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Fan falls to death at Texans stadium in Houston
A 25-year-old fan died after tumbling about 60 feet from a fifth-floor escalator at Reliant Stadium during a preseason Houston Texans game, officials ...
Fan falls from escalator at Reliant Stadium
A fan was taken to a Houston hospital Thursday night after falling from an escalator at Reliant Stadium while attending a preseason game between the ...
Court acquits brother in Halman's fatal stabbing
A Dutch court acquitted the brother of Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman on Thursday of stabbing the baseball star to death last year, saying ...
Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols sit with injuries
The Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels each sat a star in the hopes of keeping them healthy for rest of the season. Miguel Cabrera and Albert ...
Drug testing topic back in spotlight in Bay Area
Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy becomes uneasy each time he is called to the bathroom for a random drug test, even though he's confident he's ...
Cobb pitches 4-hitter, surging Rays beat A's 5-0
The surging Tampa Bay Rays have discovered a simple formula: It's hard to lose when you don't give up any runs. Alex Cobb pitched a four-hitter for ...
Bartolo Colon suspended 50 games for positive test
In the 2½ hours it took the Oakland Athletics to wrap up a series win against the Twins, Bartolo Colon's belongings were removed from his locker and ...
Beltre hits 3 homers for Rangers
It certainly wasn't the homecoming Tommy Hunter envisioned. Baltimore's right-hander, who spent parts of four seasons with the Rangers and still lives ...
Texas' Adrian Beltre hits 3 homers
Adrian Beltre has hit three home runs in his first three at-bats against the Baltimore Orioles, including two in the Texas Rangers' nine-run fourth ...
Rangers' Darvish to miss start with quad problem
Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish will miss his next start on Thursday because of tightness in his right quadriceps muscle. The Rangers say the ...
Athletics turn triple play against Twins
The Oakland Athletics turned the third triple play in the major leagues this season during the fifth inning of Tuesday night's game against the ...
Curacao, Calif., advance at Little League WS
Danny Marzo was thinking about his manager's advice as he walked to the plate in the eighth inning: Concentrate on making a good swing, not hitting ...
Rays rally from 8 runs down to beat Angels 10-8
The Tampa Bay Rays went through Dan Haren and Jered Weaver in the first two games of this series against the Los Angeles Angels as though they were ...
Already great, Hernandez joins pitching elite
Gloves went flying into the air. Players screamed and celebrated, bouncing around the grass with unabashed joy. Even in Jackson, Tenn., Felix ...
Rangers avoid 4-game sweep, beating Yankees 10-6
These romps around the bases fit the Texas Rangers just fine. Craig Gentry turned a spot start into a tiebreaking hit and the Rangers avoided a ...
So what's up with all these perfect games?
Twenty-seven up, 27 down. Again. Seattle's Felix Hernandez threw Major League Baseball's third perfect game of the season Wednesday — a record — ...
Giants' Cabrera suspended for positive drug test
Melky Cabrera's 50-game suspension comes just as reliever Guillermo Mota is nearing his return to the Giants from a 100-game performance-enhancing ...
Hernandez tosses perfect game in Seattle's 1-0 win
As he rode down in the crowded elevator wearing a wide grin after watching Felix Hernandez twirl baseball history, Seattle general manager Jack ...
AP PHOTOS: Seattle's Hernandez tosses perfect game
Seattle's Felix Hernandez has long talked of his desire to achieve pitching perfection. He finally accomplished it Wednesday against the Tampa Rays ...
Kuroda pitches 2-hitter, Yankees beat Rangers 3-0
The New York Yankees are in need of a reliable ace right now. Hiroki Kuroda has been the man for the job. Kuroda pitched a two-hitter and the Yankees ...
Swisher's slam helps Yankees beat Rangers
Nick Swisher hit a grand slam off Ryan Dempster and drove in five runs, Derek Lowe closed with four shutout innings in his Yankees debut and New York ...
Weaver's 4-hitter leads Angels past A's 4-0
Jered Weaver gave the Los Angeles Angels all the relief they needed. Weaver pitched a four-hitter for his major-league leading 15th victory, and the ...
Andrus, Rangers win wild game over Angels
Elvis Andrus and the Texas Rangers were not going to let the Angels beat them again — even if they needed two improbable comebacks to win. Andrus had ...
Dempster to Texas, Victorino to LAD, Pence to SF
The team with the newest owners was the busiest ahead of the trade deadline. The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Shane Victorino on Tuesday as the trade ...