A slam so sweet you want to kiss your bat

Plus: Lucky fan snags 2 balls in 2 innings

Friday, May 29 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Does NL have most stacked Cy Young field ever?   While the AL has a clear frontrunner in the Yankees’ Cam Schlittler, the NL Cy Young Award field is shaping up to be the deepest race either league has ever seen. A slam and a smooch! Acuña kisses bat after clearing Green Monster MLB makes initial CBA proposal to address competitive balance Skenes (10 K's) makes more history on eve of 24th birthday  'Gonna win 5 Gold Gloves': Smith's HR robbery astounds teammates White Sox secure 1st winning month since '23 after latest Martin gem Happ plays hero again as Cubs grab badly needed back-to-back wins Sale serves sizzling reminder to Red Sox that he's still All-Star caliber 'We're not done': Astros ride momentum from impressive road trip Giménez homers, Corbin sets tone in Blue Jays' win over O's Grayson's best outing yet leads Angels to back-to-back series wins for 1st time MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Jeremy Peña   424 ft 1st Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Pete Alonso   112.9 mph 8th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Paul Skenes   99.4 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Cubs   19.9% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Jeremy Peña   424 ft 1st Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Pete Alonso   112.9 mph 8th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Paul Skenes   99.4 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Cubs   19.9% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Louis Varland 4-out save to lower ERA to 0.30, best among pitchers with 30+ IP Ronald Acuña Jr. 1st HR since April 24 was 4th career slam and 1st since 8/31/2023 Randal Grichuk 3-run double gives him 13 RBIs, 1.063 OPS in 18 games with White Sox Spencer Arrighetti 2 ER or fewer in all 8 starts this season Ian Happ Pittsburgh native had 6 H, 2 HRs and 8 RBIs in series at Pirates PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Brandon Nimmo robbed a HR vs. the Astros last week. Cam Smith returned the favor. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Renaissance on South Side about more than just Murakami Much of the discussion surrounding the White Sox has been about Munetaka Murakami. But the Japanese slugger has been far from the only player to spark Chicago’s resurgence. Luck strikes twice! Avery Jacobsen had caught foul balls at Camden Yards before. But the 22-year-old O's fan had never come away with a ball in play. That changed last night -- in fact, it changed twice, so he decided to share the wealth. PCA demands challenge after wild dive -- and he's right Pete Crow-Armstrong was so confident he was safe on a bang-bang play at the plate that the Cubs star was high-fiving anyone and everyone in the dugout before his manager even asked for a review. 7 key takeaways on expanded Top 200 Draft list With just over six weeks before the White Sox make the first pick in the 2026 Draft, MLB Pipeline has a re-ranked Top 200 Draft prospects list, with the No. 1 name still holding strong.  Miz and mashers light up Stats of Week From Jacob Misiorowski's extreme heat to the slugging of Yordan Alvarez and Munetaka Murakami, Sarah Langs captured 10 mind-blowing stats from a wild week in baseball. Friday night doubleheader on MLB Network The Braves face the Reds at 6:30 p.m. ET (or Padres vs. Nationals) before we head out west for the Yankees and A’s at 10 (or D-backs vs. Mariners). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD LAA 7 DET 1 MIN 2 CWS 6 ATL 10 BOS 2 TOR 2 BAL 1 CHC 7 PIT 2 HOU 5 TEX 1 © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.