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With the White Sox offense in a scoring drought of epic proportions, White Sox manager Robin Ventura needed to find any kind of way to fire up his squad. Ventura got that chance in the 4th inning when a controversial call by home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez saw Adam Eaton...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Five-time All-Star Mike Sweeney was inducted into the Royals' Hall of Fame on Saturday night, shortly before AL Central-leading Kansas City played the Los Angeles Angels.Despite injuries that hampered him throughout his career, Sweeney still hit .297 with 215 homers and more than 900...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Five-time All-Star Mike Sweeney was inducted into the Royals' Hall of Fame on Saturday night, shortly before AL Central-leading Kansas City played the Los Angeles Angels.Despite injuries that hampered him throughout his career, Sweeney still hit .297 with 215 homers and more than 900...

NEW YORK (AP) Pittsburgh's Gregory Polanco singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning to give the Pirates a 3-2 win against the New York Mets in Friday's opening game of a key series between National League contenders, ending the Mets' long run of home victories.The Pirates...

NEW YORK (AP) Pittsburgh's Gregory Polanco singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning to give the Pirates a 3-2 win against the New York Mets in Friday's opening game of a key series between National League contenders, ending the Mets' long run of home victories.The Pirates...

TORONTO (AP) The New York Yankees will honor Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit with a pregame ceremony before hosting the Blue Jays on Sept. 13.Rodriguez homered off Detroit's Justin Verlander on June 19, becoming the 29th player to reach the 3,000-hit plateau.Rodriguez said he was ''in disbelief'' upon learning...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton was back in the Texas Rangers lineup Friday night after an MRI showed no structural damage in his sore left knee, and left-hander Cole Hamels felt good after a bullpen session Hamilton missed the previous two games before the exam Friday, when he was...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Pittsburgh emphatically ended its long losing sequence at St. Louis by scoring seven runs in the first inning en route to a 10-5 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday that trimmed the gap between the National League Central's top teams to six games.By contrast, the...

CLEVELAND (AP) The New York Yankees have called up first baseman Greg Bird from Triple-A and put him into the starting lineup.Bird was set to make his major league debut Thursday night at Cleveland. The lefty hitter was batting seventh while Mark Teixeira got a day off.The Yankees...

SEATTLE (AP) — After years of waiting, the drought finally ended thanks to the Seattle Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma. No, not Iwakuma becoming just the second Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Major League Baseball — as important an accomplishment as that was — joining Hideo Nomo in exclusive company...

TOKYO (AP) Seattle Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma's feat of becoming the second Japanese-born pitcher after Hideo Nomo to throw a no-hitter in the U.S. major leagues was splashed on the home pages of sports newspapers and other media websites in his home country, greeting people as they were...

TOKYO (AP) Seattle Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma's feat of becoming the second Japanese-born pitcher after Hideo Nomo to throw a no-hitter in the U.S. major leagues was splashed on the home pages of sports newspapers and other media websites in his home country, greeting people as they were...