The New York Times

Full speed ahead: Cubs confident they can make big gains on basepaths

PHOENIX — Late in the Chicago Cubs’ 10-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, Nico Hoerner hustled into second base to beat out a throw from third baseman Eugenio Suárez, giving Matt ...
NOLA.com

Jay Johnson has base-running rules for LSU baseball to follow. Here's what his players are told

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jay Johnson doesn't remember the last time LSU made the first out of an inning at third base. The LSU coach has a set of general rules for his base runners called "out rules," and ...
USA Today

Manny Machado used the savviest base running to legally block Freddie Freeman's throw in Game 3

The San Diego Padres head into Wednesday's Game 4 needing just one more win to eliminate their NL West rival Dodgers, and if they pull it off, it'll be difficult to overlook that six-run second inning ...
The New York Times

After base-running mistake on popup, Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. says he wouldn’t change a thing

MIAMI — After yet another base-running blunder by the New York Yankees, second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., the culprit this time, said he would do nothing differently if faced with the same situation ...