The Orioles twice came back from three-run deficits to send Wednesday night’s game to extra innings, but they ran out of gas in the 10th. After Adam Frazier’s two-run home run in the eighth tied the score, reliever Keegan Akin imploded two innings later, allowing four runs as Baltimore fell, 11-7, to the Cincinnati Reds […]

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN (Associated Press) OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Since arriving in the big leagues six years ago, Domingo Germán has been anything but perfect. Until now. The New York Yankees right-hander pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday night, retiring every Oakland batter in an 11-0 victory over the Athletics. It […]

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN (Associated Press) OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Since arriving in the big leagues six years ago, Domingo Germán has been anything but perfect. Until now. The New York Yankees right-hander pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday night, retiring every Oakland batter in an 11-0 victory over the Athletics. It […]

Fresh off two of the worst starts of his career, Domingo German delivered the definitive game of his life. The right-hander faced the minimum on Wednesday, twirling the fourth perfect game in Yankees history in an 11-0 win over the lowly A’s. German did so with dazzling efficiency, requiring just 99 pitches while striking out […]

After weeks of heavy rainfall, the Aurora City Council on Wednesday removed the city’s drought declaration, returning to normal water availability conditions. The vote comes after city staff emailed council members about removing the restrictions, as The Denver Post first reported earlier this month. That means residents and businesses will, as of Thursday, no longer […]

The so-called “intelligent spending” plan Chicago Cubs president Jed Hoyer embarked upon last offseason has produced mixed results as the team nears the halfway point of the 2023 season. Dansby Swanson, their biggest signing of the $300 million-plus spending spree, has paid dividends already. His 2.9 WAR ranked third among shortstops on Wednesday, and Swanson […]

Liam Hendriks has listened to Jim Valvano’s moving “don’t give up”’ speech from the first ESPYs in 1993. “To make that profound of a statement in that situation in his diagnosis and everything he went through, it’s something that’s mind-boggling to have the wherewithal about going through that,” Hendriks said Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium. […]

Signed. Sealed. Delivered. The NBA and the NBAPA have completed and signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the two sides announced Wednesday. The 676-page agreement has been shared with all 30 teams. It goes into effect on Saturday and will run through the 2029-30 season. “The National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association […]

George Steinbrenner, he is not. The first year of the Steve Cohen era was a wild ride, but the wildest part might have been an owner of a professional sports franchise taking to Twitter to express his displeasure as often as he did. Fans took this to mean he was going to run the Mets […]