MLB Morning Lineup Podcast

After spending the first couple months of the season among baseball's biggest disappointments, the Red Sox and Tigers each find themselves within 3 1/2 games of a playoff spot after Boston won its sixth straight and Detroit made it five in a row. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This might come as quite the surprise, but after yesterday's shutout of the Mariners, the Marlins are an MLB-best 25-8 since June 1 and are now nine games over .500 for the first time since July 2023. They’ve also won 15 of their last 17 home games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shohei Ohtani crushed his 300th career homer. That's one. Ryan O'Hearn hit three homers in becoming the first Pirate to total 10 RBIs in a game. That's two. And the Royals' Tyler Tolbert tied an all-time MLB record with hits in 12 straight at-bats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facing a four-game deficit in the AL East to open the week, the Yanks got right to work vs. the first-place Rays, riding eight innings from a motivated Cam Schlittler. Plus, Shohei Ohtani belted his 19th homer of the year -- the 299th of his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Braves, Dodgers and Phillies will each send 5 players to the Midsummer Classic. The Angels' Mike Trout leads all players with a 12th All-Star selection, while the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman and Braves ace Chris Sale will each make their 10th trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brayan Rocchio's two-run shot off the first pitch he saw in the ninth was the difference as the Guardians edged the White Sox in the opener of their four-game series. It also pulled Cleveland into a tie with Chicago atop the AL Central. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Junior Caminero, who has already announced he'll be competing in this month's T-Mobile Home Run Derby, is on quite a tear, homering in six straight games and powering the East-leading Rays to seven wins in a row and an AL-best 50 on the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the day the Rays' Junior Caminero became the first confirmed entrant in this year's T-Mobile Home Run Derby, he illustrated why he belongs by homering in a 5th straight game. Elsewhere, benches emptied in Boston and there were multiple ejections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seiya Suzuki delivered the game-winning hit as the Cubs figured out Padres closer Mason Miller for their 10th walk-off win of the season, moving into a tie atop the NL Wild Card standings with eight teams separated by only 4 1/2 games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's nobody hotter than Junior Caminero. The burgeoning star has seven homers in his last six games and as a result, the Rays have won five in a row and sit atop the AL East. Meanwhile, the Red Sox came alive and beat the Yanks in four straight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shohei Ohtani and Ernie Clement were their leagues' top vote-getters in Phase 1 of All-Star Game balloting to secure starting spots, and finalists for the other positions were announced with Phase 2 of voting beginning Monday at noon ET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francisco Lindor was back in the Mets lineup for the first time in two months, but it was his shortstop counterpart -- Dansby Swanson -- who made waves with 11 RBIs in the Cubs' doubleheader sweep. Meanwhile, Mookie Betts joined the 300-homer club as Shohei Ohtani salvaged a shaky start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jazz Chisholm Jr. watched his go-ahead HR clear the wall in Detroit, then danced all the way to the dugout. Once there, he grabbed a container of lollipops to hold in front of the TV camera, in reference to his Lollipopapalooza incident from Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Woodruff was perfect until the sixth inning and struck out 10 in his first start for the Brewers since April, and the Dodgers were the first team in the Majors to reach 50 wins behind six no-hit innings in relief by Eric Lauer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Tarik Skubal back and a sweep of the White Sox in hand, the Tigers are showing signs of life after a tough start to the season. Meanwhile, the Marlins -- the hottest team in baseball -- have emerged in the NL Wild Card race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tied up in the eighth inning in the Bronx after dropping the first two games of the series, the White Sox stunned the Yankees on Andrew Benintendi's pinch-hit grand slam to keep Chicago in a virtual tie atop the AL Central standings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After two Knicks stars threw out the ceremonial first pitch, the Yankees blasted the White Sox again for their eighth win in their last nine games without Aaron Judge. Meanwhile out west, Shohei Ohtani found yet another way to bend the box score. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cal Raleigh missed more than a month on the IL. In his first game back, he delivered the tiebreaking hit for the Mariners. Elsewhere, the longest homer in the Majors was hit, and you'll never guess by whom. Plus a big-time star clubbed his 300th HR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the day Pete Crow-Armstrong raced his way to the first cycle of the season, the Cubs used a run-scoring walk to rally for their MLB-best ninth walk-off win. Elsewhere, the upstart Nationals are starting to look like a legitimate playoff contender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can explain. Flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski is in a hot NL Cy Young race with, among others, Cristopher Sánchez. So his Brewers teammates helped out by knocking around the Phillies' ace. The Marlins also aided the Miz by getting to Paul Skenes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shohei Ohtani is dealing with left knee inflammation, but the Dodgers are not yet ruling him out for Friday's game. Elsewhere across the Majors, Juan Soto found motivation from watching the Knicks, crushing a clutch homer vs. the Cardinals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shohei Ohtani pitched. And he homered. Which usually makes for a winning combination. But the Pirates went bonkers and stunned the Dodgers. Elsewhere, is there a more exciting play than a walk-off grand slam? Asking for the Giants' Bryce Eldridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

White Sox No. 2 prospect Braden Montgomery became only the 5th player in history to hit a walk-off HR in his MLB debut, an extra-inning blast that stunned baseball's best team, the Braves. Also, an elite pitching matchup that lived up to the hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of their scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2028, the A's are playing six games at the home of their Triple-A club this week, and the ball was flying as they combined with the Brewers for 11 homers and 29 runs on a hot night in the desert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A young fan in Detroit made some homemade glasses to support Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle on Sunday. And the "McGonigoggles" certainly did the trick, too, as the 21-year-old homered and hit a two-run walk-off single in a win over the Mariners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices