Sunset ace pitcher Kruz Schoolcraft wasn’t able to start in his final high school baseball game. As the Apollos battled Grant ...

2009 — Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save, becoming the second reliever to reach the milestone, and the New York Yankees beat the Mets 4-2 for a Subway Series sweep.

Oleg Salenko scores a World Cup record five goals as Russia beats Cameroon 6-1. NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers. NBA draft: Maryland power ...

Closer Edwin Díaz of the New York Mets has been named the National League Reliever of the Month for May, and closer Jhoan Duran of the Minnesota Twins has been voted the American League Reliever of ...

2011 — Andruw Jones hit a pair of two-run homers, Mark Teixeira also hit a two-run shot and Mariano Rivera made a milestone appearance in New York’s 7-3 victory over Toronto. Rivera pitched the ninth ...

With 447 career saves, he is just 31 away from passing Lee Smith for third-place all-time and just 53 away from joining Trevor Hoffman and Mariano Rivera as the only closers to register 500 saves ...

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is still the only player to be elected with 100% of the vote. In this year’s class, Suzuki joins starting pitcher CC Sabathia and closer Billy Wagner.

Wagner also ranks second in WHIP (0.994) and opponent OPS (.558) and has the eighth-most saves (422), trailing three Hall of Famers (Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, and Lee Smith), one pitcher who is ...

Rivera and Hoffman, two contemporaries of his, both eclipsed 600 saves, far surpassing Wagner’s total. Wagner received just 10.5% of the vote in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot in 2016.

Will Ichiro Suzuki join Mariano Rivera as only players to get 100% of Hall ... who had 422 saves in a 16-year ... (eighth year, 72.2%) and former Mets nemesis Chase Utley (second year, 53.5%).