Richard Bleier was at a loss for words. Never in his entire MLB career — seven seasons, 303 games, 295 1/3 innings — had the left-handed relief pitcher been called for a balk. So clearly he was ...

In 1988, the A’s won 104 games. The Dodgers won 94. But Los Angeles won four of five against Oakland in October, which is all that really matters, and the Dodgers’ Kirk Gibson’s Game 1 walkoff homer ...

There are a lot of ways to lose a baseball game, but the Houston Astros managed to lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Saturday night in one of the most annoying ways possible: a balk. Let's set ...

Four walks, a knock and a balk. These were the primary ingredients in the witches brew of a cocktail that the Dodgers stirred together for a wacky eighth-inning rally that capped an 8-7 ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros by an 8-7 final (box score) on Saturday night. The go-ahead run, and what proved to be the eventual winning run, scored in controversial fashion ...

LOS ANGELES — Trailing by two runs in the eighth inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers got help from Houston’s relievers and the umpire. James Outman scored the go-ahead run on a balk by Ryne Stanek and the ...

The New York Yankees fell to the Houston Astros, 8-7, and it was a massively frustrating game for the Yankees. Multiple calls didn't go their way all game long, including the final strike to Jazz ...

Matthew Boyd leads Major League Baseball in pickoffs. To do so, he's pushing the limits of a legal move. The Chicago Cubs' southpaw picked off his eighth base-runner of the season when he nabbed a ...

Mayhem broke loose in the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday night in the showdown between the Astros and Dodgers. With the game tied at 7–7, Houston reliever Ryne Stanek was in the middle of a ...