He's gone.

It may have been worth a try, though I'm not sure I'd have tried it. That's a classic second-guess, I concede. Still, asking a 37-year-old who'd been mostly an outfielder to move to third base was akin to wishing on a star.

Had it worked, we'd be celebrating Alex Anthopoulos as an outside-the-box visionary. That it didn't is yet ...Read more

SEATTLE--The Seattle Mariners used Jean Segura's big bat and the pitching of James Paxton to bounce the Detroit Tigers Saturday night. The Tigers (20-25) lost to the Mariners, 7-2, in Seattle. Segura hit a solo home run in the first inning, an RBI triple in the second inning and added a sac fly to right as part of a four-run sixth for the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Logan Morrison had just hustled to second with a leadoff double in the sixth inning, giving the Twins a great scoring opportunity.

Then he was caught flat-footed as Brewers reliever Dan Jennings spun around threw to Orlando Arcia, who sneaked in behind Morrison to cover second. And the Twins slugger picked him off.

The moment ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- Clayton Richard has reinvented himself again.

This time, for three starts at least, he's better than ever.

The Padres staked Richard a three-run lead on three consecutive doubles in the first inning, Richard again pitched effectively into the eighth inning, and the Padres held on for a 6-2 victory Saturday night at PNC Park.

It ...Read more

BOSTON -- Now that the Orioles put their club-record 13-game road losing streak in the past, they were hoping to start some winning momentum Saturday night in Boston.

Instead, the Orioles -- despite matching the Red Sox with six hits apiece -- struck out 13 times in a 6-3 loss on a rain-soaked night at Fenway Park.

"It's them and us," Orioles ...Read more

ATLANTA -- That first victory of 2018 continues to elude Jose Urena.

After facing the minimum amount of batters through the first four innings, things fell apart quickly in the fifth as the Braves scored four and later cruised to an 8-1 win Saturday night over the Marlins at SunTrust Park.

Urena lost his seventh consecutive decision to start ...Read more

CINCINNATI -- After Joe Maddon witnessed one of his "least favorite games as a Cubs manager," Jose Quintana and Ian Happ erased some of the stench with performances that re-established some balance in a mercurial season.

Quintana threw seven innings of one-hit ball to quell some questions about his value and provide rest to a bullpen that ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins first baseman Joe Mauer was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Saturday with a cervical strain that included some concussion-like symptoms.

But Mauer doesn't officially have a concussion. Twins manager Paul Molitor said Mauer showed some balance issues and sensitivity to light after coming out of Friday game when he said...Read more

ST LOUIS -- Scott Kingery, with a looming loss and a rough month weighing on him, steadied himself in the batter's box with two outs in the eighth inning of Saturday afternoon's 7-6 win over the Cardinals.

It had been nearly three weeks since Kingery's last extra-base hit. He was batting just .177 in his previous 64 trips to the plate and was ...Read more

TORONTO -- Everything seemed to be going the Blue Jays' way. But with one swing of the bat, Chad Pinder sucked the life right out of the Rogers Centre.

After the A's failed to capitalize with the bases loaded just a couple of innings earlier, Pinder made sure not to let that happen twice by blasting a 1-1 fastball from Tyler Clippard over the ...Read more

ST. LOUIS--Michael Wacha pitched six strong innings for his fifth win of the season and the St. Louis Cardinals pounded out a season-high 15 hits to blow past the Philadelphia Phillies 12-4 Friday night in front of a damp crowd of 42,050 at Busch Stadium.

The game was delayed by weather for 1 hour and 35 minutes at the start and the rain ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO--The last time Derek Holland started a game for the San Francisco Giants, Gorkys Hernandez broke a scoreless tie with a 400-plus-foot home run that opened the floodgates for their offense.

So when Hernandez kicked off the bottom of the first inning with a 433-foot blast to center field, the Giants appeared poised to back Holland ...Read more

SEATTLE--In the moments after a loss Wednesday afternoon in which the Seattle Mariners handed the game away in the ninth inning, a tired looking Scott Servais tried to find some level of optimism about his exhausted team.

"We're still playing good baseball," he said, repeating that sentiment again in his remarks.

But his players didn't provide...Read more

CINCINNATI -- Jason Heyward initially believed a 14-inning game May 6 that included two rain delays caused normal soreness the next day.

But a cut lip and subsequent headaches convinced him later that something wasn't right, and the diagnosis of a concussion made him more empathetic toward victims.

"I never had had a concussion, and I guess it...Read more