OAKLAND, Calif. -- If Frankie Montas keeps pitching like this, he might just stick around a little longer than originally anticipated.

Called up from Triple-A Nashville to fill in a starting rotation spot with injuries to Andrew Triggs and Brett Anderson, Montas was more than serviceable. The right-hander took a no-hitter into the sixth inning ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas -- On a 94-degree afternoon at Globe Life Park, the Royals' bats went cold after three innings but provided just enough offense to beat the Rangers 5-3 on Sunday.

Starting pitcher Jason Hammel labored through 5 1/3 innings, facing 22 batters and throwing 102 pitches. Yet as he gave up four hits (three doubles) and issued two ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Maybe it isn't so much about who is missing from the Mariners' lineup in a given game. With the way this season has gone, rare is the day when manager Scott Servais has put out the full compliment of starting players. And with Robinson Cano suspended till Aug. 14, they will continue to be less than full strength going forward.

Maybe ...Read more

Marlins manager Don Mattingly said the team would be without veteran third baseman Martin Prado for at least a month after a left hamstring strain suffered during Friday night's loss to Washington.

"We know at least 30 days, plus getting ready," Mattingly said before Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Nationals. "We're a ways out. Timetables are really ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- The Cardinals drew one unintentional walk in the first 25 innings of their weekend series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Then, in a stark turnaround Sunday, they coaxed four walks in the eighth inning off a normally stingy Pirates bullpen, scoring three runs, to take their first lead of the game and then hang on for a 6-4 victory....Read more

DETROIT -- James Shields remained winless in his last 11 starts -- matching his longest winless streak last season -- as the Sox fell to the Tigers 3-2 in the series finale at Comerica Park.

Sox designated hitter Jose Rondon made it interesting with a two-out home run to left field in the ninth inning, and Daniel Palka followed with an infield ...Read more

BOSTON -- If anyone was going to take a no-hitter to the sixth inning Sunday at Fenway Park, it figured to be Red Sox ace Chris Sale.

But Mike Foltynewicz and the Braves had other ideas.

Sale gave up six runs and left the game before Foltynewicz had even allowed a hit as the Braves rolled to a 7-1 win to avert a sweep and snap a three-game ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies' stay in first place lasted fewer than 24 hours.

A day after earning a spot alone atop the National League East for the first time since the end of the 2011 season, the Phillies dropped back to second Sunday after a 5-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays before 24,182 at Citizens Bank Park.

The Phillies are now a half-...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With the Orioles already entrenched in their early-season tailspin at the beginning of this month, executive vice president Dan Duquette placed a Memorial Day timetable on determining the team's ability to win in 2018.

Now, the Orioles approach Memorial Day on Monday having done little to improve the perception of the ...Read more

BOSTON -- Braves rookie Ronald Acuna left Sunday's game with knee and lower-back pain after an incident that looked far worse than it apparently was during the seventh inning of Sunday's game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

The injury initially appeared serious as Acuna hyperextended his left knee when his foot planted in the dirt after he ...Read more

The Twins have found a taker for Phil Hughes.

Hughes is being dealt to San Diego along with cash and the 74th overall pick in the upcoming draft, and will receive minor league catcher Janigson Villalobos in return.

Villalobos, 21, hasn't played yet this season. A native of Venezuela, he hit .275 in 27 games for the Arizona Rookie League Padres...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- Dexter Fowler, hit on the right knee by a pitch on Saturday, was not in Sunday's Cardinals lineup although the club has not replaced him.

John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations, said Fowler still was classified as "day to day," indicating that no roster move would be made immediately. But on Sunday, the Cardinals went ...Read more

SEATTLE -- You could hear the impact from anywhere in Safeco Field, even hundreds of feet away, despite the thick padding, despite the crowd's gasps of anticipation. It was the sound of Byron Buxton's torso colliding with the center field wall, and of the Minnesota Twins' chances of beating baseball's hottest team colliding with reality.

Buxton...Read more

CLEVELAND -- It took eight runs of support and 10 outs worth of grit in a tight game to get through it, but the hitters did enough, the bullpen held a lead and the Indians defeated the Houston Astros, 8-6, Saturday night at Progressive Field.

The Indians never trailed after the fourth, but considering the firepower in the Astros lineup and the ...Read more

A darkened Santo Domingo parking lot isn't the safest place in the Dominican Republic to meet sources for stories.

But this source wanted the isolated location, because he was one of the biggest known suppliers of performance-enhancing drugs to Dominican baseball minor-leaguers playing in that country and the United States. He still hoped to ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Two months after a crowded spring training competition ended with Gorkys Hernandez emerging as the Giants fifth outfielder, Hernandez is playing like their best.

With three hits including two doubles on Saturday, Hernandez helped the Giants halt a three-game losing skid and even their series against the Cubs with a 5-4 win.

For much...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- Right-handed rookie Jack Flaherty, after throwing 120 pitches and striking out 13 in his first major-league win last Sunday against Philadelphia, dialed back his strikeout total to only four Saturday as he threw 88 pitches (61 strikes) pitches in six innings. But the result still was the same -- one run allowed -- as Flaherty and ...Read more