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AP Sports WriterMariners sign lefty Gonzales to 4-year, $30 million dealBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Mariners signed left-handed pitcher Marco Gonzales to a $30 million, four-year contract Monday that includes a club option for the 2025 season.Gonzales is about to begin his third full season with the...

LEADING OFF: Rizzo up 1st, Bellinger on 1st, Santana startsBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening all around the majors today:---THINKING BIGIn their first season since Dexter Fowler's departure, the Cubs ranked 24th in the majors with a .306 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot. So on Tuesday...

Yanks' Gary Sánchez misses batting practice due to feverTAMPA, Fla. (AP) New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez missed batting practice Tuesday because he has a fever.Sanchez, sidelined since the weekend by a sore back, was scheduled to be examined by team doctors later Tuesday.Sanchez played consecutive games for...

AP Baseball WriterGene Michael, who built Yankees' 1990s champions, dies at 79By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Former Yankees shortstop, manager and executive Gene Michael has died at 79.The team says he had a heart attack and died Thursday.Michael was a slick-fielding infielder who went on to manage the...

Scherzer limps to first and exits game after 5 inningsMILWAUKEE (AP) Washington's Max Scherzer was lifted after throwing 75 pitches over five innings, one inning after limping to first base in an at-bat.A liner from Milwaukee's Travis Shaw hit the 2016 NL Cy Young Award winner on his...

AP Sports WriterSeveral Dodgers go public, peeved by Astros' cheating scamBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers would rather earn a World Series trophy on their own than accept any scraps from the Houston Astros or Boston Red Sox, the teams that beat them in 2017...

Mets reliever Swarzak on disabled list with strained sideNEW YORK (AP) Mets reliever Anthony Swarzak has been placed on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained left side.The 32-year-old right-hander left Saturday's game against St. Louis and said he had never felt soreness in his oblique muscle.New...

Padres, Rockies game delayed by puddle in foul territoryDENVER (AP) The game between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies was temporarily delayed by a puddle on a sunny afternoon at Coors Field.Water began pooling in foul territory along the right field line Sunday, and umpires halted the...

LEADING OFF: 9/11 tributes, HR record nears, Yelich injuryBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening around the majors today:REMEMBERINGMajor League Baseball pays tribute to those affected by the 9/11 tragedy with a moment of silence before all games. First responders will be among those honored in pregame ceremonies.Players,...

The Latest: ??lvarez dropped from Astros' starting lineupWASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the World Series (all times local):5:15 p.m.Rookie Yordan Alvarez was dropped from the Astros' starting lineup for Game 3 of the World Series as Houston lost its designated hitter with the shift to the National League...

Associated PressLetters describe slugger Ted Williams' service in Korean WarBy DAVID SHARPBIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) Thirty-eight letters penned by Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams, including one in which he described crash-landing a fighter jet with ''holes all over'' it, are going up for auction.The letters written to...

Diamondbacks 1B Walker hampered by hip pointerCHICAGO (AP) Christian Walker is out of the starting lineup for the Arizona Diamondbacks' series finale against the Chicago Cubs because of a hip pointer.Walker got hurt on a play at the plate during Saturday's 6-0 victory. The first baseman finished with...