RF Giancarlo Stanton homered again on Tuesday, and he leads the majors in that category with 44. He has homered in six straight games as well as going deep 11 times in his past 12 games and 23 times in his past 35. He is on pace to hit 60 homers this season, a number that has been reached by only five players in major-league history: Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds.

RF Giancarlo Stanton went 2-for-4 with three RBIs on Monday, hitting homer No. 43, which set a single-season franchise record. The old record of 42, set by Gary Sheffield, had stood for 21 years. Also on Monday, Stanton, who hit .333 with six homers and 11 RBIs in seven games, was named the NL Player of the Week. It's the fifth career Player of the Week honor for Stanton.

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton hit his 42nd homer of the season, tying a franchise record and leading the Miami Marlins to a 5-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon. Miami swept the four-game series.Stanton, who leads the majors in homers, now shares the Marlins' single-season record with Gary Sheffield, who set the mark in 1996.Stanton belted homer No. 250 for his career, moving ahead of Mickey Mantle into 16th place in major league history for the most long balls in a player's first eight years. Since 1913, Stanton is the sixth-fastest player to reach 250 homers.Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado, who leads the majors in RBIs with 100, was hit on the left hand on a pitch by Marlins starter Vance Worley. Arenado left the game immediately. X-rays were negative, and he hopes to avoid a disabled-list stint.Giants 4, Nationals 2 (Game 1)WASHINGTON -- Joe Panik was 3-for-4 with a walk and drove in two runs and Chris Stratton got his first major league win as a starter as San... [More]

RF Giancarlo Stanton on Sunday hit his 42nd homer of the season, tying a franchise season record set by Gary Sheffield in 1996. Stanton leads the majors in homers. It was career homer No. 250 for Stanton, who moved ahead of Mickey Mantle into 16th place in major league history for the most long balls in a player's first eight years. Since 1913, Stanton is the sixth-fastest player to reach 250 homers.

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton hit his 42nd homer of the season, tying a franchise record and leading the Miami Marlins to a 5-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon. Miami swept the four-game series.Stanton, who leads the majors in homers, now shares the Marlins' single-season record with Gary Sheffield, who set the mark in 1996.Stanton belted homer No. 250 for his career, moving ahead of Mickey Mantle into 16th place in major league history for the most long balls in a player's first eight years. Since 1913, Stanton is the sixth-fastest player to reach 250 homers.Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado, who leads the majors in RBIs with 100, was hit on the left hand on a pitch by Marlins starter Vance Worley. Arenado left the game immediately. X-rays were negative, and he hopes to avoid a disabled-list stint.Giants 4, Nationals 2 (Game 1)WASHINGTON -- Joe Panik was 3-for-4 with a walk and drove in two runs and Chris Stratton got his first major league win as a starter as San... [More]

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton hit his 42nd homer of the season, tying a franchise record with No. 250 for his career and leading the Miami Marlins to a 5-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon at Marlins Park.Stanton, who leads the majors in homers, now shares the Marlins' single-season record with Gary Sheffield, who set the mark in 1996.Stanton moved ahead of Mickey Mantle into 16th place in major league history for the most long balls in a player's first eight years. Since 1913, Stanton is the sixth-fastest player to reach 250 homers.The Marlins (56-60) swept the series from Colorado (65-52). It was Miami's first three-game sweep since July 7-9 at the San Francisco Giants, and its first home sweep since beating the Philadelphia Phillies in May.Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado, who leads the majors in RBIs with 100, was hit on the left hand on a pitch by Marlins starter Vance Worley. Arenado left the game immediately.Dodgers 6, Padres 4LOS ANGELES -- Justin Turner homered... [More]

The news is not as bad as it looked initially for Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper after he was injured in the bottom of the first inning Saturday night against the San Francisco Giants.The right fielder and 2015 National League MVP has a bone bruise in his left knee but no ligament damage, general manager Mike Rizzo said at Nationals Park on Sunday morning. Harper is out indefinitely, but the Nationals hope he can return at some point this season.Harper collapsed in a heap after he went flying through the air when his spike slipped on a wet first base bag while trying to beat out a groundball.Harper was placed on the 10-day disabled list, and outfielder Michael A. Taylor was recalled from his minor league rehab assignment with the Double-A Harrisburg. Taylor had been sidelined due to a right oblique strain.--The San Diego Padres extended the contract of manager Andy Green for three years through the 2021 season.Green, 40, is finishing his second year at the helm.The Padres, made... [More]

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton hit his 42nd home run of the season on Sunday afternoon, tying a Miami Marlins franchise record with No. 250 for his career in a game against the Colorado Rockies at Marlins Park.In the same game, Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado, who leads the majors in RBIs with 100, was hit on the left hand on a pitch by Marlins starter Vance Worley. Arenado left the game immediately, culminating his frustrating series. Arenado was also ejected from Saturday's game after he was called out on a check swing.Stanton, who leads the majors in homers, now shares the Marlins' single-season record with Gary Sheffield, who set the mark in 1996.Stanton moved ahead of Mickey Mantle into 16th place in major league history for the most homers in a player's first eight years.In addition, since 1913, Stanton is the sixth-fastest player to reach 250 homers.

RF Giancarlo Stanton homered again on Saturday and went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. He fell a triple short of the cycle and has 20 homers in 32 games and 41 total, one short of the franchise record set by Gary Sheffield in 1996. Since 2000, only two players - David Ortiz in 2006 and Chris Davis in 2013 - have reached 40 homers quicker than Stanton, who accomplished the feat on Friday.

RF Giancarlo Stanton leads the majors with 40 homers after hitting a solo shot against the Rockies on Friday. Since moving to second in the batting order on May 23, Stanton is batting .290 with 29 homers and 56 RBIs in 67 starts.

NEW YORK -- Todd Frazier hit a tiebreaking single with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth inning as the New York Yankees pulled off a stunning comeback and beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-4, Friday night, ending their longtime rival's season-high eight-game winning streak.Blanked for seven innings, the Yankees came alive against Addison Reed (0-1) in the eighth. After Brett Gardner was hit on the foot, Aaron Hicks lifted a full count slider into the first few rows of the right-field seats near the foul pole to make it a one-run game.The Yankees had runners at first and second after Gary Sanchez singled and Aaron Judge walked. Reed was replaced by Joe Kelly, who gave up a bloop single to Didi Gregorius to tie the game at 3-3.Four pitches later, Frazier blooped Kelly's 100 mph fastball in front of left fielder Andrew Beintendi as Judge scored. The Yankees loaded the bases and added insurance when Ronald Torreyes lifted a sacrifice fly.Cardinals 8, Braves 5ST. LOUIS -- Make it a season-high... [More]

NEW YORK -- Todd Frazier hit a tiebreaking single with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth inning as the New York Yankees pulled off a stunning comeback and beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-4, Friday night, ending their longtime rival's season-high eight-game winning streak.Blanked for seven innings, the Yankees came alive against Addison Reed (0-1) in the eighth. After Brett Gardner was hit on the foot, Aaron Hicks lifted a full count slider into the first few rows of the right-field seats near the foul pole to make it a one-run game.The Yankees had runners at first and second after Gary Sanchez singled and Aaron Judge walked. Reed was replaced by Joe Kelly, who gave up a bloop single to Didi Gregorius to tie the game at 3-3.Four pitches later, Frazier blooped Kelly's 100 mph fastball in front of left fielder Andrew Beintendi as Judge scored. The Yankees loaded the bases and added insurance when Ronald Torreyes lifted a sacrifice fly.Cardinals 8, Braves 5ST. LOUIS -- Make it a season-high... [More]

RF Giancarlo Stanton hit another homer Thursday, his third in four games at Washington. He went deep for a 2-0 lead and has 39 homers to lead the majors.

RF Giancarlo Stanton set a career high with his 38th homer in the fifth, a three-run shot to snap a 1-1 tie Tuesday. "We got some key hits. Giancarlo put us by three. He has been on the field all year. He is taking his walks more," said Don Mattingly, the Marlinsmanager. Mattingly said Stanton should not set a limit for himself on the number of homers he can hit as he closes in on the franchise record of 42.

PHOENIX -- Jake Lamb had two homers and five RBIs, and his go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field on Tuesday.Lamb, batting .143 in 91 at-bats against lefties this season, pulled a breaking ball off the right field foul pole against Tony Watson (5-4) for a 6-3 lead. Chris Iannetta had two hits and a homer for Arizona, which moved one-half game ahead of the Colorado Rockies to lead the NL wild-card race.David Hernandez (1-0) struck out the only batter he faced in the seventh inning for his first victory since rejoining the D-backs at the trade deadline. Fernando Rodney recorded his 26th save.Justin Turner had two homers for the Dodgers, who had won 44 of their previous 51. They still have the third-best 52-game stretch in modern history, behind the 1912 New York Giants and the 1906 Chicago Cubs.Red Sox 2, Rays 0ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Sale struck out 13 batters in eight innings to lead Boston... [More]

PHOENIX -- Jake Lamb had two homers and five RBIs, and his go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field on Tuesday.Lamb, batting .143 in 91 at-bats against lefties this season, pulled a breaking ball off the right field foul pole against Tony Watson (5-4) for a 6-3 lead. Chris Iannetta had two hits and a homer for Arizona, which moved one-half game ahead of the Colorado Rockies to lead the NL wild-card race.David Hernandez (1-0) struck out the only batter he faced in the seventh inning for his first victory since rejoining the D-backs at the trade deadline. Fernando Rodney recorded his 26th save.Justin Turner had two homers for the Dodgers, who had won 44 of their previous 51. They still have the third-best 52-game stretch in modern history, behind the 1912 New York Giants and the 1906 Chicago Cubs.Red Sox 2, Rays 0ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Sale struck out 13 batters in eight innings to lead Boston... [More]

PHOENIX -- Jake Lamb had two homers and five RBIs, and his go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field on Tuesday.Lamb, batting .143 in 91 at-bats against lefties this season, pulled a breaking ball off the right field foul pole against Tony Watson (5-4) for a 6-3 lead. Chris Iannetta had two hits and a homer for Arizona, which moved one-half game ahead of the Colorado Rockies to lead the NL wild-card race.David Hernandez (1-0) struck out the only batter he faced in the seventh inning for his first victory since rejoining the D-backs at the trade deadline. Fernando Rodney recorded his 26th save.Justin Turner had two homers for the Dodgers, who had won 44 of their previous 51. They still have the third-best 52-game stretch in modern history, behind the 1912 New York Giants and the 1906 Chicago Cubs.Red Sox 2, Rays 0ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Sale struck out 13 batters in eight innings to lead Boston... [More]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Sale struck out 13 batters in eight innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to their seventh straight victory, 2-0 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.Sale (14-4) gave up two hits and one walk on 112 pitches (80 strikes). His 229 strikeouts are the best in the major leagues. Craig Kimbrel struck out all three batters he faced in the ninth inning for his 28th save.Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rafael Devers drove in the game's two runs. Boston's Dustin Pedroia was activated off the 10-day disabled list and went 0-for-4 with a walk and a run.Tampa Bay's Austin Pruitt (6-3) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings. Peter Bourjos and Wilson Ramos singled for the Rays, who did not advance a runner to third base.Indians 4, Rockies 1CLEVELAND -- Yan Gomes' three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning capped a four-run rally and lifted Cleveland over Colorado.The winning pitcher was Corey Kluber, who threw his second consecutive three-hit complete... [More]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Sale struck out 13 batters in eight innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to their seventh straight victory, 2-0 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.Sale (14-4) gave up two hits and one walk on 112 pitches (80 strikes). His 229 strikeouts are the best in the major leagues. Craig Kimbrel struck out all three batters he faced in the ninth inning for his 28th save.Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rafael Devers drove in the game's two runs. Boston's Dustin Pedroia was activated off the 10-day disabled list and went 0-for-4 with a walk and a run.Tampa Bay's Austin Pruitt (6-3) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings. Peter Bourjos and Wilson Ramos singled for the Rays, who did not advance a runner to third base.Indians 4, Rockies 1CLEVELAND -- Yan Gomes' three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning capped a four-run rally and lifted Cleveland over Colorado.The winning pitcher was Corey Kluber, who threw his second consecutive three-hit complete... [More]

OF Giancarlo Stanton hit the 17th homer in his career at Nationals Park, the most of any opposing player Monday He has also has a major league-leading 37 homers this year. "If he's on the field and stay on the field, he's going to hit 40 to 50 every year. That's what's going to happen if he stays on the field," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.