MLB Previews

The Detroit Tigers scored a season-high eight runs during the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Minnesota Twins, and they will look to carry that momentum into a straight doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The doubleheader was necessitated after Thursday’s scheduled opener was postponed by rain. The Tigers took the delayed series opener 8-2 on Friday. Mark Canha hit his third homer of the season, and Spencer Torkelson and Matt Vierling also drove in

DL Hall will return to Camden Yards on Saturday for the visiting Milwaukee Brewers when they play the middle contest of a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles. Hall (0-1, 4.82 ERA) joined fellow prospect Joey Ortiz in being sent from the Orioles to the Brewers in a Feb. 1 trade for former National League Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes. The 25-year-old Hall will start Saturday for the Brewers, while Burnes will go Sunday

The start of the season has been strong for both the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians. After rain in Cleveland on Friday postponed the scheduled start of the clubs’ intriguing weekend series, the Yankees and Guardians will play a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. New York, which finished an underachieving 82-80 last season and missed the postseason for the first time since 2016, has won 10 of its first 13 games this year. Although the

The start of the season has been strong for both the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians. After rain in Cleveland on Friday postponed the scheduled start of the clubs’ intriguing weekend series, the Yankees and Guardians will play a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. New York, which finished an underachieving 82-80 last season and missed the postseason for the first time since 2016, has won 10 of its first 13 games this year. Although the

Pitching largely has been a plus this week for the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics. Whichever team can break through with the bats might be in better shape as they begin a three-game series Friday night in Oakland. This will be the Athletics’ first home game since the announcement late last week that they will play home games from 2025-27 in Sacramento, Calif., in advance of an anticipated relocation to Las Vegas. Oakland will be

The Astros and Texas Rangers, who split a four-game series last week in Arlington, Texas, will begin a three-game rematch on Friday in Houston with both clubs looking to shake off series defeats. The Rangers dropped two of three at home against the Oakland A’s, while the Astros were swept in a three-game road set against the Kansas City Royals. For the second time in four days, an Astros starter failed to record three outs,

Winning a series in their personal house of horrors means the New York Mets no longer have to worry about flirting with one of the worst starts in franchise history. For the Kansas City Royals, a historic homestand sweep has them believing a lengthy rebuild might finally be over. The Mets and Royals will each be looking to maintain momentum Friday night, when New York hosts Kansas City in the opener of a three-game interleague

Bailey Falter will take the mound in a familiar setting for the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday against the Philadelphia Phillies. The left-hander will make his first appearance at Citizens Bank Park since being traded last July to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia. He went 8-12 with a 4.56 ERA for the Phillies in 50 games (24 starts) over his first 2 1/2 major league seasons. Falter (0-0, 5.40 ERA) hasn’t experienced a major turnaround since joining

The majors’ top-rated prospect makes his home debut Friday when the Baltimore Orioles host the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series. Twenty-year-old Baltimore second baseman Jackson Holliday made his major league debut Wednesday in Boston, going 0-for-4 with an RBI. He followed that up with another 0-for-4 on Thursday, but he scored two runs as the Orioles completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 9-4, 10-inning win. “He’s going