Baseball Players News

The first call Dodgers president Stan Kasten made upon arriving home to Los Angeles on Thursday was to embattled manager Don Mattingly, who spent the previous three days twisting in the wind as reports swirled he was on the verge of being replaced.

With their four-game series knotted up at a game apiece, the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays will face off at the Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon.

Baker's shot in the second inning gave the Rangers the lead, but it was Berkman's fourth homer of the season into the left-field seats that broke the game open in the third and sent Saunders to his first career loss at Safeco Field.

Cleveland starter Justin Masterson said he felt something was slightly off as he prepared to face the Boston Red Sox.

MAY 24: Derek Dietrich #51 of the Miami Marlins rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run scoring Placido Polanco #30 during the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox on May 24, 2013 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois.

Lance Lynn pitched two-hit ball over six innings, and David Freese and Allen Craig each homered and drove in three runs, helping the St.

Chris Young has had a tough start to the season, with a sub-.200 batting average and was 0 for 5 entering Friday's game.

The Mets rallied in the rain to tie their game with the Braves 5-5 in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night after Evan Gattis had a two-run, pinch-hit single in the top half to put Atlanta ahead, but the teams will have to wait a day to finish it because the game was suspended after a 75-minute delay.

Umpire Marty Foster thought differently. Foster won the argument and the Royals lost for the 14th time in 18 games, falling 5-2 to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

Arizona managed two hits over the first six innings against Eric Stults before breaking it open in the seventh.

Carlos Gonzalez also hit a solo homer and D.J. LeMahieu added an RBI single as the Rockies beat two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum for the second time in a week.

Marco Estrada gave up one run over seven innings and Alex Gonzalez had a two-run double, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.

Brett Gardner hit his fourth home run of the season in the Yankees' 9-4 win over the Rays.

Hanigan hit a three-run homer that put Cincinnati ahead to stay, and the Reds beat the Cubs 7-4 on Friday night for their fourth straight win.

Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Minnesota's Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out single, and that was the only hit the Detroit right-hander allowed in the Tigers' 6-0 victory over the Twins on Friday night.

Tyler Moore and Ty Ross had run-scoring hits with two outs in the ninth to lead LSU to a 3-2 victory over Alabama Friday in a Southeastern Conference tournament elimination game.

Miami Marlins pitcher Alex Sanabia says he didn't know it was illegal to spit on the ball, the way he did Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson said Friday that his second baseman has a small fracture in the right wrist and will rest a few days to see if it improves.

Swisher has hit .274 with six home runs and 16 runs batted in over 40 games this season, his first with Tribe after signing a four-year, $56 million deal with the club in the offseason.

Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira expects to play in his first game since hurting his right wrist in early March, suiting up for a minor-league game with Double-A Trenton on Wednesday.