Andrew Benintendi leaves game with right wrist injury  —  As if things weren't bad enough for the spiraling Yankees, they lost one of their few productive hitters Friday night.  After taking a swing at a pitch in the third inning of the Yankees' game against the Rays at Tropicana Field …

Pete Alonso hitting slump comes as stress of playoff race heats up  —  Pete Alonso has never really played in meaningful games in his time as a major leaguer.  —  During his rookie season in 2019, the Mets entered September with a 14-game deficit in the National League East.

‘Weirdest ending’: 2nd walk-off celebration sticks as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 to pull within 3 games of 1st place  —  ExpandAutoplay  —  1 of 29  —  Chicago White Sox players celebrate as Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Jorge Lopez (48) pounds the turf after giving …

Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips to retire after the 2022 season, ending a 23-year run  —  After 23 years as president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Bears and 39 years as a member of the team's front office, Ted Phillips is retiring at the end of the 2022 season …

Hold the Heat angst, Donovan Mitchell price tag was absurd  —  This is what the Miami Heat attempted to pre-empt in July, when the franchise that rarely, even surreptitiously, alludes to personnel deliberations did just that.  —  “We have enough,” an Erik Spoelstra favorite …

Cleveland Guardians place Zach Plesac, Aaron Civale on injured list  —  CLEVELAND — Trying to hang on to their slim lead in the American League Central, the Cleveland Guardians lost two starting pitchers to injury on Friday.  —  Both Zach Plesac (broken hand) and Aaron Civale …

Orioles prospect Grayson Rodriguez savors return to pitching: ‘I was gonna let it eat’  —  The last time a manager visited him on the mound in the middle of a start, Grayson Rodriguez exited with an injury.  On Thursday, Aberdeen's Roberto Mercado came out to issue an apology.

Cubs prospect notes: Cade Horton, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Moisés Ballesteros  —  After seeing a University of Oklahoma game this spring, Cubs area scout Ty Nichols sent a text message to vice president of scouting Dan Kantrovitz on March 30 that read: The one inning line doesn't show it, but that Cade Horton is a Bad Man!

A month since the MLB trade deadline, these acquisitions have paid off — and these haven't  —  For the intrepid general manager, winning the MLB trade deadline is a relatively straightforward proposition.  There are exceptions, but generally aggressiveness is hailed, while passivity is panned.

Shohei Ohtani adds to Yankees August misery with 3-run blast off Gerrit Cole  —  ANAHEIM — The Yankees just want to turn the page on August.  —  The Bombers whiffed away their final game here against the Angels with two costly mistakes Wednesday night.  A miss on a routine ground ball …