American League East News

The Baltimore Orioles first baseman, serving as the designated hitter for the first time this season, crushed a pair of home runs Wednesday against the Detroit Tigers to bring his major league-leading total to 26. Davis also added a double and drove in five runs in a 13-3 Orioles rout of the AL Central Division-leading Tigers.

First, they learned that first baseman Mark Teixeira - who missed the first two months of the season with a partially torn tendon sheath in his right wrist - would need another DL stint for ongoing wrist concerns.

With the Boston Red Sox sitting at 44-29 and holding the best record in the American League, you would be led to believe that they're following the usual recipe for a winning franchise: get behind your stars and don't get hurt.

As baseball fans awoke to the MLB standings on Sunday, May 5, the Toronto Blue Jays , after an offseason of spending, roster improvements and high expectations, sat at 10-21, last place in the American League East, riddled with injuries and staring at a 6-12 record in front of their home fans.

For Mark DeRosa, April was an apparition, a morbid movie in which he sometimes felt more like a far-off spectator than a participant.

The attorney for 22 year old Gregory Fleischman, one of the defendant's in the attack on a Hagerstown man at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, says once all of the facts have been presented by police they will show that his client is innocent and assault charges against him will be dropped.

The Dodgers return to New York to play the Yankees for a two game interleague series which begins tonight.

Game 2: Tampa Bay - Jake Odorizzi Boston - Alfredo Aceves The Boston Red Sox are back home and look to get on track when they open a three-game series versus the Tampa Bay Rays with a doubleheader at Fenway Park.

Max Scherzer knows that personal winning streaks are sometimes a product of good fortune.

Brett Gardner's presence in the Yankees lineup is one of the main reasons for the team's success.

Brian Cashman 's New York Yankees will be shopping around as we draw closer and closer to the 2013 MLB trade deadline.

Nobody's going to confuse Alfredo Aceves with Clay Buchholz anytime soon, but lately Aceves has been just as effective as the club's best starter.

Sometimes acting skills can be a valuable asset in a professional athlete. In other sports, a good flopper can sell a call to an official in a crucial moment.

A Maryland man hurt in a fight during a Baltimore Orioles game last month has moved to a rehab facility, and his lawyers said Monday they are looking for anyone who may have witnessed the exchange.

The Baltimore Orioles passed the New York Yankees and claimed second place in the American League East with victories in two series during week 11 of the season.

The Boston Red Sox 's struggles with their division opponents, the Baltimore Orioles , continued on Sunday.

Playoff baseball? Even as 98 games remain on the Mets' schedule, and 93 on the Yanks', the postseason appears impossible for both clubs.

Chris Davis reacts with Adam Jones as they celebrate after Davis hit a two-run home run against the Red Sox.

The Baltimore Orioles officially won three of four from the Boston Red Sox and single handedly put themselves in great position to overtake them for first in the American League East.

The Orioles haven't reached the halfway point of the regular season quite yet, but they are putting the lie to the notion that the American League divisions are so imbalanced that the AL East teams are at an extreme disadvantage in the race for the two wild-card playoff berths.