BALTIMORE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers tied a team record with their 97th win of the season, beating Baltimore 1-0 Saturday with the help of a fly ball lost in the sun by Orioles right fielder Rece Hinds.
Already assured of their fourth straight NL Central title and eighth playoff berth in nine season, the big league-best Brewers (97-58) matched the wins total of last year's team that finished 97-65.
Baltimore (75-80) fell four games behind the Chicago White Sox for the AL’s last wild card with seven to play.
Robert Gasser (5-5) allowed three hits over seven innings, Abner Uribe worked around a leadoff single in the eighth, and Aaron Ashby pitched a perfect ninth for his third save, finishing the Brewers' 11th shutout this season and first 1-0 win.
Hinds lost Joey Ortiz’s fly ball in the sun in the second inning and tumbled to the ground, and Gary Sánchez hit into a run-scoring groundout.
Trevor Rogers (10-11) struck out 10, walked one and allowed three hits in a season-high eight innings.
Milwaukee RHP Jacob Misiorowski (15-5, 1.89 ERA) faces Baltimore RHP Brandon Young (9-4, 3.65) as the three-game series concludes Sunday night.
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Milwaukee Brewers pitcher DL Hall throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Trevor Rogers throws a pitch against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Robert Gasser delivers a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
NEW YORK (AP) — Reporters from three major news organizations — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — were denied access to the White House on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.”
The actions were a clear escalation of Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage by journalists he finds objectionable, and the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States. Trump had said Friday he would ban all three outlets because of coverage he disliked.
White House reporters from the two cable networks — Betsy Klein of CNN and Akayla Gardner of MS NOW — both went live to report they’d been turned away, their press badges deactivated, when arriving for their jobs at the White House. Soon after, Politico said its White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry and had her badge confiscated.
All three news outlets hinted at legal action. “We will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights,” Politico Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Greenberger said in a statement to the Politico newsroom. A CNN statement said the network “will not be deflected from our duty to hold the government and other public bodies to account."
And MS NOW said it “intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy.”
In his second term, Trump and his administration have upped the ante and punished certain media outlets, both in the courtroom and through regulatory action. Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms — insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
The WHCA's president, Jacqui Heinrich, called on the administration to immediately restore the three outlets' access. “The implications extend beyond these organizations: a standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage could be applied to any outlet in the future,” Heinrich said. “The American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably.”
Network correspondents are usually present on the weekends when the president is in Washington or at nearby Camp David. Trump is at the presidential retreat in Maryland this weekend.
MS NOW's Gardner reported that she had walked through two gates successfully, but once she got to where her badge needed to be scanned, an officer told her it was disabled and asked her to hand it over. He said the decision “was above him," she reported. An MS NOW producer was able to get in, but a photographer's badge was also disabled, Gardner said.
Klein, senior White House reporter at CNN, also said her badge had been deactivated. It was confiscated, and she was handed back the clear plastic case. She said she was referred to the White House press office for further information.
Amy Kristin Sanders, a professor at Penn State University and an expert in media law, said it has “become pretty clear that this administration is not interested in playing by traditional First Amendment rules and norms.”
“The second Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on press freedom and delegitimize independent journalism far exceed those of any other modern American president," Sanders said. "It is not an exaggeration to say his hostile actions toward news organizations and individual reporters have a chilling effect on freedom of expression around the world.”
CNN media analyst Brian Stelter called the move “a direct threat to press freedom in the United States.”
“It’s so much bigger than CNN,” Stelter said. “This is a free speech test in America.”
The president wrote on his social media site Friday that effective immediately, “I am banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” Minutes later, speaking at an event in the Oval Office, Trump was asked to explain his statement.
“Because they’re fake news,” he said. “You get so tired of reading and seeing fake news. When you look at CNN, it’s just fake. That’s why their ratings are no good. When you look at MS NOW … , it’s fake news.”
“And when you look at Politico ... the stories they wrote are fake. So there’s a lot of news and there may be others to join them, and maybe they can get better,” he said. “But our country has to have honest news.”
The move follows the president’s decision last year to bar Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office, Air Force One and other events in retaliation for the news outlet’s decision not to follow his lead in changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, which lies partially in Mexican and other waters. The AP said that it would note when appropriate that Trump had ordered it renamed the “Gulf of America.”
The AP filed suit and the case is ongoing. Since returning to office, Trump has pursued other legal action against a variety of different outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the BBC. His administration is also involved in a long-simmering confrontation involving ABC over renewal of its broadcast licenses.
The AP said Saturday it supported the news organizations banned this week. In a statement, the news cooperative said: “No news organization — or person — should be retaliated against by the government over the words they use.”
Associated Press journalist Mike Householder contributed.
MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardner reports near the White House complex after being denied entry following President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politico White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett is pictured near the White House complex after having her credential revoked following President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
This combination of photos shows MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardne, from left, CNN Senior White House Reporter Betsy Klein and Politico White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett near the White House complex after all were denied entry to the White House and had credentials confiscated following President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photos/Jose Luis Magana)
CNN Senior White House Reporter Betsy Klein, right, departs after having her credential revoked following President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
CNN Senior White House Reporter Betsy Klein, carrying an empty credential holder after having her credential revoked following President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, walks near the White House, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
CNN Senior White House Reporter Betsy Klein, holding up an empty credential holder, reports near the White House complex after having her credential confiscated following President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
