If the 2012 baseball season is a dollar, it has spent its first quarter. If it's a two-hour movie, it's been on for 30 minutes -- just enough time to figure out the identities of the leading men and the bit players.More»Verlander chats about near no-no with MLB Tonight
Stephen Strasburg put on another dominant pitching performance and hit his first career home run before exiting with biceps tightness as the Nationals took the finale of the Beltway Series from the surging Orioles with a 9-3 victory on Sunday at Nationals Park.More» Strasburg hits first career home run
Scott Van Slyke hit a three-run, pinch-hit home run, the first of his career, in the seventh inning to help the Dodgers rally past the Cardinals for a 6-5 victory and a three-game sweep in Los Angeles on Sunday night.More»Van Slyke's first homer gives Dodgers a lead
Josh Beckett turned in a second straight gem with Jarrod Saltalamacchia behind the plate, while the catcher powered a long three-run homer in the Red Sox's 5-1 rubber-match win over the Phillies on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.More» Beckett solid to earn fourth win of the year
Right-hander Max Scherzer set a career high with 15 strikeouts and the offense came to his defense with a three-run seventh inning in the Tigers' 4-3 victory against the Pirates on Sunday.More» Scherzer fans 15 over seven innings
After Johnny Cueto gave up two runs in the bottom of the sixth, the Reds responded with three runs against CC Sabathia in the seventh to take a 5-2 win over the Yankees on Sunday.More»Cueto hurls seven frames of two-run ball
The A's beat nemesis Tim Lincecum and beat him in San Francisco on Sunday, ending an 11-game slide at AT&T Park. Collin Cowgill had the big hit -- bowling over Lincecum while scoring on a wild pitch.More» Cowgill scores on wild pitch from second
Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer fanned a career-high 15 Pirates while walking one to even his record at 3-3 on Sunday. The right-hander is the 12th pitcher in the past 10 seasons to rack up as many as 15 K's and yield no more than one walk in an outing.More» Scherzer fans 15 over seven innings
Jake Peavy hurled 6 1/3 scoreless innings and the White Sox hit three solo homers as they beat the Cubs, 6-0, on Sunday at Wrigley Field to complete a sweep.More» Peavy shuts down the Cubs for 6 1/3 innings
For years, the Indians went through numerous pairs of middle infield defenders. After all the turnover, the club has settled on a new duo. Jason Kipnis and Asdrubal Cabrera have committed to their craft and are now igniting memories of a former Tribe duo that electrified the diamond.Jason Kipnis and Asdrubal Cabrera have committed to their defense and are now igniting memories of a former Tribe duo that electrified infield defense.More» Asdrubal makes a fantastic play in the third
Brad Hawpe, an All-Star in 2009, hit 99 home runs between 2006-09 and played in the World Series in 2007. However, the 33-year-old outfielder now finds himself in Double-A, working his way back from Tommy John surgery and looking for one more shot at the big leagues.More»Hawpe talks about the work he put in this spring
The offense erupted out of its slump and Zack Greinke was his usual self, as the Brewers avoided a sweep by beating the Twins, 16-4, on Sunday at Miller Park.More» Lucroy lifts two homers, drives in seven
Stephen Strasburg was pulled from Sunday's game after five innings and 90 pitches at Nationals Park because of tightness in his golden right arm.More» Johnson talks about pulling Strasburg
The sixth week of Roger Clemens' perjury trial will begin with former trainer Brian McNamee on the stand, and Judge Reggie Walton will rule on whether alleged PED use by other players will be admissible in the case.More»
The Mariners continued firing on all cylinders Sunday, getting a strong starting effort from Blake Beavan and plenty of power on offense in a 6-4 victory.More» Smoak goes back-to-back with Montero
Starting pitcher Clayton Richard came off the bench, delivered a pinch-hit single and scored the winning run in the Padres' 3-2 victory over the Angels in the 13th inning Sunday at Petco Park.More»Richard scores on error as Padres walk off
Colby Lewis' two-run single finished off a five-run first inning and then he pitched the Rangers to a 6-1 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park on Sunday afternoon.More» Lewis just misses shutout but wins fourth
The A's on Sunday placed starter Brandon McCarthy on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain and recalled right-hander Jim Miller from Triple-A.More» McCarthy fans 10 over seven scoreless frames
The marvelous ability of Aroldis Chapman practically dictated that if he was going to be used as a relief pitcher, eventually he would rise to the top of this portion of the pitching profession and be used as a closer.More» Chapman strikes out Jones to end the game
Tim Hudson had his sinker working on Sunday as he held the Rays scoreless for 7 2/3 innings and the Braves claimed the rubber game of the series, 2-0, at Tropicana Field.More» Hudson scatters four hits through 7 2/3
Clinging to both his job security and a one-run lead in the ninth, Frank Francisco closed Sunday's 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, preserving Dillon Gee's quality start on an afternoon Mike Baxter fell a home run short of the cycle.More» Baxter falls a homer short of the cycle
The Phillies have had 225 consecutive regular season sellouts at Citizens Bank Park, and Monday night's game with the Nationals doesn't figure to be any different. Except for the part about this being the first meeting between the two National League East contenders since left-hander Cole Hamels hit Nats phenom Bryce Harper with a pitch in a nationally-televised game 15 days ago.More» Harper and Hamels get hit by pitches
Lefty Wade Miley threw seven scoreless frames for his fifth victory as the D-backs earned a 2-0 win over the Royals on Sunday in the rubber game at Kauffman Stadium.More» Miley hurls seven shutout frames vs. Royals
Tim Lincecum was knocked backward by a headfirst slide at home by Oakland's Collin Cowgill racing home on a wild pitch. The Giants pitcher finished the fourth inning but then was pinch-hit for.More» Cowgill collides with Lincecum at home
Already severely bitten by the injury bug this week, the Cardinals watched another starter hobble off the field during Saturday's 6-0 loss to the Dodgers. This time, it was first baseman Lance Berkman, who left with a right knee injury and was placed on the disabled list on Sunday.More» Berkman comes up lame in close play at first
