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Yu Darvish strikes out 9 as Rangers dispatch Jays

May 1, 2012

TORONTO (AP) ― Yu Darvish acknowledged it felt strange to face the Blue Jays. That didn’t stop him from shutting down their lineup. Darvish won his third straight start, Mitch Moreland and Craig Gentry homered and the Texas Rangers beat Toronto 4-1 on Monday night. Pitching against a Blue Jays team that reportedly pursued him when his rights went up for auction last December made Darvish (4-0) ...
Korean baseball draws in fans for record breaking season

May 1, 2012

The Korean Baseball Organization league has been breaking attendance records over the past couple of years and this season is definitely no exception. Since the season opened on April 7, the nation’s eight stadiums have seen more than a million fans come out to enjoy one of Korea’s favorite pastimes. The professional baseball league hit the 1 million mark in just 65 games, a new record after the...
Lowe, Indians blank Angels

Apr 30, 2012

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Derek Lowe never saw the key play that helped him and the Cleveland Indians win the game. Lowe pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and the Indians scored three runs on errors to beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 Sunday. Two scored on an error by nine-time Gold Glove outfielder Torii Hunter. “I’ve never played the outfield, but I probably would do that myself,” Lowe said...
Allen’s 2-run HR in 9th lifts Rays over Angels 4-3

Apr 27, 2012

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) ― The Tampa Bay Rays added Brandon Allen to provide power off the bench, and he quickly delivered. Allen pinch hit in the ninth inning Thursday, and his two-run homer lifted the Rays over the Los Angeles Angels 4-3. “Success like this isn’t going to come all the time,” Allen said. “Baseball is a lot of luck. I was just there hitting and stayed within myself.” Allen...
Choo out of Indians lineup

Apr 26, 2012

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo is out of the lineup for Cleveland’s game against Kansas City with an injury to his left hamstring. Manager Manny Acta said there’s no timetable for Choo’s return, but he doesn’t expect Cleveland’s right fielder will go on the disabled list. “Our medical staff feels that it’s a mild type thing,” Acta said. “He showed up today feeling a lot better.” The outfielder...
Pirates split doubleheader with Rockies

Apr 26, 2012

PITTSBURGH (AP) ― Carlos Gonzalez shielded his eyes from the sun and stuck out his glove. The way things have been going for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first three weeks of the season, having the Colorado left fielder make a catch with his eyes closed wouldn’t have been out of the question. For once, the ball hit the ground. And for once, the Pirates didn’t let the good fortune go to was...
Prosecutor: Clemens told lies to cover up lies

Apr 24, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The complexity of the Roger Clemens perjury retrial showed itself in many ways Monday ― before a jury that knows little about baseball. The prosecutor’s hour-long opening statement was a rambling hodgepodge of dates and anecdotes that attempted to portray the seven-time Cy Young Award winner as a man who told lies and “other lies to cover up lies.” A ruling was issued about Cle...
A’s avoid Tribe sweep

Apr 23, 2012

OAKLAND, California (AP) ― Tyson Ross was right at home with family and friends enjoying a birthday celebration and making his second start of the season. His teammates helped give him the best gift of all. Seth Smith hit a two-run homer, helping Ross get his first win in nearly a year as the Oakland Athletics avoided a series sweep with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday. “I al...
Humber throws MLB’s 21st perfect game

Apr 22, 2012

SEATTLE (AP) ― Philip Humber, who underwent Tommy John surgery seven years ago, threw the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. It was baseball’s 21st perfect game and first since Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw one against the Florida Marlins on May 29, 2010. It was the third in White Sox his...
Sox ready for Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary

Apr 20, 2012

BOSTON (AP) ― Jaime Gutierrez flew all the way from his home in El Salvador to attend Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary celebration. “It’s a dream come true,” the 28-year-old Red Sox fan said. “Let’s just say I can scratch it off my bucket list.” Bill “Spaceman” Lee came from a more distant place ― somewhere north of normal ― to the ball park where he made his name as a pitcher in the late 1960s ...
Marlins top Cubs in Guillen’s return

Apr 18, 2012

MIAMI (AP) ― There was no protest and just one heckler. The only boos were directed toward the plate umpire, and by the eighth inning Ozzie Guillen’s Miami Marlins had the crowd in such a happy frenzy that the roar shook the clubhouse. Guillen made a victorious return to the dugout Tuesday night, and pitchers Josh Johnson and Heath Bell snapped out of early-season slumps to help beat the Chicago...
Pitchers get suspended jail terms for fixing matches

Apr 18, 2012

DAEGU (Yonhap News) -- A local court on Wednesday sentenced two pitchers charged with fixing matches to six months in prison, suspended for two years, and 7 million won ($6,154) each in fines. The Daegu District Court also ordered 120 hours of community service for Park Hyun-jun and Kim Seong-hyun, who played for the Seoul-based LG Twins in South Korea‘s top professional baseball league. Last m...
Pavano, Morneau key as Twins sink Yankees

Apr 17, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― Carl Pavano had nothing to prove to an unforgiving Yankee Stadium crowd. He wanted to get the Minnesota Twins back on track. In only two batters, it looked as if his plan had derailed. Then something happened that Yankees fans rarely got to see in his four injury-wrecked years in New York: Pavano found a rhythm and was superb through the seventh inning, leading the Twins to a 7-...
Indians sweep away Royals

Apr 16, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Travis Hafner gave a powerful reminder of what he’s meant to the Cleveland Indians. Hafner hit one of the longest home runs in Kauffman Stadium history, Shelley Duncan homered and drove in three runs and the Indians romped past the Kansas City Royals 13-7 Sunday for a three-game sweep. Casey Kotchman and Jason Kipnis homered on consecutive pitches for Cleveland in t...
Choo, Tribe take heated slugfest

Apr 15, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo sat at his locker in the Indians clubhouse, the bruise on the outside of his right knee just larger than a baseball and turning every shade of red and blue imaginable. “It’s nothing,” he said with a smile. Driving in the winning runs must have made the pain go away in a hurry. After getting hit by a pitch early in the game, Choo delivered a two-out do...