Nestor Cortes delivers again for Yankees, this time against White Sox  —  CHICAGO—Josh Donaldson felt like he had to sprint out of the dugout to third base Sunday.  The Yankees were trying to keep up with starter Nestor Cortes.  His pace and dominance over a career-high eight innings pushed …

With his future with Red Sox uncertain, Xander Bogaerts is just trying to live in the moment  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Xander Bogaerts is on track to break the record for most starts by a Red Sox shortstop sometime in early June.  —  Everett Scott, who helped the Sox win three World Series …

Buck Showalter's Amazin's can weather the storm; teammates have Travis Jankowski's back; Mets supporting Rangers  —  Another injury hit.  First series loss of the season.  Five games won, and five games lost, in the past 12 days.  Depending on how one views the Mets' recent batch of games …

Orioles get swept as offense strikes out season-high 16 times in 5-1 loss to Tigers: 'We're going to get through this'  —  ExpandAutoplay  —  1 of 7  —  DETROIT — In what might be a move most emblematic of how lackluster the Orioles offense performed against the Tigers this weekend …

LaGrange College baseball players killed in car accident hours after winning conference title  —  Two college baseball players were among three people killed in a car accident in Georgia on Saturday, hours after their team won the conference championship.  —  Stephen Bartolotta, 18 …

3 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs road trip, including Justin Steele answering a challenge for shorter at-bats  —  PHOENIX — The Chicago Cubs hoped Nico Hoerner's fluke injury wouldn't require time on the injured list.  —  Unfortunately for Hoerner, the Cubs couldn't continue to wait …

Michael Conforto could sign with new team after 2022 MLB Draft  —  MORE ON:  —  The first significant free agent in the next class is about two months from being available to teams.  —  Michael Conforto will be open to signing a contract with a club after the July 17-19 draft, his agent, Scott Boras, told The Post.

The Loneliest Team in Baseball  —  With the Oakland Athletics having gutted their roster and flirted with Las Vegas, their once loyal fans appear to be in revolt.  —  OAKLAND — One quiet night earlier this month, fewer than 3,000 fans went to an Oakland Athletics game.

Albert Pujols makes first pitching appearance of his career, closes out St. Louis Cardinals' rout of San Francisco Giants  —  ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols had an absolute blast.  And not at the plate this time, either.  —  The longtime slugger made his first career pitching appearance Sunday night …

Mark Melancon's status as Diamondbacks' main closer being assessed  —  The Diamondbacks did not use closer Mark Melancon in a tie game Sunday, because as manager Torey Lovullo explained, he was not available having worked three of the last four games.  —  In two of those, Melancon had entered in a tie game.

Boston Red Sox Injuries  —  Wacha (intercostal irritation) will throw a simulated game Monday and is expected to return late next week, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.  —  Status Day-to-day  —  Mayer continues to deal with right wrist soreness and will miss …