Major League Baseball News

A pair of Red Sox from Texas sure made things tough on the Houston Astros in their return to the Lone Star State.

Price scattered five hits in eight-plus innings to help the Tampa Bay Rays hand the Blue Jays their eighth loss in 10 games, 3-0 Sunday in the teams' final game before the All-Star break.

Babe Ruth's 1918 contract with the Boston Red Sox has sold for more than $1 million, along with other baseball memorabilia up for auction in Baltimore.

Hisashi Iwakuma pitched a career-high 8 2-3 innings, and Kyle Seager and Robinson Cano homered to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night.

Ryan Zimmerman's go-ahead single in the 10th inning had the Nationals celebrating on the field.

Rick Porcello has an AL-leading 12 wins and a 3.39 ERA for the first-place Detroit Tigers.

Andrew McCutchen tied the game with a solo homer in the ninth inning Saturday night, then connected again in the 11th inning, rallying the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds .

Johnson homered twice and Minor hit his second career home run, leading the Atlanta Braves over the Chicago Cubs 11-6 on Saturday.

Jose Abreu hit his major league-leading 29th homer, a two-run shot that sent the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 6-2 on Saturday.

Pablo Sandoval homered and drove in three runs to break out of a slump that extended back to late June.

Rookie Christian Vazquez got his first three major league hits and drove in three runs, while David Ortiz had three RBIs to break open the game in the sixth inning and lead Boston over the Houston Astros 8-3.

Dan Haren pitched much better last season after the All-Star break than he did before it - and he's hoping the same scenario will play out this time around.

Felix Hernandez outpitched Jeff Samardzija, Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead double and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 Friday night.

Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Reyes, center, acknowledges teammate Steve Tolleson after his single scored Reyes and Dan Johnson in front of Tampa Bay Rays catcher Jose Molina during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 11, 2014 ST.

Distraught manager Ron Roenicke closed the clubhouse and didn't take reporters' questions, citing a death in the family of a player he didn't identify.

That might still happen, although the task became a bit tougher after a 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in 10 innings on Friday night.

KPIX-TV reports the confrontation happened Thursday outside the stadium after the Giants lost to the Oakland A's.

Twins rookie right-hander Yohan Pino earn his first major league victory, 4-2 over the Seattle Mariners Thursday night.

For the fourth straight time, the Tigers waltzed into Kauffman Stadium and made themselves feel right at home.

Roberto Perez hit a two-run homer in his major league debut, Carlos Santana also connected and the Cleveland Indians scored nine runs in their last two innings at bat for a 9-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.