Clayton Richard had trouble locating his fastball, and the Cubs made him pay. Chris Volstad made Chicagos rotation, then struggled against San Diego. It was one rough day to be a starting pitcher. Jason Bartlett and Jesus Guzman homered to help the Padres beat the Cubs 12-11 on Thursday. Richard was tagged for nine runs, [...]
The Los Angeles Dodgers are left with four spring training games and a couple of key questions following a 3-1 loss Thursday to the Chicago White Sox. The Dodgers began packing up for the trip home after Sundays game with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Camelback Ranch, hopeful that major injuries arent coming with them. “I [...]
online wire reportsMarch 29, 2012 TOKYO — With his first major-league home run, Yoenis Cespedes helped the Oakland Athletics gain a split of their season-opening series against the Seattle Mariners. The Cuban defectors go-ahead, two-run drive in the seventh inning off reliever Shawn Kelley sent the As on to a 4-1 victory Thursday night at [...]
online wire reportsMarch 29, 2012 TOKYO — With his first major-league home run, Yoenis Cespedes helped the Oakland Athletics gain a split of their season-opening series against the Seattle Mariners. The Cuban defectors go-ahead, two-run drive in the seventh inning off reliever Shawn Kelley sent the As on to a 4-1 victory Thursday night at [...]
Derek Holland thought he pitched pretty well, even though his line didnt look so good. Holland yielded two-run homers by Lorenzo Cain and Billy Butler, but the Texas Rangers rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals in 10 innings on Wednesday night. “Just a couple of pitches got away from me,” Holland [...]
David Prices longest outing of the spring was one of his best, too. Price pitched seven strong innings and Luke Scott hit a two-run homer in the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Not all the news was good for the Rays, though: Center fielder B.J. Upton will start [...]