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AP Sports WriterPadres fire hitting coach Matt Stairs after lackluster yearBy BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) The San Diego Padres have fired hitting coach Matt Stairs after one year on the job as the team continued to rank at the bottom of the majors in key offensive stats.General manager...

AP Sports WriterRays extend manager Kevin Cash's contract through 2024By FRED GOODALLST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) The Tampa Bay Rays, who won more games than any American League team that didn't make the playoffs, have rewarded manager Kevin Cash with a contract extension that runs through 2024, plus a...

Officials: Stadium worker who spit on pizza has no diseasesDETROIT (AP) Tests show that a food vendor at the Detroit Tigers' home stadium who was fired after video surfaced showing him spitting on a pizza that was apparently intended for a customer doesn't have any communicable diseases.Authorities say...

AP Baseball WriterHernandez reversed on 3 of 4 replays in Yanks-Red Sox Game 3By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Angel Hernandez hit .250 in Game 3 of the AL Division Series. That's a mediocre batting average for a player and awful replay average for an umpire.Hernandez was overruled on...

AP Baseball WriterHernandez reversed on 3 of 4 replays in Yanks-Red Sox Game 3By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Angel Hernandez hit .250 in Game 3 of the AL Division Series. That's a mediocre batting average for a player and awful replay average for an umpire.Hernandez was overruled on...

After 1st postseason cycle, Holt returns to Boston's benchNEW YORK (AP) Becoming the first player to hit for a postseason cycle earned Brock Holt a return to the Boston Red Sox bench.Ian Kinsler was back at second base for Game 4 of the AL Division Series on Tuesday...

AP Baseball WriterCatcher on the mound: Romine pitches in Yanks' blowout lossBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Austin Romine never expected to replace Aroldis Chapman as the Yankees' closer.A backup catcher, Romine was leaning on the dugout railing and watching New York get blown out by Boston in Game...

AP Baseball WriterMoreland out for Red Sox, Hicks for Yanks in Game 3 of ALDSBy MIKE FITZPATRICKNEW YORK (AP) Boston Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland is out of the lineup for Game 3 of the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees.Moreland, a left-handed hitter with...

AP Sports WriterRockies take step forward in year that finishes on sour noteBy PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) The immediate picture for the Colorado Rockies looks grim: a slumping offense that couldn't support solid pitching led to a quick end of Rocktober .The larger view, now that's one third baseman...

AP Sports WriterMuncy, Pederson return to Dodgers lineup for Game 4By CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Max Muncy is starting at first base and Joc Pederson is in left field for the Los Angeles Dodgers against Atlanta Braves right-hander Mike Foltynewicz in Monday's Game 4 of the NL Division Series.Each...

Marlins part with pitching coach Nieves, 3 other coachesMIAMI (AP) The Miami Marlins are parting with pitching coach Juan Nieves and three other coaches after their 98-loss season.Also not returning in 2019 will be first base coach Perry Hill, assistant hitting coach Frank Menechino and strength and conditioning...

Police: Twins' Sano will not face charges for incident in DRSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) Minnesota Twins player Miguel Sano will not face criminal charges in the Dominican Republic as a result of his involvement in a traffic incident that injured a police officer, authorities said Monday.Police said...