Major League Baseball News

Randy Johnson struck out 10 and allowed three hits in six-plus innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Sunday.

Jon Garland pitched a six-hitter for his 100th major league victory, Jeff Mathis tied a career high with three RBIs and Juan Rivera homered to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-1 victory over the Toronto Blue ...

At the end of a frustrating performance, Edinson Volquez looked up at the scoreboard, saw the news and started celebrating with teammates in the Cincinnati Reds dugout.

Major League Baseball has announced the rosters for the 2008 All-Star Game, and the squads are filled with familiar names as well as seven first-time starters.

The Chicago Cubs won the rubber match of the three-game series, pounding the St.

City Royals 9-2 on Sunday for their seventh straight win. James Shields gave up two runs and four hits over seven innings to win his third consecutive start.

Texas Rangers shortstop Michael Young was a late scratch for Sunday's contest against the Baltimore Orioles with an ongoing left groin issue.

Rookie Jeff Clement homered in his final two at-bats, the second a two-run shot off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning that lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Tigers on ...

Brad Lidge will be saving games in Philadelphia through at least the 2011 season, after the pitcher agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract extension.

Both teams have a need and interest in acquiring the reliever. But Tampa Bay is preparing to make the most aggressive play for the Rockies' closer, according to a major-league source.

The American League West-leading LA Angels of Anaheim are set to play the rubber match of a three-game weekend set against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Cleveland Indians have lost seven consecutive games, and they will attempt to avoid a weekend sweep at the hands of the red-hot Minnesota Twins today at the Metrodome.

The Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics conclude a four-game series this afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.

Prince Fielder singled in Rickie Weeks with one out in the bottom of the ninth and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night for their second straight win.

Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time. The New York Yankees closer pitched himself in and out of trouble Saturday, escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth inning and preserving a 2-1 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Volatile Kansas City outfielder Jose Guillen got into a heated clubhouse exchange with pitching coach Bob McClure prior to Saturday night's game, knocking over chairs before several ...

Mike Mussina hurled six scoreless innings, and New York survived a late scare to clip Boston, 2-1, in the third installment of a four-game series from Yankee Stadium.

The Cardinals best pitcher to date, Kyle Lohse, was called upon to hold the Cubs down while his own team's offense tried to wake up.

The Pittsburgh Pirates optioned pitcher Tom Gorzelanny to Triple-A Indianapolis on Saturday, a day after he struggled in his start against Milwaukee.

The injuries continue to stockpile for the A's, not that you'd realize that by the way they went about business Friday night in Chicago.