Cody Bellinger has two fractured ribs on his right side, sidelining another key player for the Chicago Cubs. Bellinger got hurt when he hit the wall in center while trying to make a play on Yainer Diaz’s RBI double in the fourth inning of Tuesday night’s 7-2 victory over Houston. He was replaced in the field before the Astros batted in the seventh. X-rays were negative, and Bellinger downplayed the injury after the win. But he had a CT scan Wednesday that showed the fractures. The Cubs put Bellinger on the 10-day injured list and recalled outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong from Triple-A Iowa ..read more

Gunnar Henderson continued his hot streak at the plate with three hits and three RBIs and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 despite Mike Trout becoming the first player in the majors to reach 10 home runs this season. Henderson is 9 of 20 in the last five games. Adley Rutschman had his 12th multihit game of the season with two hits and an RBI. Taylor Ward and Zach Neto also homered for the Angels, who have dropped five of six ..read more

Francisco Lindor hit a pair of two-run homers and the New York Mets avoided a three-game series sweep with an 8-2 win over the San Francisco Giants. Lindor went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and recorded the 16th multi-homer game of his career. Tyrone Taylor homered and added a two-run double, and Jeff McNeil had an RBI single as New York snapped a three-game skid. Tyler Fitzgerald homered for San Francisco, which was seeking its first three-game winning streak of the season ..read more

The sweet-swinging left-hander is looking to reverse a slow start in Double-A ..read more

A fired minor league umpire sued Major League Baseball on Wednesday, claiming he was sexually harassed by a female umpire and discriminated against because he is male and bisexual. Brandon Cooper, an umpire who worked in the Arizona Complex League last year, filed the suit in federal court in Manhattan against MLB and PDL Blue Inc., an affiliated entity. He says because MLB hasn't had a big league female umpire it "implemented an illegal diversity quota requiring that women be promoted regardless of merit.” Cooper alleged a hostile work environment and wrongful termination and/or retaliation b ..read more

Lars Nootbaar drove in two runs and Kyle Gibson pitched six effective innings, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the finale of three-game series. Gibson allowed one run and five hits. Gibson struck out six and walked two. Former Cardinal Jordan Montgomery went seven innings in his second start for Arizona since signing a one-year, $25 million deal as this season began. He allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits and struck out four and walked one. The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning. With one out, Brendan Donovan singled and Wil ..read more

The days of Houston as a postseason stalwart may soon be over.  ..read more

The Sugar Land Space Cowboys' automated ball-strike and challenge systems could provide a blueprint for MLB ..read more

Mike Trout hit his first leadoff home run since 2012, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 to snap a five-game losing streak. Zach Neto had two hits and drove in two runs as the Angels’ six through nine hitters combined for eight of their 11 hits along with five RBIs. Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson hit a towering 414-foot home run in the seventh inning, and Adley Rutschman had three hits. Griffin Canning gave up three runs on five hits in five innings and struck out four for his first win of the season. Carlos Estévez retired the side for the save. Baltimore’s Grayson Ro ..read more

Logan Webb pitched eight strong innings and extended his scoreless streak to 19 as the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 5-1 on Tuesday night. Webb (3-1) won his third straight start, striking out four and scattering six hits with a walk. The 27-year-old right-hander recorded 15 groundball outs. Mike Yastrzemski, Thairo Estrada and Michael Conforto each had two hits for San Francisco. Yastrzemski had three RBIs, and Estrada and LaMonte Wade Jr. drove in the other runs. Starling Marte had three hits for New York, which lost its third straight game after a six-game winning streak ..read more