(PhatzRadio / AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas – David Murphy put Texas ahead with a three-run home run, and the Rangers spoiled a three-homer game from Miguel Cabrera with an 11-8 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night. Murphy’s shot just over the fence in right field gave Texas an 8-7 lead and answered a [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: David Price, Rays handle White Sox
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BOSTON (AP) — John Lackey returned from the disabled list and pitched six solid innings, David Ortiz drove in two more runs and the Boston Red Sox matched a team record with their 18th win in April by beating the Houston Astros 6-1 Sunday for a four-game sweep. Lackey (1-1) missed all of last season [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Ichiro hits 2-run single in ninth as Yankees beat Rays 4-3
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Tuesday night. Robinson Cano ended AL Cy Young Award winner David Price’s night with a leadoff single in the ninth. Tampa Bay is winless in [...]
MLB – NL Roundup: A.J. Burnett takes no-hitter into 7th for Pirates against Cards
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A.J. Burnett took a no-hitter into the seventh inning nearly 12 years after throwing the only one of his career, pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. Burnett (1-2) lost his bid with two outs in the seventh on Carlos Beltran’s double to [...]
MLB – NL Roundup: Zack Greinke injured during bench clearing brawl against Padres / Interleague: Nationals 7, White Sox 4
April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — SAN DIEGO — Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke broke his left collarbone in a bench-clearing brawl with the San Diego Padres during Los Angeles’ 3-2 victory Thursday night. Juan Uribe’s pinch-hit home run in the eighth put the Dodgers ahead, two innings after Greinke hit Carlos Quentin on the left shoulder with [...]
MLB News and Notes: MLB paid Biogenesis clinic for documents
April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun was among those named in reports of players who worked with Biogenesis in South Florida. Nam Y. Huh/AP) NEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball paid a former employee of a Florida anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs for documents, The New York Times reported Thursday on its website. The newspaper [...]
MLB – NL Roundup: Marlins manage only 4 hits and lose to Braves 3-2
April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(AP Photo) (PhatzRadio / AP) — MIAMI — Kris Medlen allowed only an unearned run in seven innings Tuesday night, and the Atlanta Braves earned their fifth consecutive victory by beating the punchless Miami Marlins 3-2. The Braves improved to 7-1, their best start since 2007. The Marlins fell to 1-7 with their fourth consecutive [...]
MLB – NL Roundup: Braves chase Roy Halladay, beat Phillies / InterLeague – Reds 5, Angels 4
April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ATLANTA — Justin Upton, Jason Heyward and rookie Evan Gattis homered, helping Paul Maholm and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 on Wednesday night. Freddie Freeman had three RBIs as the Braves chased Roy Halladay in the fourth inning. Upton belted a two-run shot in the first to give [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Yu Darvish one out from perfect game; beat Astros 7-0
April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Texas Rangers’ Yu Darvish delivers a pitch against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Houston. Darvish pitched eight and two-thirds perfect innings before giving up a hit to Astros’ Marwin Gonzalez in the Rangers’ 7-0 win. AP / Boston Herald) (PhatzRadio / AP) — HOUSTON [...]
MLB: Justin Verlander, Tigers agree to $180M, seven-year deal / Buster Posey locks up a long-term deal
March 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Justin Verlander has agreed to an $180 million contract, the richest deal for a pitcher in baseball history.Mark Cunningham/Getty Images) LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander has agreed to a $180 million, seven-year contract, topping Felix Hernandez for the richest deal for a pitcher in baseball history. The 2011 AL MVP and [...]
