A.J. Ellis News

The Oakland Athletics found their best hitter, Jack Cust, buried in the Padres' Triple-A affiliate.

Joe Torre, asked a few hours before Wednesday's game about transition from his dozen-year run as manager of the veteran-laden New York Yankees to his first season at the helm of the mostly young, largely ...

Dodgers right-hander Brad Penny, who has made two subpar relief appearances since returning from the disabled list a week ago, might be running out of time to get himself ready to join the club's starting ...

PITTSBURGH -- Russell Martin said that he is aware his numbers are down from last season but that he doesn't know what to make of the decline.

One day after being named the Dodgers organization's Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season, James McDonald was still waiting to make his major-league debut, almost two weeks after ...

Scott Elbert, a top left-handed pitching prospect, will have his contract purchased from Class AA Jacksonville today and be ready to make his major league debut out of the Dodgers bullpen in Arizona.

When A.J. Ellis backed up Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star catcher Russell Martin at Class-A Vero Beach in 2004, Ellis presented Martin with a proposal.

After waiting a day to reconsider their options, the Dodgers, as expected, designated right-hander Tanyon Sturtze for assignment, allowing them to activate reliever Cory Wade from the disabled list.

Playing in a ballpark the Dodgers visit only once a year and at a shadowy time of day mandated by Fox network, Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp responded to a fifth-inning fly ball hit in his general direction ...

A.J. Ellis brought a grand end to the 51s' six-game losing streak Monday night. Ellis went 3-for-4 with a 10th-inning grand slam to lift Las Vegas to an 8-4 Pacific Coast League win over the Fresno Grizzlies in ...

Dustin Erickson, dressed as 'Cosmo' the mascot for 51s, says because of the heat the smell inside his suit is 'potent'. LAS VEGAS - The game-time temperature is 98degrees at Cashman Field , and by the fifth ...

Royals 17, Las Vegas 5 RF Stodolka 3-5, HBP, HR , 2 RBI , 3 RS -- .264, getting regular playing time and bat is responding.... C Tupman 3-5, BB, 2 2B , 2 RBI , 2 RS -- .222 LF Lubanski 3-6, 3B , 2 RBI , K, RS ...

Royals 17, Las Vegas 5 RF Stodolka 3-5, HBP, HR , 2 RBI , 3 RS -- .264, getting regular playing time and bat is responding.... C Tupman 3-5, BB, 2 2B , 2 RBI , 2 RS -- .222 LF Lubanski 3-6, 3B , 2 RBI , K, RS ...

A.J. Ellis gets to make his All-Star appearance in front of a home crowd tonight.

A.J. Ellis hit a two-run double to cap a ninth-inning rally by the Pacific Coast League and it held off the International League 6-5 in the Triple-A All-Star game Wednesday night.

The Tacoma Rainiers repeated their winning pattern from a day earlier by combining early scoring with a strong starting pitching effort during a 5-3 victory over the Las Vegas 51s on Sunday.

NEXT: Rainiers at 51s , 12:05 p.m. today Baseball's annual All-Star break typically flies by for players, but it might seem like a long layoff for the 51s if they don't enter it with a win.

LAS VEGAS 8 TUCSON 6 KEY: John-Ford Griffin hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Terry Tiffee added a three-run shot in the fourth for the 51s.

A very busy day for news, which is why this took so long getting out the door ... Scores Rodriguez, S : 2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K Brown, M : 3-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI Wood : 0-4, 1 BB Brown, D : 2-5, 1 2B Wilson : 1-3, 1 ...

A year ago, Jacksonville Suns catcher A.J. Ellis was struggling with a .161 batting average.