Major League Baseball News

Prince Fielder kept up his hot spring training start by lining an RBI single in a two-run first innign and then doubling in the Texas Rangers' 8-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday.

Elian Herrera hit a solo home run in the seventh inning off the glove of leaping right fielder Ryan Wheeler and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the mistake-prone Colorado Rockies 5-3 Thursday.

Johnny Monell hit a three-run homer to key a five-run third inning, leading the Baltimore Orioles to an 11-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.

Johan Santana is hoping the Baltimore Orioles' patience with him pays off in another chance to pitch in the big leagues.

Being retired hasn't stopped Mariano Rivera from picking up one more save. The former New York Yankees closer has renovated a long-vacant suburban church that will be the new home of his wife's ministry starting Thursday.

The St. Louis Cardinals right-hander gave up a leadoff home run in his spring training debut Wednesday, then retired eight in a row to help beat Boston 8-6.

Nick Hundley hit a three-run homer off White Sox ace Chris Sale in the first inning Wednesday and the San Diego Padres defeated Chicago 8-0.

Max Scherzer struck out three in three impressive innings, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 3-0 on Wednesday.

Ryan Braun hit his second homer of the spring and added a single to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Wednesday.

James Paxton allowed two hits in three scoreless innings and Nick Franklin drove in two runs today in the Seattle Mariners' 8-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Chris Stewart, left, tags out Detroit Tigers' Hernan Perez who was attempting to score on a single by Rajai Davis in the fifth inning of an exhibition baseball game in Lakeland, Fla., Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Adam Lind is congratulated by catcher Erik Kratz after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning at Bright House Field on Tuesday.

Leadoff man A.J. Pollock doubled twice, singled and scored twice. Goldschmidt had two hits and Aaron Hill added an RBI double.

Ted Lilly has been hired by the Chicago Cubs as a special assistant to Theo Epstein, the team's president of baseball operations.

Chris Archer pitched two scoreless innings in his spring training debut, Jose Molina reached base three times and scored twice, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-0 Tuesday.

Charlie Morton allowed one hit in three scoreless innings, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.

New York Mets pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka ties his shoe before starting an exhibition spring training baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, Fla., Sunday, March 2, 2014.

Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana has agreed to a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles as he tries to come back from the second major operation on his left shoulder.

Making his first spring-training start of the year, Matt Moore gave up two hits in 1 2-3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts and a walk.

Kevin Correia threw three hitless innings and a split squad of Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-2 Monday.