HOWES CAVE, N.Y. (AP) Long before Jackie Robinson endured torrents of racial taunts in breaking baseball?s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, Louis Sockalexis had a bull?s-eye on his back.

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Joe Mauer homered and scored three times, sliding home in the ninth inning on Brian Buscher?s sacrifice fly to lead the host Minnesota Twins over the Seattle Mariners.

PM ETBy Andrew Gribble / MLB.com CLEVELAND -- Jeremy Sowers is a professional baseball player and he has made millions of dollars as such. That doesn't mean he always has to have baseball on that Vanderbilt-educated brain of his, though. 'I'm actually

Pedro Martínez scattered eight hits and gave up one run over seven innings to lead the Mets to victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

SAN DIEGO (AP)The Padres recalled pitcher Chad Reineke from Triple-A Portland on Saturday to start against the Philadelphia Phillies. Reineke was set to take the ball in place of right-hander Chris Young, put on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a

The San Francisco Giants gave Buster Posey, the fifth overall pick in the amateur draft, a $6.2 million bonus, which is the highest in the draft?s history.

SAN DIEGO (TICKER) The on Saturday swapped out righthanders, recalling Chad Reineke from Class AAA Portland and optioning Cla Meredith to the Beavers. Reineke will start for the Padres on Saturday against Philadelphia. The 26-year-old, who was acquired

Billy Wagner wore a tight bandage around his left elbow and said he felt discomfort after throwing 20 pitches in a simulated game before the Mets played the Pirates.

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