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Mookie Betts, who sat out Tuesday's series opener vs. the Yankees after injuring his side while making a throw on Sunday, will serve as DH for the Red Sox on Wednesday.

Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Wednesday that Zach Wheeler is being shut down for precautionary reasons and won't make his final two starts this season. Wheeler has gone 12-7 with a 3.31 ERA in 29 starts.

On a solemn anniversary for her native Puerto Rico, ESPN's Marly Rivera recalls the aftermath of the deadly storm.

Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, who was placed on the DL on Aug. 22 with left knee tendinitis, has been activated. He is 3-0 with 31 saves this season.

Even when your playoff odds drop to absolute zero, there's still a chance to do something absolutely special on the diamond.

They're rich. They're smart. They still might miss the playoffs. Here's why the Dodgers should be dominating the National League -- but aren't.

As the Yankees slugger returns to the lineup after a broken wrist, the focus is getting him prepared to deliver in the postseason.

The Red Sox have not clinched this year's AL East, but a banner marking the accomplishment has already been accidentally unveiled.

The Dodgers beat the division-rival Rockies for the second straight night Tuesday, pushing their National League West lead to 1 1/2 games and prompting manager Dave Roberts to say "things are coming together at the right time."

The Cubs might have an unorthodox solution to their closer quandary after losing two key relievers: score early, score often and skip saves.

Blake Snell threw one-hit ball for five innings to become the major leagues' first 20-game winner in two years as he helped the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-0 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.

Bullpen woes could handicap both contenders heading into October. Can they take a page from past pennant winners with similar setbacks?

The Orioles fell to the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 Tuesday night, dropping their 108th game, a team record for losses since they arrived in Baltimore in 1954. The franchise record for losses is 111, set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns.

Trevor Story is expected to return to the Rockies' lineup "in a few days," Colorado manager Bud Black said, after an MRI revealed no structural damage to the shortstop's elbow.

Cubs closer Brandon Morrow, sidelined since mid-July by a bone bruise, won't pitch again this season, Theo Epstein, the team's president of baseball operations, said Tuesday.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone says LHP Justus Sheffield could give the team "a couple of innings (out of the bullpen) if we needed it."

Jose Abreu, who has 22 home runs and 78 RBIs this season, will miss the White Sox's series against the Indians due to an infection in his right thigh.

Trevor Bauer threw to hitters for the first time since breaking his right leg last month and hopes to be back on the mound for Cleveland in time for the postseason.

Mookie Betts initially said he expected to be ready for Tuesday's series opener against the Yankees, but the side injury he suffered Sunday will keep him out of the lineup.

Baseball union officials met last month with the management of the four major league teams accused of improper spending of revenue sharing money, according to The Associated Press.