Continuing Coverage of Major League Baseball

May 3, 2026 MLB Players of the Day

American League

At 23-11, the New York Yankees are tearing up the AL East, which they lead by 1 1/2 over Tampa Bay.

Sunday in New York, the Yankees took their third straight from visiting Baltimore with an 11-3 victory.

Aaron Judge hit his 13th home run of the season, tying him with Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox for the major league lead. Teammate Jason Dominguez socked his first, a two-run shot that put New York up 6-3. Dominguez singled, doubled, scored twice and drove in three runs, going 3-for-5.

The Yankees will be looking for their fourth straight over the O’s when they wrap up the series on Monday.

AL Streaks: Yankees, Rays, Royals, won 3; Orioles, lost 4.

National League

Jonah Heim doubled and homered in four at-bats Sunday, driving in five runs for the Braves, as Atlanta ripped the Rockies, 11-6, sweeping the three-game series in Denver.

Heim hit his first homer of the season - a two run dinger - in the second inning, drove in another run with a sac fly in the 5th, and capped off his day with a two-run double in the 9th. Heim, 30, started with the A’s in 2020, and played five years for the Texas Rangers before joining the Braves this season.

The Braves are leading the NL East by a whopping 8 1/2 games. They have the best record in the majors, 25-10, and an awesome 13-4 road record. They open a three-game series in Seattle Monday, while Colorado hosts the Mets.

NL Streaks: Cubs, won 5; Giants, lost 6.

May 2, 2026 MLB Players of the Day

National League

In a game that featured Reds’ pitchers tying an MLB record by walking seven consecutive batters, Marcell Ozuna made the most of his plate appearances, gong 3-for-5 with two singles, a double, three RBI and three runs.

Pittsburgh used 11 walks and 19 hits to hammer the Reds, 17-7, taking the second straight of the tree-game series in Pittsburgh with game three slated for Sunday afternoon.

Ozuna, batting just .185, should get his bat working and give the Pirates a solid middle-of-the-order hitter.

The Pirates, despite being in last place in the NL Central, have a record of 18-16 and trail the division-leading Chicago Cubs by just 3 1/2 games.

NL Streaks: Cardinals, won 6; Giants, lost 5.

American League

Cody Bellinger has gotten hot lately, and, on Saturday, he went 4-for-4 in a 9-4 Yankee win over visiting Baltimore, New York’s second straight win over the Orioles with game three of the weekend series to be played Sunday at Yankee stadium in the Bronx.

Bellinger singled, doubled, swatted a pair of home runs, stole a base, drove in four runs and scored three times as the Yankees won for the eighth time in their last 10 outings and lead the AL East by 1 1/2 over Tampa Bay.

Bellinger has his batting average up to .276, with five homers and 20 RBI.

Baltimore is struggling, seven games out, but two ahead of last place Boston in the division.

AL Streaks: White Sox, won 5; Orioles, lost 3

May 1, 2026 MLB Players of the Day

American League

Kazuma Okamoto homered twice, drove in three runs and scored three times as the Blue Jays evened their foursome series in Minnesota with a 7-3 victory over the Twins, Friday in Minneapolis.

Okamoto gave the Blue Jays the lead with a solo shot in the fourth, followed by a two-run belt in the fifth as Toronto pitchers kept Twins’ hitters at bay. Okamoto is a 29-year-old rookie who played 11 years with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. A six-time NPB all-star, the third baseman has seven homers and 18 RBI.

The series continues Saturday and Sunday.

AL Streaks: White Sox, won 4; Angels, lost 7.

National League

Catcher Henry Davis smacked a pair of home runs as Pittsburgh snapped a five-game losing streak with a convincing, 9-1 win over the Reds Friday in Pittsburgh, knocking the Reds out of sole possession of first place in the NL Central.

The home runs for Davis - a solo belt in the fourth inning and a two-run blast in the fifth - were his fist two of the season for the Pittsburgh backstop.

The Pirates moved past the .500 mark, at 17-16, though they remain in last place in the division in which every team has a winning record. Cincinnati dropped into a tie with the Cubs atop the NL Central. The game was the first of a three-game series which resumes Saturday at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park.

NL Streaks: Cardinals, won 5; Giants, lost 4.

Ildemaro Vargas extended his hitting streak to 27 games Friday, going 4-for-4 in Arizona’s 6-5 loss to the Cubs in Chicago. Vargas leads the majors with a .404 batting average.