MLB-ALL-STAR GAME AL makes it 8 straight wins DENVER (AP) — The American League has earned its eighth consecutive All-Star Game victory. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Mike Zunino (zoo-NEE’-noh) hit solo homers and Xander Bogaerts (BOH’-gahrts) had two of the AL’s nine hits in a 5-2 victory over the National League. Marcus Semien put the junior circuit ahead to stay…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME AL makes it 8 straight wins DENVER (AP) — The American League has earned its eighth consecutive All-Star Game victory. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Mike Zunino (zoo-NEE’-noh) hit solo homers and Xander Bogaerts (BOH’-gahrts) had two of the AL’s nine hits in a 5-2 victory over the National League. Marcus Semien put the junior circuit ahead to stay…
DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Coors Field (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Shohei Ohtani unleashed his 100 mph heat while pitching a perfect inning for the win in becoming baseball’s first two-way All-Star, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. rocked Coors Field with a 468-foot home run and the American League breezed 5-2 for its…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME AL leading through 7 DENVER (AP) — The American League is on course to earn its eighth consecutive All-Star Game victory. The junior circuit led 5-2 heading into the eighth inning at Coors Field in Denver. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. supplied a solo homer and an RBI grounder that put the AL ahead, 3-0. Xander Bogaerts (BOH’-gahrts) had two…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME Midsummer Classic begins in Denver DENVER (AP) — The major league All-Star game has begun at Coors Field in Denver. The American League has won the last seven midsummer classics and have lost just three times since 1996. The National League once had a 40-26-1 record in All-Star games before the AL’s quarter-century of dominance. Angels star Shohei…
MLB-NEWS Proposed MLB changes mulled UNDATED (AP) — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says banning or limiting defensive shifts would be an effort to restore Major League Baseball to how it was played before offense was suffocated by analytics. Speaking before the All-Star Game in Denver to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Manfred said seven-inning doubleheaders and starting extra innings…
MLB-MANFRED DENVER (AP) — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says banning or limiting defensive shifts would be an effort to restore Major League Baseball to how it was played before offense was suffocated by analytics. Speaking before the All-Star Game in Denver to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Manfred said seven-inning doubleheaders and starting extra innings with runners on second…
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: The New York Jets will have eight training camp practices open to fans this summer. The dates include two joint sessions with the Philadelphia Eagles before their preseason game. The team announced tickets for fans will be free through the team’s website beginning Wednesday at 10…
