Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners

Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network)

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RHP Cal Quantrill vs. RHP Bryce Miller

Go Rangers!

Washington Nationals (67-79) at San Diego Padres (76-68), September 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m. PST

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Last night, the Athletics played spoiler by kicking off their homestand with a 6-5 walk-off win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Tonight, the A’s will look to continue their strong finish to the season and secure a second consecutive series victory.

Right-hander Jack Perkins will make the start for the A’s. The 26-year-old enters his 34th appearance, 14th start of the season and first career start against the Blue Jays with a 3-10 record, a 6.50 ERA, a 1.54 WHIP and 116 strikeouts over 98 1/3 innings.

Perkins’ strikeout numbers showcase the stellar arsenal he brings to the mound. However, his ongoing command issues have prevented him from taking the next step and establishing himself as a core member of the A’s pitching staff.

In his last outing against the Seattle Mariners, Perkins was bailed out by the A’s bullpen. The right-hander allowed three runs on four hits in just three innings, striking out seven batters while walking five. Following that game, the Athletics optioned Perkins to Triple-A. He was recalled the next day as the corresponding move after fellow right-hander J.T. Ginn landed on the injured list with an elbow impingement.

Perkins has the ability to be a successful starting pitcher in this league, yet he has not reached his fully evolved form. If he keeps struggling, it would behoove the team to return him to a late-inning or long relief role. Will Perkins deliver a quality start, or will the team once again have to turn to its bullpen earlier than expected?

Here’s how the Athletics will line up for this matchup:

Center fielder Henry Bolte will look to follow his electric performance yesterday with another strong showing this evening. Third baseman Zack Gelof did not start the season in the majors, yet he is three home runs and six stolen bases away from a 20-20 season. The Blue Jays must be mindful of the two speedsters, who ran wild on the basepaths in the series opener.

After a hot streak, right fielder Lawrence Butler has cooled down. The Athletics could use a resurgence from him and slumping catcher Jonah Heim. The team also welcomes back designated hitter Tommy White, who sat out the last five games because of back tightness.

The A’s offense will face Blue Jays right-hander José Soriano. Toronto was active on both sides of this season’s trade deadline, and Soriano was one of its key acquisitions. The Blue Jays traded one of their top prospects to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for the hard-throwing right-hander.

Through 22 starts with the Angels, Soriano went 9-6 with a 3.29 ERA. In his first six starts with his new team, the 27-year-old went 2-1 with a 4.36 ERA.

The Green and Gold have faced Soriano plenty of times over the past few years. The right-hander enters this outing 1-3 with a 7.52 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 10 career appearances against the Athletics. This will be his third start against the A’s this season, but his first as a member of the Blue Jays. He received no-decisions in both of his first two starts. Will that happen again today, or will Soriano finally factor into the decision?

And Toronto’s starting nine:

No George Springer in the Blue Jays lineup today. Left fielder Josh Smith and designated hitter Jesús Sánchez make their first starts of the series for the visitors. Perkins will have to be careful when facing the always-dangerous Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as well as Andrés Giménez, who hit the game-tying home run last night.

Time to make it two straight wins and send Toronto tumbling in the wild-card race. Let’s go, A’s!

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The Dodgers close out their nine-game homestand on Wednesday night, with one more game against the Cincinnati Reds.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts Wednesday, and like Tuesday starter Tarik Skubal is set up to face the Reds twice in a row, as these two teams meet up again next week for four games at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

The volume at Dodger Stadium is always high, but the series finale will be even Lowder, as right-hander Rhett Lowder starts for Cincinnati.

Wednesday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Reds
• Ballpark: Dodger Stadium
• Start time: 7:10 p.m.
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

LOS ANGELES — After only one game back, Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is out of the lineup on Tuesday, the fifth time in six days he isn’t starting.

“He came out of yesterday well, but talking with the training staff, it’s more the thought of let’s build him up slowly,” manager Dave Roberts said prior to Tuesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. “He’ll be available in a big spot tonight. He’ll be in there tomorrow.”

Ohtani flew out to deep left field in his first at-bat back on Monday, after missing four games. He then struck out twice and walked. The flyout came on a 98.6-mph fastball from Chase Burns in the first inning.

“He got to 99 at the top of the zone yesterday, flew out to left field. A week ago, he wasn’t close to catching up to that,” Roberts said. “It’s not just about tonight, obviously he’s not in the lineup. It’s about what we can do to get him optimum as we get into the postseason. I think a day here and there is not the worst thing, to make sure his body overall feels as good or close to 100 percent as possible.”

Freddie Freeman gets the start at designated hitter, with Kiké Hernández starting at first base against Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo. It’s just the fourth career start at DH for Freeman, along with once in 2015 and twice in 2020 while with the Atlanta Braves.

Freeman is the 11th Dodger to start at DH this season, joining Ohtani (129 starts), Teoscar Hernández (three), Dalton Rushing (three), Will Smith (two), Alex Call (two), Santiago Espinal, Miguel Rojas, Andy Pages, Ryan Ward, and Max Muncy.

That’s three players shy of the club record set in 2022, when a whopping 14 different players started at DH — Justin Turner (61 starts), Muncy (25), Smith (24), Edwin Ríos (19), Jake Lamb (12), Chris Taylor (five), Miguel Vargas (four), Joey Gallo (three), Trayce Thompson (three), Eddy Alvarez (two), James Outman, Zach McKinstry, Gavin Lux, and Hanser Alberto.

The St. Louis Cardinals return to Oracle Park Tuesday night for game 2 against the San Francisco Giants. Quinn Mathews gets the start for the Cardinals while Landen Roupp gets the ball for the Giants. First pitch is scheduled for 8:45pm central time and the game broadcast will be available via Cardinals.tv.

After a much-needed series win at home against the Minnesota Twins, the White Sox face the Pittsburgh Pirates for the only time this season, a three-game set before the Good Guys head down to St. Louis over the weekend. The White Sox flexed Sunday into a bullpen game, because of course, and shifted righthander Sean Burke’s start back a day, making his 29th appearance of the season tonight — his 25th start.

Despite walking four batters in his previous start on September 1, Burke only allowed one hit in his 5 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out six in the process. In his career-high 154 2/3 frames this season, the righty ace has held steady at a 3.20 ERA and 1.144 WHIP, and has struck out 167 batters so far, at a 26.2% strikeout rate. With the South Siders’ starting rotation fluctuating through the year, Burke has been a constant in his outings, with six runs being the most surrendered in a start this year, at home against Seattle in May.

Thankfully the White Sox offense heated up quite a bit in their last game, demolishing the Twins, 10-1, with 12 hits, seven of which were mashed for extra bases (five doubles, two home runs). Tonight’s lineup is identical to the Sunday Night Baseball game, rolling with the lefty-heavy batting order against Pirates righthander Bubba Chandler. In his last game, Sam Antonacci plated three doubles against the Twins, certainly earning his spot in the leadoff position. I’ve been a fan of Miguel Vargas shifting into the 2-hole, considering he is the best and most consistent hitter on the team.

Over the last 15 days, three Sox players rank in the Top 20 in baseball in on-base percentage: Tristan Peters (eighth), Antonacci (19) and Miguel Vargas (20). Peters has been on fire, and the rookie also is tied for seventh for slugging percentage (.744) over the same time frame, and is batting seventh tonight. If you were to ask me (you weren’t), I’d be shifting Peters up in the lineup, as he has solidified himself as one of the best hitters on the team and one of the stronger players in all of baseball. But it does say a lot that there’s not many ways you can go wrong with this lineup, especially when they are on their A-game.

Chicago White Sox Lineup

For the Pirates, Chandler has been fairly solid, posting a 4.30 ERA in 27 outings this season with a 1.368 WHIP. Chandler’s 4.12 expected ERA (xERA) is slightly lower, along with a 4.16 FIP, indicating that he might have had some bad luck here and there. But he still has accumulated 1.9 WAR. One of the righty’s strengths is that he tends to miss barrels, holding a 5.6% barrel rate, ranking in the 82 percentile in MLB. Chandler’s fastball is his go-to, which makes sense as he throws straight heat, averaging 98.3 mph, using about 48% of the time, and closer to 50% when facing left-handed hitters. Chandler’s off-speed pitches tend to be his most effective, however, as his changeup, sinker, and sweeper all have amassed a .200 or worse opponent batting average.

Because this is the first time these two teams will match up, and most batters haven’t seen these pitchers before, the White Sox will definitely have to be prepared for some strong bats in the Pittsburgh lineup. Brandon Lowe is batting second behind rookie Konnor Griffin, who ranks 24th in the National League with an .803 OPS, though he is just one of five hitters with an .800 or near-.800 OPS, as Bryan Reynolds, Oneil Cruz, Esmerlyn Valdez, and Rafael Flores Jr. are all right there with him. As a team, the Pirates rank seventh in baseball with a .731 team OPS and fifth in batting average. Ideally, Burke is able to keep their power under control and miss those Pittsburgh bats.

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup

Be sure to tune in to the action tonight, either on TV at CHSN, or on the radio at ESPN Chicago AM 1000. There should be some beautiful weather on the South Side, with temperatures hanging in the low-80s to upper-70s and partly cloudy skies. Time to snag a W and start up a new win streak.

One of the first games at Kauffman Stadium I attended was when the Arizona Diamondbacks were in town. At the time, we had just moved to Kansas City from the Cleveland area, and as someone who perused the Sunday morning league leaders in the newspaper and watched SportsCenter, one of my favorite players was Randy Johnson. The Big Unit was starting that particular game, and he wrecked the feckless Royals, but it was fun to me.

Tonight, there is no Randy Johnson. Birds everywhere rejoice. But there is one Corbin Burnes and, when healthy, he’s really good. It’ll be a difficult showdown against a Diamondbacks team clinging to one of the Wild Card spots and fighting for their playoff lives.

Diamondbacks 9/8 lineup

Royals 9/8 lineup

Go Rays!