Baseball Players News

The Baltimore Orioles have selected the contract of pitcher Jair Jurrjens from their Triple-A affiliate in Norfolk and placed outfielder Nolan Reimold on the 15-day disabled among a host of moves before Saturday's game against Tampa Bay.

There are those moments, though, that the New York Yankees ' manager has to remind himself the Japanese ace is not one of the many young faces in his clubhouse.

For the second time in two weeks, the Minnesota Twins scored enough to win against Boston's unbeaten ace, Clay Buchholz.

Russell Martin's bases-loaded fly ball popped out Paredes' glove when he ran into the second baseman with two outs in the ninth inning, and the second missed catch of the night by a Houston right fielder helped the Pittsburgh Pirates rally past the Astros 5-4 Friday.

Domonic Brown drove in the tiebreaking run on an infield grounder in the eighth and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped the Reds' six-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Friday night.

Adam Rosales hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning, Josh Donaldson also connected and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday night.

David Freese hit a grand slam for his first homer of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals used a five-run first inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Friday night.

It's easy to think of a mother as the person who carried us inside her womb for nine months, but... In 1985, at my first radio job, it was common practice for my boss, who was the news director, to... There were two people, outside of my mother, who had a profound influence on me when I was a teen.

One day after Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday on May 8, she picked up her Missouri driver’s license.

Rick Porcello tossed 5 2/3 solid innings and the Detroit Tigers snuck past the Texas Rangers, 2-1, in the second test of a four-game series.

Reid Ryan choked back tears as he was introduced as president of his beloved Astros, the team he grew up watching in the days when his Hall of Fame father, Nolan Ryan, starred as a pitcher for Houston.

To avoid a forfeit and fine, manager Hugh Jennings recruited college players and others; they lost to the Philadelphia A's 24-2. Joe Travers gave up all 24 runs on 26 hits.

Right-hander Josh Lindblom, who has toiled for both Los Angeles and Philadelphia, will replace injured Alexi Ogando in the starting rotation for the Monday series opener against Oakland.

Cincinnati Reds' starting pitcher Mat Latos throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Thursday.

New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte was removed from Thursday's game against the Seattle Mariners with a tight left trapezius muscle.

Will Middlebrooks' three-run double in the ninth inning lifted the Boston Red Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series.

To Colorado Rockies starter Jon Garland, allowing runs in any capacity hurts. It doesn't matter who does the damage.

J.P. Arencibia and Adam Lind each hit two-run home runs, Ramon Ortiz won for the first time since 2011 and the Toronto Blue Jays won their season-high fourth straight game Wednesday night, beating the San Francisco Giants 11-3. The last-place Blue Jays, who came in with the fewest runs of any AL East team, have 33 runs and 41 hits in their past ... (more)

Justin Verlander says it's May. Yu Darvish says it's not the great opposing pitcher he's faced, and won't be his last.

Lester pitched seven solid innings and Stephen Drew hit his second career grand slam during an eight-run third inning that keyed a 9-2 victory over AL Cy Young winner David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.