The shadows in late afternoon at Miller Park can be brutal to hitters, but Carlos Delgado made good contact anyway. Delgado’s two-run homer off Eric Gagne in the eighth inning propelled the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday. “Probably the worst shadows that I’ve been involved with since [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies recalled pitchers Adam Eaton and J A Happ from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. And purchased the contracts of outfielder Greg Golson and catcher Lou Marson from Double-A Reading Monday before their game against the Washington Nationals. The right-handed Eaton was 4-8 with a 5.80 ERA in 19 starts with Philadelphia before being sent [...]
Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre joined Stephen Drew of the Diamondbacks in hitting for the cycle on Monday. It was the first time two players hit for the cycle on the same day since Sept. 17, 1920, when Bobby Veach of the Detroit Tigers and George Burns of the New York Giants did it, according [...]
Monday American League Capsules. SEATTLE 12, TEXAS 6 Adrian Beltre hit for the second cycle of the day on Monday, and the Seattle Mariners used a late-inning outburst to record a 12-6 victory over the Texas Rangers. The Mariners exploded for nine runs in the final five frames thanks in large part to Beltre, who [...]
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella sounds ready to throw in the towel on baseball new instant replay system before it starts. At least he’d like to toss out a red handkerchief, like his counterparts in the NFL do. Piniella learned Tuesday from reporters that the Cubs’ home game Thursday night against the Phillies will be [...]
The Colorado Rockies placed closer Brian Fuentes on the bereavement list Tuesday. And recalled Steven Register from Triple-A Colorado Springs. Fuentes earned his 26th save of the season in Colorado’s 4-2 win over San Francisco on Monday, but left the team a day later to be with his family. He can stay on the bereavement [...]
Umpires will be allowed to check video on home run calls starting Thursday after Major League Baseball. Guardian of America’s most traditional sport, reversed its decades-long opposition to instant replay. “Like everything else in life, there are times that you have to make an adjustment,” baseball commissioner Bud Selig said following Tuesday’s announcement. “My opposition [...]
Tuesday National League Capsules. WASHINGTON 2, LA DODGERS 1 WASHINGTON The Washington Nationals added to the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers misery with a 2-1 victory. Lastings Milledge gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a leadoff home run, his 13th of the season. Emilio Bonifacio singled to center field to open [...]
Reliever Doug Waechter was activated from the 15-day disabled list. By the Florida Marlins before Tuesday night’s game with the Atlanta Braves. Waechter was 3-2 with a 3.51 ERA in 39 games before being sidelined by right shoulder inflammation on Aug. 7. Florida placed left-hander Renyel Pinto on the 15-day DL with a strained hamstring. [...]
Tuesday American League Capsules. TORONTO 6, TAMPA BAY 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida Vernon Wells homered and drove in three runs and Roy Halladay won his third consecutive decision as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-2. Halladay had lost all three of his previous decisions this season against the Rays (79-51), who [...]