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TAMPA, Fla. — The San Diego Padres tried their best to beat the Tampa Bay Rays at their own small-ball game Saturday, taking a three-run seventh-inning lead with a rally that included a bunt single with two on and a ...Read more

TORONTO — The stunned confusion displayed by Eduard Bazardo as Brett Bateman slid into home just behind him in the fifth inning is basically how fans have felt watching the Seattle Mariners continue to find new ways to ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Chicago White Sox had three hits Saturday — all by Andrew Benintendi.

That turned out to be just enough to defeat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 in front of 28,310 at Target Field.

Benintendi went 3 for 4,...Read more

CHICAGO — The first Chicago Cubs-Cincinnati Reds game in the National League was the start of a long and crazy rivalry.

The Cubs, then nicknamed the White Stockings, scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning of ...Read more

DETROIT — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch was asked about the impact Max Clark can have on a game just with his speed tool alone. It was the perfect setup for Hinch to needle the talented rookie.

“What’s the phrase ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — The door was open for rookie quarterback Luke Altmyer to prove his value in the Detroit Lions' preseason finale against the Indianapolis Colts.

But it was instead veteran Josh Dobbs who made an emphatic ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Pittsburgh Pirates won on Saturday, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-2, at Busch Stadium.

They got the big hit they’d been searching for all trip, a two-out, two-strike, three-run homer from Rafael ...Read more

Where would the Boston Red Sox be without Jake Bennett?

Coming into the season somewhere around ninth or 10th on the Red Sox’s starting pitching depth chart, it wouldn’t have surprised anyone if the recently acquired ...Read more

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — For the great ones, there is that place when a corner is turned, leaving behind the road that leads to something less and heading toward greatness. The great coaches point it out, the great athletes ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves’ plan at power forward from the very beginning of this offseason up until just a couple days ago, when they agreed to a contract with Jonathan Kuminga, was equal parts hilarious, ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Justlikethat, Patrick Mahomes is the fourth-longest tenured Chief, the seventh-oldest on the roster and a father of three just weeks from turning 31.

Most likely but not certainly with him in the ...Read more

Imagine Warren Buffett participating in your fantasy draft.

I doubt he’d ever scream an expletive because someone took his sleeper right before him.

I can’t imagine him ever staring mournfully at a crossed-out name ...Read more

NFL training camps are supposed to provide clarity.

For five weeks in the sweltering Santa Clara heat, with three little Thursday-night jaunts in NFL stadiums, coaches evaluate, players compete, and, in theory, the best ...Read more

SEATTLE — He's a big fan of … who?

Vinod Khosla, who is all but confirmed as the new owner of the Seattle Seahawks after the NFL unanimously approved his purchase of the team Wednesday afternoon, told The Seattle ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels had amassed all the good fortune they could muster Friday only to melt down yet again.

Edmundo Sosa hit a go-ahead, pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On a night when runs were at a premium, and their bullpen opened the door for an Athletics comeback, the Baltimore Orioles needed a rally.

Coby Mayo and Christian Encarnacion-Strand delivered. The ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — When the San Francisco Giants made the unprecedented hiring of Tony Vitello, much was made of the fire, the passion, the intensity he brought to the table at the University of Tennessee. Save for some ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — In his first start at Busch Stadium, rookie Quinn Mathews set a cool, crisp and methodically ruthless pace that the Cardinals matched for a clinical dissection of an opponent that appeared to be none of those...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Beginning a series with the first-place Chicago White Sox at Target Field, with top prospect Walker Jenkins making his major league debut Friday, the Twins desperately needed a spark coming off a terrible ...Read more