- Right fielder receives IV after seeing blurry during fourth inning
- Philly ends 'frustrating' homestand on low note after opening with four-game win streak
- Righty unable to finish off Padres, blames 'horrible two-strike pitches'
- Quinn placed on IL with groin strain; Hughes joins Phillies' bullpen
- Phillies' slugger finally finding success pulling the ball
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- The A's need all the help they can get as they fight for the postseason.
- When Goose Gossage and Pete Rose make valid points, something's wrong.
- The Astros fall out of the top spot after losing five straight, but the Dodgers and Yankees are both vying for it.
- After the New York Yankees lost 19-5 to the Cleveland Indians last week, Yankees manager Aaron Boone suggested that he would support a mercy rule to inhibit the possibility of position players pitching. SI Now hosts Robin Lundberg and Amy Campbell de
- The Antonio Brown saga continues, Raiders GM Mike Mayock gave Brown an ultimatum after the superstar skipped practice on Sunday. The Braves pulled Ronald Acuna Jr after admiring a long fly ball that didn’t leave the park. The Little League Classic had the Cubs and Pirates doing push-ups, playing ping
- The NL Central is the only division with at least one team within two games of first place, and it has two teams that close. It's setting up to be a three-team race for the division title, so how will the it be decided over the next 40 games?
- Matt Chapman is among the headliners in one of the deepest talent pools baseball has ever seen at third base. That's good news for the A's, who are on another remarkable run in the second half of this season.
- The Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates might have to temper or at least channel some emotion as they open a four-game series Monday in Pittsburgh. Washington, which is 9-3 in its past 12 games and chasing a National League wild-card spot, has had a few recent wild affairs. Wednesday, the Nationals
- The National League Central race intensifies when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. The Brewers (two games back), Cardinals and Chicago Cubs (tied for first) are bunched within two games of each other atop the division
- Right-hander Kyle Gibson gets the start Monday night as the Minnesota Twins open a six-game homestand against the Chicago White Sox at Target Field in Minneapolis. The Twins finished a productive 5-1 road trip to Milwaukee and Texas with the team's first-ever four-game sweep of the Rangers in Arlington
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- The A's need all the help they can get as they fight for the postseason.
- The Astros fall out of the No. 1 spot, but the Dodgers and Yankees are both vying for it.
- Pete Rose and Goose Gossage aren't fans of all the home runs being hit these days.
- Nathan Patterson signed with the Athletics after dazzling in a stadium radar gun booth.
- Royals outfielder Alex Gordon is the only player from the 2015 World Series title team still on the 25-man roster. He is undecided on possibly returning in 2020.
- Pete Alonso set an NL rookie record Sunday with his 40th homer. He broke the previous record set by Cody Bellinger.
- Yasiel Puig might be the league's biggest Little League World Series fan.
- Acuña only took a single on a ball hit to the wall and was then thrown out stealing.
- Joe Maddon and the Cubs went "sledding" with Little League World Series players on Sunday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, ahead of their game against the Pirates.
- Scherzer has only thrown five innings since the All-Star break.
