There may be all the time baseball occurring — nearly an excessive amount of baseball for one individual to deal with themselves.
That is why we’re right here to assist, although, by sifting by means of the earlier days’ video games, and determining what you missed, however should not have. Listed below are all the very best moments from this weekend in Main League Baseball:
Max Fried loses no-hitter after a late reversal
There hasn’t been a no-hitter within the 2025 MLB season but. Max Fried has by no means recorded a no-hitter. Each of these droughts appeared to be on the verge of ending till the beginning of the eighth inning, when the official scorer modified an earlier play from an error to a success.
The New York Yankees blanked the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0, however there have been nonetheless loads of grumblings all through the clubhouse and fandom.
On the Yankees’ broadcast, announcer Michael Kay referred to as the choice “unfathomable” and stated, “you do not wait for 3 innings to go by” to reverse that type of name.
Within the sixth inning, latest Rays’ call-up Chandler Simpson hit a grounder between first and second and reached the bag safely when the ball ricocheted off Paul Goldschmidt‘s glove.
On the time, official scorer Invoice Mathews dominated the play an error, however he stated after watching replays, he determined Simpson would have been protected even when the throw had been dealt with cleanly.
Mathews’ announcement got here proper earlier than the beginning of the eighth, and Fried proceeded to surrender a success to the primary batter he confronted. Possibly he would have allowed that hit regardless, and the no-hitter wasn’t meant to be. Fried even stated he did not know in regards to the scoring change till after Jake Mangum’s single.
We do know that the Yankees weren’t huge followers of the officiating that day. Within the prime of that very same inning, Aaron Judge launched a ball down the left-field line and thought he had his eighth house run of the season. The ump referred to as it a foul ball, and after Decide was later referred to as out on strikes, Aaron Boone got here out of the dugout to argue and was ejected for the first time this season.
The excellent news for the Yankees is that Fried is an MLB-best 4-0 on the season with an ERA of 1.42, and no umpire can take that away.
The Reds’ bats are aliiiiiive
Earlier this season, the Cincinnati Reds made historical past for his or her incapacity to attain runs. They lost three consecutive 1-0 games, which no group had completed since 1960. Lower than three weeks later, they greater than made up for that chilly streak with a 24-2 shellacking of the Baltimore Orioles.
The Reds put up all these runs regardless of going yard simply 3 times. Elly De La Cruz received the celebration began when his solo shot within the prime of the third inning broke up a 1-1 tie, although his most spectacular play got here on the defensive finish the inning earlier than. De La Cruz went airborne after which stretched out like Mister Unbelievable for a diving catch to rob Jackson Holliday of a success and an RBI.
Quickly after, De La Cruz’s homer jump-started a seven-run inning for the visiting group. Within the eighth inning, Cincinnati’s lead ballooned to 16-1 earlier than third baseman Noelvi Marte stepped as much as the plate and smashed his first profession grand slam. (It got here off shortstop Jorge Mateo, however nonetheless!)
Marte, the No. 8 hitter, drove in seven runs. The following batter within the lineup, catcher Austin Wynns, added a career-high six RBIs and had the Reds’ solely different house run. The pair mixed for 11 hits, essentially the most from the ultimate two spots in a batting order since at the very least 1901. Their 13 RBIs tied for second-most since 1920.
By the point the sport got here to a merciful finish for the O’s, they’d allowed 25 hits and all 24 runs had been earned. Seven of these got here off of struggling starter Charlie Morton, who fell to 0-5 this season.
And whereas the ultimate rating may seem like the results of a Thursday Night time Soccer matchup between two AFC North squads, neither the Bengals nor the Ravens have ever participated in a 24-2 game.
Hiya, Nimmo
De La Cruz wasn’t the one participant to each drive in a run for his group and steal a run from his opponent on Sunday. New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo did the identical — and in a a lot nearer sport towards the St. Louis Cardinals.
First, Nimmo leaped above the wall to grab Jordan Walker‘s would-be house run ball within the sixth inning, retaining the Mets’ lead at 3-1.
Brandon Nimmo leaps to rob house run persevering Mets’ lead towards Cardinals
Within the subsequent inning, after the Cardinals had tied issues up, Nimmo singled to middle and introduced in Francisco Lindor for the go-ahead run. New York went on to win 7-4 for its first four-game sweep of St. Louis since 1986 — the identical 12 months the Mets claimed their most up-to-date World Sequence title.
Do not put down your sizzling canine
Seagulls aren’t simply one thing it is advisable fear about on the seashore. In case you’ve received meals, they’ll discover you, and they’ll attempt to make it their meals. At Sunday’s Diamondbacks/Cubs sport, a seagull discovered a sizzling canine, and a photographer discovered the seagull. Magic was captured:
This isn’t an isolated incident; the identical factor might occur to you and your family members. And their sizzling canine. Keep vigilant.
Brewers set two steals information
Talking of operating away and tubed meats, the Brewers swiped six – six! – base within the first inning towards the Athletics at house on Sunday, which appears not possible in a big-league sport, however right here we’re.
Brice Turang picked up the primary steal, then he and Christian Yelich pulled off a double steal after that. William and Contreras and Rhys Hoskins each ended up on base, as effectively, after which executed their very own double steal. Then, Sal Frelick snagged the ultimate steal of the inning when he took second, which additionally allowed Hoskins to attain on a throwing error. That is, per MLB’s Sarah Langs, the primary time since at the very least the Divisional Period (1969) {that a} group has stolen six bases in a single inning. It is a franchise file for the Brewers, too.
The thievery did not cease there, nevertheless. Milwaukee added another steal within the second, third, and fourth innings to complete with 9 of them, giving themselves a second franchise file for many steals in a sport, whereas additionally changing into the fifth group since 2000 to tug that off.
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