Baseball Players News

The halt in the fifth inning lasted 2 hours, 59 minutes, prolonging a game that had already been postponed because of rain on April 12. The Red Sox invited fans who stuck out Tuesday's first game to return for the second for free.

The Yankees have placed Mark Teixeira on the 15-day DL with inflammation in his right wrist, the team announced Tuesday.

The five National League West Division teams are separated by just seven games, making it perhaps the best of the six division races from top to bottom.

He just has very little to show for it. Wood dropped his third straight start Monday night in St. Louis, as he came out on the short end of a 5-2 score.

Then, the San Francisco skipper blew it. Bochy's blunder put Posey in the wrong spot in the lineup without a chance to hit.

Gee pitched brilliantly until Freeman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a stunning 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in a game delayed nearly four hours by rain.

Alberto Callaspo matched his career high with four hits, driving in two runs during the Angels' seven-run sixth inning.

Dayan Viciedo's bases-loaded triple in a four-run sixth sent the White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros.

Max Scherzer has shrugged off the significance of his undefeated start, saying records are fluky statistics for pitchers and that he's simply playing for a good team.

After a tough stretch, the Rangers had a loud and clear response Monday night to the message manager Ron Washington delivered the previous day.

With no margin for error, left-hander Francisco Liriano made two of them that went a long way and decided a close game.

Maicer Izturis hit a two-run single in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays won their sixth consecutive game Monday night, beating Colorado 2-0 behind Johnson and two relievers.

Pinch-runner Elliot Johnson scored from third base on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Albers in the ninth inning as Kansas City rallied for a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

The Detroit Tigers are hopeful right-hander Anibal Sanchez can get healthy after missing a couple starts and are thankful catcher Alex Avila wasn't hurt even worse after getting hit by a pitch.

John Lannan makes his first start in two months on Monday when the Philadelphia Phillies welcome the Washington Nationals to Citizens Bank Park to kick off a three-game series.

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey still tops all National League players in voting for the 2013 All-Star Game.

The Boston Red Sox left-hander yielded five runs and nine hits in five innings against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday in a 6-3 defeat.

The Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander threw six solid innings Sunday, allowing one run on four hits, walking one and striking out six.

Bartolo Colon worked seven strong innings to win his sixth straight decision, Josh Reddick homered and matched a career high with four hits, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Atlanta won its second straight to take the three-game series and increase its NL East lead to 6 1/2 games.