Brown doubled for his first big league hit in the Dodgers’ loss. On Aug. 20, 1945, Brown homered against Preacher Roe and the Pittsburgh Pirates at 17 years, 257 days old, a major league record that still stands. It was the Dodgers’ lone run in an 11-1 defeat. Advertiseme...
Pete Crow-Armstrong's amazing catches against Dodgers Crow-Armstrong contributed on both sides of the ball, driving in the game’s first run in the top of the second and hitting an RBI groundout as part of the Cubs’ five-run rally in the eighth. But it was his defensive work that rea...
Though he's never been a prolific home run hitter -- his career high in a season is 20 -- he definitely has pop. Four of his 11 homers this season have traveled 415 or more feet and nine of the 11 have been hit with an exit velocity of 101.9 mph or better. Bohm has been a do...
Salt Lake Bees outfielder Jo Adell hit the longest home run in baseball this season, with a 514-foot blast on June 20. Adell plays for the Los Angeles Angels Triple-A affiliate. The former top prospect hit the longest home run in baseball since last year, when Leandro Cedeno hit a 527...
Those injuries impacted Davis’ development, particularly as a hitter. His production suffered to such a degree that he wasn't on the Cubs’ Top 30 Prospects list at the start of this season, although Davis vaulted back onto it during last week's ranking update. Still, he remains further ...
The DodgersBig Three, Dodgers lead off hitter/shortstopMookie Betts, designated hitterShohei Ohtani, and first basemanFreddie Freeman, indeed showed up on Thursday afternoon, going a combined 5-for-8 (.625), with a combined five runs scored and four RBIs. ...
Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep. Freeman hit a three-run shot in the first for his eighth home run of the season. Betts added a three-run shot...
Hunter Pence Voted 2019 Sporting News AL Comeback Player of the Year Texas Rangers outfielder/designated hitter Hunter Pence has been selected as Sporting News American League Comeback Player of the Year for 2019, it was announced by the publication on Wednesday afternoon. He was selected for ...
The Dodgers lost their home opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-2, on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.Their series with the Diamondbacks will continue Wednesday with Alex Wood set to start against Arizona's Rubby De La Rosa at 7:10 p.m.
Bellinger's two-run homer gave the Dodgers 57 long balls in August after solo shots from Corey Seager and Will Smith, and LA beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Sunday. The 10th home run of the season for Bellinger topped Atlanta's previous mark of 56 home runs in June 2019. The record ...