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Monday, April 20 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Surprise team leads NL Central surge in Power Rankings   Coming off seven straight losing seasons and back-to-back last-place finishes, the Pirates are fifth in the latest Power Rankings and three other NL Central clubs help round out the Top 10. Dynamic duo Judge (No. 9), Rice (8) make Yanks HR history in rout Miller blanks his way to 1 inning shy of franchise scoreless streak record Cubs win 5th straight on rally so good it had PCA partying with fans Ohtani's on-base streak reaches 51 as Dodgers star moves up leaderboard Hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, BB ... Blue Jays' first 8 batters reach in 8-run 1st! Murakami's power impresses A's as HRs in 3 straight games lead to series win Braves' lefty-lefty lineup strategy fuels 5th straight win, sweep of Phillies After pair of late rallies, Reds earn wild win in extras on ABS challenge J-Ram (2 HRs) continues to stack history with rare 300-300 club in reach MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Kyle Karros   448 ft 5th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Munetaka Murakami   114.1 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Jacob Misiorowski   100.4 mph 2nd Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Reds   58.6% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Kyle Karros   448 ft 5th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Munetaka Murakami   114.1 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Jacob Misiorowski   100.4 mph 2nd Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Reds   58.6% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Yordan Alvarez 3rd straight game with a HR; leads MLB with 10 José Ramírez 138 HRs at home is second most in franchise history  Bailey Ober 6th career game with double-digit strikeouts Munetaka Murakami 8 HRs are most of any Japanese-born player in 1st 22 MLB games Ben Rice Has homered in 4 straight games for the 1st time in his career PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Troy Johnston and the Rockies finished off a series win over the Dodgers in style. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Spirited rivalries highlight 5 series to watch this week We have our first Dodgers-Giants and Yankees-Red Sox showdowns of the 2026 season this week along with a couple key division matchups in the National League. Kids share a baseball -- and a hug After Pirates outfielder Jake Mangum threw a ball to a young boy, he did not hesitate to hand it over to a girl in a Mangum jersey. This guy is definitely a catch(er) After the Guardians won their series finale against the Orioles, catcher Austin Hedges secured a win of his own. He proposed to his girlfriend Lexi -- and she said yes! Fairchild still basking in Classic glow Since starring for Chinese Taipei in the World Baseball Classic, Guardians Minor Leaguer Stuart Fairchild says he can't play anywhere without a Taiwanese fan thanking him for his performance in the tournament. Monday baseball on MLB Network It’s the Tigers vs. Red Sox at 11 a.m. ET, the Reds vs. Rays at 6:30 (or Cardinals vs. Marlins) and the Blue Jays vs. Angels at 9:30 (or A’s vs. Mariners). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD SF 0 WSH 3 TB 3 PIT 6 KC 0 NYY 7 BAL 4 CLE 8 MIL 3 MIA 5 STL 7 HOU 5 CIN 7 MIN 4 NYM 1 CHC 2 LAD 6 COL 9 CWS 7 ATH 4 SD 2 LAA 1 TEX 2 SEA 5 TOR 10 AZ 4 DET 6 BOS 2 ATL 4 PHI 2 © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.