Yaz's grandson hit a home run Tuesday at Fenway Park, which was cool. But there was a whole lot of other things that went on.
Bob Hille
The Brewers and Cubs both have 82-69 records and are now tied for the second National League wild-card spot.
Ameer Tyree
Boston witnessed a dramatic baseball moment as it welcomed another Yastrzemski to its home field.
Dan Bernstein
Mike is the 29-year-old grandson of Hall of Famer and Red Sox icon Carl Yastrzemski, 80, who'll be at one of the games.
Milwaukee (80-69) is one game back of the Cubs, who hold the National League second wild-card spot.
The Red Sox's vote of confidence came days after the team fired president Dave Dombrowski, who hired Cora in November 2017.
Los Angeles' offense was powered by Corey Seager, who hit two home runs and tallied five RBIs in the contest.
New York also got a strong showing from Jacob deGrom, who tallied 11 strikeouts in seven innings of work while only giving up three hits.
Ortiz received a standing ovation from the Fenway Park crowd.
J Crabtree-Hannigan
On the bright side, Boone also said Giancarlo Stanton might return next week to play in his first game since June.
Dombrowski was fired Monday less than a year after winning the World Series. It's a move unlike anything we've seen in recent history.
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Despite Boston's shortcomings in 2019, the future of the Red Sox is a pretty clear one, despite the firing of Dave Dombrowski.
Joe Rivera
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Arizona has gone 11-1 in its last 12 games with its most recent win Saturday over Cincinnati.
Alexis Mansanarez
Mookie Betts is a year away from possibly becoming a free agent. One former exec would do all that he could to keep the outfielder in Boston.
Tom Gatto
The Braves' win opened a streak of 14 straight games against NL East rivals Washington and Philadelphia.
Arthur Weinstein
Gio Urshela is expected to back in the lineup this weekend against the Red Sox after a stint on the injured list with a groin injury.
Travis Durkee
Rosters are expanding in Major League Baseball, and many call-ups will be able to have an impact on teams in the hunt for postseason spots.
Edward Sutelan
Verlander struck out 14 and walked only one in the Astros' 2-0 win over the Blue Jays and is now 17-5 this season.
While LeMahieu went 1 for 5 on the day, he came up big when his team needed him most.
The outfielder's word choice was easy to pick up on the TV broadcast.
Ortiz hired Ed Davis' firm a few weeks after the Boston slugger returned to the U.S. after he was shot June 9.
"It doesn't matter what you did the day before," Turner told reporters after the game. "You gotta show up the next day at 0-0. "
Clemens had reportedly been mentioned in recent weeks in both Texas and Washington as a possible candidate for the GOP-friendly district.
Sale was diagnosed with inflammation in his left elbow and underwent a platelet-rich plasma injection, the team announced Tuesday.
Gabrielle McMillen
The feat came exactly one year and one day after Justin Verlander joined the 200 club.
Chris Sale has posted good numbers this season but has seen a noticeable dip in his velocity.
Thomas Lott
Seager became the 11th Mariner in team history with three home runs in a single game.
Sale threw a very special pitch Tuesday.
Cashner “understands” the demotion and has accepted the role, manager Alex Cora told reporters Monday.
E.Jay Zarett
The move comes as a bit of a surprise, since there was no indication Price was dealing with any discomfort.
The ace pitched six innings, allowing five runs off seven hits while striking out two and walking two in his debut.
Torres appeared to have injured himself early in Sunday's game and was seen running at half speed at one point.
Chris Sale was ejected in the fourth inning after he was taken out of the Red Sox's 9-2 loss to the Yankees.
The Yankees won the opener 9-2, behind a pair of home runs by DJ LeMahieu, who was greeted by chants of "MVP!"
Every time it seems the Yankees are getting healthier, another star lands on the injured list.
"I just asked (manager) Joe (Maddon) to be patient with me. Just give me a shot and here we go," Heyward said.
The 11-8 Atlanta victory came a day after Washington won with a similar margin of victory, 6-3, and was led by the efforts of Adam Duvall.
A deal between the two teams, however, is unlikely, according to multiple reports, including The Athletic.
"Being at home and look at my family celebrating that lm here safe is priceless," Ortiz wrote Monday on Instagram.
Kirstie Chiappelli
"All our goals are still here," J.T. Realmuto said after the game. "We feel like we have a team here to do something special."
The Blue Jays trailed the Rays by four runs entering the ninth inning, but rallied to tie it up and win it in extra innings.
Ortiz was shot and severely wounded June 9 in a shooting at a nightclub in his native Dominican Republic.
Betts homered in his first three at-bats against the Yankees Friday night, thrilling a young Make-A-Wish fan he met before the game.
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Minnesota turned a 5-4-3 triple play in the first inning against New York.
Boston is reportedly “monitoring” the availability of Abreu and evaluating a potential deal for Hudson.
The Dodgers notched three home runs in the shutout but starter Walker Buehler stole the show.
The Cardinals topped the Reds 12-11 at Great American Ball Park, despite trailing 7-0 entering the sixth inning.
Three friends had an extra ticket to Wednesday's Red Sox game and decided to gift it to a homeless man.
Alyssa Sconzo
Eovaldi, who can’t be activated until Saturday at the earliest, has been on the injured list since late April because of a sore elbow.
Green debuted with the Red Sox in 1959, making them the last in MLB to integrate 12 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
The Giants have shaken things up massively with their recent trip to Coors Field in Colorado.
Bellinger managed to steal the show after he hit two home runs to now lead the major league with 33 on the season.
The two teams went 18 innings that took 7 hours, 20 minutes in the 2018 World Series. This time? It took "only" 5:40 to finish things.
Tampa Bay was close to pitching the first combined perfect game in MLB history.
The Dodgers beat the reigning MLB champions handily on Saturday, and on Cody Bellinger's birthday no less.
The Red Sox have been contemplating adding to the back of their rotation and they did just that Saturday.
Ortiz, 43, was at a Santo Domingo bar in his native Dominican Republic the night of June 9 when a suspect shot him at close range.
Seager is batting .278/.359/.468 with eight home runs and 38 RBIs in 66 games this season.
Mookie Betts never stepped to the plate in the All-Star Game.
"We built our ballclub for them to be our strong suit," Dombrowski said. "I don't think it's been what we expected or hoped."
Sale said that he's never felt more "frustrated" by his performance after Boston's 6-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday.
Chelsea Howard
Eovaldi has been sidelined since April 20 after undergoing surgery on his elbow.
The retired Red Sox star continues to recover from his injuries there, having been moved out of the intensive care unit.
Didi Gregorius added an insurance run in the eighth and extended the team's home run streak to 31 consecutive games.
"It was fun to watch,'' Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Just the way he carried himself, it was kind of unflappable.''
The Yankees and Red Sox combined to score 12 runs in the first inning and the game only got crazier from there.
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The teams combined to use 16 pitchers in a game lasting nearly five hours between the AL East rivals.
Thomas Schlarp
The person alleged to be behind the June 9 shooting is identified as Victor Hugo Gomez Vasquez, who was arrested in Santo Domingo.
The Astros have led the Rangers by more than 10 games at multiple points this season but Texas continues to chip away at the deficit.
Wright served an 80-game suspension for testing positive for PEDs, but if Boston makes it to the postseason, he will have to sit out.
With a 6-1 win on Sunday, the Blue Jays were able to take the series against the Boston Red Sox, the first time they've done so in their last nine matchups.
Sammi Silber
Although the Marlins are last in the NL East standings, they beat the second-place Phillies three times in a row this weekend.
Gio Urshela's home run kept the historic streak going against the Astros as the Yankees went on to win 7-5.
Keuchel pitched in an MLB game for the first time since last year’s American League Championship series.
The retired Red Sox star, who had been listed in "guarded" condition in recent days, is still in intensive care.
Two men alleged to be linked to the shooting were revealed Monday, one by authorities and the other in his court hearing in the case.
Two home runs came from outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, raising his 2019 total to six.
A spokesman for the Dominican national police told CNN the former Red Sox star was shot in the back by "by a motorcyclist."
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It is not known whether police consider the arrested man the shooter.
Red Sox icon David Ortiz, who underwent surgery following a shooting, is on his way back to Boston.
Sacha Pisani
The Rockies topped the Blue Jays, 5-1, with the help of David Dahl and Nolan Arenado, who both finished 2 for 4 at the plate.
Hiura hit the game-tying two-run home run in the ninth to force extra innings against the Pirates on Saturday.
Even with stars such as Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Luis Severino sidelined, the Yankees have the third-best record in baseball.
Aaron Boone really likes DJ LeMahieu in his Yankees lineup.
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Moreland has a team-best 13 home runs for the Red Sox, who are tied for 26th in the majors in runs scored.
Oakland won its 10th consecutive game after topping Los Angeles, 8-5.
There were several odd moments in this sequence at Fenway Park.
Buckner played 22 MLB seasons but will be best remembered for one error in one World Series game.
The Red Sox second baseman was moved to the 60-day injured list Monday and says he needs time to rest and think about his baseball future.
It is the first time the Twins (36-16) are 20 games over .500 since the end of the 2010 season.
Cora is thinking about realigning Boston's rotation so Price can face Cleveland rather than the first-place Yankees.
For once people are complaining about a ball that didn't go out of Minute Maid Park.
David Price gave up a single to Michael Brantley and then came out of the game.
Stroman snapped at Cora on Twitter after Tuesday's game, after Cora said Stroman "competes a certain way and people don't like it."
With Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final starting at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, the Red Sox moved up their game time an hour so fans can watch both.
Jimmy Cordero will take Tepera's place for now.
Jenn Smith
The win was a nice distraction from earlier headlines which included questions surrounding manager Mickey Callaway's job.
Toronto is counting on an old baseball adage to turn their season around.
George Springer hit a go-ahead two-run homer which would prove to be the difference in the Astros' win over the Red Sox.
Ryan Pressly had a 3.40 ERA when the Astros acquired him before the 2018 trade deadline from the Twins. He has given up two runs since.
The Rangers plated 16 runs in a win over the Royals and they didn't even score the most runs on the day.
Mike Soroka and Austin Riley might have been the stories of the day in MLB.
There have been 32 games in MLB history with at least 18 strikeouts by a single pitcher. Of those 32, only two have happened in the past 10 years.
Ryan Fagan
Sale became the first pitcher in MLB history to strike out at least 17 batters in seven or fewer innings, according to USA Today.
His 17 strikeouts against the Rockies were a career-high total.
Two home runs and four RBIs from third baseman Yandy Diaz helped Tampa Bay improve to 24-14 on the year.
The Red Sox manager, who is a Puerto Rico native, announced he won't visit the White House because he doesn't feel comfortable.
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Even by the Gold Glove winner's standards, this catch was special.
The Red Sox got the best version of Sale on Wednesday. The left-hander threw an immaculate inning and struck out 14.
Baltimore continues to hurt Boston despite struggling against almost everyone else.
New York jumped in front in the first inning when DJ LeMahieu doubled and Luke Voit followed with a two-run homer.
Price has a 3.75 ERA in six starts this season. He pitched six innings against the White Sox last Thursday.
Marc Lancaster
"Those situations don't happen a lot, but there's something special about them," Marte said after the game.
Rafael Devers is second in MLB with nine errors and two have been very costly in the last week.
The Red Sox aren't as high up in the MLB standings as they'd like, so players decided to focus and quit playing the popular video game.
Jordan Heck
Porcello threw eight scoreless innings and allowed just two hits in Boston’s 5-1 win over the Athletics.
The Nationals had not one, not two, but three players 21 or younger hit home runs against the Padres on Sunday.
Daniel Murphy has played just two games since returning from injury but that didn't slow him down Friday.
It was the final homer of Buckner's career.
Jason Foster
Gordon hit his fifth home run of the season Monday, continuing his scorching start to the year.
The Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the first-place Rays, while the Yankees have now won five of six.
The Angels slugger moved ahead of the Bambino in his final at-bat Saturday night.
Tucker, who was unexpectedly called up from the minors Saturday, drove a 431-foot home run into the wind to center for the game winner.
Freddy Galvis stole the show with his no-glove catch, but there were a lot of other entertaining moments among baseball's coolest happenings Saturday.
Jacob Janower
Boston right-hander Nathan Eovaldi is placed on the 10-day injured list because because of "a loose body in his right elbow."
Bill Marx
Michael Chavis is the No. 75 prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline.
The infielder is off to a slow start in 2019, hitting .159 in 44 at-bats.
Pedroia, who left Wednesday's game against the Yankees because of his surgically repaired left knee, reportedly avoided serious injury.
From pitchers hitting home runs to squabbles over unwritten rules, it was an eventful afternoon and evening.
Wednesday's victory moved the Yankees to 8-9 for the season as they deal with a barrage of injuries.
Pedroia 'was down' after leaving Wednesday's game against the Yankees after having more problems with his surgically repaired left knee.
The Braves' bullpen lost their second game in a row, while the Red Sox's relievers gave up four runs.
Elsewhere, Christian Yelich hit another home run and Collin McHugh reenacted "The Matrix" in avoiding a line drive headed right at him.
Paxton threw eight shutout innings while allowing just two hits in New York's 8-0 win over Boston.
As the Red Sox prepare for Tuesday's game against the Yankees, they recalled catcher Sandy Leon and designated Blake Swihart for assignment.
The 123rd Boston Marathon marked the first time it had been contested on April 15 since the 2013 race that was marred by terrorist bombs.
Arrieta, 33, gave up just one run in seven innings pitched. He has the 22nd most wins among active pitchers.
The Mariners have won 86.7 percent of their games through 15 times out this season.
Tellez's mammoth blast surpassed Ted Williams' 502-foot home run hit in 1946.
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The 444-foot homer was the last of New York's runs in its 7-3 victory over Miami.
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The Red Sox locked up another long-term piece on Sunday, agreeing to a seven-year, $132 million deal with shortstop Xander Bogaerts.
The top five highest-paid players were all pitchers, and five teams' payrolls were below $90 million.
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