Lucas Harrell

WHITE SOX-TWINS Peavy, power lift White Sox over Twins 4-2 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo homered to back another strong start from Jake Peavy and lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Flowers hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning last night to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo hit back-to-back home runs in the second for Chicago....

The Cardinals visit the Cubs for the first time this week. Fireworks are not expected. But when the Red Sox's Clay Buchholz pitches against the Blue Jays next Saturday, that should be interesting. You know you are doing something right when rivals...

NEW YORK -- Hiroki Kuroda settled down after some early struggles with his command and pitched seven innings for his fourth straight win and the New York Yankees concluded April with a 7-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Kuroda (4-1)...

By Jerry Beach, The Sports Xchange NEW YORK — The Houston Astros probably aren't going to win a lot of games this season. But if April is any indication, the wins they do record will be lopsided ones. Carlos Corporan set career highs Monday...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Philip Humber knows perfection eludes him, as it does everyone. Humber has been starting his days in Florida by pulling out his Kindle, burying his head in his locker and reading "The Cure,'' by John S. Lynch. It's a novel...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Sanchez pitched three strong innings and Garrett Jones and Ivan DeJesus Jr. each had two hits in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 3-2 exhibition victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.   Sanchez, the left-hander...

Fifty years ago this week, only 595 fans showed up at Wrigley Field for the opener of the Cubs-Mets series, the last time two teams with 100-plus losses faced each other. The '62 Cubs — with future Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, Billy...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pedro Alvarez homered in the 19th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates won the longest game in the majors this season, outlasting the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 Sunday.   It took 6 hours, 7 minutes to finish. Both teams scored a run...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Houston Astros starting pitcher Lucas Harrell made a quick stop home Monday before traveling to St. Louis for Tuesday’s game against the Cardinals.  The former Ozark Tiger leads the worst team in baseball  in wins this...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Astros ended their team-record losing streak at 12 games, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 Sunday behind three hits and three RBIs from Marwin Gonzalez.   Hours after Houston traded third baseman Chris Johnson to Arizona...

The White Sox had baseball's best record since May 17. And then the hapless Astros came to town and left with two victories in three tries. No, it wasn't a good weekend for the Sox, who can claim the rather dubious distinction of giving the downtrodden...