Season recap
The 2026 Season — So Far
The season reduced to the stories that mattered, ranked the way the nightly page ranked them when they happened. Every line comes from the stored nightly ledger — nothing here is written from memory — and each date links to that night's report for context.
A rolling draft through the games of 2026-08-21, updated nightly across 147 nights of coverage; it becomes the season's record on the final day.
Ranked, not remembered
The front section
The 25 biggest stories of the season, by the same impact ordering the nightly page uses.
| # | Date | The story |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | Pete Crow-Armstrong hit for the CYCLE (4-for-4, HR, 3B, 2B, 1B) |
| 2 | 2026-06-20 | Bryce Harper hit for the CYCLE (4-for-5, HR, 3B, 2B, 1B) |
| 3 | 2026-07-10 | Tristan Peters hit for the CYCLE (4-for-4, HR, 3B, 2B, 1B) |
| 4 | 2026-05-25 | HOU threw a NO-HITTER against the Rangers — two or three happen a season |
| 5 | 2026-08-18 | The Milwaukee Brewers hung 22 runs on the Seattle Mariners (22-0) — a 22-run margin |
| 6 | 2026-08-20 | Willy Adames reached 200 career home runs |
| 7 | 2026-07-21 | A TRIPLE PLAY was turned (batter: Jose Altuve) — happens two or three times a season |
| 8 | 2026-03-28 | Dominic Smith hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM |
| 9 | 2026-03-30 | Michael Soroka threw an IMMACULATE INNING (inning 5: 3 K on 9 pitches) |
| 10 | 2026-04-09 | Xander Bogaerts hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM |
| 11 | 2026-05-13 | Daulton Varsho hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM |
| 12 | 2026-05-24 | Heriberto Hernández hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM |
| 13 | 2026-06-10 | Bryce Eldridge hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM |
| 14 | 2026-07-23 | Gavin Williams threw an IMMACULATE INNING (inning 4: 3 K on 9 pitches) |
| 15 | 2026-07-30 | Kody Clemens hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM — walk-off grand slams happen about 5 times a season |
| 16 | 2026-04-10 | Max Muncy hit 3 home runs |
| 17 | 2026-05-06 | Andy Pages hit 3 home runs |
| 18 | 2026-06-15 | Colt Keith hit 3 home runs |
| 19 | 2026-06-20 | Kyle Schwarber hit 3 home runs |
| 20 | 2026-06-25 | Junior Caminero hit 3 home runs |
| 21 | 2026-06-27 | Hunter Goodman hit 3 home runs |
| 22 | 2026-07-01 | Dansby Swanson hit 3 home runs |
| 23 | 2026-08-03 | Alec Burleson hit 3 home runs — three-homer games happen roughly 15 times a season — his first career three-homer game. |
| 24 | 2026-08-12 | Alex Bregman hit 3 home runs — three-homer games happen roughly 15 times a season — his first career three-homer game. |
| 25 | 2026-08-15 | Joshua Báez hit 3 home runs — three-homer games happen roughly 15 times a season — the first since Sept 22, 2024 (Triston Casas), the 491st since 1969 — his first. |
The season's arc
Month by month
The loudest stories of each month, capped so one hot week cannot narrate the whole year.
March
- 2026-03-28 — Dominic Smith hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM
- 2026-03-30 — Michael Soroka threw an IMMACULATE INNING (inning 5: 3 K on 9 pitches)
- 2026-03-29 — Yandy Díaz went 5-for-6
April
- 2026-04-09 — Xander Bogaerts hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM
- 2026-04-10 — Max Muncy hit 3 home runs
- 2026-04-24 — Paul Skenes took a PERFECT GAME into the 7th — broken up by a single
May
- 2026-05-25 — HOU threw a NO-HITTER against the Rangers — two or three happen a season
- 2026-05-13 — Daulton Varsho hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM
- 2026-05-24 — Heriberto Hernández hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM
June
- 2026-06-15 — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit for the CYCLE (4-for-4, HR, 3B, 2B, 1B)
- 2026-06-20 — Bryce Harper hit for the CYCLE (4-for-5, HR, 3B, 2B, 1B)
- 2026-06-10 — Bryce Eldridge hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM
July
- 2026-07-10 — Tristan Peters hit for the CYCLE (4-for-4, HR, 3B, 2B, 1B)
- 2026-07-21 — A TRIPLE PLAY was turned (batter: Jose Altuve) — happens two or three times a season
- 2026-07-23 — Gavin Williams threw an IMMACULATE INNING (inning 4: 3 K on 9 pitches)
August
- 2026-08-18 — The Milwaukee Brewers hung 22 runs on the Seattle Mariners (22-0) — a 22-run margin
- 2026-08-20 — Willy Adames reached 200 career home runs
- 2026-08-03 — Alec Burleson hit 3 home runs — three-homer games happen roughly 15 times a season — his first career three-homer game.