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Posted: Aug. 22, 2018 7:00 am Updated: Aug. 22, 2018 2:48 pm NEW YORK (AP) — Major league baseball will return to Monterrey, Mexico, for six games in 2019, starting with spring training games between […]

Some sweeps feel much more euphoric or much more soul-crushing than others. The St. Louis Cardinals‘ sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium fits into this category. It was the Cardinals’ first sweep […]

Time has a way of doing this. You look at a calendar and all of a sudden, summer has turned into the school year. Or a new baseball season has turned into the playoff chase. […]

Daniel Murphy will bat leadoff in his Cubs’ debut Wednesday night against the Tigers at Comerica Park. Murphy, acquired Tuesday from the Nationals after being claimed on waivers, will start at second base. Murphy, 32, […]

TORONTO — When the Toronto Blue Jays brought Billy McKinney on board in the J.A. Happ deal, they knew they were getting one thing for sure: power. McKinney has some warts — he’s a little […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Khris Davis homered for the second straight night to move him two away from a third straight 40-homer season, backing Brett Anderson’s gem as the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers […]

The Major League Baseball pennant race is coming into focus, and the American League East-leading Red Sox and the AL Central-leading Indians are pulling away from their divisions with enormous leads. Though Boston and Cleveland […]

New group, same Toronto woes for Orioles in 5-3 loss to Blue Jays Eduardo A. Encina In terms of personnel, this is a much different Orioles team than the one that failed to win a […]

BOSTON (AP) — Greg Allen hit a tiebreaking homer right after Boston pitcher Rick Porcello was struck in the midsection by a line drive, and Corey Kluber tied for the major league wins lead as […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Justin Verlander pitched just well enough to earn his 200th career win and the Houston Astros hit five home runs, beating the Oakland Athletics 9-4 Sunday to avoid a sweep and […]