MLB

NEW YORK (AP) Max Scherzer pitched his second no-hitter this season for Washington, striking out a team-record 17 and leading the Nationals over the NL East champion New York Mets 2-0 in Major League Baseball on Saturday for a doubleheader sweep.Only one batter reached base against Scherzer, and...

PHOENIX (AP) Matt Williams is returning to his old job as third base coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks.The team announced the hiring on Thursday, just over a month after he was fired as manager of the Washington Nationals. Williams, who played for Arizona for six seasons and was...

With game-ending slam, Mexico joins Cuba in Caribbean semisMEXICO CITY (AP) Sebastian Valle hit a game-ending grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to give unbeaten Mexico a 5-1 victory over Venezuela in the Caribbean Series on Friday night.Mexico improved to 3-0 in the tournament with...

Top Marlins draft pick Braxton Garrett signs dealMIAMI (AP) Left-hander Braxton Garrett has signed with the Miami Marlins, who took him in the first round of last month's draft.Garrett, 18, had been the only unsigned top-10 draft pick in the majors. The 6-foot-3, 190-pounder was selected seventh after...

The TEXAS and the SEATTLE will both be gunning for a victory on 9/20/2017 at 10:10 PM when they meet in a game matchup. GAME: Texas Rangers (74-76) at Seattle Mariners (74-77) DATE/TIME: Wednesday, September 20 - 10:10 PM EST WHERE: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington ROT TEAM PS OU RL 977 TEXAS 9 (-150) (-145) 9 (-110) 135 -145 978 SEATTLE TV: 10:10 p.m. ET, FSN Southwest (Texas), ROOT Northwest (Seattle) PITCHING...

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues Thursday:---AL EAST SHOWDOWNDavid Price (14-5, 2.43 ERA) pitches for the first-place Blue Jays in the opener of a four-game series at Yankee Stadium. Trying to catch Toronto in the AL East, New York counters with impressive rookie Luis Severino,...

NEW YORK (AP) Joe Torre and Dave Winfield will be leading a baseball goodwill tour of Cuba this month.Major League Baseball and the Players Association said Thursday the Dec. 15-18 trip will include children's clinics and a charity event.This is Major League Baseball's first visit to Cuba since...

Clemens recalled from Triple-A to join Marlins' rotationMIAMI (AP) Right-hander Paul Clemens was recalled Sunday from Triple-A to join the Miami Marlins' rotation as a replacement for struggling left-hander Justin Nicolino, who was optioned to the minors.Clemens will pitch in the majors for the first time since 2014...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: After further review, can robot umps be far behind?By JIM LITKECHICAGO (AP) A ballgame that produced exactly one run lasted 3 hours, 33 minutes.Compared to some of the commercial-packed, long-on ceremony-and-celebrity marathons that have clocked in at four hours and beyond this postseason, Cleveland's 1-0...

LEADING OFF: Longoria on HR binge, Astros try again vs TexasBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening all around the majors today:---HOMER HAPPYTampa Bay star Evan Longoria homered in all four games of a weekend series at Minnesota, connecting twice on Sunday. He'll try to keep up his...

Associated PressCubs back in World Series, goat curse back on forefrontBy DON BABWINCHICAGO (AP) Chuck Logan heard about it from his dad for years. Bill Sianis was born into it. And Lennie Merullo was there the day it happened and lived with it for the rest of his...

LEADING OFF: O's vs Jays for 1st place, Davis goes for MRIBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening all around the majors today:---EAST ON THE LINEThe Blue Jays and Orioles play for first place in the AL East. Toronto won the first two games of this three-game series...