With his team on the edge of something special, Seattle's president of baseball operations watched a game with The Athletic.

Carlos Mendoza was thrilled to learn the Little League World Series had a team this summer that represented his Venezuelan hometown. The Mets manager struck up a conversation with some kids from Barquisimeto on his trip to the stadium where the traditional youth tournament is held — only to find the ballplayers a bit distracted by the big leaguers around them.

Kansas City Royals outfielder Mike Yastrzemski has reached a mark not seen since the Hall of Famer played with the Mariners.

The Mariners knew that this East Coast road trip was going to be one of their most challenging of the season, a four-city weave with no off-days that included the Little League Classic and two flights on Sunday alone,

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J.T. Realmuto hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning to help lift the Phillies over the Mariners.

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber hits 44th home run of the season, passing Shohei Ohtani for NL lead vs. the Seattle Mariners.

Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo made his 24th start of the season Saturday and became the first hurler ever to toss six innings or more in each one of them.