A pinch walk-off HR tightens NL Wild Card race

Plus: When Dolly Parton visited Yankee Stadium

Wednesday, August 26 View In Browser  Ranking the top 10 free agents this offseason   The Tarik Skubal sweepstakes will dominate winter chatter. But who are the other big names entering the market? TOP NEWS Walk-off Waldschmidt! Rookie's pinch-hit HR caps D-backs' comeback vs. Cubs Albies' clutch single gives Braves big win over NL rival Dodgers After disheartening stretch, Astros do what they need to in morale-lifting win GRAND DURAN! 11th-inning slam lifts Sox over Marlins Peters homers in 4th straight game, flirts with cycle in big night at plate Furious George punches out 9 in gem -- and wants more MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES STAFF PICKS That time the Queen of Country showed off her swing in the Bronx Dolly Parton, who passed away at the age of 80, let loose her infectious laugh when she made contact with the ball while shooting a segment of her TV series "Dolly" with the 1987 Yankees. Aces incoming: Organizations with the best pitching prospects Almost half of the top 10 organizations could stake a claim to the No. 1 spot when it comes to having a plethora of talent on the mound. No need to flip out. Actually, that was the right call in this situation Blaze Alexander made an absolutely ridiculous tag to nab a runner trying to steal third base, a play made during the first game of his Minor League rehab assignment. ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Christian Encarnacion-Strand   450 ft 3rd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Cam Smith   113.4 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Ben Joyce   102.6 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play D-backs   84.9% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Christian Encarnacion-Strand   450 ft 3rd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Cam Smith   113.4 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Ben Joyce   102.6 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play D-backs   84.9% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Luis García Jr. Season-high-tying 4 hits; 5 RBIs in past 3 games Paul Skenes 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 4 K's; 1st scoreless outing since May 12 (9 games) José Ramírez 12th career game with 5+ RBIs; 1st since June 2023 Taj Bradley 1st immaculate inning on record in Twins history; season-high-tying 11 K's Cal Raleigh .348/.531/1.130 with 6 HRs & 9 RBIs in 9-game on-base streak PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Was this drive by Mike Trout going out? We'll never know, thanks to Angel Martínez.  MORE TOP PLAYS MLB NETWORK MLB Network Showcase: Dodgers vs. Braves National League heavyweights battle when Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers take on Ronald Acuña Jr. and the Braves in a MLB Showcase Game presented by CarShield at 7 p.m. ET (or Brewers vs. Mets). A Rays-Tigers matinee Junior Caminero and the Rays are in Detroit to take on Kevin McGonigle and the Tigers at 1 p.m. ET. MORE FROM MLB NETWORK SCOREBOARD TB 1 DET 4 BOS 7 MIA 3 COL 3 WSH 1 HOU 9 NYY 7 KC 5 TOR 3 MIL 2 NYM 3 LAD 3 ATL 4 TEX 7 CWS 11 BAL 13 STL 1 CLE 8 LAA 6 CHC 4 AZ 5 PIT 1 SD 0 MIN 2 ATH 4 PHI 1 SEA 4 CIN 1 SF 3 © 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.