The beekeeper who saved a baseball game

Plus: A donnybrook between Rays, Brewers

Wednesday, May 01 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Recording a save before the game? You better bee-lieve it   A beekeeper arrived just in time to remove a buzzing colony that delayed the Dodgers-Diamondbacks game at Chase Field. But Matt Hilton was just swarming up: He got a standing "O" and threw out the first pitch. Rays-Brewers escalates from ejections to benches-clearing fracas Skenes inches closer to MLB debut with 6 scoreless frames Duran returns with fireball, new celebration for Twins' ninth straight win Webb, shorthanded O's 'pen step up vs. Yanks' big bats Shildt chooses wisely in taking a run off the board To the victors! Astros stay hot on Caratini's 2-out walk-off homer Castillo fires 7 scoreless as Mariners take set from Braves Trout to have knee surgery, expected to return in '24 MORE TOP NEWS TOP PERFORMANCES Luis Castillo: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 Ks 4th straight start with 6+ IP and 2 R or less Christian Walker: 3-for-5, 2 HR, 3 RBIs, 2 R 1st career walk-off HR Jack Flaherty: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 14 Ks Tied AL record with 7 straight Ks to open game Wenceel Pérez: 3-for-4, 2 HR, 3 RBIs, 3 R, BB 1st DET rookie to HR from both sides of plate since '96 Jon Gray: 8 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 Ks 1.24 ERA in 29 IP in April PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY What looked like a leaping catch became a diving grab when Jared Triolo tipped it to himself. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Here's what being in first place on May 1 really means Sure, it's just one month into a six-month regular season, but plenty of trends have already begun to take shape. Sarah Langs takes a look at the current division leaders with an eye toward projecting what the postseason field could look like come October. See ya, Oriole Park! Soto blasts one to Eutaw Street Juan Soto launched the second-longest home run to reach Camden Yards' pedestrian plaza -- and stared down Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer on his way to first base. 10 closers who may be on the fast track to The Show The role of the reliever continues to evolve in baseball, but there's still something to be said about closers, with their entrance music and light shows. Who could be the next big arms called upon for high-leverage situations in The Show? 8 high risers who could land in the first round of the Draft MLB Pipeline's updated Top 150 Draft Rankings saw a lot more change than usual, with an unprecedented number of players jumping from outside the Top 100 into the Top 50. After a long, winding journey from DIII, Miller's time has come Mason Miller was toiling at the low collegiate level as recently as 2018 and figured he'd make use of his finance major after college. Now he's a budding star closer who is lighting up the radar gun. MLB Network Showcase: Yankees vs. Orioles It's the Casamigos Tequila MLB Network Showcase as Aaron Judge and the Yankees take on Gunnar Henderson and the Orioles at 6:30 p.m. ET. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD STL 2 DET 1 STL 6 DET 11 NYY 2 BAL 4 COL 6 MIA 7 KC 4 TOR 1 CHC 2 NYM 4 SF 0 BOS 4 MIN 6 CWS 5 TB 2 MIL 8 WAS 1 TEX 7 CLE 9 HOU 10 PHI 7 LAA 5 LAD 3 ARI 4 PIT 2 OAK 5 CIN 4 SD 6 ATL 2 SEA 3 © 2024 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.