Maury Wills, who intimidated pitchers with his base-stealing prowess as a shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers on three World Series championship teams, has died. He was 89.
The average salary in the major leagues rebounded to $4.4 million on opening day, boosted by a frenzy of free agent signings before and after the 99-day lockout.
Eddie Rosario homered twice and six Atlanta pitchers combined on a four-hitter, giving the Braves a 9-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers for a commanding 3-1 lead in the NLCS.
Max Scherzer got his 3,000th career strikeout and took a perfect game into the eighth inning as the L.A. Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 to complete a three-game sweep.
Cat Osterman and the United States began its quest to regain the Olympic softball gold medal. She pitched one-hit ball over six innings and struck out nine to beat Italy 2-0.
The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first championship sports team to visit the White House since 2019, while Joe Kelly's mariachi jacket blew up social media.
Trent Grisham drew a go-ahead, bases-loaded walk with one out in the eighth as the San Diego Padres hit three solo homers in a 5-3 win over Los Angeles in three game sweep of the Dodgers.