The Los Angeles Angels reportedly are close to a deal that would send troubled outfielder Josh Hamilton back to the Texas Rangers.
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Travis Taijeron and Johnny Monell each had a home run among his three hits, drove in two runs and scored twice for the 51s, who scored all of their runs with two outs and held on for an 8-7 win over the Reno Aces in a Pacific Coast League game Thursday in Reno.
Five players, including Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura and Chicago White Sox starter Chris Sale, were ejected after a bench-clearing brawl in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
This season it feels like we have been snakebitten a little bit. We have lost 10 games by one run and we’ve been walked off five times. I think there are two ways we could look at it.
A.J. Landis tossed a three-hitter and didn’t allow a runner to reach third base until the seventh inning as he led Desert Oasis to a 7-0 baseball win at Arbor View. The Diamondbacks moved one-half game ahead of the Aggies entering the final week of the league season.
Nick Evans and Zach Borenstein hit back-to-back doubles to open Reno’s three-run fourth inning that sent the Aces past the 51s 6-3 in a Pacific Coast League game Wednesday in Reno.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who has discussed his ambition to one day become a two-sport star, clarified his comments and made it clear Wednesday that he has no plans to leave football for baseball.
Baseball slugger Barry Bonds’ conviction of obstructing justice during a government probe into steroid use was overturned by a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday.
Royals right-handed reliever Kelvin Herrera is appealing his five-game suspension, which was to begin Wednesday.
Vince Fernandez hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift UC Riverside to an 8-6 home victory over the UNLV baseball team in a wild game on Tuesday afternoon.
The Liberty and Las Vegas baseball teams had the same number of chances to hit with runners in scoring position on Tuesday.
Kansas City Royals right-handed reliever Kelvin Herrera was suspended five games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for intentionally throwing a fastball behind Oakland Athletics infielder Brett Lawrie during a testy weekend series between the 2014 playoff opponents.
Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz was suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount after an incident with umpire John Tumpane during Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles.
“Little League home run” by Cubs rookie against Pirates rekindles memories of former Stars outfielder.
A fan who was hit in the head by a foul ball during Monday night’s Cubs-Pirates game has been released from the hospital, according to a statement by the Pirates.