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 [...]
New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda left after two innings of work Wednesday night. Kuroda allowed five runs on eight hits, including two home runs. Kuroda left the game with an injury. The Yankees have called Kuroda’s injury as bruised calf as a result of a comebacker hit in the second inning. Entering Wednesday night [...]
Derek Lowe has cleared waivers and can now either accept a assignment to Triple-A Round Rock or become a free agent. The 39-year-old Lowe had been serving as a middle reliever for the Rangers before being designated for assignment on Monday. Lowe had a 9.00 ERA in 13 innings of work and allowed two runs [...]
Jose Canseco sent out a series of Tweets on Wednesday suggesting that he has been accused of rape. Canseco, 48, made headlines earlier this week when it was announced that he would play for the Independent League’s Fort Worth Cats. Since deleting the tweets, Canseco has went on to say he will take a polygraph [...]
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 [...]
Donut or Doughnut? Ah, a great argument but for Kevin Gausman its donut. Gausman will be called up by the Baltimore Orioles to start Thursday against the Toronto Blue Jays. The decision by the Orioles comes one week after vice president Dan Duquette told MLB.com that the 22-year-old was “doing fine at Double-A” but not [...]
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 Chicago White Sox will skip Chris Sale’s scheduled start on Wednesday. Sale was to face the Boston Red Sox but will be skipped due to mild tendinitis. Hector Santiago will make the start on Wednesday for the White Sox. Santiago will be pitching on three days rest after lasting only 3 1/3 innings in [...]
When Neal Cotts pitches for the Texas Rangers it will be his first big league pitches since the 2009. The talented but injury prone left hander is being called up in the wake of a roster shuffle that started when the Rangers designated Derek Lowe for assignment. Cotts, 33, has been called up prior to [...]
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. [...]
