Jake Rill

A former Baltimore battery reunites to get the final out of the 2026 MLB All-Star Game -- Bryan Baker and Adley Rutschman. Traded from Orioles to Rays last July and now 1st-time All-Star, Baker gets the Reds' Sal Stewart to ground out to end it.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider (who is managing AL in All-Star Game) just said while mic’d up on FOX broadcast that Rays manager Kevin Cash reached out to see if he could get Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman to catch Drew Rasmussen tonight.

Orioles' Adley Rutschman and Rays' Drew Rasmussen shared a moment on the mound before the bottom of the 7th. Rutschman and Rasmussen were teammates at Oregon State. Now they've formed a battery for the AL All-Star team.

Vinnie Pasquantino on the Blaze Alexander HBP and the benches-clearing fracas between Orioles and Royals: "We had some up-and-in pitches the other day. To be honest, that’s a guy who’s hitting over .300 and is feeling good about himself that feels the need, when he gets hit, that he can say something. So credit to him for feeling good about himself like that. "But he’s clearly not -- it’s a 1-2 count. We’re trying to get outs. We’re not trying to give away free baserunners. I think that’s a bad baseball mindset, personally, because why would we hit a guy right there? It’s just common sense. "But he feels good about what he’s doing right now, and credit to him, he’s been having a really good year. That was my perspective on it."

Royals RHP Lucas Erceg on hitting Orioles' Blaze Alexander: "I don’t know what Blaze said. A couple guys told me it was something about the quick pitch. But I mean, like I was telling him after I hit him, no ill intent there. Was just trying to pitch. I quick pitch to a lot of guys. Especially with two-strike counts. So I mean, I lost it a little bit up and in."