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Celebrating Rally Monkey’s 23rd birthday, the Angels came back from four-run deficit versus the Cubs! The five-run fifth inning turned the game around and Shohei Ohtani and Taylor Ward each hit a solo home run in fourth and seventh inning. Jose Soriano, Jacob Webb, and Chris Devenski held the game with zero runs given up to hand the game to Carlos Estevez who closed the game for his 15th save.

RHP Trevor Gott placed on 15-day Injured List, INF/OF Sam Haggerty optioned to Triple-A Tacoma —

AS YOU MAY KNOW…George Kirby struck out 7 over 8.0 scoreless innings in his last start on May 31 vs. NYY, and now sits at 191 career strikeouts, but…DID YOU KNOW?…that with 9 strikeouts in today’s game, Kirby would be tied for the 3rd-fastest pitcher in franchise history to reach…

Cincinnati is starving for a winner, and the game changer has arrived — Elly De La Cruz is baseball’s top prospect according to ESPN. His rapid ascent through the minors has confirmed all of the hype surrounding him. He gets on base, hits for average, hits for power, steals bases, shows incredible range defensively, and has a rocket arm from his shortstop position…

Following two home games against “natural rival” Seattle, the Padres will have days off before and after this weekend’s three-game series in Colorado. …

A Phenomenon in the Making: In baseball, comparisons to legends are made cautiously since following in the footsteps of greatness is difficult. However, with Aaron Judge’s outstanding success in the 2023 season, drawing comparisons to the great slugger Barry Bonds is becoming increasingly appealing. Judge’s stats and contact quality say…

By Jay Horwitz A few years ago Roger Craig laughingly told me that he looked upon his 1962–1963 record with the Mets as a badge of honor not as a source of embarrassment. The stats showed that Roger, who passed away yesterday at the age of 93, was a combined…

6:40 p.m. MT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. RHP John Brebbia (2–0, 3.80) vs. RHP Dinelson Lamet (1–2, 13.17) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS • The Rockies begin a six-game homestand tonight with the first of three games against the San…

By Bill Center Roger Craig was the Padres first pitching coach in 1969. Nine years later, Craig was the first Padres’ manager to post a winning season. “I’ve always had close ties to San Diego,” Craig said years later while visiting Mission Valley as the manager of the Francisco Giants. …