No Trea Turner and no J.T. Realmuto at all Monday night and no Kyle Schwarber for the first eight innings? No problem for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies will look for a second straight victory over the Mets on Tuesday afternoon when they play at New York for the second day in a row. The National League East rivals will then square off in Philadelphia on Wednesday and Thursday. Aaron Nola (4-2, 3.67 ERA) is
The Tampa Bay Rays look to continue their recent dominance of the Boston Red Sox when the American League East rivals play the second of a four-game series on Tuesday in Boston. Twelve of the 14 games between the teams since the start of 2023 went the Rays’ way, including a season-series-opening, 5-3 win on Monday that got Tampa Bay back to .500 on the year. Yandy Diaz (3-for-5) and Amed Rosario (2-for-4) were the
Spencer Torkelson is finally hitting home runs again, a welcome sight for the Detroit Tigers. Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft, blasted 31 homers last year, his second season in the majors. He hadn’t gone deep this season until he smacked a ninth-inning, two-run shot in a lopsided loss to the Houston Astros on Sunday. His second homer of the year, a majestic, 446-foot blast, was more meaningful: a go-ahead, two-run
The Baltimore Orioles can usually count on offense. In fact, when the runs aren’t coming it seems almost alarming for the Orioles. They’ll try to quiet the alarm bells after a couple of sluggish days for their bats when they take on the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. The Orioles have lost two in a row following Monday night’s 3-2, 10-inning setback to Toronto when they managed only three hits. Two of those
A pair of teams intent on returning to their recent glory days will meet in a WNBA season opener on Tuesday when the Seattle Storm play host to the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx returned to the playoffs last season after their 11-year postseason run ended in 2022. Included in that 11-season stretch was four WNBA titles, with Minnesota last winning a championship in 2017. Napheesa Collier led the way for the Lynx in 2023, averaging
While plenty of attention has been paid to some of the WNBA’s newest players entering this season, the Las Vegas Aces are out to show once again they are the league’s most complete team. The two-time reigning champion Aces are set to raise another banner and receive their rings before hosting the Phoenix Mercury in the season opener on Tuesday night. “The main thing that I look at coming into this season is how do
Chris Paddack is feeling healthy, and the Minnesota Twins are feeling happy. On Tuesday night, Paddack will go for his fifth victory in a row when he and the Twins open a three-game series against the New York Yankees in Minneapolis. Paddack (4-1, 4.34 ERA), who played in just seven games over the 2022 and 2023 seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery, is coming off a win against the Seattle Mariners in his most recent
A week ago, it appeared the next time the Denver Nuggets returned home, their stay might include packing for the summer. Instead, the Nuggets went on the road where they revived their championship level of play. After losing the first two games at home to fall behind 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Nuggets went to the Midwest, where they won Games 3 and 4 to even the series 2-2.
The 2024 WNBA season will begin in Washington on Tuesday night when the rebuilding Mystics host a New York Liberty team that aims to contend for the league championship again. After finishing 19-21 last season, the Mystics look different this year. Gone are longtime leaders Natasha Cloud and Elena Delle Donne, who spent a combined 15 seasons with the franchise and helped Washington win the WNBA title in 2019. Cloud signed with the Phoenix Mercury
The last time the New York Knicks played at home, Jalen Brunson conjured up memories of the franchise’s first NBA title by playing through an injury and lifting the Knicks to a memorable victory. But the Knicks’ next championship may seem even further away by the end of Tuesday night. The undermanned Knicks will try to stop an ill-timed skid and the Pacers will aim to take the series lead Tuesday night, when New York