Boston’s Tanner Houck to undergo Tommy John surgery
MLB, Sports
August 4, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck’s attempt to come back this season is over. Manager Alex Cora said Saturday that Houck will undergo Tommy John surgery. An All-Star last season, ...
MLB history thwarted by rain in Speedway Classic
MLB, Sports
August 4, 2025
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was a red flag for Major League Baseball at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night. The Speedway Classic between the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds was suspended in the ...
Bristol Motor Speedway set to host Braves and Reds
MLB, News, Sports
August 2, 2025
The game will be the first MLB game in the state’s history. BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Bristol Motor Speedway is ready to make history by hosting the first Major League Baseball game in Tennessee. The stag...
Cherington believes moves create options for 2026
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
August 2, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates arrived at spring training six months ago stressing that it was time to win. They talked about urgency. They talked about internal improvements. They talked ab...
Pirates’ deals open up spots at 3rd, in rotation and bullpen
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 2, 2025
By dealing third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, left-handed reliever Caleb Ferguson, closer David Bednar and lefty starter Bailey Falter at the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates created four openings in...
MLB, Sports
August 2, 2025
Yastrzemski homers in first at-bat with Royals TORONTO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski made quite the early impression on his new teammates by homering in his first plate appearance with the Kansas City Royal...
Wrigley Field chosen to host 2027 All-Star Game
MLB, Sports
August 2, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — The Friendly Confines are set to host The Midsummer Classic. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made it official, announcing during a news conference Friday at home plate that the 2027 A...
Royals balance winning now and in the future
MLB, Sports
August 2, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals found themselves in a strange and precarious position at the trade deadline: They were both buyers and sellers, interested in supplementing the club to w...
Pirates trade Bednar to Yanks, Falter headed to KC
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
August 1, 2025
Mitch Keller, Tommy Pham, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Andrew Heaney remain Pirates. The Renegade is heading to the Bronx. The Pittsburgh Pirates dealt two-time All-Star closer David Bednar to the New York ...
Cubs add pitching depth with Soroka, Kittredge
MLB, Sports
By By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer 
August 1, 2025
The Chicago Cubs bolstered their pitching staff ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline by adding righthanders Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals and Andrew Kittredge from the Baltimore Orioles. ...
Mattson puts the cherry on top of Pirates’ sweep
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 31, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of an extra-inning mishap, then placed Isaac Mattson in a predicament. The right-handed reliever rose to the occasion to clinch the team’s first road sweep in mor...
Hayes traded to Reds, first big chip to go for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 31, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Ke’Bryan Hayes to a lengthy contract extension in the spring of 2022, both sides believed Hayes would be a vital part of a franchise-wide turnaroun...
Late runs help Bucs take series against Giants
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
TUESDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 31, 2025
The Pirates scored twice in the top of the 8th to clinch series win in San Francisco. The Pittsburgh Pirates rode a bit of momentum into the second of three games at Oracle Park on Tuesday, having won...
Pirates hold off Giants to win series opener
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
MONDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 30, 2025
Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to put the Bucs in front. Less than three full days until the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mitch Keller to the hill...
Misiorowski rebounds for win over Cubs
MLB, Sports
July 30, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers rookie sensation Jacob Misiorowski found out Monday night that it’s not always smooth sailing on the mound in the major leagues. Sporting a 3-0 record with a 0.56 ERA in three...
Bryce Harper confronts Manfred during meeting
MLB, News, Sports
July 30, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper had a spirited exchange during a question- and-answer session between the commissioner and the team, accord...
MLB, Sports
July 30, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s biggest spenders are stumbling, slowed by injuries and scrambling to patch rosters with help for battered bullpens and other positions ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. Op...
Kiner-Falefa wants to ‘keep door open’ with Bucs
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 29, 2025
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been dealt at the trade deadline before, so the difficult thing about hearing rumors isn’t that he could be on the move again but rather the disappointment of his tenure in Pitt...
A Tale of 3 cities: Oakland, Sacramento, now Vegas awaits
MLB, Sports
July 29, 2025
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Those chants of “sell the team” that rang from every corner of the Coliseum during the Athletics’ final seasons in Oakland are noticeably less obvious these days as the ...
White Sox slugger being evaluated after being hit by a pitch
MLB, Sports
MLB NOTEBOOK
July 29, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. was being evaluated after he was hit by a pitch in his return to the lineup on Sunday after missing two games because of right adductor tightne...