CHICAGO -- Just call it Weathergate.

Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns made it clear Sunday he was not happy that the Chicago Cubs postponed the game at Wrigley Field on Saturday around 11:30 a.m., only to see it stop raining shortly afterward for the rest of the day.

"Clearly, the Cubs were looking at a weather forecast that ...Read more

SEATTLE -- As White Sox fans celebrated word that Cuban outfield prospect Luis Robert was finalizing a deal Saturday that could make him a future South Side cornerstone, Avisail Garcia reminded them that the team has an outfielder who might be coming into his own right now.

The Sox right fielder hit two home runs and two doubles and recorded a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- So much for momentum.

The positive vibes emanating from the Miami Marlins' clubhouse Saturday night and Sunday morning disappeared faster than the team's equipment onto the bus after a getaway-day loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-3, on Sunday at Dodger Stadium.

The Marlins woke up hours removed from an encouraging win, but now...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Veteran Twins pitcher gets roughed up in Game 1. Young Twins pitcher saves the day in Game 2.

It sure looked familiar.

After Phil Hughes was tagged for three home runs during a 6-4 Game 1 loss, rookie left-hander Adalberto Mejia went seven solid innings as the Twins turned on the power in the second game to win 8-4. It was the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Clayton Richard saved an overtaxed bullpen Sunday afternoon. He had some help in putting an end to a five-game skid.

The offense rallied around Ryan Schimpf's game-tying home run in the fifth, Richard contributed with his first RBI of the season and then the 33-year-old veteran completed a game for the first time in his post-...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- In Sunday's throwback pitching matchup featuring two former aces, the Cardinals came out on top.

Adam Wainwright outpitched Matt Cain, who the Cardinals roughed up for seven runs en route to a 8-3 win in Sunday's series finale with the San Francisco Giants. Wainwright and Cain have combined for 242 career wins, including Wainwright...Read more

ATLANTA -- On a day when Stephen Strasburg was utterly dominant, the Braves still made things interesting Sunday but couldn't pull off a sweep of the division-leading Washington Nationals.

Dansby Swanson had a two-run, two-out double in the eighth inning to pull the Braves within a run and chase Strasburg from the game, but the Nationals held ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- Chad Kuhl bounced back on a rainy afternoon at PNC Park. His five scoreless innings, plus some good work from the bullpen, helped the Pirates to a 1-0 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Kuhl did not allow a hit until the fifth inning. He didn't allow a ball out of the infield through three innings. Maikel Franco'...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- He had just 24 hours to prepare for his first career start, enough time to make the 381-mile journey from his season home in Omaha, Neb., to downtown Minneapolis.

On Sunday morning, Jake Junis arrived inside the visitors clubhouse at Target Field and received a welcome from left-hander Danny Duffy. A few hours later, Junis ...Read more

NEW YORK -- Jesse Chavez hit before he pitched.

That tells you what kind of start it was for the Angels, who sent nine hitters to the plate and scored five runs in the top of the first inning. They had a nine-run lead by the third, before coasting to a 12-5 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.

Playing for a third consecutive day without ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- The Orioles had a chance to complete a three-game sweep of the last-place Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, but Jays right-hander Marco Estrada clearly had other ideas.

Estrada pitched a very strong 7 2/3 innings and tied a career high with 12 strikeouts on the way to a 3-1 victory before an announced 36,632 at Oriole Park at Camden ...Read more

LOS ANGELES--Only 11 days before Saturday night, before an enraptured crowd at Dodger Stadium, Julio Urias displayed the upper limits of his ceiling. He carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning of a game, capable of subduing his opponents with only his fastball.

The fans lavished cheers upon him as he exited the stage. The applause on ...Read more

SEATTLE--It was a game befitting their fall into last place in the American League West standings. Early in the season or not ­--and it's really not that early--seeing your name at the bottom of the division standings is disheartening for a team that believed it was capable of so much more.

Yes, injuries have played a part in this slide. The ...Read more

SAN DIEGO--Jered Weaver is approaching an ignominious end to a storied career. On Saturday afternoon, hours after the ugliest start the veteran had ever experienced, the San Diego Padres shuffled him to the disabled list.

Luis Perdomo is still in the nascent stages of what could become a storied career. But on Saturday night, there was little ...Read more

Indians relief pitcher Shawn Armstrong has made a solid impression on the club the past few months. First, he broke camp with the team after a strong spring and, following a few roster moves, is again on the active 25-man roster as a member of arguably baseball's best bullpen.

But lately, baseball has only made up half of his daily workload. He...Read more

ATLANTA -- Rio Ruiz is one of the few power-hitting prospects in the upper levels of the Braves farm system. But he's showed only flashes of homer potential at Triple-A Gwinnett, and not at all during his two short stints with the big-league Braves.

That's why Ruiz's first home run in the big leagues, a two-run shot against Nationals ace Max ...Read more

DETROIT -- Brad Ausmus called it a no-brainer.

With Alex Avila swinging the bat as hot as anyone on the Detroit Tigers this season, and with his outstanding penchant to get on base, Ausmus penned him into the second spot in the batting order for the first time this season Saturday.

It was the first time in Avila's career he had batted second. ...Read more