Baseball

  • Recap: Texas vs. Oakland

    Seth Smith went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, two RBI and three runs scored to back a solid start from Bartolo Colon, as the Oakland Athletics downed the Texas Rangers, 9-2, in the opener of a three-game set Monday.

  • Photos Corbin tosses 3-hitter as D-backs beat Rockies 5-1

    Patrick Corbin tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game and struck out a career-high 10, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

  • Recap: Colorado vs. Arizona

    Patrick Corbin recorded yet another quality start and this time went the distance for the first time in his brief career as the Arizona Diamondbacks shut down the Colorado Rockies, 5-1, in an NL West battle at Coors Field.

  • Recap: Chicago WSox vs. Boston

    Adam Dunn clubbed a three-run homer to help the Chicago White Sox hand Boston's Jon Lester his first loss of the season with a 6-4 win in the opener of a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field.

  • Photos Links Dunn homers as White Sox beat Lester, Red Sox 6-4

    Adam Dunn has been insisting all season he feels great, even while he was piling up strikeouts at the beginning of the year.

  • Recap: Houston vs. Kansas City

    Matt Dominguez launched a three-run home run in the fourth inning that proved to be the difference as the Houston Astros topped the Kansas City Royals, 6-5, in the opener of a three-game set from Minute Maid Park

  • Photos Astros get 6-5 win over Royals

    Matt Dominguez hit a three-run homer and Jason Castro added a solo shot to give the Houston Astros a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.

  • Recap: Milwaukee vs. Los Angeles

    Clayton Kershaw fired a three-hit complete game, and Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp homered, as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1, to start a three-game set at Miller Park.

  • Recap: NY Mets vs. Cincinnati

    Jay Bruce belted the go-ahead homer in the sixth inning and Aroldis Chapman made it stand up in the ninth inning, as the Cincinnati Red held on for a 4-3 win over the New York Mets.

  • Recap: Baltimore vs. NY Yankees

    Vernon Wells doubled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees extended Baltimore's recent woes with a 6-4 win over the Orioles in the opener of a three-game series at Camden Yards.

  • Photos Bruce homers to back Cueto in Reds' win over Mets

    Things weren't going well for Johnny Cueto in his return from the disabled list, so he had a conversation - with himself.

  • Photos Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers

    Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

  • Photos Yankees hit 4 HRs, beat Orioles 6-4 in 10 innings

    Vernon Wells doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees hit four solo homers in a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday night, extending Baltimore's losing streak to six games.

  • Marlins embarrass Phillies, 5-1

    They closed the upper deck at Marlins Park, a stadium that has lived for 14 months of baseball. Interest in the home team is infinitesimal. The Marlins scored 2.66 runs per game before Monday, and that is fewer than any major-league team since the game integrated in 1947.

  • Photos Sanabia outpitches Hamels; Marlins beat Phils 5-1

    Alex Sanabia outpitched Cole Hamels in a matchup of struggling starters, leading the Miami Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 on Monday night.