CLEVELAND -- The Cubs took precautionary measures Tuesday night by keeping slugger Kris Bryant out of the lineup against the Indians.

Maddon said on his weekly radio segment on WSCR-AM 670's "Bernstein and McKnight Show" that Bryant was "fine" but that he wanted to check with the slugger at Progressive Field, where the Cubs open a two-game ...Read more

HOUSTON -- Eleven days ago, he was pitching in double-A for a team called the BayBears.

Monday, he struck out Houston's Carlos Correa in the eighth inning with the tying run on base to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the reigning World Series champions, 2-0.

"I thought it was crazy," Keynan Middleton said.

The reliever was talking about the ...Read more

DENVER -- Dark clouds hemmed in the sky above Coors Field. Fans in the upper deck were moved due to the lightning that continued to flash seemingly just beyond the ballpark's walls. Thunder echoed and rain began to fall as the second inning started.

It was easy to speculate that the storm continuing might be the best thing to happen for Padres ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The A's squandered multiple opportunities to take control throughout the night, but the final inning showed just how explosive this offense can be.

Entering the ninth inning 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position, the A's unleashed that pent up frustration from earlier by putting together a six-run ninth inning to turn ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Kevin Gausman's seventh inning was immaculate -- nine pitches, nine strikes and three strikeouts. He was nearly spotless otherwise, too.

But his one mistake proved too many for Gausman in Monday night's series finale against the Cleveland Indians, a 2-1 loss in which the right-hander found the fastball velocity that had eluded him ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers cut ties with Wilmer Font, designating the struggling pitcher for assignment before Monday night's game against the Miami Marlins to call up pitcher Walker Buehler.

Font, a 28-year-old right-hander, was the triple-A Pacific Coast League pitcher of the year last season but struggled in brief appearances ...Read more

Danny Farquhar's White Sox teammates prayed for him Monday afternoon in Bible study. When they left, they felt as if the man upstairs had been listening.

"Uplifting, for sure," a beaming Nate Jones said of the news that Farquhar "is progressing well," according to the Sox, after undergoing surgery to address the ruptured aneurysm he suffered ...Read more

CINCINNATI -- Jose Bautista will be the Braves' starting third baseman whenever he joins the big league club.

The Braves signed Bautista, 37, to a minor league deal April 18 and announced the long-time outfielder as a third baseman, a position he hadn't regularly manned in a decade.

But that's the inevitability in the Braves clubhouse. Manager...Read more

CHICAGO -- White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar remained in stable but critical condition Sunday after surgery on Saturday at Rush University Medical Center.

Farquhar has been hospitalized since Friday, when he suffered a brain hemorrhage in the dugout caused by a ruptured aneurysm.

The Sox did not provide any news on Farquhar on Sunday, but a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers slumbered through half the game, awakening with a bolt of energy that revitalized the fans and players within the grand old ballpark.

The Dodgers were three outs from winning a three-game series in which two of the opposing starters were Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg. They were three outs from their ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- When Mike Clevinger was awarded the No. 4 spot in the Indians starting rotation this spring, he knew he'd have his work cut out for him to carry his weight in one of the best rotations in baseball.

Thus far, he's done that and more, but he's still far from satisfied.

Clevinger has a 1.75 ERA in four starts and just tossed the best...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Khris Davis supplied all the offense Sunday as the Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 and completed what they hope is a homestand so successful it can jump-start their season.

Davis drove in all four runs with two outs, grounding a single to left in the first inning to bring home one run and then launching a three-run home...Read more

PHOENIX -- The potential pitcher's duel was one-sided.

Padres rookie Joey Lucchesi had his roughest outing yet Sunday in the finale of a three-game series with the Diamondbacks, hurting himself with an error and giving up four runs in the fourth inning, and the Padres managed just three hits in a 4-2 loss.

Arizona starter Patrick Corbin, who ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If patience is a virtue worth celebrating, then Sunday was the perfect time for Brandon Belt and the San Francisco Giants to have their moment in the sun.

With a record-setting at-bat, a solo home run on the ninth pitch of another plate appearance and a grand total of 40 pitches faced on Sunday, Belt paced the Giants to a 4-2...Read more