1978 — Willie McCovey became the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs. His shot off Atlanta’s Jamie Easterly wasn’t enough, with the Braves beating the visiting San Francisco ...

Folks in Milwaukee still are livid that Counsell left for the Cubs, of all teams, but that anger greatly subsided when the ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series. Chicago has gone 18-24 at home and 27-56 overall. The White Sox have a 14-41 ...

The Rockies, Marlins, and Rangers have floating closing options, making them bullpens to follow for fantasy teams looking to make up ground in saves.

Former Boston Red Sox teammates meet again when Rafael Devers and Andrew Benintendi go head-to-head for the second straight night as the San Francisco Giants continue their road series against the ...

Nick Martinez carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning and Spencer Steer homered in each of his first three at-bats to lift ...

2010 — Cristie Kerr cruises to a 12-stroke victory in the LPGA Championship in one of the most lopsided wins at a major. Kerr ...

Two-time World Series MVP Corey Seager is usually one of the game's elite players when he's on the field, but he's got just a ...

1917 Catcher Hank Gowdy of the Boston Braves became the first major league player to enter military service in World War I. 1939 The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played a 23-inning, 2-2 tie.

On Monday, the Angels became the first team in 34 years to get eight of their own first-round draft picks into the same game.

2007 — Ryan Howard hits his 100th career home run in a 9 - 6 loss to the Reds. The shot against Aaron Harang makes him the fastest player in major league history to hit 100 homers, doing so in his ...

1939 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played a 23-inning, 2-2 tie. Whit Wyatt pitched the first 16 innings for the Dodgers. Both clubs played a 26-inning tie in 1920 at the same Braves ...