After a whirlwind of events, outfielder Joey Rickard was released by the Baltimore Orioles organization and claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants nearly a week later.
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Mississippi commit Josh Mallitz struck out 11 in five innings Tuesday to lead Team Florida to a 4-1 win over Nevada in the National High School Baseball Championship.
The Los Angeles Dodgers say they’re studying how to improve the protective netting after a young girl was hit in the head by a liner from slugger Cody Bellinger.
Centennial High junior Sam Simon tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings and allowed just two hits Monday to help Team Nevada to a 7-1 win over New York.
In a story published by Newsday on Sunday night, Healey said Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon called him “to apologize on behalf of the organization.”
A first-aid person who treated the woman says she was taken to the hospital for precautionary tests but that she was alert and answering questions.
Alonso, 24, hit an 0-2 pitch to lead off the fourth inning for his 27th round-tripper of the season, besting Darryl Strawberry’s mark set in 1983.
The A’s are 40-36, meaning Frankie Montas could return for the final week of the regular season, but he is ineligible for the postseason.
Instead of killing his intended target, the hit man wounded David Ortiz, the baseball superstar almost universally adored in his native Dominican Republic.
Nationals managing principal owner Mark Lerner says the club will replace the current protection with more transparent netting and extend it to just short of the foul poles.
There is no timetable for the possible plan. An idea under consideration is for the Rays to play early in the season in Tampa Bay and later in Montreal.
Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz was indicted on cocaine and heroin possession charges and also a charge of conspiracy to distribute drugs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark announced.
Aviators catcher Cameron Rupp remains optimistic that his career will include a return trip to the major leagues, but the road has been a rocky one.
Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez says the target was another man, dressed similarly to David Ortiz, who was seated with the ex-baseball star.
Max Scherzer was injured Tuesday when he took a ball off his face while attempting a bunt. The team says a CT scan was negative.
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