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MLB will play 7-inning doubleheaders

NEW YORK – Shortened season, shorter games. Big league doubleheaders will now become a pair of seven-inning games, baseball’s latest radical rule change during a season reshaped b...

MLB sluggers slow out of the box to start 60-game season

Yelich in league’s worst slump

MLB postpones Blue Jays-Phillies series after more positives

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball has postponed this weekend’s scheduled series between Toronto and Philadelphia because of concerns about the coronavirus after two Phillies staffers tested p...

MLB doubleheaders could get shortened to 7-inning games

NEW YORK — Ernie Banks famously said: “Let’s play two.” Baseball players just might not want to play nine innings twice in one day during this pandemic-delayed season. ...

Rockies rely on strong pitching, sweep 2 from A’s

OAKLAND, Calif. — German Márquez struck out eight over six impressive innings to bounce back after losing on opening day at Texas, and the Colorado Rockies wrapped up a successful season-ope...

Dodgers’ Joe Kelly suspended 8 games for buzzing, mocking Astros

HOUSTON — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after throwing a fastball near the head of Houston’s Alex Bregman a...

Stray souvenirs: Without fans, MLB foul balls left stranded

OAKLAND, Calif. — Mookie Betts made a running catch in foul territory and immediately spotted something just over the padded outfield wall at Dodger Stadium: a lonely, stray baseball. ...

Rockies keep rolling behind Hilliard, Senzatela to beat A’s

OAKLAND, Calif. – Sam Hilliard homered for the first time this season, Antonio Senzatela pitched out of an early jam on his way to a rare road win, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Oakland ...

MLB suspends Marlins’ season through weekend amid outbreak

Positive COVID-19 tests derail games early in reboot

MLB returns with thrills; red flags remain after 1st weekend

NEW YORK — The World Series champion Washington Nationals stood six feet apart along the first base line and watched as a banner commemorating their title was raised, then took a knee alongs...

MLB games postponed as Marlins deal with virus outbreak

MIAMI — Two major league games scheduled for Monday night were postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak th...

Donald Trump says he won’t throw out first pitch at Yankees game

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won’t be throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium next month after all. Trump tweeted Sunday that he won’t be able to make the trip becau...