After not playing in a full game for nearly three weeks, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is in the lineup on Sunday.
After not playing in a full game for nearly three weeks, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is in the lineup on Sunday.
The Albert Haynesworth drama with the Washington Redskins reportedly isn’t over yet.
Juan Uribe keeps coming up with some of the biggest hits for the San Francisco Giants. Uribe hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Jonathan Broxton in the ninth inning and Brian Wilson escaped a jam in the bottom half to preserve San Francisco’s wild 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
Juan Uribe hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Jonathan Broxton in the ninth inning and Brian Wilson escaped a jam in the bottom half to preserve the San Francisco Giants’ wild 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. Uribe was hitless in three at-bats before sending a 1-0 pitch into the left-field pavilion with one out.
Gavin Floyd allowed five hits in six innings, Carlos Quentin hit a double and triple and the Chicago White Sox swept their day-night doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox with their second 3-1 win on Saturday.
A little heads-up baserunning by one of Philadelphia’s role players sent Roy Halladay to his 17th win. Placido Polanco hit a tying sacrifice fly and Wilson Valdez hustled home with the go-ahead run on an errant throw on the same play, lifting Halladay and the Phillies to a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.
Jair Jurrjens pitched seven innings and earned his first victory in 10 road starts this season when the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 2-0 on Saturday night.
Gavin Floyd allowed five hits in six innings, Carlos Quentin hit a double and triple and the Chicago White Sox swept their day-night doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox with their second 3-1 win on Saturday. Floyd (10-11) allowed Boston’s only run of the second game on a single in the fifth inning by Marco Scutaro, who also drove in Boston’s only run of the opener.
The Minnesota Vikings are apparently still looking for wide receivers. The Vikings cut 20 players Saturday, including five wide receivers to leave them with just four players on the active roster at that position right now. Recently signed Javon Walker and training camp standout Logan Payne were waived, with Taye Biddle, Freddie Brown and Marquis Hamilton also let go.
Nick Markakis homered and scored twice to back an effective pitching performance by Jeremy Guthrie, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 Saturday night to provide manager Buck Showalter with his 900th career win. Matt Wieters and Felix Pie each had two hits and two RBIs for the Orioles, who broke a three-game skid.
NL batting leader Carlos Gonzalez had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 6-2 win Saturday over the reeling NL West-leading San Diego Padres, whose nine-game losing streak is their longest since 2003.
Willie Parker became the odd man out in the Washington Redskins’ three-way veteran running back competition Saturday when he was released as the team set its 53-man roster a week before the start of the regular season. Parker was among 21 players cut before the 6 p.m. deadline. The Redskins also made a trade, sending backup cornerback Justin Tryon to the Indianapolis Colts for an undisclosed…
Cincinnati rookie Travis Wood sported a new look Saturday. The long locks were gone, replaced with a shorter, more military-style haircut. His strong outing on the mound was the perfect match for his more clean-cut appearance. Wood pitched seven efficient innings and hit his first career homer to lead the Reds to a 6-1 win against Adam Wainwright and the St.
Receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh was sent packing from Seattle on Saturday, cut by the Seahawks after just one season as coach Pete Carroll continued his roster purge. Houshmandzadeh, the Seahawks’ leading receiver last season, was in the second year of a $40 million, five-year deal he signed with Seattle before the 2009 season.
Jim Thome homered twice for Minnesota, moving past Mark McGwire for ninth place on baseball’s all-time list and powering the Twins over the Texas Rangers 12-4 on Saturday.
Texas Rangers’ Josh Hamilton in lineup a day after leaving with back issues
NL batting leader Carlos Gonzalez had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 6-2 win Saturday over the reeling NL West-leading San Diego Padres, whose nine-game losing streak is their longest since 2003. The Padres hadn’t lost more than three in a row before this streak, during which they’ve gone from having the best record in the NL to having the third-best.
Becoming Oakland’s first 15-game winner since 2007 doesn’t mean as much to Trevor Cahill as learning to pitch without his best stuff. The Athletics’ right-hander did both Saturday, a significant step in Cahill’s maturation and evolution as Oakland’s top pitcher. He overcame a career-high six walks to throw six scoreless innings and got just enough offensive support in the…
Derrick Burgess is among cuts made by the Patriots, who also put Brandon McGowan on season-ending IR.