SAN FRANCISCO — When the season ends, and the Dodgers reflect on their 162-game journey through the schedule, the details of Monday’s game against the San Francisco Giants aren’t likely to be remembered.

The result probably will be lumped in with dozens of others, another indistinguishable thread in the tapestry of a six-month season.

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Irritable and untouchable, George Kirby blissfully found his comfort zone Monday night.

The Mariners’ right-hander threw seven shutout innings, scattering three hits (all singles) with no walks and six strikeouts in a dominant 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series before a crowd of 14,984 at T-Mobile ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Before there was the bruise that put the Cardinals ahead there was the blast that sparked them and the familiar presence that lifted them.

Given a second chance and left with an impression, Paul Goldschmidt was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to break a tie game in the seventh and contribute to what became a seven-run,...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Rockies walked the high-wire Monday night at Petco Park.

Their pitchers teetered and tottered. They walked 11 Padres batters. Count ’em, 11.

But somehow, someway, the Rockies held on to win 5-4, notching their fifth consecutive win.

The Padres loaded the bases in the ninth against Jalen Beeks on three walks but Beeks got ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Monday’s game could give the innings after Paul Skenes’ MLB debut a run for their money.

The Pirates built a five-run and nearly blew it, Mitch Keller spun six scoreless and Bryan Reynolds set a career-high with five hits. By the end of a wacky night at American Family Field, the Pirates beat the Brewers, 8-6.

Reynolds’ ...Read more

NEW YORK — The trumpets blared, the music played, and Mr. and Mrs. Met danced on the dugout. Then, after the coolest closer entrance was complete, the Phillies coolly sent Edwin Díaz back to the dugout.

Game over? Not exactly.

Playing without Trea Turner and J.T. Realmuto, and with Kyle Schwarber able to only pinch hit in the ninth inning, ...Read more

BOSTON — The Rays got off to a good start taking their revamped show on the road.

Seeking to extend the momentum from a 6-3 homestand, they opened a seven-game trip against American League East foes Boston and Toronto on Monday with a 5-3 win over the Red Sox.

The Rays got off to a quick start with a hand from the Red Sox, and took a 3-0 ...Read more

The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling in favor of the Oakland Athletics, rejecting a Nevada teachers union political action committee’s effort to put the team’s Las Vegas ballpark public financing on November’s ballot.

An order filed Monday backed a November decision by District Judge James Todd Russell in favor of A’s ...Read more

DETROIT — It took Spencer Torkelson 164 plate appearances to hit his first home this year.

It took him four to hit his second.

He unloaded on a two-strike slider from right-hander Anthony Maldonado with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. His 446-foot moonshot, a two-run homer, sent the Tigers to a 6-5 win over the Miami Marlins in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Playing extra innings for the third time in five games, the Orioles couldn’t match the Toronto Blue Jays’ 10th-inning rally Monday as they spoiled Adley Rutschman’s first career multi-home run game and six innings of one-run ball by Corbin Burnes in a 3-2 loss at Camden Yards.

Burnes tossed his third consecutive quality ...Read more

The Oakland Athletics can proceed with plans for their proposed Las Vegas ballpark without worrying that Nevada voters might repeal $380 million in public funding before the team could start construction, based on a Nevada Supreme Court ruling issued Monday.

The A’s have yet to reveal a plan to finance the balance of the estimated $1.5-...Read more

The Nevada Supreme court sided with a District Court judge’s ruling in favor of the Oakland Athletics, rejecting a Nevada teachers union political action committee’s effort to put the team’s Las Vegas ballpark public financing on November’s ballot.

An order affirming the lower court ruling was filed Monday by the Supreme Court backing ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Shohei Ohtani thought he could have played on Sunday. He was looking forward to facing Japanese compatriot Yu Darvish.

Dave Roberts didn’t let him.

Ohtani was never able to plead his case. On the morning of the Dodgers’ series finale against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, Roberts told interpreter Will Ireton that Ohtani...Read more

NEW YORK — In the final game of a three-game series, the Mets didn’t go down against the Atlanta Braves without a fight.

Brandon Nimmo teed off on left-hander A.J. Minter with one on and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the Mets walk off with a 4-3 win over the Braves and avoid a sweep.

Jeff McNeil led off with a bunt ...Read more

DENVER — Pittsburgh’s Steel Curtain. Dallas’ Doomsday Defense. Chicago’s Monsters of the Midway. L.A.’s Fearsome Foursome.

Make way for Colorado’s Purple Rally Killers.

On a Sunday afternoon when elite defense was paramount, the Rockies delivered a 3-1 victory to complete a three-game sweep of the defending World Series champion ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have taken blow after blow over the past week and sustained another significant one early Sunday afternoon against the Reds. But if their response to losing their dynamic center fielder offered any indication, then they don’t plan to waive the white flag anytime soon.

Without Jung Hoo Lee, who crumpled onto the ...Read more

MIAMI — Zack Wheeler wasn’t commanding the ball the way he normally does on Sunday afternoon. He wasn’t efficient with his pitches and he allowed more contact than he has in recent starts. There wasn’t a specific reason for this, but that didn’t make it any less frustrating for the Phillies starter.

“I felt great,” he said. “...Read more

SAN DIEGO — With some tightness in his neck, Yu Darvish backed off for two weeks last month.

He's been accelerating ever since.

The 37-year-old veteran blanked the Dodgers over seven innings in a 4-0 win Sunday, extending his scoreless innings streak to a career-high-tying 18 as the Padres claimed a second straight series against the NL West...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels patchwork lineup once again failed to put together much of anything.

One bad inning from Patrick Sandoval was enough to send the Angels to a 4-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals because the offense continues to struggle to find any type of consistency.

Although they’ve sprinkled in a few good games — like ...Read more

SEATTLE — After a frustrating Saturday evening where they felt helpless and humbled to the breaks of baseball, seeing hard-hit ball after hard-hit ball get turned into outs and defensive highlights on stellar plays made by the Oakland A’s in an eventual loss, the Mariners made a major adjustment to their offensive plan for Sunday’s series ...Read more