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Associated PressBlue Jays still waiting for bats to break out in ALCSBy IAN HARRISONTORONTO (AP) The Blue Jays are running out of time to solve their startling power outage in the AL Championship Series.Things were supposed to be different when Toronto returned home to hitter-friendly Rogers Centre for...

CLEVELAND (AP) A person familiar with the decision says Indians president Mark Shapiro is leaving the team to take the same job with the Toronto Blue Jays.Shapiro, who has been with Cleveland since 1992, will replace Paul Beeston, Toronto's CEO and president who is retiring. The teams will...

MLB raises money for field in memory of Shannon FordeNEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball and its affiliates raised more than $235,000 to fund Shannon Forde Field in Little Falls, New Jersey, in memory of the late New York Mets public relations executive.MLB Advanced Media, the MLB Network...

Capps agrees to $987,500, one-year deal with PadresSAN DIEGO (AP) Reliever Carter Capps has agreed to a $987,500, one-year contract with the San Diego Padres to avoid arbitration.It's the same as his salary in 2016, which he missed while recovering from reconstructive elbow surgery. He was injured while...

Altuve out of Astros' lineup a day after collisionCLEVELAND (AP) Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve is out of the starting lineup Wednesday night, a day after colliding with a teammate in the outfield.Altuve crashed into right fielder Teoscar Hernandez while the two were chasing a popup in...

The Latest: Hosmer Perez lead AL to 4-2 win in All-Star GameSAN DIEGO (AP) The Latest on the All-Star Game (all times local):---8:27 p.m.Kansas City's Eric Hosmer homered and drove in two runs, Royals teammate Salvador Perez also hit a two-run homer, and the American League won its...

Under Armour to make MLB uniforms in 2019, a year earlyNEW YORK (AP) Under Armour will take over from Majestic Athletic as the supplier of Major League Baseball uniforms in 2019, a year earlier than previously scheduled.Fanatics Inc. and MLB announced an agreement in December that gave the...

The Latest: Cubs fans making plans for Game 6 in ClevelandCLEVELAND (AP) The Latest on the World Series (all times local):2:30 p.m.Chicago Cubs fans' hopes that the team can still win it all are still very much alive.Many are planning trips to Cleveland for Game 6 of the...

AP Baseball WriterMets ace Syndergaard won't return until after All-Star breakBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Noah Syndergaard hair hats were given to the first 15,000 fans at the New York Mets' game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. That is the closest the star pitcher's flowing blond...

AP Sports WriterGordon rejoins Marlins following 80-game suspensionBy STEVEN WINEMIAMI (AP) Dee Gordon walked into the Miami Marlins clubhouse four hours before game time and was greeted at his locker by a three-foot-high stack of boxes - bats, gloves, shoes and more, all new.''Three months of stuff,'' he...

NEW YORK (AP) Jake Arrieta posted one final win, perhaps against his most formidable competition yet.The Chicago Cubs righty aced out Dodgers stars Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw to earn the NL Cy Young Award by a comfortable margin Wednesday.''There was some anxiety involved,'' Arrieta said on a...

AP Sports WriterStroman, Blue Jays fall to Orioles 11-6 in series finaleBy DAVID GINSBURGBALTIMORE (AP) In a duel between prolific offensive teams, the Toronto Blue Jays were unable to overcome a disappointing outing for Marcus Stroman.The Baltimore Orioles amassed a season-high 19 hits against Stroman and five relievers,...