Last Night in Sports: August 30, 2026

Baltimore trailed the Athletics by four runs before storming back to win, Miami scored six runs in a single ninth inning to beat Washington, and Cincinnati held off a late Chicago rally, in a 14-game MLB night.

MLB — August 30, 2026 (14 games)

• Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 3
• Miami Marlins 6, Washington Nationals 2
• Toronto Blue Jays 7, Seattle Mariners 0
• Tampa Bay Rays 5, San Diego Padres 4
• Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
• New York Yankees 16, Boston Red Sox 1
• Texas Rangers 7, Milwaukee Brewers 4
• Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 1
• Philadelphia Phillies 5, Los Angeles Angels 2
• Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Detroit Tigers 1
• Cleveland Guardians 11, Kansas City Royals 1
• Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 5
• Atlanta Braves 3, Colorado Rockies 2
• Baltimore Orioles 8, Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles 8, Athletics 5. Baltimore (68-69) trailed the Athletics (53-84) 5-1 after three innings, then scored three runs in both the fourth and fifth to take the lead for good, adding an eighth-inning insurance run for the final margin.

Miami Marlins 6, Washington Nationals 2. Miami trailed 2-0 into the ninth, then scored six runs in the top half to blow the game open.

Toronto Blue Jays 7, Seattle Mariners 0. Toronto held Seattle to a single hit all game and salted it away with a three-run eighth.

New York Yankees 16, Boston Red Sox 1. New York broke it open with a five-run fifth and a nine-run eighth, out-hitting Boston 18-7 in a 16-1 rout.

Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 5. Chicago led 2-0 before Cincinnati scored three runs in both the fourth and fifth to go up 6-3, then survived a late Cubs push that trimmed it to 7-5.

Quick Hits

• Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 3. New York led 2-0 early and 3-2 through five, but Houston's back-to-back two-run innings in the sixth and seventh flipped it, and the Astros out-hit the Mets 10-5.
• Texas Rangers 7, Milwaukee Brewers 4. Milwaukee opened with a two-run first, but Texas answered in five different innings, capped by a two-run seventh, for the win.
• Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 1. Minnesota built a 3-0 lead in the first and didn't let Chicago on the board until a ninth-inning run made it 5-1 final.
• Philadelphia Phillies 5, Los Angeles Angels 2. Los Angeles led 1-0 into the seventh before Philadelphia scored in three straight innings (the seventh, eighth, and ninth) to pull away.
• Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Detroit Tigers 1. Detroit managed just two hits all game as Los Angeles pulled away with a three-run eighth.
• Cleveland Guardians 11, Kansas City Royals 1. Cleveland scored three runs twice and added two more later, building an 11-1 rout while out-hitting Kansas City 13-7.
• Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4. St. Louis cut a two-run gap in half twice, in the fifth and seventh, but Pittsburgh held on.
• Tampa Bay Rays 5, San Diego Padres 4.
• Atlanta Braves 3, Colorado Rockies 2.

What to watch tonight

A 12-game MLB slate is topped by Milwaukee's trip to Wrigley Field.

• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, 7:40 PM ET. Milwaukee (85-52) holds the best record in baseball and an eight-game lead over Chicago (77-60) in the NL Central; the Cubs get a home shot to trim that lead by one game.

Full details in the Tonight preview.