The Latest Breaking News on Baseball

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The squeeze play executed by Nicky Lopez and Kye Isbel broke the ice for the Kansas City Royals, then rookies MJ Melendez and Bobby Witt Jr. punched through in a big way as a five-run inning swung the night in a completely different direction.

HOUSTON — Framber Valdez leads the American League in innings pitched, and has delivered a quality start in a team-record 21 consecutive outings.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays made some mistakes that extended Wednesday’s game against the Angels into the 11th inning.

CHICAGO — The Cardinals’ supporting players, who have helped amplify the offense this month, got thrust into the role of carrying it Wednesday at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs announced three new inductees on Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies could have done more damage offensively against the Reds than they did on Wednesday night, but they worked their at-bats and manufactured enough runs to secure a 7-5 win. Starter Cris Sánchez and the Phillies’ already-thin bullpen made this game more exciting than it needed to…

BALTIMORE — In the aftermath of Félix Bautista’s heroics a day earlier, when the new Orioles closer worked a five-out save, manager Brandon Hyde admitted the bullpen is undergoing a feeling-out period. That’s what happens when All-Star Jorge López, the previous closer, is shipped off at the trade deadline, leaving…

BOSTON — The Red Sox got a glimpse of a promising part of their future on Wednesday night. But their disappointing present continued to follow them.

Gavin Sheets drove in three runs as the Sox stayed four games behind the Guardians in the AL Central.

The Angels will start their 2023 season exactly where they will cap this regular season: in Oakland. And after that? Seattle. A newly returned Anthony Rendon (wrist surgery), along with the power duo of Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, should make for quite the entrance to the season.

LOS ANGELES — The Astros and Yankees in Los Angeles. Mookie Betts returning to Fenway Park. And, for the first time since interleague play was introduced in 1997, the Dodgers facing all 29 other Major League Baseball clubs at least once over the course of the year.