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Visiting teams have slight edge in extra innings since `ghost runner' rule adopted
NEW YORK (AP) — Visiting teams had a 109-107 edge in extra-inning games this year in the second season starting extra innings with a runner on second base has been a permanent rule. Visitors have a 477-465 edge in extra innings since the so-called “ghost runner” rule was first...
Pete Rose found home in Las Vegas before nation began to embrace sports betting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Betting on baseball got Pete Rose banned from the game, never to return while he was alive. But, perhaps appropriately, he found a home in the nation's gambling capital — where acceptance wasn't a problem. In choosing to live in Las Vegas, before...
MLB attendance up 0.9%, first back-to-back increases since 2011-12
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's average attendance rose 0.9% this season, increasing in consecutive years for the first time since 2011-12. MLB drew 71.35 million fans over 2,413 gates for an average of 29,568, its highest since 30,042 in 2017, the commissioner's office...
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83. Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada,...
Arraez denies Ohtani NL Triple Crown, wins batting title for 3rd team
NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Arraez held off Shohei Ohtani's bid to win the National League Triple Crown and became the first player since the 1800s to earn batting titles with three teams. Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. won his first American League batting championship, finishing...
Any help for the lowly Chicago White Sox is likely to come from the inside
CHICAGO (AP) — At the very end of an awful season for the Chicago White Sox, there was a small sign of hope in the Deep South. That's where the Birmingham Barons — Chicago's Double-A affiliate — closed out the first Southern League championship for the club since 2013. ...
White Sox wrap up record-breaking losing season with 9-5 win over playoff-bound Tigers
DETROIT (AP) — Lenyn Sosa hit a three-run homer in the third inning to give the record-breaking Chicago White Sox a five-run lead as they went on to beat the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers 9-5 on Sunday. Kerry Carpenter's grand slam in the fifth inning pulled Detroit within a run,...
Reinsdorf takes responsibility for White Sox season he calls `embarrassing' and a `failure'
DETROIT (AP) — Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf labeled his team's record-shattering losing season “embarrassing” and a “failure” that he said was his responsibility. Reinsdorf released a letter to fans as the White Sox entered their final game with a 40-121 record,...
Nathan Eovaldi and Dustin Harris power Rangers to 8-0, season-ending sweep of Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven scoreless innings, Dustin Harris had a homer and two-run double in his second MLB game and the defending champion Texas Rangers closed out their season with an 8-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. Nathaniel Lowe also...
White Sox beat playoff-bound Tigers 4-0, stay at 121 losses going into finale
DETROIT (AP) — Sean Burke pitched two-hit ball over five innings, Andrew Benintendi tied his career high with his 20th homer and the Chicago White Sox beat the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers 4-0 on Saturday to stay at 121 losses going into their season finale. Making his fourth big...
