Greatest debut ever? 3-HR game is a first!

Plus: Miz-Ohtani (with bases full!) meets hype

Sunday, August 16 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Rookie comes out swinging, again and again and again   With his mom among 30 family members in attendance, the Cardinals' Joshua Báez did something never done before: He homered three times in his MLB debut -- including on the first pitch he ever faced. Báez has historic MLB debut surrounded by family and a special bee 7 stats and facts to know from Joshua Báez's debut for the ages Misiorowski K's Ohtani, Freeman to escape jam, and it wasn't just the heater Surging Blue Jays withstand Schlittler, take down Yankees Red-hot Bohm, Stott showing position change no problem as duo sparks Phils' win Guards ride complete effort to 10,000th win in franchise history Báez looks to build on historic 3-HR debut today vs. Cubs (3:15 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN App) Gray continues run as Boston's stand-in ace with career-best 15th win White Sox earn series win vs. rival Tigers but 'still have a lot more to go' Skenes fine with extra rest as Bucs push his next start back to Wednesday MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Joshua Báez   449 ft 1st Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Jo Adell   111 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Ben Joyce   102.9 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Rays   41.8% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Joshua Báez   449 ft 1st Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Jo Adell   111 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Ben Joyce   102.9 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Rays   41.8% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Joshua Báez 1st STL player to HR on 1st pitch of 1st AB since '06 (Wainwright) Alec Bohm MLB's 1st 5-hit game with 3+ doubles since 2024 Matt McLain 108th straight errorless game at 2B (Reds' longest since 1900) Will Dion 5th reliever in Nats history to throw at least 4 1/3 hitless innings Reid Detmers 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 11 K's; highest K total since May 24 (14) PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Tyler Tolbert wasn't going to leave the ballpark without getting his jersey dirty. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS There have been some drastic changes in playoff odds Fortunes can change fast in baseball, and they have in just a month since the All-Star break -- both good and bad. Say hello to MLB's new must-watch player Were you aware that before he made MLB history with his three-homer debut yesterday, Joshua Báez had a FOUR-homer game in the Minors this year? There's a lot to learn about the Cards rookie. Go crazy, folks! As Joshua Báez was about to connect with his historic third home run, his former Triple-A teammate Jurrangelo Cijntje had his phone camera rolling to capture the feel-good moment in the Memphis Redbirds' clubhouse.  How Weathers turned season around Using one of his best pitches the least has been central to a midseason reinvention for Yanks lefty Ryan Weathers, who faces the Blue Jays today. A pitcher's worst nightmare Nobody is too sure when or how the "Ball 5" chant at Texas A&M started, but one thing is certain: The relentless and suffocating refrain makes the mound a lonely place to be for an opposing pitcher. Yankees vs. Blue Jays on MLB Network Ben Rice and the Yankees are north of the border to take on AL Cy Young candidate Dylan Cease and the Blue Jays at 1:30 p.m. ET (or D-backs vs. Braves). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD CWS 4 DET 3 STL 8 CHC 4 NYY 1 TOR 4 COL 1 SF 7 WSH 4 NYM 5 BAL 4 TB 3 MIA 8 CIN 4 SD 1 CLE 6 SEA 10 HOU 5 PHI 9 MIN 1 BOS 4 PIT 0 AZ 10 ATL 3 MIL 4 LAD 1 KC 0 LAA 1 TEX 5 ATH 3 © 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.