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A look at what's happening around the major leagues today:---BACKS AGAINST THE WALLAfter winning a 7-1 rout in Game 5, the Blue Jays will try to survive another win-or-else contest against the Royals in Game 6 at Kansas City. Toronto also rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Texas...

PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired Dave Magadan as their hitting coach.The 53-year-old Magadan spent the last three seasons as hitting coach of the Texas Rangers. Before that, he was hitting coach for the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox.In Magadan's first year in Boston, 2007,...

NEW YORK (AP) This much is certain: Anyone who bemoans that baseball's gone soft never covered second base with Chase Utley bearing down on a potential double play.What's not so clear is whether Utley's takeout slide Saturday night, the one that broke the right leg of New York...

The PITTSBURGH and the WASHINGTON will both be gunning for a victory on 10/1/2017 at 3:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. GAME: Pittsburgh Pirates (74-87) at Washington Nationals (97-64) DATE/TIME: Sunday, October 01 - 3:05 PM EST WHERE: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia ROT TEAM PS OU RL 901 PITTSBURGH 8.5 (-170) (-160) 8.5 (-110) 150 -160 902 WASHINGTON TV: 3:05 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet-Pittsburgh, MASN (Washington) PITCHING...

ATLANTA (AP) Veteran catcher A.J. Pierzynski will return for another season with the Atlanta Braves after agreeing to a $3 million, one-year contract.The 38-year-old Pierzynski was a rare bright spot for the Braves this past season. Signed to serve mainly as a backup, he wound up handling the...

The 10 batters whose plate appearances were shifted the most in 2014, with plate appearances shifted, plate appearances shifted resulting in a grounder or short fly, batting average in those plate appearances, plate appearances not shifted resulting in a grounder or short fly and batting average in those plate...

NEW YORK (AP) The Baltimore Orioles have activated outfielder Joey Rickard from the 10-day disabled list and are starting him in the series opener against the New York Yankees. Rickard was batting leadoff Friday night at Yankee Stadium and playing left field. Rickard has been out with a sprained left finger....

ATLANTA (AP) Japan honored former home run king Hank Aaron with one of its highest awards on Thursday, saying he is a symbol of its close relationship with the United States and their shared love of baseball.The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette was presented...

Associated PressSampson needs surgery on injured elbowBy CURTIS CRABTREESEATTLE (AP) Mariners right-hander Adrian Sampson needs surgery on his injured right elbow and is expected to miss the remainder of the season.Sampson was scratched from his scheduled start in Detroit on Thursday while tossing his warmup pitches before the...

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues Friday:---WELL DONE, SONThe 2-year-old son of Colorado closer John Axford will throw out the first ball before the Rockies host the Dodgers at Coors Field. Jameson Axford has spent the last two months in and out of hospitals for...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Since 2011, the bill for clubhouse carpet cleaning and/or replacement has been high for the St. Louis Cardinals. It's a price willingly paid for all those champagne fests, every step of the way.Like clockwork, October arrives and so do the Cardinals, primed for another deep...

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) Hyun-Jin Ryu believes he is ready to reclaim his long-lost spot in the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting rotation. The left-hander has made just one start in the past two seasons for the Dodgers, his once-promising career sidetracked repeatedly by arm injuries. But Ryu has returned to Camelback Ranch...