Billy Wagner

As Billy Wagner might say, "Shocker." J.J. Putz was destined for surgery as soon he left the team for New York, and now the demoted set-up man will indeed have an operation to take care of the bone spur in......

So here we are again, late in the season with the dreaded Red Sox hovering. It seems clear now, barring a complete collapse in the final 19 games, that the Angels' three-game series in Boston that begins tonight will be......

Billy Wagner earned his 400th career save, Brian McCann gave Atlanta the lead with a fourth-inning homer and the Braves ended a three-game skid by beating the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Friday night. McCann's 100th career homer was one of the few mistakes...

The Red Sox this morning announced their playoff roster. Their bullpen is so deep that Manny Delcarmen, who was on the mound when Erick Aybar failed to get down that squeeze bunt in Game 4 last year, is not among......

Maybe Boston was tempting fate by having Dave Henderson throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Down 5-2 with two innings to go in Game 3 of their American League Division Series, the Angels floored the Red Sox with two runs......

The host Angels got the minimum one player on the All-Star roster -- center fielder Torii Hunter -- and no players among the five chosen for the "Final Vote." Each league nominates five players for the "Final Vote," with the......

Some cynics, perhaps particularly in Boston, might say there was good news and bad news today on the All-Star front. The good news: Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was chosen by fans for the final National League roster spot......

Jeff Francoeur hit a go-ahead solo home run in the ninth inning off Braves closer Billy Wagner and the New York Mets snapped a two-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over Atlanta on Tuesday night. The Braves have lost three of four and now lead...

Johan Santana needs surgery for bone chips in his left elbow and the star pitcher is out for the season, the latest blow to a New York Mets team battered by injuries. The team said their 30-year-old ace is expected to be ready for spring training next...

Reporting from Boston -- The Angels were one out from an extra night in Boston. But now they're on to either Minnesota or New York after staging an improbable two-out ninth-inning rally against one of the game's best closers to beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-...

Angel General Manager Bill Stoneman challenged Bengie Molina's claim that the Angels let him go "without a notice, without calling me," saying he spoke with agent Alan Nero, and Manager Mike Scioscia spoke with Molina, both before and after the team's...

Speed and power was barely enough to sustain the American League's dominance over the National League in a 5-4 victory Tuesday night that extended its All-Star Game winning streak to 10 games. The NL rallied in the ninth inning behind a two-run homer...