NEW YORK (TICKER) Cleveland Indians lefthander Aaron Laffey on Wednesday was named the American League Rookie of the Month for May. Laffey went 3-2 with a 0.79 ERA in five May starts. The 23-year-old southpaw, who also struck out 19 batters and allowed

SAN DIEGO Randy Wolf combined with two relievers on a five-hitter, and rookie Edgar Gonzalez and Khalil Greene each hit solo homers to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.</p><p>Wolf (5-4)

David Murphy homered twice, including his first career grand slam, as Texas rallied past Kansas City, 11-5, in the second of three at Kauffman Stadium.</p><p>Ian Kinsler collected three hits and two RBI and Marlon Byrd added three hits and

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Marlon Anderson acknowledged last night that he is the numbers cruncher. He is the one who came up with the magic number of 62 wins in the final 100 games, wrote it down and passed it out to teammates at the end of a club Players Association meeting

Mets starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey, left, gives Jose Reyes a pat on the back after Reyes fielded Arizona's Chad Tracy grounder for the third out in the third inning. The Mets feel the pain, too. As much as their fans might not believe it, and as much as

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Milton Bradley stormed out of the Texas Rangers clubhouse after an 11-5 victory Wednesday night over Kansas City and bounded up four flights of stairs looking for Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre. Bradley, who was the

Pujols has a strained left calf and will start therapy soon He was hurt running out a ground ball on Tuesday night CINCINNATI (AP) -- Albert Pujols is expected to miss at least three weeks with a strained left calf, a major setback to a St. Louis

The Phillies scored three times in the ninth inning to break open what had been a close game, as they beat the Braves, 6-3, on Sunday afternoon to complete the three-game sweep. 'They've been real tough to beat at home, and all three of the games were

he was a former second-round Draft pick struggling with a .233 average at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Still, he was a huge upgrade at shortstop, taking over for Juan Bell. While the Phillies started out like a house of fire that season -- and were