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Indians Carrasco, Perez honored for strong 2019 seasonsCLEVELAND (AP) Carlos Carrasco's courage while fighting cancer and community service earned him another postseason honor.Carrasco won the Frank Gibbons-Steve Olin Good Guy Award, given annually by the Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, for being accommodating with...

AP Sports WriterIndians' Plesac upset with portrayal after COVID violationBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Indians pitcher Zach Plesac feels he and teammate Mike Clevinger have been unfairly portrayed as ''bad people'' in the aftermath of the pitchers being quarantined by the team for violating COVID-19 protocols last weekend in...

Associated PressStanton hits 45th HR, Conley fans 11, Marlins beat Mets 6-4By ADRY TORRESNEW YORK (AP) Mets rookie Amed Rosario learned a painful lesson: When speedy Dee Gordon is running, there's no time to waste.The 21-year-old shortstop scooped up a seventh-inning grounder Sunday and patted his glove with...

Verlander's streak ends after 331 games with a strikeoutDETROIT (AP) Justin Verlander's streak of 331 games with at least one strikeout ended Sunday when he was knocked out of Detroit's matchup against Cleveland in the fourth inning.Verlander was tied with Curt Schilling for the sixth-longest streak since 1913....

Associated PressMaldonado wears Father's Day tie, leads Royals over TwinsBy BRIAN HALLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Martin Maldonado found a formal-yet-fun way to honor the dads in his life.The Royals catcher celebrated Father's Day by wearing a blue necktie on his chest protector and had three hits to lift Kansas City...

Aaron Hicks activated from disabled list by YankeesNEW YORK (AP) Aaron Hicks has been activated from the disabled list by the playoff-bound New York Yankees after his second lengthy injury layoff this season.Hicks was playing center field and batting leadoff in Tuesday night's series opener against the Tampa...

Nationals' Harper drops appeal, serves 1-game suspensionWASHINGTON (AP) Nationals star Bryce Harper has dropped his appeal and will serve a one-game suspension in the second game of the day-night doubleheader Saturday against Miami.The team announced the outfielder's decision after he went 0 for 2 in Washington's 6-4 win...

AP Sports WriterBrewers' Yelich knows he had fortunate timing on new dealBy STEVE MEGARGEEMILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich acknowledges he benefited from fortunate timing in his contract negotiations.The Brewers held a March 6 news conference to announce that the 2018 NL MVP had agreed to a...

AP Sports WriterFrancona, Indians still feeling 'sting' after ALDS sweepBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Terry Francona's emotions are still raw and real. The postseason pain hasn't subsided just yet.Still feeling a ''sting'' after another successful season for Cleveland ended in disappointment and well short of a World Series title,...

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 WriterU of Cincinnati removing Marge Schott's name from stadiumBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) The University of Cincinnati is removing Marge Schott's name from its baseball stadium and a library archive in light of her racist comments while owner of the Cincinnati Reds.The school's board of trustees unanimously...

Verlander, Maeda have no-hit bids broken up in 6thDETROIT (AP) Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers and Kenta Maeda of the Los Angeles Dodgers had no-hit bids broken up in the sixth inning of their game Sunday.Verlander gave up a home run to Curtis Granderson with two outs...