Sports News

12:38 AM on Tuesday, May 5

The Athletics have acquired switch-hitting catcher Jonah Heim from the Atlanta Braves for cash in a trade between first-place teams

12:16 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Munetaka Murakami hit his 14th homer and Miguel Vargas also went deep as the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-0

12:14 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Trevor McDonald pitched seven crisp innings in his season debut and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 3-2

11:55 PM on Monday, May 4

Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto capped a two-run ninth inning with a solo homer and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 for their sixth straight win

11:09 PM on Monday, May 4

Kyle Tucker homered and drove in two runs against his former team to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 8-3 win over the Houston Astros

10:57 PM on Monday, May 4

Jalen Brunson scored 27 of his 35 points in the first half and the New York Knicks emphatically added to a historic postseason roll by overwhelming the Philadelphia 76ers 137-98 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals

10:55 PM on Monday, May 4

Kyle Leahy pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, Iván Herrera drove in three runs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3

10:46 PM on Monday, May 4

Michael Wacha needed only 79 pitches to get through seven strong innings and Bobby Witt Jr. homered to spark a four-run fourth as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2

9:56 PM on Monday, May 4

Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs

9:37 PM on Monday, May 4

Payton Tolle pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Jarren Duran hit a three-run home run and the Boston Red Sox used a five-run seventh inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4

9:35 PM on Monday, May 4

Ryan Vilade hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Taylor Walls added a two-run single in the sixth and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1

9:34 PM on Monday, May 4

Bryce Harper had a homer, double and single, Aaron Nola worked six strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Monday night

9:12 PM on Monday, May 4

Tennessee's Karlyn Pickens and Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady are the top picks in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft

9:00 PM on Monday, May 4

The Chicago White Sox signed veteran outfielder Randal Grichuk to a one-year, $1.25 million deal on Monday and placed outfielder Austin Hays back on the 10-day injured list because of a left calf strain

8:48 PM on Monday, May 4

Right-handed reliever Lou Trivino has agreed to a one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles, three days after he was released from a minor league contract by the Philadelphia Phillies

8:37 PM on Monday, May 4

Carson Benge homered leading off the sixth inning for New York’s first hit against Tomoyuki Sugano, and the Mets beat the skidding Colorado Rockies 4-2 in a game moved up three hours to avoid potential wet weather

7:24 PM on Monday, May 4

Houston catcher Yainer Diaz will be heading to the injured list with an oblique injury after hurting his left oblique during batting practice ahead of Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers

6:24 PM on Monday, May 4

The Miami Marlins promoted catcher Joe Mack from Triple-A and demoted the slumping Agustín Ramírez before the club’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies

5:05 PM on Monday, May 4

Milwaukee’s Jackson Chourio produced a spectacular season debut in a losing cause Monday after missing the first month of the season

10:20 AM on Monday, May 4

John Sterling, the longtime radio broadcaster known for extravagant, individualized home run calls and declaring “theee Yankees win!”