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Cal first baseman Andrew Vaughn wins Golden Spikes AwardLOS ANGELES (AP) First baseman Andrew Vaughn has won USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur baseball player, the first University of California player to earn the honor.Vaughn earned the 2018 Pac-12 Player of the Year award, hitting...

Outfielder Rajai Davis makes Indians' opening-day rosterBy The Associated PressGOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) Rajai Davis made it all the way back with the Cleveland Indians. Mike Napoli remains on the outside.Davis, who hit perhaps the most memorable home run in club history during the 2016 World Series, was told...

Indians complete trade with Nats, get minor league infielderCLEVELAND (AP) The Indians have acquired infielder Andruw Monasterio from Washington to complete the trade that sent All-Star catcher Yan Gomes to the Nationals.Cleveland dealt Gomes last month for a package that included right-hander Jefry Rodriguez, outfielder Daniel Johnston and...

LEADING OFF: Cubs lose their closer, Indians try to clinchBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening around the majors today:PEN PALSThe Cubs will try a closer-by-committee approach down the stretch after learning Pedro Strop is out for the rest of the regular season because of a strained left...

Associated PressMets' Familia has surgery for blockage, out 3 to 4 monthsBy RICH ROVITOMILWAUKEE (AP) Jeurys Familia had a successful procedure Saturday to repair a blocked artery near his right armpit, and the New York Mets expect their closer to return in three to four months.General manager Sandy...

AP Baseball WriterKhris Davis, A's agree to deal adding $33.75M for '20, '21By JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) At spring training, Khris Davis expressed his desire to stay with the Oakland Athletics on a long-term contract for the next several seasons. He wants to build something special in the...

AP Sports WriterTorres' hamstring MRI is negative; Yankees dodge scareBy JAKE SEINERNEW YORK (AP) The playoff-bound Yankees have dodged a September scare.An MRI of Gleyber Torres' achy right hamstring came back negative a day after the star second baseman fell awkwardly fielding a ground ball.The team announced the...

It's a girl for model Kate Upton, Astro Justin VerlanderHOUSTON (AP) It's a girl for supermodel Kate Upton and her husband Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander.Upton used her Instagram site to announce the birth of the couple's first child - Genevieve Upton Verlander - and the date Nov....

Cards' Yadier Molina says he tested positive for COVID-19ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina says he's one of the players on the team who tested positive for COVID-19.The nine-time All-Star revealed his results Tuesday in a Spanish-language Instagram post. Soon afterward, the Cardinals issued a...

Red Sox attendant accused of sexual assault at youth prisonBy HOLLY RAMERCONCORD, N.H. (AP) One of two men charged with repeatedly raping a teenage boy at New Hampshire’s youth detention center in the late 1990s went on to work as a clubhouse attendant for the Boston Red Sox,...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Proponents of Arlington taxpayer funding for a $1 billion retractable-roof Texas Rangers stadium have won approval. With 98 percent of the vote counted, voters approved by a 60-to-40-percent margin Tuesday the extension of a half-cent sales tax, 2 percent hotel-occupancy tax and 5 percent car-rental tax for...

AP Baseball WriterFan-tastic! Man who caught Turner HR ball snags Wrigley shotBy BEN WALKERHe's become Mr. Hawk-tober.Remember that fan who made the great catch on Justin Turner's game-ending home run at Dodger Stadium over the weekend? Guess what? He did it again.Keith Hupp came up with his second homer...