Brandon Phillips

A little different lineup trotted out by Charlie Manuel today as the Philadelphia Phillies try to win the rubber game of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank Park. Ben Revere is back in the lineup batting second and Michael...

PHILADELPHIA — Oh, the glory of baseball. You just never know what you’re going to see.  After going 0-for-3 with runners on base Friday, Ryan Howard’s infield single, followed by him tagging up at home on a shallow fly ball to...

   Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...

MIAMI — As far as starts go, the Marlins got off to a pretty good one Thursday in their bid to salvage a game from the Cincinnati Reds. Juan Pierre hit a rare leadoff homer. Jose Fernandez was sharp and efficient. The finish was predictable....

— The Miami Marlins' latest loss was a Choo-in from the start. From a ringing single to open the game and set up the first run to a pair of home runs, Shin-Soo Choo was a one-man wrecking crew for Cincinnati in a 4-0 victory Wednesday at Marlins...

The No. 3 hitter had three big-league games under his belt. The cleanup hitter was a veteran of two weeks. Derek Dietrich and Marcell Ozuna expected to be hitting in the middle of the lineup for Double-A Jacksonville this season. Tuesday they did so for...

Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, is a game of strategy. The glory is, that with 162 games, managers and coaches get the chance to tinker with things much more than football, ice hockey and basketball coaches. The downside to that is it means...

The Chicago Cubs have many more issues than Carlos Marmol, but the frequent mound meltdowns of the veteran reliever have exacerbated an already challenging situation for a rebuilding team. Marmol’s latest collapse occurred in Saturday’s 6-...

With a nod toward Saturday's Kentucky Derby, these are Times staff writer Kevin Baxter's rankings as the teams come out of the clubhouse turn. (Statistics through Friday's game. Last week's rankings in parentheses): Setting the pace 1; BOSTON Trying...

All games on WGN-AM 720. Season series: Reds 2-1. Friday: 1:20 p.m. CSN. RH Mike Leake (1-1, 4.34 ERA) vs. RH Carlos Villanueva (1-1, 2.29). Saturday: 12:05 p.m. CSN. LH Tony Cingrani (2-0, 1.50) vs. RH Jeff Samardzija (1-4, 3.35). Sunday: 1:...

Adam LaRoche’s slump is now at 26 hitless at-bats with strikeouts accounting for half the outs. Unfamiliarity with Reds rookie pitcher Tony Cingrani had the Nationals collectively looking awkward at the plate. With a chance to complete a four-...

CINCINNATI — Dale Sveum can look disheveled standing in the Cubs' dugout with his perpetual five o'clock shadow. During the Cubs Convention, a fan complained to Chairman Tom Ricketts that Sveum looked like he "slept under a bridge." "I think...