Melanie Newman and Jessica Mendoza will team up to call a key NL West matchup between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers on ESPN on Wednesday
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.
Albert Pujols rewarded an adoring crowd by hitting a home run in his return to Busch Stadium, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers toward a 7-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
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 second half of the major league baseball season starts Thursday night when Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox visit Yankee Stadium.
Josh Bell hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and All-Star Trea Turner also connected for the Washington Nationals, who beat the San Diego Padres 7-5 to snap a four-game losing streak.
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.
Jake Cronenworth and rookie Kim Ha-seong homered off Clayton Kershaw, Blake Snell pitched five scoreless innings. The Padres got their third straight win against the Dodgers, 3-2.
Yu Darvish became the fastest big leaguer to reach 1,500 strikeouts for his career by fanning 11. Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth homered and the Padres beat the Dodgers 6-2.