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The benches cleared during the fourth inning of a game between the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night, though no punches were thrown. The Red Sox led 8-2 after three innings before Wilson Contreras and Wilyer Abreu led off the fourth with long home runs. Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez then hit Trevor Story with a 94-mph fastball on the next pitch. Story stared at the mound while […]

Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Chris Devenski has been suspended for three games and fined for intentionally throwing at Cincinnati Reds rookie Sal Stewart, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. Devenski intentionally threw at Stewart in the top of the seventh inning of Pittsburgh’s 17-7 win at PNC Park on Saturday. He was ejected following the incident. Pirates manager Don Kelly was also suspended for one game and received an undisclosed fine, MLB […]

There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to follow themselves. Don't worry, we're here to help you by figuring out what you missed but shouldn't have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball: The Cincinnati Reds were three outs away from taking Game 1 of a four-game series against the National League Central-rival Chicago Cubs, but the friendly […]

The top teams in MLB are already beginning to separate themselves from the pack. That gave MLB on FOX analyst Dontrelle Willis the chance to stack the National League's elite squads, ranking the top five teams in the NL. Willis didn't put the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the top of the list. So who did he have in the top spot? "They have a healthy Xander Bogaerts, that's […]

In sports betting, customers are quite accustomed to betting on the usual markets: the spread, moneyline and total. Whether it’s the full game, first half, second half, quarters or more. But with all the technological advancements over the past several years, the menu is now massive. That includes the ability to bet on a wider variety of alternate point spreads. A BetMGM customer took that option to the limit and […]

If the season ended today, the National League batting title would not belong to Trea Turner as it did last year or Luis Arraez as it did for the two years prior. Nope, it’s Ildemaro Vargas — yes, Ildemaro Vargas — who leads all of Major League Baseball in batting average. And it’s not particularly close. If you weren’t already, it’s time to pay attention to the Diamondbacks infielder, who […]

Currently, the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers are not the team with the best record in baseball. Instead, that distinction belongs to the Atlanta Braves. But even the Dodgers sitting 3.5 games back in the MLB standings hasn't stopped bettors from backing the Boys in Blue. At BetMGM, they're still the favorites to win it all, moving to +190 from +350 since the season opened. They also have the highest […]

John Sterling, the longtime New York Yankees radio broadcaster known for extravagant, individualized home run calls, died Monday. He was 87. Sterling had undergone heart bypass surgery this winter and after the procedure was attended to by health care aides at his home in Edgewater, New Jersey. He died Monday at Englewood Hospital, according to his former wife, Jennifer. "John Sterling breathed life and excitement into Yankees games for 36 […]

Cody Bellinger went 4 for 4 with two homers and four RBIs, leading the New York Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Saturday for their 12th win in 14 games. Bellinger hit a pair of solo homers on sliders, putting the Yankees ahead in the second off Kyle Bradish (1-4) and boosting the lead to 6-1 in the fifth against Keegan Akin for his 21st multi-homer game, his second […]