Major League Baseball

Kershaw soaks in curtain call in possible L.A. finale

Clayton Kershaw treated Dodgers fans to a strikeout on his final pitch Friday night and left the field to raucous cheers in his last regular-season start at Dodger Stadium.

Royals rock Scherzer for 7 runs, crush Jays 20-1

Kansas City sent 10 batters to the plate in its seven-run first inning and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 20-1 on Friday night.

Rocked in minors, Senga feels unready to return

Mets right-hander Kodai Senga's return hit a snag after he told club officials Friday that he is not ready to pitch at the major league level after a rocky Triple-A outing the day before.

M's All-Star Woo (pec tightness) exits; MRI likely

Mariners starter Bryan Woo exited Friday night's 4-0 win over the Astros because of pectoral tightness after throwing a couple of warmup pitches in the sixth inning.

Skenes: Pirates 'wasted year' if nothing learned

Pirates ace Paul Skenes says Pittsburgh's season will be a "wasted year" if the team and players take no lessons from the franchise's 29th losing season since 1992.

Ex-Pirates SS Wilson recreates 1st pitch to son

Former Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson threw out the first pitch Friday to his son, Jacob, who plays the same position for the Athletics as they revisited a similar scene from 19 years ago.

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