Scoring was at a premium in Friday night’s series opener, with both Roki Sasaki and Reid Detmers permitting nothing crossing home plate on their watch. It took until the ninth inning, when Freddie ...

Yordan Alvarez is from Cuba. But on Saturday night he owned Independence Day. The Houston Astros slugger found out during the game that he was elected to the All-Star team as the designated hitter.

Fernando Tatis Jr. was in a slump. Home runs were tough to come by. As of nearly two weeks ago, Tatis finally ended his home run drought and got his first of the season against the Washington ...