Both Anibal Sanchez and his Florida Marlin teammates would love to see history repeat itself in tonight's opener of a key three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Sanchez's only career start against Arizona was a most memorable

The Kansas City Royals try to avoid their sixth straight loss this evening when they open a three-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City's latest loss came on Thursday to Cliff Lee and the Cleveland Indians, falling 10-3 in the

The struggling San Diego Padres won't be getting any favors from the division-rival San Francisco Giants when these two National League West teams start a three-game series tonight at AT&T Park. San Diego will have the daunting task of facing Giants

Future Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux will kick off his second stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, when they open a lengthy 10-game road trip with the first of four meetings against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Dodgers

Opening Day starter Adam Wainwright returns to the mound for the first time since early June tonight, when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Atlanta Braves for the first of three weekend games at Busch Stadium. Wainwright, who broke in as a closer in 2006

The National League Central-leading Chicago Cubs continue their homestand against inferior opponents today, when the Washington Nationals come to town for the first of three straight games at Wrigley Field. Chicago won two of three games versus

It seems no matter how well the Chicago White Sox play, they can't quite shake those 'piranhas' manager Ozzie Guillen calls the Minnesota Twins. This time last week, Chicago and Minnesota were deadlocked in a tie for first place in the American League

BEIJING ? Baseball might be as American as apple pie, but the gold medal hopes of the U.S. team proved to be pie-in-the-sky dreams on Friday night. THE FUTURE OF TEAM USA: What lies ahead? GAME BOX SCORES: Cuba 10, USA 2 Cuba's experienced Olympic team

BEIJING -- The Cuban baseball team will go for gold once again, having beaten the United States 10-2 to reach the Olympic championship game. Alexei Bell hit a three-run homer in the eighth to put the punctuation mark on the defending champions' 10-2

it'll be six months to the day. Six months to the day since Mark DeRosa lay on a stretcher in an ambulance, not sure what was next and imagining almost anything but the kind of career season he's having. The heart of the 2008 Cubs? That's one way to look