On Friday night Anibal Sanchez almost tossed his second career no-hitter. Sanchez, who also recorded a no-no in 2006 with the Marlins, got 25 outs before allowing a single to Joe Mauer. After the eighth inning Sanchez had thrown 113 pitches. High pitch totals are not unheard of for Sanchez entering Friday nights game. He [...]
The Cleveland Indians have activated first basemen Nick Swisher from the paternity list. Swisher had been away for a few days after his wife gave birth to a baby girl. Born on May 21, Swisher and his wife actress Joanna Garcia-Swisher revealed the baby’s name to be Emerson Jay Swisher. “We are overjoyed, blessed and [...]
A day after the Orioles called up Kevin Gausman to face the Blue Jays their AL East opponents will turn the tables. Toronto will promote left-hander Sean Nolin to face the Orioles on Friday. Nolin, a sixth-round pick in 2010, will be making his major league debut. The Blue Jays prospect gained some headlines last [...]
Jered Weaver will return to the rotation of the Los Angeles Angels next week. Weaver has not pitched since April 7 due to an fractured left elbow. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said that his right hander would rejoin the rotation as long as his bullpen session goes well later this [...]
A food vendor for the Houston Astros has been fired after he took sno-cones into the bathroom stalls at Minute Maid Park. The gross situation occurred Monday night. New team president Reid Ryan was notified of the situation and immediately had the employee of Aaramark – who services the Astros food needs – terminated. Below [...]
Cliff Lee tossed a shutout as the Phillies defeated the Marlins 3-0 on Wednesday.Lee allowed just three hits and two walks while striking out five. Delmon Young hit his fourth home run of the season, and second in as many nights, in the fourth inning to give the Phillies and Lee an early lead. In [...]
Cardinals left hander Jaime Garcia will undergo surgery on his left shoulder. The procedure will end Garcia’s season. The surgery was recommended by Dr. James Andrews after he confirmed the original diagnosis of a tear in his labrum. Garcia will have the surgery performed by the Cardinals team doctor and attempt to return to the [...]
Mike Trout hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to complete a cycle in Tuesday’s night win over the Mariners. Trout became the youngest player in AL history to hit for the cycle and the sixth member of the Angels to do so. After narrowly missing out on the AL [...]
The Cleveland Indians will be without Nick Swisher on Tuesday night after his wife, JoAnna, gave birth to a baby girl earlier in the day. Swisher is expected to return to the Indians in the next couple of days. In order to give the Indians some infield depth Cord Phelps has been promoted from Triple-A. [...]
Dodgers starting pitcher Ted Lilly was activated from the disabled list on Monday. The left hander will be available for use out of the Dodgers pen on Tuesday but manager Don Mattingly is hopeful that the next time Lilly takes the mound will be on Saturday against St. Louis. Lilly last pitched on April 29 [...]
