ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The scar on the back of Miguel Sano's lower right leg is deep, dark and horseshoe-shaped, a permanent remnant of the late start he got to this season. "My souvenir," he said with a laugh.

He's got another nice souvenir now. Well, some fan in the cheap seats at Angels Stadium does.

Sano, back just five days from that scar-...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Chris Paddack was looking for a comeback and was for the first time facing a team for the second time.

As he warmed up before the first inning, a song by Johnny Cash, which Paddack chose, played throughout Petco Park.

It was about the second coming -- the four beasts, thunder, a white horse.

Then the glaring 23-year-old rookie, ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- The kind of young talent the Giants could only dream of was on display Monday night in a 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Oracle Park.

Starting pitcher Mike Soroka, 21, improved his record to 5-1, giving up two hits in eight innings with no walks and seven strikeouts. Leadoff batter Ronald Acuna Jr., also 21, hit a leadoff ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. -- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is expected to be reinstated from paid administrative leave and activated Tuesday, according to two people with knowledge of the situation, eight days after he was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery.

The people requested anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- The Indians spent nearly all of Monday night trying to play catch-up. In the end, they inched their way to within striking distance but fell short nonetheless in a 6-4 loss to the Oakland A's at Progressive Field.

The A's beat up Carlos Carrasco's slider early on. Carrasco (4-4) was getting enough sings-and-misses with that pitch, ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- After discussions with Major League Baseball officials, the Cubs dropped their protest of the final two outs of Saturday night's 5-2 loss to the Nationals.

Manager Joe Maddon said Sunday he wanted to make a point in protesting Nationals closer Sean Doolittle's toe-tap delivery. At the start of the season, Cubs reliever Carl ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- After losing shortstop Javier Baez to a bruised left heel Sunday night, the Cubs held on for a 6-5 victory over the Nationals.

Baez, who is batting .319 with 11 home runs and 31 RBIs, hurt his heel while charging a grounder and making an off-balance throw to retire Jeremy Hellickson in the third inning.

Baez was in obvious pain ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Leaning back in a chair in his office on Sunday morning, Scott Servais was asked if Saturday's stink still lingered 12 hours later.

When you allow 18 runs, 19 hits and six home runs -- all in your third consecutive loss -- does that negativity chase you from one game to the next?

"You ain't putting that one away," the Mariners' ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Royals snapped a four-game losing slide, avoided being swept in a three-game series and slayed the left-handed dragon of the Angels' pitching staff who had dominated them whenever he took the mound.

Adalberto Mondesi and Nicky Lopez had two hits apiece and Hunter Dozier drove in two runs as the Royals won 5-1 over the Los...Read more

CINCINNATI -- Hyun-Jin Ryu didn't feel right in the first inning Sunday. His velocity was down. His stuff wasn't crisp. His start began with the kind of battle he had eluded for weeks. The first pitch he threw was smacked to right field for a single. He walked the third batter. It was, by the lofty standard he's set since the calendar flipped to...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Rain pushed back the start of Sunday's game by 26 minutes, something that doesn't happen very often at Petco Park.

Then Cal Quantrill gave the opposing team a head start, which has happened every time he has pitched in the major leagues.

Quantrill's bad habit put the Padres in a hole, and Joe Musgrove and three relievers kept them...Read more

CHICAGO -- Reynaldo Lopez began the White Sox's six-game homestand Monday against the Indians on a strong note.

Lopez returned to the mound for the final game of the homestand Sunday against the Blue Jays. The right-hander produced another effective outing, but was not around to factor in the decision.

Sox reliever Kelvin Herrera surrendered a...Read more

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers can't beat the Oakland Athletics.

And on Sunday afternoon, they couldn't beat the rain, either.

The series finale of a four-game set was suspended due to inclement weather conditions when a lengthy rain storm hit Comerica Park at 3:29 p.m.

Expecting the rain, the Tigers' grounds crew covered the field with the ...Read more

ATLANTA -- Mike Foltynewicz, who entered the game with an 8.02 ERA, looked like a different pitcher Sunday.

"I felt he looked like the old Folty," manager Brian Snitker said after the Braves' 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in 10 innings at SunTrust Park.

Foltynewicz made his fifth -- and by far his best -- start of the season, more closely ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- Shane Bieber was nearly untouchable and the Indians poured on plenty of support in a 10-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.

Bieber delivered a masterpiece and the best outing of his career, notching his first career shutout and setting career highs in both innings pitched (9) and strikeouts (15). It marked the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Kris Bryant popped out to first base Saturday night for the final out of the Cubs' 5-2 loss to the Nationals, capping an 0-for-4 night that snapped his career-best on-base streak at 26 games.

But a night earlier at Nationals Park, Bryant brought back visions of his 2016 National League Most Valuable Player season. He made a ...Read more