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Alex Rodriguez's return from the disabled list included a pair of hits and nine innings without incident in his first game since Aug. 20. The Yankees only wish all of their lingering q...

Joe Girardi and Derek Jeter called Monday's outing another step forward for A.J. Burnett, but the pitcher didn't see things that way. Burnett and the Yankees dropped a 4-3 decision to ...

The wooden temporary lockers have multiplied in the clubhouse, bringing with them fresh rookies to fill an already over-filled room. Usually, that signals the drive for the postseason in ...

Geovany Soto walked past some reporters near the Cubs' lineup card in the clubhouse before Monday's game and said: ''That's not a misprint. That's Soto batting fourth.'' Then he pau...

DETROIT -- The team captain and MVP candidate on the shelf with a bad back, Manny being Manny by hitting singles and a 21-year-old who was in college three months ago put in late-inning s...

With a string of 322 consecutive games played, Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder has accomplished what he calls his primary objective, being available to play every day. The 2010 se...

WASHINGTON - Mike Pelfrey remains, as Jerry Manuel put it, "an enigma." But there's no mystery about the direction of this Mets season: nowheresville. A day after their most robust out...

Needing one victory to lock up his first 20-win season, CC Sabathia was facing the perfect team in the perfect place - or so it seemed. It wasn't meant to be, however, as the Orioles h...

DETROIT -- It was finally sounding like the Twins were flinching on Tuesday afternoon. There was a report out of Minnesota that manager Ron Gardenhire was so upset that the White Sox' ...

Carlos Silva already has been more successful than he or the Cubs could have imagined. But the veteran finds himself like many of the young pitchers on the staff, trying to use the final ...

It was a moment that Trevor Hoffman wasn't certain would happen in 2010, if ever. "I was a player who was questioning if I had enough to get things done," he admitted. All questions...

WASHINGTON - Dillon Gee was so nervous at the beginning of his major-league debut Tuesday night that he feared his first pitch would sail to the backstop. When his start was over, he joki...

There were cheers, and then there were boos. The cheers came as manager Terry Francona bounded from the dugout to remove starter Daisuke Matsuzaka. The boos were for Matsuzaka, who frustr...

BOSTON—To Tim Wakefield, winning never becomes old. So on a night when the 44-year-old knuckleballer became the oldest pitcher to win for the Red Sox, he was already looking ahead. ...

DETROIT -- Jim Thome can keep hitting all the Herculean home runs he wants. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen isn't losing one minute of sleep over the decision to go in a different dire...

WASHINGTON - R.A. Dickey is not quite ready to call 10 wins a milestone, but, he acknowledged, "It means something ... feels good." Dickey threw six strong innings Wedbesdat and helped...

DETROIT -- Mark Teahen will get another look at third base, just not on Thursday and definitely not with his confidence shaken. After committing two throwing errors in the White Sox' 5...

The White Sox need help, and the Cleveland Indians gave it to them Friday night. The Indians' 2-0 victory over Minnesota meant the Sox' 4-3 comeback victory over Kansas City shaved a g...

Jenrry Mejia reminded everyone it's a kid's game during the third inning Friday night. The Mets' 20-year-old starting pitcher was so overjoyed when he singled off Cy Young candidate Roy H...

ARLINGTON, Tex. - If the Yankees and Rangers meet in the first round of the playoffs, it could make for a very entertaining series.A very long one, too. The Yankees chased C.J. Wilson ...

The White Sox' ''tragic number'' is 15. The Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 1-0 in 12 innings late Saturday in their rain-delayed game, so the Sox were pushed closer to play...

Carlos Beltran was out of the lineup Saturday with tendinitis in his left knee. It's an issue he has been managing since returning from surgery on his arthritic right knee, but a collisio...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The American League West has been home for John Lackey, the place where he looks most comfortable on a mound. These are the batters he knows, the stadiums in which he’s ...

ARLINGTON, Tex. - That's two Texas missteps in a row for the Yankee bullpen. The Yankees and Rangers engaged in another interminable battle, although unlike the 13-inning marathon that...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Athletics announced a crowd of 19,139 for Friday night’s game against the Red Sox. They owe a debt of gratitude to the organizational skills of Diane Goettlicher. ...

There's no question Paul Konerko has been the White Sox' most valuable player this season. But in the eyes of teammates and manager Ozzie Guillen, the team captain is worthy of the lea...

ARLINGTON - If this weekend was any indication, October might be a very short month for the Yankees. Cliff Lee looked like his vintage self with eight-plus dominant innings Sunday, lea...

SEATTLE (AP) Jon Lester has secured his place in the Boston Red Sox's record book. His preference, however, is a place in the postseason. Lester (17-8) held Seattle to just three hits ...

ST. LOUIS -- Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez dispelled speculation he might opt out of his contract by telling the Sun-Times on Monday that he will exercise his $14.6 million player opt...

SEATTLE — It took just one pitch from Brandon League, a ball, before David Ortiz saw the one he wanted. He took one of his mighty cuts, a swing-and-release so familiar over the years, ...

ST. LOUIS -- The process of elimination continued to play out for guys such as Mike Quade and Randy Wells, even on the day after the Cubs' official elimination from playoff contention. ...

Houston — One can concede Johnny Cueto, Cole Hamels, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Brett Myers. Those guys are pretty good. Even Casey Coleman to an extent, considering there isn'...

The season probably won't end well for the White Sox, so this is going to sound like the complaint of a guy who doesn't get out of Chicago enough: I'm tired of hearing that the Twins d...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tuesday night's game had the makings of being the worst loss of the Yankees' season. Instead, Jorge Posada turned it into one of their biggest victories. Posada'...

SEATTLE — Jed Lowrie hit two home runs Tuesday, helping the Red Sox to a 9-6 victory against the Mariners. His reward was a seat on the bench yesterday for the final game of the series. ...

Until the Cubs start showing the players the money again, it looks like it could be up to the money players to start showing the Cubs again why they got those big contracts. And that's...

Houston — Chris Capuano isn't one to talk much about his future. And it is tough to blame him considering not too long ago he had no clue what his future might hold after a second "Tom...

It would seem like a crazy statement to make, considering the moment. There was John Danks on Wednesday, his White Sox team just moved from the intensive care unit to critical in the C...

Jenrry Mejia is finished for the season after an MRI exam revealed he has a "rhomboid strain of the right shoulder blade," the Mets said in a statement. The statement did not say when Mej...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - If you didn't think the Yankees and Rays were on a collision course for October, this week's series may have changed your mind. Baseball's two best teams matched up...

It would seem like an odd time to hand out guarantees about next season. Then again, this is White Sox baseball. ''Next year, if we can keep the same guys, we're going to hurt some ...

They were goals Mike Pelfrey set during spring training, but as recently as five weeks ago, 15 wins and 200 innings looked impossible. The righthander's good start had ebbed into a run of...

With the Mets having precious little to play for as yet another forgettable season limps to an unfulfilled finish, about the only joy left available to them is the prospect of sinking the...

For a team that seemed dead in the water in early June, nine games below .500 and making more news for its management squabbles than for its performance on the field, the White Sox have c...

BALTIMORE - The Yankees are still showing they can take a punch and keep fighting. A.J. Burnett wouldn't explain the black eye he pitched with for seven innings Friday night, but it re...

It was a head-scratcher for John Lackey, too. Normally, he said, if the Blue Jays were going to rough you up, they were going to do it with long ball after long ball. Last night, Lacke...

Luis Hernandez probably took his last swing of the season Saturday, but he made it count. One pitch after fouling a ball off his right foot and suffering a broken bone, Hernandez homered ...