Derek Lowe News

Carl Froch stopped Lucian Bute in the fifth round in his hometown Saturday night to claim the IBF super-middleweight title.

Carl Froch stopped Lucian Bute in the fifth round in his hometown Saturday night to claim the IBF super-middleweight title.

Kyle Kendrick threw a seven-hitter for his first career shutout, winning his first game of the season and putting the Philadelphia Phillies on the verge of their first four-game sweep in St.

Any good baseball fan worth his salt can recite for you that epic line from the close of Major League .

The Miami marlins are looking to pick up a series win against the Cleveland Indians after a disappointing 2-0 loss yesterday afternoon.

"If you play a long time, you're going to have good years, bad years, some in-between," says Indians pitcher Derek Lowe, who goes for his seventh win of the season today against Miami.

Thursday against Seattle, Hafner was hit by a pitch on the right hand in the ninth inning.

It feels like this Major League Baseball season is still stretching its arms and yawning - it feels like it's not quite awake yet.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Any day is a pretty good day when there's reason to discuss Greg Maddux , and so today is a good day, 5:30 a.m. alarm be damned.

In the first installment of a new weekly baseball series, I'm predicting which players will be the top Friday/Saturday/Sunday performers; potential "weekend warriors" capable of leading their teams to victory.

Reds starter Johnny Cueto led the major leagues in earned run average before the Braves touched him for five earned runs in four innings in a 6-2 victory.

Not so long ago, some believed the National League East had grown too tough for the local nine.A Sports Illustrated even picked this club to finish fourth in a five-team division .

Atlanta Braves cast-off Derek Lowe is, to date, leading the American League in ERA , and wins .A Could this mean that the problem here in Atlanta wasn't with Lowe, but lay with the Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell ?A Yes,A it's very early in the season, but baseball is a numbers driven and performance driven sport more than any other, and as ... (more)

Derek Lowe pitched his first shutout in nearly seven years, throwing a six-hitter Tuesday and leading the Cleveland Indians over the Minnesota Twins 5-0. Choo Shin-soo, the Indians' new leadoff man, scored after a leadoff double in the third inning and then hit the first of three Cleveland home runs in the fifth against Jason Marquis .

Whether it's a coincidence or not , the Angels managed to not get shut out on the night hitting coach Mickey Hatcher was given the axe.

While some believed Derek Lowe 's better years may be behind him following a disappointing 2011, it's safe to say he still has plenty left in the tank.

It's difficult to win when the first three hitters homer. The pros call that "starting off in a hole." The Cardinals lead baseball with a team BABIP of .331. GM John Mozeliak got a call from A's GM Billy Beane, who asked for "my .031 back." Stephen Strasburg struck out 13 Pirates and, at one point, seven straight.

RED SOX Sweeney RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Gonzalez 1B Middlebrooks 3B Nava LF Aviles SS Byrd CF Shoppach C Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett INDIANS Damon LF Kipnis 2B Cabrera SS Hafner DH Santana CA Choo RF Brantley CF Kotchman 1B Hannahan 3B Pitching: RHP Derek Lowe Red Sox vs.

Beckett will try to help the last-place Red Sox avoid a sixth straight home loss Thursday night when they open a four-game set against the AL Central-leading Cleveland Indians .

The update on right-hander Roberto Hernandez Heredia -- formerly known as Fausto Carmona -- is that there is no update, at least not publicly.