LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — The Yankees failed to make it out of spring training without a significant injury. Left-hander Zack Britton needs arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone chip from his pitching elbow, and New York's No. 2 reliever behind closer Aroldis Chapman seems certain to miss the start of the season. Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced the need for an operation following New York's 6-5 loss to Detroit on Tuesday. Britton will return to New York on Wednesday. Head team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad will perform the surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. “As far as timetables and stuff like that, we'll have more in the coming day or two days,” Boone said. Boone said Britton's ulnar collateral ligament was not suspected of being hurt, an injury that if diagnosed could lead to Tommy John surgery. Boone said Britton felt soreness Sunday night following a bullpen session and had an MRI of his elbow on Monday. “I would say it’s always concerning any time any of your players are... [More]

Michael Kopech is getting used to his new relief role with the Chicago White Sox. Judging by his first Cactus League appearance, it looks like he's going to be just fine. The talented right-hander worked a perfect fourth inning Tuesday against San Diego. It was his first game since he opted out of the pandemic-shortened season for a variety of reasons, including concerns about his mental health. “It’s been a while, obviously,” Kopech said. “But it just felt good to kind of knock some rust off and get back out there and compete.” The 24-year-old Kopech, one of baseball’s top pitching prospects, was a starter coming up through the minors and likely will return to Chicago’s rotation at some point. But he is expected to begin the year in the White Sox bullpen. Part of his spring training work involves getting up to speed when it comes to life as a reliever. He worked out of the stretch against the Padres. “If I am going to be throwing out of the bullpen for part of this year at least and maybe... [More]

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees left-hander Zack Britton needs surgery to remove a bone chip from his pitching elbow and seems certain to miss the start of the season. Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced the need for an operation following New York's 6-5 loss to Detroit on Tuesday. Britton will return to New York on Wednesday. Head team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad will perform the surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. “As far as timetables and stuff like that, we'll have more in the coming day or two days,” Boone said. Boone said Britton's ulnar collateral ligament was not suspected of being hurt, an injury that if diagnosed could lead to Tommy John surgery. Boone said Britton felt soreness Sunday night following a bullpen session and had an MRI of his elbow on Monday. “I would say it’s always concerning any time any of your players are going through tests because they’re not quite where we want them to be," Boone said. "But that said, let’s find out where we're at and... [More]

DETROIT (AP) — Shortly after his final start of the season, Casey Mize sounded ready to get right back to work. “I’m going to be really motivated to get a lot better,” the Detroit right-hander said. Mize’s arrival — along with that of fellow pitching prospect Tarik Skubal — was a significant moment for the Tigers during this shortened season, but if Detroit fans expected an immediate impact, they may have been disappointed. Mize went 0-3 with a 6.99 ERA, and Skubal was 1-4 with a 5.63 ERA. After 114 losses in 2019, the Tigers improved enough to move into contention for a spot in this year’s expanded postseason, but then a late collapse left them at 23-35. Only two major league teams finished behind Detroit. Mize, the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft, showed some of his potential in a September start when he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox, but he mostly struggled through his seven starts. Neither Mize nor Skubal had pitched above Double-A before this year,... [More]

The Chicago White Sox clinched their first postseason berth since 2008, beating the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Thursday as Eloy Jim�nez hit a tiebreaking double that capped a two-run, seventh-inning rally. Chicago (33-17) opened a three-game lead over the second-place Twins (31-21) in the AL Central. The White Sox assured themselves of no worse than a wild-card berth. Jos� Abreu homered and drove in two runs and Edwin Encarnaci�n also homered for Chicago, which won three of four in the series. Chicago trailed 3-2 in the seventh when Abreu beat out an infield hit on a slow grounder that drove in Jarrod Dyson from third base. Jim�nez followed with a go-ahead double. Codi Heuer (3-0) pitched a scoreless 1 2/3 innings, and Alex Colom� got four outs for his 12th save in 13 chances. Tyler Clippard (1-1) gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning. Byron Buxton homered twice, giving him seven in his last nine games and 12 this season. Josh Donaldson also went deep for Minnesota and was ejected for kicking... [More]

Royals first. Whit Merrifield flies out to deep left center field to Travis Demeritte. Adalberto Mondesi reaches on error. Fielding error by Sergio Alcantara. Salvador Perez homers to left field. Adalberto Mondesi scores. Maikel Franco strikes out swinging. Hunter Dozier strikes out on a foul tip.2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on. Royals 2, Tigers 0.Royals sixth. Whit Merrifield singles to shallow left field. Adalberto Mondesi flies out to shallow center field to Jorge Bonifacio. Salvador Perez doubles to deep right field. Whit Merrifield scores. Maikel Franco grounds out to first base to Jeimer Candelario. Salvador Perez to third. Hunter Dozier strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 3, Tigers 0.Royals eighth. Nicky Lopez grounds out to shallow left field, Sergio Alcantara to Jeimer Candelario. Whit Merrifield singles to shortstop. Adalberto Mondesi singles to shallow center field. Whit Merrifield to second. Salvador Perez walks. Maikel Franco strikes out swinging. Hunter Dozier grounds out to shallow center field, Willi Castro to Jeimer Candelario.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Royals 4, Tigers 0.

Tigers first. Victor Reyes lines out to deep left field to Edward Olivares. Willi Castro singles to center field. Miguel Cabrera walks. Willi Castro to second. Jeimer Candelario reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Miguel Cabrera out at second. Willi Castro to third. Niko Goodrum singles to left center field, advances to 2nd. Jeimer Candelario to third. Willi Castro scores. Jorge Bonifacio singles to center field, advances to 2nd. Niko Goodrum scores. Jeimer Candelario scores. Austin Romine strikes out swinging.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 3, Royals 0.Tigers third. Willi Castro strikes out swinging. Miguel Cabrera homers to right field. Jeimer Candelario singles to shallow center field. Niko Goodrum singles to shallow infield. Jeimer Candelario to second. Jorge Bonifacio walks. Niko Goodrum to second. Jeimer Candelario to third. Austin Romine out on a sacrifice fly to right center field to Bubba Starling. Jeimer Candelario scores. Isaac Paredes flies out to deep right center field to Bubba Starling.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 5, Royals 0.Tigers sixth. Daz Cameron strikes out swinging. Victor Reyes strikes out on a foul tip. Willi Castro homers to center field. Miguel Cabrera doubles to deep left center field. Jeimer Candelario singles to left field. Miguel Cabrera to third. Niko Goodrum strikes out swinging.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 6, Royals 0.

Tigers first. Victor Reyes walks. Willi Castro walks. Miguel Cabrera singles to shallow left field. Willi Castro to second. Jeimer Candelario flies out to Eloy Jimenez. Jorge Bonifacio singles to shallow center field, advances to 2nd. Miguel Cabrera to third. Willi Castro scores. Daz Cameron strikes out on a foul tip.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 1, White sox 0.White sox second. Eloy Jimenez flies out to deep right field to Daz Cameron. James McCann singles to shallow center field. Yoan Moncada doubles to deep center field. James McCann scores. Nomar Mazara lines out to deep left center field to Victor Reyes. Yoan Moncada to third. Danny Mendick grounds out to shortstop, Willi Castro to Jeimer Candelario.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 1, White sox 1.White sox fourth. Jose Abreu strikes out swinging. Eloy Jimenez homers to center field. James McCann strikes out swinging. Yoan Moncada singles to center field. Nomar Mazara reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop.... [More]

White sox first. Tim Anderson singles to right field. Yoan Moncada flies out to Jorge Bonifacio. Yasmani Grandal walks. Tim Anderson to second. Jose Abreu singles to center field. Yasmani Grandal to third. Tim Anderson scores. Eloy Jimenez doubles to right field. Jose Abreu to third. Yasmani Grandal scores. Edwin Encarnacion singles to center field. Eloy Jimenez to third. Jose Abreu scores. Luis Robert pops out to Jeimer Candelario. Nomar Mazara strikes out swinging.3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. White sox 3, Tigers 0.White sox third. Jose Abreu singles to shallow center field. Eloy Jimenez singles to shallow left field. Jose Abreu to second. Edwin Encarnacion flies out to center field to Victor Reyes. Luis Robert pops out to shallow infield to Grayson Greiner. Nomar Mazara doubles to left center field. Eloy Jimenez scores. Jose Abreu scores. Nick Madrigal lines out to center field to Victor Reyes.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. White sox 5, Tigers 0.White sox fourth. Tim Anderson... [More]

Cardinals second. Paul DeJong singles to deep left field. Tyler O'Neill reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow left field, advances to 2nd. Paul DeJong to third. Fielding error by Sergio Alcantara. Matt Carpenter singles to center field. Tyler O'Neill to third. Paul DeJong scores. Matt Wieters lines out to first base to Jeimer Candelario. Matt Carpenter doubled off first. Harrison Bader strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Cardinals 1, Tigers 0.Cardinals fourth. Brad Miller pops out to shallow left field to Sergio Alcantara. Paul DeJong walks. Tyler O'Neill called out on strikes. Matt Carpenter doubles to deep right center field. Paul DeJong scores. Matt Wieters pops out to shallow right field to Jonathan Schoop.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cardinals 2, Tigers 0.Cardinals fifth. Harrison Bader strikes out swinging. Kolten Wong grounds out to shallow right field, Jonathan Schoop to Jeimer Candelario. Tommy Edman homers to left field. Paul Goldschmidt walks. Brad... [More]

Cardinals second. Paul DeJong grounds out to shortstop, Willi Castro to Jeimer Candelario. Rangel Ravelo walks. Yadier Molina homers to left field. Rangel Ravelo scores. Tyler O'Neill walks. Harrison Bader strikes out on a foul tip. Lane Thomas strikes out swinging.2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cardinals 2, Tigers 0.Cardinals third. Kolten Wong walks. Tommy Edman doubles to deep left field. Kolten Wong scores. Paul Goldschmidt walks. Paul DeJong singles to shallow center field. Paul Goldschmidt to third. Tommy Edman scores. Rangel Ravelo out on a sacrifice fly to deep left center field to Travis Demeritte. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Yadier Molina lines out to deep center field to Victor Reyes. Tyler O'Neill homers to left field. Paul DeJong scores. Harrison Bader singles to left field. Lane Thomas homers to left field. Harrison Bader scores. Kolten Wong singles to deep right center field. Tommy Edman flies out to Travis Demeritte.7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cardinals 9, Tigers... [More]

Brewers second. Orlando Arcia doubles to deep left field. Luis Urias doubles to left center field. Orlando Arcia scores. Tyrone Taylor doubles to left field. Jacob Nottingham walks. Avisail Garcia doubles to deep left field. Jacob Nottingham scores. Tyrone Taylor scores. Keston Hiura grounds out to shortstop, Isaac Paredes to Jeimer Candelario. Christian Yelich grounds out to shallow infield, Jonathan Schoop to Jeimer Candelario.3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Brewers 3, Tigers 0.Brewers third. Jedd Gyorko homers to right field. Ryan Braun singles to center field. Orlando Arcia grounds out to second base. Ryan Braun out at second. Luis Urias grounds out to shortstop, Isaac Paredes to Jeimer Candelario.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 4, Tigers 0.Brewers fourth. Tyrone Taylor singles to shallow infield. Jacob Nottingham homers to left field. Tyrone Taylor scores. Avisail Garcia walks. Keston Hiura hit by pitch. Avisail Garcia to second. Christian Yelich flies out to left... [More]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched seven strong innings, Elvis Andrus homered and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-1 win Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Angels, who had won five in a row.Lynn (5-2), the first major league pitcher to make 10 starts this season, struck out six, walked two and limited the Angels to one run on four hits. The right-hander had lost his previous two starts, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) — more than he had allowed combined his first seven starts. Andrus put the Rangers ahead to stay with a solo shot in the second. They went ahead 3-0 with two unearned runs in the fourth on second baseman Matt Thaiss’ two-out error. Andrew Heaney (3-3) allowed five runs (three earned) in five innings. He struck out four and walked one. Heaney had won his last two starts and had pitched 10 consecutive scoreless innings before Andrus went deep. The lefty also gave up five runs (over 3 2-3 innings) in his first start at the Rangers’ new ballpark... [More]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched seven strong innings, Elvis Andrus homered and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-1 win Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Angels, who had won five in a row.Lynn (5-2), the first major league pitcher to make 10 starts this season, struck out six, walked two and limited the Angels to one run on four hits. The right-hander had lost his previous two starts, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) — more than he had allowed combined his first seven starts. Andrus put the Rangers ahead to stay with a solo shot in the second. They went ahead 3-0 with two unearned runs in the fourth on second baseman Matt Thaiss’ two-out error. Andrew Heaney (3-3) allowed five runs (three earned) in five innings. He struck out four and walked one. Heaney had won his last two starts and had pitched 10 consecutive scoreless innings before Andrus went deep. The lefty also gave up five runs (over 3 2-3 innings) in his first start at the Rangers’ new ballpark... [More]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched seven strong innings, Elvis Andrus homered and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-1 win Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Angels, who had won five in a row.Lynn (5-2), the first major league pitcher to make 10 starts this season, struck out six, walked two and limited the Angels to one run on four hits. The right-hander had lost his previous two starts, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) — more than he had allowed combined his first seven starts. Andrus put the Rangers ahead to stay with a solo shot in the second. They went ahead 3-0 with two unearned runs in the fourth on second baseman Matt Thaiss’ two-out error. Andrew Heaney (3-3) allowed five runs (three earned) in five innings. He struck out four and walked one. Heaney had won his last two starts and had pitched 10 consecutive scoreless innings before Andrus went deep. The lefty also gave up five runs (over 3 2-3 innings) in his first start at the Rangers’ new ballpark... [More]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched seven strong innings, Elvis Andrus homered and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-1 win Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Angels, who had won five in a row.Lynn (5-2), the first major league pitcher to make 10 starts this season, struck out six, walked two and limited the Angels to one run on four hits. The right-hander had lost his previous two starts, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) — more than he had allowed combined his first seven starts. Andrus put the Rangers ahead to stay with a solo shot in the second. They went ahead 3-0 with two unearned runs in the fourth on second baseman Matt Thaiss’ two-out error. Andrew Heaney (3-3) allowed five runs (three earned) in five innings. He struck out four and walked one. Heaney had won his last two starts and had pitched 10 consecutive scoreless innings before Andrus went deep. The lefty also gave up five runs (over 3 2-3 innings) in his first start at the Rangers’ new ballpark... [More]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Khris Davis homered and hit an RBI double against previously unbeaten Zack Greinke, and the Oakland Athletics sent the Houston Astros to their sixth straight loss, 4-2 Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader.Ash from nearby wildfires fell inside the Coliseum as the A’s stretched their AL West lead over second-place Houston to 5 1/2 games.Robbie Grossman hit a go-ahead double in the sixth and Ramón Laureano added an RBI single for Oakland.The A’s played as the visiting team in a makeup of a postponement from Aug. 30 after pitcher Daniel Mengden’s positive coronavirus test result.Davis snapped an 0-for-8 stretch playing for the first time since Aug. 26 at Texas. He began the day 3 for 8 lifetime against Greinke with a home run and a double.Greinke (3-1) allowed four runs and seven hits over six innings. He struck out six.A’s starter Frankie Montas (3-3), 0-2 over his previous three outings, gave up two runs on six hits in five innings. Liam Hendriks finished for... [More]

Twins third. Ehire Adrianza flies out to center field to Victor Reyes. Ryan Jeffers homers to center field. LaMonte Wade Jr. doubles to shallow left field. Josh Donaldson walks. Brent Rooker singles to right field. Josh Donaldson to second. LaMonte Wade Jr. to third. Eddie Rosario doubles to shallow right field, tagged out at third, Jorge Bonifacio to Jonathan Schoop to Isaac Paredes to Willi Castro. Brent Rooker scores. Josh Donaldson scores. LaMonte Wade Jr. scores. Marwin Gonzalez grounds out to third base, Isaac Paredes to Jeimer Candelario.4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Twins 4, Tigers 0.Tigers fourth. Jonathan Schoop flies out to center field to Byron Buxton. Miguel Cabrera grounds out to shortstop, Ehire Adrianza to LaMonte Wade Jr.. Jeimer Candelario doubles. Willi Castro singles to shallow left field. Jeimer Candelario scores. Christin Stewart flies out to deep left center field to Eddie Rosario.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Twins 4, Tigers 1.Twins fourth. Byron Buxton... [More]

Tigers second. Willi Castro grounds out to shallow center field, Luis Arraez to Miguel Sano. Jorge Bonifacio doubles. Travis Demeritte singles to left field. Jorge Bonifacio scores. Grayson Greiner grounds out to shortstop. Travis Demeritte out at second.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 1, Twins 0.Tigers third. Sergio Alcantara homers to left field. Victor Reyes pops out to shallow right field to Miguel Sano. Jonathan Schoop lines out to shallow infield to Luis Arraez. Miguel Cabrera grounds out to shortstop, Jorge Polanco to Miguel Sano.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 2, Twins 0.Twins third. Jake Cave walks. Ehire Adrianza doubles to deep right field. Jake Cave to third. Willians Astudillo singles to shallow center field. Ehire Adrianza scores. Jake Cave scores. Jorge Polanco reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Willians Astudillo out at second. Luis Arraez singles to shallow infield. Jorge Polanco to second. Miguel Sano strikes out swinging. Eddie Rosario pops... [More]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Rendon hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, Albert Pujols drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader.It was not a walk-off win for the Angels, though. They were the visiting team in the nightcap because it was a makeup of the Aug. 26 game in Houston that was postponed due to Tropical Storm Laura.Mike Trout became the Angels’ home run leader in the first game with No. 300 of his career and Jo Adell celebrated with a game-winning, two-run single in the seventh to give Los Angeles a 10-9 win.Rendon hitting homers to sink the Astros is nothing new. He had a three-run shot for Washington in Game 6 of last year’s World Series and then a solo drive in the deciding game to start the Nationals’ comeback.Noe Ramirez (1-0) worked a scoreless sixth and Ty Buttrey earned his fifth save.Los Angeles trailed 6-4 in the seventh. Justin Upton singled and Trout walked before Rendon... [More]