SAN DIEGO -- Mikie Mahtook hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth to break a 5-5 tie.

The Tigers went on to beat the Padres, 7-5, on Sunday at Petco Park and snap an eight-game losing streak.

Ian Kinsler led off the top of the ninth with a double to left off right-hander Brandon Maurer. Miguel Cabrera popped out to finish 1-for-...Read more

BOSTON -- For the afternoon, the Los Angeles Angels' decision was proved accurate. They picked Parker Bridwell over Doug Fister to start Sunday against Boston at Fenway Park. The Red Sox picked up Fister off waivers and started him.

Bridwell outpitched Fister and led the Angels to a 4-2 victory.

Making his first start of the season, Fister ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The bullpen door swung open, and out jogged Scott Alexander late Sunday afternoon. A baseball game tied, the Royals on the verge of a three-game sweep, manager Ned Yost called on his sinker-ball specialist to neutralize the Blue Jays' powerful lineup in the top of the sixth inning.

The tactic seemed mostly sound. In 26 ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- What first looked like a long and daunting 11-game road trip has suddenly turned into one in which the Twins get to protect a division lead again.

Behind more early runs and solid, if somewhat laborious, pitching from Ervin Santana, the Twins on Sunday defeated the Indians 4-0 to complete a three-game sweep of the weekend series --...Read more

MIAMI -- In a week that could have been their unofficial demise, the Miami Marlins remained very much alive.

They beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-2, on Sunday for a series split with the defending World Series champions, who drew the bulk of the nearly 100,000 fans who showed up to Marlins Park for the four games.

Miami's 4-3 week began with a series...Read more

SAN DIEGO--An eventful, sometimes painful week for the San Diego Padres ended Saturday in a 7-3 win against Detroit.

Hector Sanchez tattooed a pinch-hit, go-ahead home run in the eighth, and his teammates piled on. The victory involved yet another injury, this time to rookie Allen Cordoba, and a scare for first baseman Wil Myers. That San Diego...Read more

SEATTLE--It was ultimately Seattle's inability to lay a hand on Houston pitching most of the night that proved the difference in a 5-2 loss to the Houston Astros that snapped the Mariners' season-high six-game winning streak.

But it was a play on which Mitch Haniger couldn't quite keep his glove on a drive by Houston's Brian McCann in the ...Read more

PHOENIX -- For 24 seconds, Ben Lively savored the moment. He trotted around the bases at Chase Field while some fans congregated at the outfield pool goaded a man into chucking the home-run ball back onto the field. Lively was the first Phillies pitcher to homer in more than two years, and it looked Saturday night like the Phillies could ride a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES--Dave Roberts could see this coming last Tuesday, the day after Clayton Kershaw gave up four homers in a game for the first time in his career during a shoddy 61/3-inning, six-run, six-hit effort against the New York Mets.

"I think Clayton's pretty good about turning the page," the Los Angeles Dodgers manager said in the wake of ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Mired in a struggle just to stay close to .500 with a pitching staff coming off an unprecedented slump and a lineup whose top producers haven't lived up to their billing, the short-term question of whether the Orioles can turn it around is already being considered with the longer term in mind.

Executive vice president ...Read more

BOSTON -- JC Ramirez delivered just the performance he and the Angels needed on Saturday night.

Ramirez gave up one run in six innings of the Angels' 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

One of the most pleasant surprises of the Angels' season, Ramirez had been showing some cracks lately. He had allowed at least four runs in three of his ...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- Don't underestimate the danger of issuing Chris Stewart an intentional walk. St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny made the move in the sixth inning Saturday night and paid dearly, as the Pirates piled on with three runs in an inning in which they had only one hit.

In the Pirates' 7-3 win at Busch Stadium, right-hander Gerrit ...Read more

MIAMI -- After allowing a three-run home run to J.T. Realmuto in the first inning, Jon Lester heeded the advice former Red Sox teammates Curt Schilling and Josh Beckett gave him.

"Now it starts over to zero," Lester said. "You have to get that mindset that it's back to zero and not keep looking at the scoreboard."

After the homer, Lester ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Fans, 38,000-plus strong, chanted his name in unison.

"Buehrle! Buehrle! Buehrle!"

Team Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf cracked wise.

"In case you weren't aware, we don't draw 40,000 people every day," he said.

Mark Buehrle had a ball Saturday, when the White Sox celebrated "Mark Buehrle Day" and retired his No. 56 during a pregame ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- The Twins got late home runs from Brian Dozier and Chris Gimenez to topple the Indians 4-2 on Saturday and pull within one-half game of first place the AL Central Division.

And they pulled it off in a game started by ace right-hander Corey Kluber.

After Cleveland tied the score in the seventh inning, Dozier socked a fastball from ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Big swings from Mark Trumbo and Trey Mancini, combined with a pitching effort that held an opponent below five runs for the first time in just over three weeks, helped the Orioles to an 8-3 win Saturday at Tropicana Field.

The Orioles (36-38) ended their losing streak at three, and improved to 12-24 on the road, winning ...Read more