this type of interest, this type of contract, but you also have to be the person at at 20 years old, you can say, over the course of the next nine years, we trust you to go do this. And if you’ve spent any time around Colt, you know that he checks every one of those boxes. He’s such a humble, mature, well-thought-out human being…Just as much as we think he’s an impact player, we think he’s an impact person.”
From the team’s perspective, locking down Emerson to an extension was a no-brainer. From a roster construction perspective, it’s a little trickier.
“We have no hard date [for his debut],” said Dipoto. “But I suspect he will be a big leaguer sooner than later, and he will contribute heavily to this season. And I thought that was the case before we signed him – this signing was more about the long term, than it is about the season, how it all fits, especially with Leo [Rivas] being the only one who hits from the right side.”
J.P. Crawford, Brendan Donovan, Colt Emerson, Cole Young – all hit from the left side. Leo Rivas is a switch hitter, meaning there’s no true righty in the infield mix other than Ryan Bliss. Dipoto says the team has an advantage, though, in the positional versatility for Brendan Donovan, as well as Colt Emerson, who is equally comfortable at either shortstop or third base; they just have to be “creative” in figuring out how to leverage it.
“We’re in no rush. We’re going to let Colt to continue to get his feet on the ground and do the things he’s been doing in his development. He’ll play in Tacoma…he’ll continue to get reps at third base, and we will continue to develop him the same way we always have, which is to give him exposure. Because when he gets to the big leagues, it’s no slam-dunk where he’ll be playing.”
It does sound like, for now, third base is the likelier option, at least as long as J.P. Crawford is healthy. Dipoto reasserted that after J.P. Crawford plays tonight and tomorrow in Tacoma “he’s our shortstop” [LL community, drink the beverage of your choice] when the team gets to Anaheim.
“That was always our plan,” affirmed Dipoto. “That’s why you saw Colt so frequently at third base in the spring. We were preparing for that. And third base came pretty easily for Colt.”
The left-handedness, unfortunately, is non-negotiable. It’s not the defense that will keep Emerson in Triple-A; the thing that Dipoto and the Mariners are looking for from Emerson in Tacoma is reps in the box.
“Upper-level pitching in general is something he hasn’t had…not a huge volume for him,” said Dipoto. “He’s played fifty-ish games above A-ball. But it’s the left-handed pitching and the exposure to it, you don’t get a lot of exposure to lefties with breaking balls that move away from you in rural Ohio as a high schooler.”
Emerson had mostly neutral splits against lefties and righties last year, but he did struggle with the more advanced lefties this spring, with an OPS of just .489 – under half of his OPS against righties. His challenge in Tacoma will be to maintain his positional flexibility while gaining experience against more seasoned pitching. It doesn’t sound like it will be a particularly difficult thing for the uber-learner Emerson to check off, especially after a self-directed swing change that’s helped him unlock more power while not sacrificing any of this plate discipline.
Getting this deal done required trust on both sides: the Mariners’ trust in their scouting and development of Emerson has been evident from the jump, and his steady progress up the minor-league ladder and into the lists of top prospects in the game has rewarded the team’s early faith in him. But Emerson, too, had to trust the organization that he was essentially signing away his 20s to, as a place where the ultra-competitive Emerson can win and be supported by a core built for sustained success.
“I think Colt always envisioned himself as a Mariner,” said Dipoto. “From the day he entered the organization, he has a vision for what it’s going to look like here. He is a championship type player with a championship mentality, and when we talk about our team, he always sees himself in it…
He finishes every conversation, ‘we’re gonna win a lot of games’. ”
ANAHEIM, CA - MARCH 22: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Eduardo Quintero looks on during the MLB Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels on March 22, 2026 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Sirota might have already been in Double-A were it not for a knee injury last July 5 that ended his season. In the 59 games he did play between Great Lakes and Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, Sirota hit .333/.452/.616 with a 189 wRC+, 13 home runs and 32 extra-base hits in only 59 games.
Quintero won California League MVP last season, then held his own with a 135 wRC+ in six weeks of his first taste of High-A, all before turning 20 in September.
Quintero and Christian Zazueta won Branch Rickey Awards in 2025 as the Dodgers’ minor league pitcher and player of the year, respectively. Zazueta is part of a Loons rotation that also includes Zach Root, the Dodgers’ first draft pick last year (one pick before his Arkansas teammate Davalan), and Sterling Patick, the West Covina native and 2023 draft pick who ended last season with two starts for Great Lakes.
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 10: Brandon Pfaadt #32 of the Arizona Diamondbacks gets set to throw a pitch during a Spring Training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on March 10, 2026 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Today’s Lineups
TIGERS
DIAMONDBACKS
Colt Keith – 3B
Ketel Marte – 2B
Kevin McGonigle – SS
Corbin Carroll – RF
Gleyber Torres – 2B
Geraldo Perdomo – SS
Riley Greene – LF
Gabriel Moreno – DH
Kerry Carpenter – DH
Alek Thomas – CF
Spencer Torkelson – 1B
Jose Fernandez – 3B
Zach McKinstry – RF
Carlos Santana – 1B
Parker Meadows – CF
James McCann – C
Jake Rogers – C
Jordan Lawlar – LF
Casey Mize – RHP
Brandon Pfaadt – RHP
Apologies, GDT today and Thursday are going to be terser than normal, for work-related reasons. Tonight see us complete the first run round the D-backs rotation, with Brandon Pfaadt making his season debut. If the first four games are any clue, this will be a pleasant surprise in terms of his performance. It’s also the major-league debut of Jose Fernandez, who will be playing third-base tonight. That’s in place of Nolan Arenado, who has had an underwhelming start to the season, with an OPS+ so far of -28. Yes, that’s a minus sign. At least that sets the bar low in terms of what’s expected from Fernandez…
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 30: Wandy Peralta #58 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the fifth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park on March 30, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images) | Getty Images
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The gates to Dodger Stadium haven’t even opened yet, and the market has already spoken.
Ticket prices are surging for the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday night game against the Cleveland Guardians.
Sure, two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani is making his 2026 pitching debut and batting leadoff, but that’s not the biggest reason fans are lining up to get into Chavez Ravine. It’s because somewhere between the mound and a movie screen a cultural event is about to take place.
Fans lined up in the rain hours before the Dodgers-Guardians game on Tuesday night . (Photo by Edward Lewis)
The first 40,000 fans in attendance will receive a “Yoshi” bobblehead as part of a crossover promotion between the adorable Nintendo star and 2025 World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Yoshinobu, meet Yoshi.
Join us at Dodger Stadium on 3/31 for the collab we’ve all been waiting for! Get your Yoshi Bobblehead presented by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Tickets are available now at https://t.co/DZQkfNeXIj. pic.twitter.com/wlfyVxn4lY
The promotion is ahead of the release of the upcoming “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” that hits theaters on Wednesday April 1st, and the bobblehead features the beloved green dinosaur wearing a Yamamoto Dodgers uniform. The Japanese pitcher is also nicknamed “Yoshi.”
Yes, it’s clever, but it’s also driving ticket prices into the stratosphere.
A month ago, this was just another ticket. An average price of $75 and that was for a good seat. The get-in price was far cheaper. Now? The cheapest seat on secondary ticket reseller TIckPick ballooned to $172 on Tuesday morning with an average hovering near $289. That’s not inflation—that’s obsession.
Dodgers fans Stanley and Ana Leighton with their Yoshi bobblehead ahead of the Dodgers-Guardians game on Tuesday night.
Dodgers fans Stanley and Ana Leighton told The California Post they paid $160 each for spots in the reserve level and arrived at Dodger Stadium nearly three hours before first pitch in order to get their hands on the coveted Yamamoto bobblehead.
While Stanley, who donned a Yoshi cap on his head and a tattoo of an NES controller on his forearm, admitted the price was steep, he said he simply “had to be here for this night.”
The Yoshinobu Yamamoto bobblehead drew huge crowds to Dodger Stadium. CA Post
“I’m a huge Nintendo fan,” he said. “Mainly grew up playing the Super Nintendo games, all those Marios and Zeldas — all that stuff. Definitely Yoshi bobblehead night got me coming out here.”
Jose Godoy brought his little ones to Chavez Ravine specifically to get the collectible Yamamoto item, and even though he said paid “average price” for the tickets, he did note he and his family had to arrive at the ballpark far earlier than usual.
“We knew it was going to be crazy,” he said.
Fans showed up to take pictures with a life-size Yoshi mascot. CA Post
A Lakers game featuring generational stars is cheaper than a Tuesday night baseball game in March. Cheaper than the bobblehead, even. Because on resale markets, the Yoshi-Yamamoto collectible is already listing north of $230, with
Even stranger, Dodger Stadium holds a capacity of 56,000 people. Crypto.com Arena holds just over 19,000. The supply and demands alone should be enough to make the Lakers more expensive, but it’s the mass-produced bobblehead that is the real prize, and it’s skyrocketing prices.
I guess we know who the Dodgers Player of the Game will be on Tuesday.
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The Yankees are hoping to get Carlos Rodon back soon, but the southpaw suffered an injury down in Tampa.
Manager Aaron Boone delivered an update on Rodon to the media ahead of Tuesday's game against the Mariners and said that the lefty experienced right hamstring tightness after running on Monday and felt it today.
While the Yankees skipper doesn't think it's a big deal -- Boone added that Rodon still did his throwing program on Tuesday -- the team will have to monitor whether Rodon will be able to take the next step in his rehab. Rodon was scheduled to begin a rehab assignment soon, but now the organization will have to wait and see if the 33-year-old bounces back.
According to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch, Rodon's most recent live BP had been three "ups" and 50 pitches. Rodon was scheduled to head to Double-A Somerset.
Rodon had his best season as a Yankee a year ago. He pitched to an 18-9 record and a 3.09 ERA, en route to his third All-Star selection.
However, Rodon revealed during camp in February that he was managing pain in his elbow throughout the season. And when the season was over, he underwent surgery to shave down a bone spur and remove loose bodies.
Rodon did not travel with the Yankees to Arizona when they played a couple of exhibition games with the Cubs before the season began. Instead, he stayed in Tampa to continue his progression, which the team hopes leads to an April return.
Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are talking real baseball on an all-new episode of The Mets Pod!
The guys take a look at Freddy Peralta, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, and all the other new Mets through the first few games of the schedule, go Down on the Farm to ponder contract extensions for prospects, and launch a new season of the Scoreboard with new twists, turns, and stakes!
Later, Connor and Joe open the Mailbag to answer questions about a role for Mark Vientos and the overall state of the bullpen.
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The Mets have hired J.D. Martinez as a special advisor, a role that will see him working with players in the organization in a similar way that Carlos Beltrán has in recent years, according to Tim Healey.
One of the best hitters of his generation, Martinez spent his final major league season with the Mets in 2024 and was repeatedly referenced as a positive influence on his teammates as he shared his hitting expertise. He hit .235/.320/.406 that year with just a 107 wRC+ and 16 home runs, but considering how hard it is to do that at all, that wasn’t bad by any stretch for a player in his age-36 season.
Over the course of his major league career, Martinez hit .283/.348/.516 with a 130 wRC+. But his peak was even better, as he hit .293/.359/.549 with 291 home runs and a 140 wRC+ from his breakout 2014 campaign with the Tigers through the end of the 2023 season, which he spent with the Dodgers.
JUPITER, FL - MARCH 14: Andre Pallante (53) of the St. Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch during a spring training game against the Miami Marlins on March 14, 2026 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The St. Louis Cardinals are back at Busch Stadium Tuesday night for game 5 of the 2026 season with the New York Mets still in town. According to MLB.com, Andre Pallante will make the start for St. Louis while New York will put Kodai Senga on the mound for another 6:45pm start.
HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 26: Hunter Brown #58 of the Houston Astros throws on the mound before a game against the Los Angeles Angels on Opening Day at Daikin Park on March 26, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Houston Astros/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Houston Astros (3-2) host the Boston Red Sox (1-3) tonight at Daikin Park in the second game of a three game series.
Astros Opening Day starter RHP Hunter Brown will make his second start of the season for the Astros, this time opposite RHP Brayan Bello and the Red Sox.
TUESDAY’S TILT: The Astros and Red Sox will play the middle game of their three-game series tonight as Houston goes for their fourth straight win and a series victory.
ON THE HUNT: RHP Hunter Brown is making his second start of the season after tossing 4.2 scoreless innings against the Angels on Opening Day.
A 2025 All-Star, Brown finished third in the AL in Cy Young voting last season after turning in the best year of his career with a 12-9 record, a 2.43 ERA (50ER/185.1IP) and posting a 1.03 WHIP. He held opponents to a career-low .201 average and posted 206 strikeouts in 185.1 innings pitched.
ASTROS VS. BELLO: The Astros are seeing RHP Brayan Bello tonight for the first time since facing him in back-to-back starts on Aug. 24 and Aug. 29, 2023. A couple Astros have career homers opposite Bello in LF Yordan Alvarez (3×5, HR, RBI) and IF Isaac Paredes (2×7, HR, 2RBI).
RIVALRY VS. THE RED SOX: The Astros and Red Sox have developed a nice rivalry over the last 10 years, as the two clubs have seen each other in three different postseason series since the 2017 season. The Astros won two of those three series, winning the 2017 ALDS and 2021 ALCS, while the Red Sox took the 2018 ALCS.
YORDAN AND THE BABE: LF Yordan Alvarez has played 30 career games against the Red Sox, including six in the postseason, combining for a .404 (44×109) average with 11 doubles, nine homers, 29 RBI, a .481 OBP and a .771 SLG. Among all Major League players with at least 125 regular season and postseason plate appearances against the Red Sox, Alvarez leads all in batting average, OBP and SLG. The lists below include the postseason.
ALL-TIME LEADERS VS. BOS (MIN. 125 PA)
Batting Average
1. Yordan Alvarez: .404
2. Will Clark: .403
3. Lyman Bostick: .467
SLG
1. Yordan Alvarez: .771
2. Babe Ruth: .683
3. Wander Franco: .659
LEAGUE LEADERS: The Astros lead the Majors in doubles (14) and total bases (73), while ranking second in hits (44) and walks (25). Individually, 1B Christian Walker leads the Majors in doubles (4), while 2B Jose Altuve owns a share for the MLB lead with six runs scored.
JOSE, JOSE, JOSE, JOSE!: 2B Jose Altuve went 4×4 with four runs scored and a pair of homers last night, giving him 42 four-hit games since he debuted in 2011, which are by far the most in the Majors in that time frame (1B Freddie Freeman ranks second with 31). Altuve’s four runs scored matched his career high, which he’s accomplished seven times, most recently on July 4, 2025 at LAD.
YORDAN’S UPCOMING MILESTONES: LF Yordan Alvarez (497 RBI) is three RBI shy of reaching 500 career RBI, a mark only 14 players in franchise history have reached. Alvarez also checks in with 172 career homers, which makes him just two homers shy of matching franchise icon OF George Springer (174HR) for seventh on the Astros all-time list.
GOIN’ DEEP:LF Brice Matthews hit his first homer of the season last night, a 434’ shot to left-center field. Matthews’ homer was the longest of his career, the longest by an Astro this season (by 40 feet) and the fifth-longest in the Majors in 2026.
COLE SIDELINED:OF Zach Cole will be placed on the minor league IL today with a fifth toe fracture on his right foot. Cole began the season at Triple A Sugar Land, where he sustained the injury on a HBP on Sunday vs. Round Rock.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff (53) throws in the outfield during spring training workouts Saturday, February 14, 2026, at American Family Fields of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona. | Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Following their first loss of the season last night, the Brewers have their first chance to bounce back. They will look to do that tonight in their second game against the Rays.
Prior to tonight’s game, the Brewers made a few roster moves and provided some injury updates. First, Luis Matos was officially added to the active roster. In a corresponding move, Jeferson Quero was optioned back to Triple-A Nashville. Steward Berroa and Rob Zastryzny were also sent to Nashville on rehab assignments. Zastryzny is expected to pitch an inning tonight.
In other injury news (from Dave Gasper), Andrew Vaughn underwent hand surgery today and is expected to return in mid-May. Quinn Priester is scheduled to throw a bullpen today with “two ups” — meaning he will warm up and start two simulated innings. Craig Yoho is also scheduled to throw a bullpen on Thursday.
The Brewers finish their first turn through the rotation as Brandon Woodruff takes the mound tonight. He’s been building up through the spring and is ready to go to start the season, despite some concerns in spring training if he would be stretched out enough. According to Pat Murphy, “we could see six ‘ups’ for Woodruff tonight”. which could mean we see Woodruff pitch into the sixth inning. In his final start of the spring, he threw 62 pitches in a three-inning start against the Rangers. He allowed three runs, four hits, and one walk while striking out four. Last season, he had a 3.20 ERA in 12 starts. Over his last 24 starts at American Family Field, he’s posted a 14-1 record and a 2.10 ERA, and the Brewers are 21-3 in those starts.
For the Rays, Shane McClanahan will make the start. This is his first regular-season MLB start since 2023. In the last two years, he underwent Tommy John surgery, then a nerve issue in his elbow kept him out in 2025. Before that, he received votes for AL Rookie of the Year in 2021 and AL Cy Young in 2022. This spring, he made four starts and posted a 2.08 ERA in 13 innings, with 15 strikeouts and five walks. The Brewers faced him once back in 2023, and he pitched seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts.
The Brewers are shuffling the lineup a little tonight. Brice Turang remains the leadoff hitter, but Luis Rengifo will move up into the second slot. This slides William Contreras back to third, and Christian Yelich — who will make the start in left field tonight — bats fourth. Gary Sánchez gets the start at DH and bats fifth, with Jake Bauers at first base batting sixth. Brandon Lockridge moves over to center field and bats seventh. Sal Frelick and Joey Ortiz round out the lineup in their usual positions.
Here are the full starting lineups for tonight. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. on Brewers.TV and the Brewers Radio Network.
