Major League Baseball News

A person familiar with the deal says the Cleveland Indians have traded starter Justin Masterson to the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Royals' ace struggled to find the strike zone against the Minnesota Twins, and was hit hard when he finally did.

Catcher John Baker scored the winning run in the bottom of the 16th inning after pitching a scoreless top half, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Tommy La Stella put together his second straight three-hit game and fourth since making his major league debut in late May. Freddie Freeman broke out of his slump, too.

Tyson Ross didn't look like an All-Star when he walked five batters in the first three innings, the same number he had walked in his previous five starts combined.

Machado hit a 1-2 breaking ball from Rasmus into the seats in left field to end the back-and-forth duel between AL contenders.

Hisashi Iwakuma kept his road record spotless with one minor blemish. Iwakuma pitched seven strong innings to stay unbeaten in road games since last July, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.

Jose Abreu and Adam Dunn hit consecutive home runs, part of a seven-run seventh inning that sent the Chicago White Sox to an 11-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

Brandon Poulson was pitching earlier this month for the Healdsburg Prune Packers in the collegiate Sacramento Rural League.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said she'll announce the results of her review at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Just don't blame rookie starter Yohan Flande, who took the loss in Colorado's 4-1 defeat to the Chicago Cubs on Monday.

With Boston out of contention in the American League East and the non-waiver trade deadline set for 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, the Red Sox are taking calls about potential trades for Jon Lester, with the likelihood increasing that the ace left-hander could be dealt this week.

Odorizzi won his third consecutive start, James Loney had two RBIs and the Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Monday night.

Jeff Baker's RBI single capped a four-run ninth inning for the Miami Marlins, who rallied to beat the Washington Nationals, 7-6, in the opener of a three-game set.

Except for about 30 friends and family in the stands, Sacramento native Vance Worley silenced the announced crowd of 41,794 at AT&T Park with the best performance of his career.

As the game went one with no hint that either team was capable of scoring, Arizona catcher Miguel Montero became philosophical.

Chavez gave up a career-high three homers as the Houston Astros snapped a five-game skid with a 7-3 win over the Oakland Athletics .

Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish could only smile after Brett Gardner homered off of him for the third time in a week.

The Blue Jays won for the sixth time in seven games while the Red Sox lost one day after stopping a five-game slide that began in Toronto with three losses.

The Oakland Athletics have put outfielder Craig Gentry on the 15-day disabled list because of a broken right hand and promoted outfielder Billy Burns from Double-A Midland.