Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani was presented with the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award on Tuesday night, a trophy with few recipients to commemorate a season without equal.
The Braves are flexing. Jorge Soler and Adam Duvall have each hit home runs as Atlanta leads, 5-1, after 4 innings. Atlanta’s starter Charlie Morton left the game in the third inning with an apparent leg injury.
Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. is joining the team’s ownership group. The team announced Griffey has purchased a stake in the club that drafted him in 1987 and watched him grow into a Hall of Famer.
Carmelo Anthony scored a team-high 28 points Sunday night to leapfrog Moses Malone for No. 9 on the all-time scoring list and in doing so helped the Lakers to their first win of the season.
Lakers star LeBron James appeared to dodge a major injury when Grizzlies forward Desmond Bane collided with his right leg in the first half of Sunday night’s game.