The New York Mets appear to finally be showing signs of reaching high expectations. So has Mike Pelfrey. The highly-touted young pitcher will attempt to win his sixth consecutive start and extend the Mets' current tear of eight straight victories when he

The Boston Red Sox try to finish up the first half of the 2008 campaign with a flurry this afternoon as they entertain the Baltimore Orioles in the finale of a three-game set at Fenway Park. On Saturday night the Red Sox avenged a series-opening loss to

The Florida Marlins will try and head into the All-Star break this afternoon with their first-ever four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Florida, which has yet to sweep a team on the road this season, won for the fourth straight

Despite a hard charge by the Minnesota Twins in the last week, the Chicago White Sox will hold on to first place in the American League Central at the All-Star Break, regardless the outcome of today's series finale versus Texas at Rangers Ballpark in

Friday night's at-bat off D-backs reliever Connor Robertson welcomed the 31-year-old Cervenak to the baseball fraternity, where he joins many who have stood in batter's boxes before him. Able to shed a pitcher for the final weekend before the All-Star

'He didn't say anything, but you could tell he wanted to be in there,' said Manuel, who also sat Utley against Angels lefty Joe Saunders after an 0-for-23 skid. 'He would've played. He's available to pinch-hit. Hopefully, he won't have to.' Though he's