TORONTO -- Their offense still stumbling in the darkness, the Angels' latest loss was aided when a little too much light was cast upon their defense.

Right fielder Chris Young's inability to secure a potential third-out fly ball in the first inning helped lead to four unearned runs as they fell to Toronto 5-3.

The Angels have lost six of seven...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- For weeks, Royals starting pitchers have struggled to both give manager Ned Yost length and their offense a chance to breathe.

They've dug themselves into early ruts, allowing 19 first-inning runs through 20 games in May after allowing just 16 first-inning runs in the first 28 games of the season. They've often labored just to get ...Read more

HOUSTON -- Madison Bumgarner faced hitters at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday, but he did not face the Houston Astros.

While Bumgarner took another crucial step in his lengthy rehab process, his absence from the Giants starting rotation remains a glaring issue for a team that clearly missed its ace in an 11-2 loss.

The defending World Series ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The Braves will retain first place for another day.

Behind Ozzie Albies and Brandon McCarthy, they won a 3-1 barnburner against the Phillies on Tuesday.

Albies put the Braves ahead with a solo homer in the third. They tacked on another run in the fifth after two Phillies throwing errors and added an insurance run in the ninth ...Read more

NEW YORK -- The moment he spotted Don Mattingly emerge from the dugout to come take the ball from him, Caleb Smith waited on the mound with his back turned to the manager, staring off into the distance.

He didn't appear happy.

But neither could he be disappointed.

Smith turned in yet another impressive start as the Marlins handed the Mets a 5...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Eric Lauer found the consistency he had worked for and the Padres were seeking from him.

The rookie left-hander went six strong innings on Tuesday, surrendering his only run on Bryce Harper's game-tying solo home run in the fifth.

The Padres lost 2-1 on a walk-off double by Michael A. Taylor against Matt Strahm scored Juan Soto ...Read more

His back still hurts. His team is struggling. And his former mistress won't back down in a fight over child support.

No doubt, Tiger slugger Miguel Cabrera is having a rough go of things lately -- but at least he doesn't have to think about his legal fiasco until the season is over.

After almost 10 months of feuding with an ex-mistress over ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Mariners will be without their leadoff hitter and catalyst to their offense for at least 10 days, if not more.

Hours before they were set to open a quick one-city, three-game road trip in Oakland, the team announced it had placed second baseman/outfielder Dee Gordon on the disabled list with a "fractured right great toe."...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Swinging his bat wasn't getting Logan Morrison anywhere Monday. So when it mattered most, the Twins' slugger simply stopped.

Morrison, whose first three at-bats resulted in inning-ending strikeouts, watched four straight balls from Daniel Stumpf go by in the eighth inning, each of them low and outside. His walk with the bases ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Nick Pivetta had retired 11 straight batters on Monday night when he walked Johan Camargo on five pitches. Pivetta had already thrown 103 pitches. His night could have ended there with one out in the seventh inning.

It was not a necessity to push Pivetta much further. But the Phillies did. And it worked. Pivetta picked up the ...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run homer, his third long ball in as many days, to provide more than enough run support for starter Miles Mikolas as the Cardinals rolled to a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals before a crowd of 42,140 Monday night at Busch Stadium.

This segment of the I-70 Series will continue with games Tuesday at ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Padres on Sunday got another solid start from a reliever who, in manager Andy Green's words, had been "a starter who went to the bullpen that wanted to be in the rotation, took the ball and attacked with a bullpen-type mentality."

On Monday, neither Robbie Erlin nor Bryan Mitchell could follow Jordan Lyles' example, as the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- The hoopla surrounding Ron Gardenhire's return to Minnesota as a manager could not be contained in the visiting manager's office at Target Field.

So, breaking from the norm, the Detroit Tigers had Gardenhire speak to reporters inside the visitors dugout Monday afternoon. When he emerged from the tunnel, there were several TV ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Welcome back to the national radar, Braves.

Their six-run ninth-inning comeback against the Marlins on Sunday further shifted them into the spotlight, a place they haven't been in quite some time.

A National League-best 28-17 record will do that for you. The Braves were national darlings for so long: TBS showed them across the ...Read more

Sure, it's a distraction. But in the Orioles' reality, it's not an unwelcome one.

When they arrived in Chicago on Monday for a four-game set against the White Sox, star shortstop Manny Machado found a gaggle of media waiting at Guaranteed Rate Field for his take on the ever-growing rumors that the Chicago Cubs could be the winning suitor for ...Read more