Alex Rodriguez became the 29th player in baseball history to reach 3,000 hits and the second to do it while playing for the New York Yankees with a two-out home run in the bottom of the first inning on Friday night against the Detroit Tigers.
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Tony Kemp, Jonathan Villar and Matt Duffy had three hits apiece, and the trio combined to drive in seven runs to carry the Fresno Grizzlies to an 11-4 win over the 51s in a battle of Pacific Coast League division leaders Thursday in Fresno, Calif.
Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval found himself sitting out Thursday’s game against the Atlanta Braves as punishment for using a cellphone during a game the previous night.
Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper left Thursday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the top of the sixth inning with an unspecified leg injury after making a throw following an RBI single by Tampa Bay’s Asdrubal Cabrera.
Bryant hits grand slam off smiling Indians outfielder David Murphy into the trees; Gallo takes Clayton Kershaw very deep, makes him very angry.
Things can’t get much worse for the Philadelphia Phillies, who entered Thursday with baseball’s worst record (22-45) and mired in a nine-game losing streak.
It turns out that the tiny shots of Jack Daniels the Boston Red Sox took to help fuel their historic comeback from a 3-0 deficit to the New York Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series were spiked with performance-enhancing drugs.
Steven Matz, one of the New York Mets’ top prospects, allowed four hits and one walk and struck out five in seven shutout innings as the 51s capped a three-game series sweep of the Salt Lake Bees with a 5-1 victory Wednesday at Cashman Field.
Tyler Anderson, who pitched at Spring Valley High School, was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year in 2014, but he has been sidelined this season because of a stress fracture in his pitching elbow. Anderson, a first-round pick of the Colorado Rockies in 2011, hopes to start throwing soon.
The owner of the St. Louis Cardinals said on Wednesday he was committed to finding out if anyone in his organization hacked into the Houston Astros’ computers to steal team secrets and that any offenders “will be held accountable.”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team for hacking into the computers of the Houston Astros to steal closely guarded information about player personnel, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Indians rookie Francisco Lindor will always remember that his first big-league hit would’ve been a double had he not taken a tumble rounding first base.
The San Diego Padres fired Bud Black on Monday after a disappointing start to the season.
The catch Dodgers rookie center fielder Joc Pederson made Sunday in San Diego would be incredible under any circumstances, but the fact it saved the game for Los Angeles puts it on a higher plane.
Over his 14-year major league career, Wally Backman played alongside several high-quality infielders, and none better than 11-time Gold Glove Award winner Omar Vizquel.
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