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LOS ANGELES (AP) Los Angeles' Zack Greinke beat San Francisco's Madison Bumgarner in a premier pitching matchup, and the Dodgers defeated the Giants 2-1 on Tuesday to stretch the gap between the top two teams in the National League West division to 5-1/2 games.The lead also grew in...

HOUSTON (AP) Chris Carter doesn't want to talk about his difficult summer. That doesn't matter now.It was easy to see that something was wrong. Always reserved, the Astros slugger retreated even more as he struggled at the plate. A radiant smile that comes naturally almost disappeared.Relegated to a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Infielder Juan Uribe has been added to the New York Mets' World Series roster after recovering from a chest injury.Uribe, who has not played since Sept. 25, takes the spot of backup shortstop Matt Reynolds, who was on the NL Championship Series roster but...

SEATTLE (AP) - Oakland right-hander Jarrod Parker, recovering from Tommy John surgery more than a year ago, broke a bone in his elbow during a minor league game.Pitching in a rehab game for Triple-A Nashville on Friday, Parker threw wildly to the plate and collapsed just off the mound....

AP Baseball WriterYankees add arms after putting Severino on 15-day DLBy MIKE FITZPATRICKNEW YORK (AP) In the wake of Luis Severino's arm injury, the New York Yankees made a flurry of roster moves to reinforce their pitching staff.Right-handers Chad Green and Conor Mullee were called up from Triple-A...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Tuesday, his first since going on the 15-day disabled list last month because of a right forearm strain and right wrist tendinitis.Tanaka made 10 pitches at 60 feet on level ground...

NEW YORK (AP) A woman charged with shaking down New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has pleaded guilty to extortion, perjury and criminal impersonation.Louise Neathway entered a type of guilty plea Wednesday that acknowledges sufficient evidence for conviction but doesn't admit guilt. She was sentenced to five...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The San Francisco Giants have signed right-hander Josh Johnson to a minor league contract with the hopes he can perform after three Tommy John elbow surgeries. General manager Bobby Evans said Thursday it's still undetermined whether Johnson will be invited to big league camp at spring training...

Khris Davis beats A's in salary arbitration, gets $5MST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Khris Davis defeated the Oakland Athletics in salary arbitration Wednesday.The outfielder was awarded a $5 million salary for this season by arbitrators Mark Irvings, Gil Vernon and Mark Burstein, who heard the case a day earlier....

BOSTON (AP) The Boston Red Sox have hired former Detroit Tigers boss Dave Dombrowski as the team's new president.The Red Sox also said general manager Ben Cherington is leaving the club, two years after building the 2013 World Series champions.The Red Sox announced during their game against the...

NEW YORK (AP) Bitter rivals on the field, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are teaming up to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. The teams announced they are partnering to raise money by auctioning off autographed memorabilia and game-used jerseys from Sunday night's series finale between...

TORONTO (AP) Bad news, pitchers of major league baseball. While the 2015 Blue Jays are done for the year, the painful poundings their batters handed out this season might not be. If Toronto chooses, it can bring back all nine everyday players from the lineup that finished as...