Andrew Cashner

Nearly a quarter of the way into the season, the Washington Nationals are hovering just two games above .500. It’s not exactly where the Nationals or their fans thought they’d be after winning the NL East last year at 98-64, the best record...

Everth Cabrera singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth against Jordan Zimmermann, and Yonder Alonso homered and helped turn a heads-up double-play as the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 Saturday night. Zimmermann (7-2) was trying...

Talking baseball while congratulating the Boston Bruins on one of the great playoff finishes of all time: 1. In less than two years with the Cubs’ organization, Anthony Rizzo has earned himself a $41 million guarantee, which he says guarantees...

SAN DIEGO The glass-half-full take is the Marlins are averaging seven runs per game over their last two. Problem is none came in late Monday's series opener at San Diego. After exploding for 14 runs to clinch a four-game series split in Philadelphia...

10:10 p.m., Petco Park, San Diego On the mound LHP Wade LeBlanc (0-4, 6.23) vs. Padres RHP Andrew Cashner (1-2, 4.24): Making his first start against the Padres since they traded him to the Marlins, LeBlanc is looking to snap a career-long seven-game...

2:35 p.m., Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia On the mound RHP Kevin Slowey (0-2, 2.15) vs. RHP Roy Halladay (2-3, 6.75): Slowey remains winless since 2010, though he has been one of the most effective starters in the National League. That is due to the...

Former Cubs pitcher Andrew Cashner was supposed to be the featured performer Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, starting against his former team for the first time. The Cashner-for-Anthony Rizzo trade was one of the first big moves of the Theo Epstein...

All games on WGN-AM 720. Season series: Tied 3-3 in 2012. Monday: 7:05 p.m., CSN-Plus, CLTV. LH Clayton Richard (0-2, 7.94) vs. RH Jeff Samardzija (1-4, 3.03). Tuesday: 7:05 p.m., WCIU-Ch. 26. RH Edinson Volquez (1-3, 6.39) vs. RH Edwin Jackson (0-3,...

addCustomPlayer('8cqmm3yooufw16fbocvnmn2rk', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf8cqmm3yooufw16fbocvnmn2rk', 'eplayer15'); Next time you roll your eyes at the “can't have too much pitching” cliche, the Dodgers would remind you of the truth in every...

This post has been corrected. See note below for details. Perfection wasn’t going to last forever for the Dodgers bullpen, which didn’t make it any less painful when it finally buckled. And then buckled some more. After the Dodgers had...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida, 10:30 a.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--Virginia Commonwealth at Temple, 11 a.m. (CBS); Big South Conference Tournament Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...

MESA, Ariz. -- Baseball America listed four Cubs in its Top 100 prospects list, an indication the organization is showing progress in its rebuilding plan. Shortstop Javier Baez is ranked No. 16 while outfielders Albert Almora and Jorge Soler are Nos....