Kevin Slowey has a firm grip on his spot in Minnesota’s rotation after a lackluster stretch in the middle of July. Slowey pitched eight sparkling innings, Joe Mauer had three hits and the Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Saturday night for their seventh consecutive win. Delmon Young added two hits and two RBIs, including a run-scoring triple in Minnesota’s three-run first.
Ryan Zimmerman hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning, giving the Washington Nationals a 7-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.
Robinson Cano’s 21st home run of the season snapped a ninth-inning tie and enabled the New York Yankees to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 and hang on to first place in the AL East on Saturday night. While Alex Rodriguez failed for the ninth consecutive game to hit his 600th career homer, Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher went deep for the defending world champions, who rallied from an early deficit…
Robinson Cano’s 21st home run of the season snapped a ninth-inning tie and enabled the New York Yankees to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 and hang on to first place in the AL East on Saturday night.
Dallas Braden pitched his third complete game of the season, Kevin Kouzmanoff homered among his three hits and the Oakland Athletics ended the Chicago White Sox’s 12-game home winning streak, 6-2 Saturday night. Braden (6-7), who beat the White Sox on July 25 in Oakland to end his five-game skid and win for the first time since pitching a perfect game May 9, held the White Sox to two runs…
The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms on a deal with first-round draft pick Derrick Morgan out of Georgia Tech.
The Edmonton Oilers re-signed goalie Jeff Deslauriers on Saturday, agreeing to a one-year contract.
The Edmonton Oilers re-signed goalie Jeff Deslauriers on Saturday, agreeing to a one-year contract. The 26-year-old Deslauriers was 16-28-4 last season with a 3.26 goals-against average and .901 save percentage, seeing extensive time after Nikolai Khabibulin injured his back. Edmonton drafted Deslauriers 31st overall in 2002.
Major league batting leader Josh Hamilton was scratched from the Texas Rangers’ lineup Saturday night because of patella tendinitis in his right knee. Hamilton, hitting .362 with 23 homers and 75 RBIs, started in center field in Friday night’s 9-7 loss to the Angels. He was shifted to left field in the fifth inning after feeling discomfort in his troublesome knee, and came out of the game…
The New York Giants signed their top two draft picks, Jason Pierre-Paul and Linval Joseph, the team announced Saturday.
The Boston Red Sox didn’t pick up any new impact players at the trading deadline. Instead, they showed some signs of life thanks to one of their old stars. David Ortiz brought back memories of the team’s World Series runs with his first game-ending hit in almost a year, doubling in three runs with one out in the ninth inning on Saturday to lead the Red Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit…
Josh Hamilton was a late scratch from the Rangers’ lineup Saturday, a day after leaving a game with a sore knee in the seventh inning.
About an hour after signing his six-year, $78 million contract, Sam Bradford hit the field for the first full-squad workout with the St. Louis Rams.
The ball deflected off the green-padded post in the outfield wall and rolled to Melky Cabrera, who whirled and threw. The left hand went forward. The ball went sideways. The race was on. Ryan Hanigan doubled home two runs and kept going when the ball slipped away from the Atlanta Braves center fielder, rounding the bases on the pivotal play of the Cincinnati Reds’ 5-2 victory Saturday, one that…
The ball deflected off the green-padded post in the outfield wall and rolled to Melky Cabrera, who whirled and threw. The left hand went forward. The ball went sideways. The race was on. Ryan Hanigan doubled home two runs and kept going when the ball slipped away from the Atlanta Braves center fielder, rounding the bases on the pivotal play of the Cincinnati Reds’ 5-2 victory Saturday, one that…
David Ortiz lined a three-run double to the left-center gap with one out in the ninth inning Saturday to give the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
Slugger Adam Dunn is still with the Washington Nationals despite a lot of interest from other teams. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said several clubs called about Dunn before Saturday’s deadline for making trades without waivers. Rizzo says the Nationals didn’t get an offer worth taking.
Sam Bradford is doing his best to ignore the large contract numbers. Sighting a handful of Oklahoma jerseys in the crowd watching his first practice with the St. Louis Rams helped to ground him. The No. 1 overall pick signed his six-year, $78 million contract with $50 million in guarantees Saturday afternoon.
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