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Associated PressFiers keeps rolling, A's hit 3 HRs to rip White Sox 7-0By MATT CARLSONCHICAGO (AP) Mike Fiers tossed seven innings of three-hit ball to extend his career-best winning streak to nine games, leading the Oakland Athletics past the Chicago White Sox 7-0 on Friday.Fiers (11-3) improved to...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: 'Field of Dreams' and more bad baseball on filmBy PAUL NEWBERRYMajor League Baseball is heading to the ''Field of Dreams'' next season to pay homage to a terrible flick.Yep, the Chicago White Sox will face the New York Yankees in a temporary stadium, to be...

AP Sports WriterOrioles' Davis clears air with manager after dugout clashBy DAVID GINSBURGBALTIMORE (AP) Orioles first baseman Chris Davis said he reached a ''breaking point'' when he charged at manager Brandon Hyde in the dugout on Wednesday night, and expressed his regret during a lengthy conversation with Hyde...

HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Astros will extend the protective netting at Minute Maid Park to cover more of the seating area, joining other teams that have taken safety measures after foul balls injured fans. The team announced Thursday that the extended netting would be installed before the homestand starting Aug....

Major League Baseball is going to build it - and the White Sox and Yankees are coming to Iowa. The Chicago White Sox will play the New York Yankees next summer at the site in eastern Iowa where the movie ''Field of Dreams'' was filmed, MLB announced Thursday. The game...

A look at what's happening around the majors today: TARGET TIME A couple months ago, Cleveland trailed the Twins by 11 + games in the AL Central and was being written off as too old and too banged-up. But by going a baseball-best 38-16 since June 4, the Indians have closed...

DETROIT (AP) Jordy Mercer's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth gave the Detroit Tigers a 10-8 victory over Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. Travis Demeritte led off the ninth with his third walk of the game and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jake Rogers. Mercer...

TORONTO (AP) Gio Urshela hit two home runs for the second straight game and the New York Yankees outslugged rookie Bo Bichette and the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 Thursday night to extend their winning streak to a season-best nine games. Playing in Toronto for the first time, Bichette became the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Designated hitter Nelson Cruz has a strained left wrist that forced him out of Minnesota's game in the fourth inning, after a swing and a miss at a pitch from Cleveland's Mike Clevinger in the opener of a key series between the AL Central front-runners. Cruz grimaced immediately...

MIAMI (AP) Brian Anderson homered twice to lead the Miami Marlins to a 9-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night. Elieser Hernandez pitched six shutout innings as the Marlins snapped a six-game losing streak and beat the NL East-leading Braves at home for the first time this season...

BOSTON (AP) Chris Sale righted himself and struck out 13 over eight two-hit innings, Sam Travis hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Thursday night. Sale (6-11) had allowed 14 runs over nine innings during his previous two starts, both against...

LEADING OFF: Nats-Mets open series, Price down for Red SoxBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening around the majors Friday:UNEXPECTED IN THE EASTThe Nationals and Mets begin a three-game series in Queens with surprising significance considering both teams have been more than 10 games below .500 this season....