Topic: Houston Astros

Major League Baseball has suspended Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano six games and Houston Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron 20 games for their roles in Sunday's benches-clearing incident.

Players spilled out of both dugouts before a large on-field melee during the seventh inning of a game between the Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros in Oakland.

Mookie Betts and A.J. Pollock each smashed three-run homers to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a late comeback win over the rival San Francisco Giants.

Ace pitcher Gerrit Cole pushed his win streak to 19 consecutive games -- in which he has had a decision -- and the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 at Yankee Stadium.

The Los Angeles Angels have placed reigning American League MVP Mike Trout on the paternity leave list so he can be with his wife for the birth of the couple's first child.

Major League Baseball gave Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly an eight-game suspension Wednesday for his role in a benches-clearing incident with the Houston Astros a day earlier.

Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has disputed a report that he's done for the remainder of the 2020 season with an elbow injury.

The 2020 Major League Baseball season finally will get underway Thursday when the Washington Nationals host the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants.

The Washington Nationals didn't have a stadium packed with roaring fans when they received their World Series rings. Instead, the reigning MLB champions picked up the jewelry from their lockers at summer camp.

New New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole showed he is already in midseason form with a six-strikeout performance during an intrasquad scrimmage at Yankee Stadium.

Major League Baseball on Monday unveiled its 60-game schedule for the pandemic-delayed and shortened 2020 season.

Two opening day matchups have leaked prior to Major League Baseball's planned TV announcement for its 60-game coronavirus pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

Eddie Kasko -- a former Major League Baseball All-Star infielder, manager and executive -- has died at the age of 88, his former team said.

The New York Mets selected two-time cancer survivor Eric Orze in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft.

The PGA Tour and La Liga highlight this weekend's live sports schedule as the leagues return from coronavirus suspensions. Several American sluggers also will take the field in South Korea in the KBO baseball league.