Mets third. Amed Rosario singles to deep left field, advances to 3rd. Fielding error by Marcell Ozuna. Brandon Nimmo walks. Michael Conforto singles to left field, advances to 2nd. Brandon Nimmo to third. Amed Rosario scores. Pete Alonso walks. Robinson Cano singles to shallow left field. Pete Alonso to second. Michael Conforto scores. Brandon Nimmo scores. J.D. Davis reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Robinson Cano out at second. Pete Alonso to third. Dominic Smith walks. J.D. Davis to second. Wilson Ramos singles to center field. Dominic Smith to second. J.D. Davis to third. Pete Alonso scores. Andres Gimenez pops out to first base to Freddie Freeman. Amed Rosario grounds out to shortstop, Johan Camargo to Freddie Freeman.4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3 left on. Mets 4, Braves 0.Mets fourth. Brandon Nimmo called out on strikes. Michael Conforto singles to deep right field. Pete Alonso walks. Michael Conforto to second. Robinson Cano singles to center field, advances to 2nd. Pete... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. called out on strikes. Ozzie Albies flies out to left field to Dominic Smith. Freddie Freeman walks. Marcell Ozuna homers to center field. Freddie Freeman scores. Matt Adams strikes out swinging.2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, Mets 0.Braves second. Dansby Swanson singles to left field. Johan Camargo strikes out swinging. Ender Inciarte flies out to center field to Brandon Nimmo. Tyler Flowers doubles to deep right field. Dansby Swanson scores. Ronald Acuna Jr. doubles to deep left center field. Tyler Flowers scores. Ozzie Albies singles to shallow center field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Freddie Freeman grounds out to shallow right field, Jeff McNeil to Pete Alonso.3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 5, Mets 0.Mets fifth. Brandon Nimmo walks. Jeff McNeil singles to shallow center field. Brandon Nimmo to second. Pete Alonso strikes out swinging. Michael Conforto singles to center field. Jeff McNeil to second. Brandon Nimmo to third. Robinson... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third straight night, Jordan Montgomery cut up one of the league’s hottest lineups in his 2020 debut and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Friday night in their first home game of the coronavirus-shortened season.Judge took aim at Yankee Stadium’s short right field porch in the third, a half-inning after starting a double play from right. Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner hit their first home runs of the season, Chad Green pitched two perfect innings in relief, and Adam Ottavino and Jonathan Holder closed up shop as New York improved to 5-1.Michael Chavis homered for Boston and Phillips Valdez impressed over 2 2/3 scoreless innings, but the club couldn’t overcome another poor start by Ryan Weber (0-2).There was also a moment of silence for late Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner, who died in April. New York is wearing uniform patches with his initials this season.Montgomery (1-0) pitched 5 2/3 innings, limiting the Red Sox to a run,... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third straight night, Jordan Montgomery cut up one of the league’s hottest lineups in his 2020 debut and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Friday night in their first home game of the coronavirus-shortened season.Judge took aim at Yankee Stadium’s short right field porch in the third, a half-inning after starting a double play from right. Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner hit their first home runs of the season, Chad Green pitched two perfect innings in relief, and Adam Ottavino and Jonathan Holder closed up shop as New York improved to 5-1.Michael Chavis homered for Boston and Phillips Valdez impressed over 2 2/3 scoreless innings, but the club couldn’t overcome another poor start by Ryan Weber (0-2).There was also a moment of silence for late Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner, who died in April. New York is wearing uniform patches with his initials this season.Montgomery (1-0) pitched 5 2/3 innings, limiting the Red Sox to a run,... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third straight night, Jordan Montgomery cut up one of the league’s hottest lineups in his 2020 debut and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Friday night in their first home game of the coronavirus-shortened season.Judge took aim at Yankee Stadium’s short right field porch in the third, a half-inning after starting a double play from right. Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner hit their first home runs of the season, Chad Green pitched two perfect innings in relief, and Adam Ottavino and Jonathan Holder closed up shop as New York improved to 5-1.Michael Chavis homered for Boston and Phillips Valdez impressed over 2 2/3 scoreless innings, but the club couldn’t overcome another poor start by Ryan Weber (0-2).There was also a moment of silence for late Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner, who died in April. New York is wearing uniform patches with his initials this season.Montgomery (1-0) pitched 5 2/3 innings, limiting the Red Sox to a run,... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third straight night, Jordan Montgomery cut up one of the league’s hottest lineups in his 2020 debut and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Friday night in their first home game of the coronavirus-shortened season.Judge took aim at Yankee Stadium’s short right field porch in the third, a half-inning after starting a double play from right. Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner hit their first home runs of the season, Chad Green pitched two perfect innings in relief, and Adam Ottavino and Jonathan Holder closed up shop as New York improved to 5-1.Michael Chavis homered for Boston and Phillips Valdez impressed over 2 2/3 scoreless innings, but the club couldn’t overcome another poor start by Ryan Weber (0-2).There was also a moment of silence for late Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner, who died in April. New York is wearing uniform patches with his initials this season.Montgomery (1-0) pitched 5 2/3 innings, limiting the Red Sox to a run,... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. strikes out swinging. Dansby Swanson grounds out to shortstop, Amed Rosario to Pete Alonso. Freddie Freeman singles to right center field. Marcell Ozuna singles to shallow infield. Freddie Freeman to second. Matt Adams singles to shortstop. Marcell Ozuna to third. Freddie Freeman scores. Travis d'Arnaud singles to center field. Matt Adams to second. Marcell Ozuna scores. Austin Riley grounds out to shallow infield, Amed Rosario to Pete Alonso.2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Braves 2, Mets 0.Mets fourth. Brandon Nimmo called out on strikes. Pete Alonso walks. J.D. Davis homers to center field. Pete Alonso scores. Michael Conforto lines out to left center field to Ender Inciarte. Yoenis Cespedes lines out to shallow infield to Marcell Ozuna.2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Mets 2, Braves 2.Mets fifth. Robinson Cano homers to right field. Wilson Ramos singles to right field. Andres Gimenez singles to shallow infield. Wilson Ramos to second. Amed Rosario... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Eaton’s bases-loaded chopper broke a scoreless tie in the 10th inning on a close play and Asdrúbal Cabrera followed with a three-run triple, helping the Nationals snap a three-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 Wednesday night.In a quirky game befitting this pandemic-altered, upside-down season, Toronto’s team played its “home opener” at Washington — batting in the bottom half of each inning, wearing its white uniforms, playing its players’ walk-up music and even blaring the song “OK Blue Jays,” the club’s traditional seventh-inning stretch staple.Toronto’s Nate Pearson, in his big league debut, and Washington’s Max Scherzer, in his 358th start in the majors, put up plenty of zeros. So did the relievers that followed. In the top of the 10th, though, Washington moved ahead on an odd-looking play. After starting with the automatic runner on second base Washington loaded the bags with two walks from Toronto’s sixth pitcher, Shun Yamaguchi (0-2).After... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Eaton’s bases-loaded chopper broke a scoreless tie in the 10th inning on a close play and Asdrúbal Cabrera followed with a three-run triple, helping the Nationals snap a three-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 Wednesday night.In a quirky game befitting this pandemic-altered, upside-down season, Toronto’s team played its “home opener” at Washington — batting in the bottom half of each inning, wearing its white uniforms, playing its players’ walk-up music and even blaring the song “OK Blue Jays,” the club’s traditional seventh-inning stretch staple.Toronto’s Nate Pearson, in his big league debut, and Washington’s Max Scherzer, in his 358th start in the majors, put up plenty of zeros. So did the relievers that followed. In the top of the 10th, though, Washington moved ahead on an odd-looking play. After starting with the automatic runner on second base Washington loaded the bags with two walks from Toronto’s sixth pitcher, Shun Yamaguchi (0-2).After... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Eaton’s bases-loaded chopper broke a scoreless tie in the 10th inning on a close play and Asdrúbal Cabrera followed with a three-run triple, helping the Nationals snap a three-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 Wednesday night.In a quirky game befitting this pandemic-altered, upside-down season, Toronto’s team played its “home opener” at Washington — batting in the bottom half of each inning, wearing its white uniforms, playing its players’ walk-up music and even blaring the song “OK Blue Jays,” the club’s traditional seventh-inning stretch staple.Toronto’s Nate Pearson, in his big league debut, and Washington’s Max Scherzer, in his 358th start in the majors, put up plenty of zeros. So did the relievers that followed. In the top of the 10th, though, Washington moved ahead on an odd-looking play. After starting with the automatic runner on second base Washington loaded the bags with two walks from Toronto’s sixth pitcher, Shun Yamaguchi (0-2).After... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Eaton’s bases-loaded chopper broke a scoreless tie in the 10th inning on a close play and Asdrúbal Cabrera followed with a three-run triple, helping the Nationals snap a three-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 Wednesday night.In a quirky game befitting this pandemic-altered, upside-down season, Toronto’s team played its “home opener” at Washington — batting in the bottom half of each inning, wearing its white uniforms, playing its players’ walk-up music and even blaring the song “OK Blue Jays,” the club’s traditional seventh-inning stretch staple.Toronto’s Nate Pearson, in his big league debut, and Washington’s Max Scherzer, in his 358th start in the majors, put up plenty of zeros. So did the relievers that followed. In the top of the 10th, though, Washington moved ahead on an odd-looking play. After starting with the automatic runner on second base Washington loaded the bags with two walks from Toronto’s sixth pitcher, Shun Yamaguchi (0-2).After... [More]

Braves third. Ronald Acuna Jr. singles to right field. Ozzie Albies grounds out to shallow infield to Yandy Diaz. Ronald Acuna Jr. to second. Freddie Freeman homers to right field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Marcell Ozuna singles to left field. Matt Adams lines out to center field to Kevin Kiermaier. Travis d'Arnaud called out on strikes.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 2, Rays 0.Rays fifth. Kevin Kiermaier grounds out to shallow infield, Ozzie Albies to Freddie Freeman. Hunter Renfroe grounds out to shallow left field, Austin Riley to Freddie Freeman. Willy Adames singles to right field. Mike Zunino walks. Willy Adames to second. Brandon Lowe strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Braves 2, Rays 1.Rays sixth. Joey Wendle singles to deep center field. Yandy Diaz walks. Joey Wendle to second. Yoshi Tsutsugo strikes out swinging. Manuel Margot flies out to deep left field to Marcell Ozuna. Kevin Kiermaier singles to center field, advances to 2nd. Yandy Diaz to third.... [More]

Braves third. Ender Inciarte reaches on error. Fielding error by Ji-Man Choi. Alex Jackson doubles to deep left field. Ender Inciarte to third. Ronald Acuna Jr. walks. Ozzie Albies strikes out swinging. Freddie Freeman strikes out swinging. Marcell Ozuna singles to deep left field. Ronald Acuna Jr. to second. Alex Jackson to third. Ender Inciarte scores. Matt Adams pops out to shortstop to Joey Wendle.1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on. Braves 1, Rays 0.Rays third. Kevin Kiermaier walks. Michael Perez flies out to left field to Marcell Ozuna. Ji-Man Choi strikes out swinging. Brandon Lowe walks. Yandy Diaz walks. Brandon Lowe to second. Kevin Kiermaier to third. Yoshi Tsutsugo singles to deep right center field. Yandy Diaz to third. Brandon Lowe scores. Kevin Kiermaier scores. Jose Martinez singles to left field. Yoshi Tsutsugo to second. Yandy Diaz scores. Joey Wendle singles to shallow center field. Jose Martinez to third. Yoshi Tsutsugo scores. Hunter Renfroe grounds out to shortstop,... [More]

Braves second. Matt Adams flies out to left field to Yoshi Tsutsugo. Dansby Swanson homers to center field. Austin Riley strikes out swinging. Ender Inciarte walks. William Contreras strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 1, Rays 0.Rays third. Willy Adames strikes out swinging. Kevin Kiermaier grounds out to second base, Ozzie Albies to Freddie Freeman. Mike Zunino homers to center field. Ji-Man Choi strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 1, Rays 1.Rays fourth. Brandon Lowe pops out to shallow left field to Austin Riley. Jose Martinez walks. Yoshi Tsutsugo walks. Jose Martinez to second. Hunter Renfroe homers to center field. Yoshi Tsutsugo scores. Jose Martinez scores. Joey Wendle homers to right field. Willy Adames walks. Kevin Kiermaier singles to shortstop. Willy Adames scores. Mike Zunino hit by pitch. Kevin Kiermaier to second. Ji-Man Choi strikes out swinging. Brandon Lowe triples to deep center field. Mike Zunino scores. Kevin Kiermaier... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. called out on strikes. Ozzie Albies doubles to shallow right field. Freddie Freeman walks. Marcell Ozuna flies out to deep center field to Brandon Nimmo. Ozzie Albies to third. Matt Adams singles to shallow center field. Freddie Freeman to third. Ozzie Albies scores. Dansby Swanson singles to shallow center field. Matt Adams out at third. Freddie Freeman scores.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 2, Mets 0.Mets second. J.D. Davis pops out to shortstop to Dansby Swanson. Robinson Cano grounds out to shortstop, Dansby Swanson to Freddie Freeman. Tomas Nido walks. Brandon Nimmo doubles to deep left field. Tomas Nido scores. Amed Rosario grounds out to shortstop, Dansby Swanson to Freddie Freeman.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 2, Mets 1.Braves third. Ozzie Albies reaches on error. Fielding error by Jeff McNeil. Freddie Freeman walks. Ozzie Albies to second. Marcell Ozuna doubles to deep left field. Freddie Freeman to third. Ozzie Albies scores.... [More]

Mets seventh. Michael Conforto flies out to deep center field to Ender Inciarte. Yoenis Cespedes homers to left field. Robinson Cano strikes out swinging. J.D. Davis grounds out to third base, Austin Riley to Freddie Freeman.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Mets 1, Braves 0.

ATLANTA (AP) — Free agent outfielder Yasiel Puig and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a one-year deal, a person with knowledge of the deal said Tuesday.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement is not official until Puig passes a physical.The agreement helps the Braves address a depth problem in their outfield.Puig hit a combined .267 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs for Cincinnati and Cleveland in 2019. He also stole 19 bases.The 29-year-old Puig was the last big-name free agent from the offseason who had not signed with a team.Puig, from Cuba, made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2013. He hit .263 with a career-high 28 homers for the Dodgers in 2017 and added 23 homers in 125 games in 2018.The NL East champion Braves were facing a depth problem in their outfield even after signing Marcell Ozuna to a one-year, $18 million deal in the offseason. Veteran Nick Markakis opted out of the season before summer camp. Ozuna or Adam... [More]

ATLANTA (AP) — Free agent outfielder Yasiel Puig and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a one-year deal, a person with knowledge of the deal said Tuesday.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement is not official until Puig passes a physical.The agreement helps the Braves address a depth problem in their outfield.Puig hit a combined .267 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs for Cincinnati and Cleveland in 2019. He also stole 19 bases.The 29-year-old Puig was the last big-name free agent from the offseason who had not signed with a team.Puig, from Cuba, made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2013. He hit .263 with a career-high 28 homers for the Dodgers in 2017 and added 23 homers in 125 games in 2018.The NL East champion Braves were facing a depth problem in their outfield even after signing Marcell Ozuna to a one-year, $18 million deal in the offseason. Veteran Nick Markakis opted out of the season before summer camp. Ozuna or Adam... [More]

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis opted out of the 2020 season on Monday due to increased concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.Markakis is the second Atlanta veteran in two days to announce plans to sit out the 60-game season. He follows right-hander Félix Hernández, the former Cy Young winner with Seattle who was competing for a rotation spot before opting out on Sunday. The 36-year-old Markakis said Monday he was uneasy about playing the season without fans and then was swayed by his telephone conversation with teammate Freddie Freeman, who has tested positive for COVID-19 and has fever and other symptoms.“Just hearing him, the way he sounded on the phone, it was tough,” Markakis said. “It was kind of eye-opening. What everything that’s going on, not just with baseball but all over the world, it makes you open your eyes.”Freeman, top setup man Will Smith, right-hander Touki Toussaint and infielder Pete Kozma tested positive for the coronavirus. Manager Brian Snitker... [More]

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — When Atlanta Braves hitters talk about their goals, they rarely speak about number of home runs, RBIs, steals or average.Instead, it's three words: "Just stay healthy."Ender Inciarte understands that so well after an injury-plagued 2019 season. The two-plus months of recovery and rehabilitation left him thinking, "I don't want to repeat that ever again."Inciarte is part of a full Braves outfield that includes one of the most talented young players in the game in Ronald Acuna Jr., free-agent acquisition Marcell Ozuna, productive Nick Markakis and veteran Adam Duvall.When he's feeling fine, Inciarte is one of baseball's best defensive players.From 2016-18, Inciarte was one of just four players in the majors to win a Gold Glove three straight years. The others were third baseman Nolan Arenado, pitcher Zack Greinke and outfielder Mookie Betts.Inciarte also proved to be a solid offensive player by averaging 22 steals and a .287 batting average in that span.Last season,... [More]