Anthony Rizzo grounded out to first base in each of his first four plate appearances. Then he finally got a hit his next time up, and did even better in his final at-bat. Read more »

Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning after earlier ending a 1-for-18 slump and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night. Read more »

Several local baseball players hope to hear their names called during the Major League Baseball first-year player draft this weekend. Read more »

Major League Baseball is interviewing players linked to a Miami anti-aging clinic that allegedly sold performance-enhancing drugs and has become the focus of the sport's investigation. Read more »

Baseball players hear it all the time. "You've got room." Sometimes, though, when safe space has disappeared but the play can still be made, athletes go for it anyway. Read more »

Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning and drove in three runs, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Read more »

Yasiel Puig homered twice and drove in five runs in his second major league game, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers rally for a 9-7 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Read more »

The Boston Red Sox hit for the cycle in one inning and better than they have in a game this season. Read more »

Paxton Norton was born without a seventh chromosome and baseball is one thing that makes him light up. The Sons of Baseball Foundation and the Salt Lake Bees put on an MVP experience for the entire... Read more »

"Win or go home" was very real Monday night. So was, "You're outta here." In both cases, teams and players saw their respective ends come sooner than hoped. Read more »

Chris Carter homered, Erik Bedard pitched seven strong innings for his first victory of the season, and the last-place Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a... Read more »

Adrian Gonzalez and Scott Van Slyke homered, Yasiel Puig had a successful major league debut and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Monday night. Read more »

With baseball and softball games going nearly all night long and French Open coverage starting a 3 a.m., this past weekend featured around-the-clock sports. Read more »

Clay Buchholz allowed two hits in an abbreviated shutout and the Boston Red Sox got home runs from David Ortiz and Jose Iglesias in a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees that was stopped after... Read more »

Carlos Pena and Carlos Corporan homered against C.J. Wilson and Jordan Lyles turned in his fourth impressive outing in a row for the Houston Astros, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Sunday... Read more »

The Colorado Rockies treated the "Big Cat" to quite a power show. Read more »

The Los Angeles Dodgers recovered from a ninth-inning blown save and scored two runs off Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt in the top of the 10th to beat slumping Colorado 7-5 Friday night. Read more »

CC Sabathia's fastball returned to the New York Yankees along with Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis. Read more »

Scott Hairston hit a grand slam and Matt Garza got his first victory of the season and the Chicago Cubs extended their winning streak to five games by defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on Friday. Read more »

Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver returned from the DL last Wednesday and recorded his first win of the season. Weaver's comeback is paramount if the Angels are to continue to recover from a slow... Read more »

Jason Castro's leadoff homer triggered a three-run fourth and Dallas Keuchel pitched seven effective innings, leading the Houston Astros to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Read more »

Sometimes, it simply comes down to an athlete's ability to make the play. Take for instance two of this week's top 25 sports photos. Both shot at Major League Baseball games, the two tell an... Read more »

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