Orioles reliever Darren O’Day has been called for two balks in a major league career spanning 11 seasons and 576 games. Umpire Stu Scheurwater, hired in December to a full-time position, is ...
PHILADELPHIA — Jesus Luzardo allowed 16 earned runs in his first 11 starts as a Phillie. He nearly doubled that total Saturday. Luzardo allowed 12 hits and 12 earned runs in his 12th start, a disaster ...
Trailing by two runs in the eighth inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers received some help from the Houston Astros' bullpen -- and the umpire. James Outman scored the go-ahead run on a balk by Ryne Stanek ...
The circumstance was a brutal time for a missed call. The Texas Rangers were down a run to the Minnesota Twins. Evan Carter was on first base in the fourth inning. A key detail: Carter had never been ...
The Kansas City Royals battled the Milwaukee Brewers into extra innings Wednesday. The Royals (2-4) fell 3-2 in 11 innings, but not before some late-game controversy ensued at American Family Field.
If it walks like a balk, looks like a balk, and sure as hell moves like a balk, then it’s probably a balk. Unless you’re Matthew Boyd. The Cubs’ lefty has somehow tiptoed past every balk call this ...