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MLB Power Rankings: The Dodgers Are Finally Dethroned

For the first time all season, we have a new No. 1 team. Plus, two AL West teams enter the top five.

Sports Illustrated · May 16, 2022

SI:AM | Luka and the Mavs Humiliated the Suns

Dončić has Dallas in the conference finals after handing Phoenix an embarrassing loss.

Sports Illustrated · May 16, 2022

Reds throw a no-hitter — and lose 1-0 to Pirates

Three walks and a groundout in the eighth lift Pittsburgh.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2022

Inside the Reds’ Historically Bad Start to the Season

Losing is a collection of tiny, individual tragedies. And so far this season, Cincinnati has done a lot of losing.

Sports Illustrated · May 14, 2022

Pirates' offense struggles again, Mitch Keller hit hard in 8-2 loss to Reds

PITTSBURGH — In the fourth and fifth innings of Friday night’s game against the Cincinnati Reds, the Pirates’ offense had fleeting chances to mount a comeback.

Tribune News Service · May 14, 2022

Pirates shut down by Reds, Connor Overton in 4-0 loss

PITTSBURGH — If one were to make a list of the former Pirates most likely to come back to haunt the team, Connor Overton wouldn’t have been at the top.

Tribune News Service · May 13, 2022

White Sox’ MLB worst defense has nowhere to go but up — and it must

“I’m confident that we’re a good enough defensive club and we’ll get better,” manager Tony La Russa said.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2022

Daniel Vogelbach, Pirates out-slug Dodgers for surprising series victory

PITTSBURGH — Daniel Vogelbach finished his swing, dropped his bat and stared toward the Clemente Wall in right field. The Pirates’ designated hitter found a low-and-inside fastball, and he did what many left-handed hitters do with pitches there — pulverized it. No question Vogelbach knew it was gone.

Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022

Pirates dominated, as Dodgers flex their mighty muscles

PITTSBURGH — On Monday, the Pirates played one of their best games of the young season, pitching a gem in a 5-1 win over the perennial powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022

Starting pitcher finally earns win during Pirates’ banner night against Dodgers

PITTSBURGH — The streak the Pirates had going was equal parts emblematic of their new pitching philosophy and the byproduct of playing sub-.500 baseball. It was also just pretty darn strange. Nearly 30 games, and a starting pitcher didn’t have a single win? Yeah, never happened before.

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022