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Associated PressBrewer ace Jimmy Nelson out for season with shoulder injuryBy MATT CARLSONCHICAGO (AP) Milwaukee Brewers ace Jimmy Nelson will miss the rest of the season after jamming his shoulder while diving to a base a night earlier.General manager David Stearns said before Saturday's game with the Chicago...

YouTube's first MLB game will be Phillies-Dodgers on July 18By The Associated PressYouTube's first live broadcast of a Major League Baseball game will be July 18 when the Philadelphia Phillies host the Los Angeles Dodgers. MLB and YouTube are partnering to live stream 13 games after the All-Star break....

Associated PressVotto gets new shirt, Reds get little else, Pirates win 5-1By JOHN PERROTTOPITTSBURGH (AP) Reds star Joey Votto got a new shirt from a big fan at PNC Park, but Cincinnati wound up with little else Monday, blanked by Trevor Williams and the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1.In the...

Associated PressNats send top prospect Seth Romero home for violating curfewBy CHUCK KINGWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Seth Romero, a top pitching prospect selected by Washington with the 25th overall pick in last year's amateur draft, was sent home from spring training by the Nationals for violating curfew.Washington...

Yanks, Red Sox tied 6-6 after 1 inning in 1st European gameLONDON (AP) The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox treated fans to one of the most unusual first innings in their century-plus rivalry when they played Saturday night in the first Major League Baseball game in...

Padres' Lyles surrenders 1st hit in 8th inningSAN DIEGO (AP) Jordan Lyles' bid for a perfect game for San Diego has been broken up by Trevor Story's one-out single in the eighth inning for Colorado.Lyles retired his first 22 batters before Story's liner dropped just in front of...

Red Sox sign slugging OF Renfroe to $3.1M, 1-year dealBOSTON (AP) The Boston Red Sox have signed outfielder Hunter Renfroe to a one-year deal for $3.1 million.A first-round pick by the Padres in 2013, Renfroe batted .228 with 97 home runs and 226 RBIs over five seasons with...

Associated PressDetermined Donaldson looks to lead Blue Jays back to OctoberBy IAN HARRISONTORONTO (AP) Josh Donaldson expects to join a free agent class that could also include fellow sluggers Bryce Harper and Manny Machado.First, the third baseman hopes to lead Toronto to the playoffs for the third time...

LEADING OFF: Angels streaking, Homer's odyssey, Reds-CubsBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening around the majors today:PULLING TOGETHERThe grieving Angels go for their sixth consecutive victory since the All-Star break when they host Houston again. Los Angeles (50-46) has won eight of 11 since the death of pitcher...

Right fielder Stanton to get day in left fieldTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Giancarlo Stanton will be getting a chance to play left field as the New York Yankees search for options when starter Brett Gardner gets the day off.Stanton worked out extensively in left Thursday before batting practice for...

Athletics, right-hander Burch Smith reach $705,000 dealOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Right-hander Burch Smith agreed to a $705,000, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics a day before Wednesday's deadline for teams to offer deals to unsigned players on their rosters.Smith went 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA and a save in...

Former MLB All-Star, GM and executive Bob Watson dead at 74HOUSTON (AP) Bob Watson, a two-time All-Star as a player who later became the first black general manager to win a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1996, has died. He was 74.The Houston Astros, for...