Mike Carp

This will be one of the more interesting spring training games of the year. The Orioles throw top pitching prospects Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman tonight against the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla. Unfortunately, it’s not a fully...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ BASKETBALL| |Region 1AA|  Yankton (6-14) at Brookings (16-6), 7 p.m.  Sioux Falls Lincoln (11-11) at Watertown (11-11), 7 p.m. |Region 2AA|  Sturgis (8-14) at Huron (14-7), 6 p.m.  Aberdeen Central (6-15)...

Here’s another subplot in the build-up to what should be a free-for-all in the AL East this summer: Almost every team in the division can play the nobody-believed-in-us card. With the exception of maybe the Blue Jays, who generated the most...

Perhaps I am exaggerating a tad, but it seems like every time another club makes a personnel move, I get an email or a tweet from an Orioles fan wondering if it could affect the Orioles. If a player is rumored to be on the trade block or gets non-...

The Kansas City Royals are happy to be leaving the West Coast and done with the Seattle Mariners until next season. Felix Hernandez shook off a line drive to his left wrist and threw seven strong innings, and the Mariners overcame bullpen problems to beat...

Right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma recorded his first Major League win as a starting pitcher Monday with a club rookie record 13-strikeout performance as the Mariners beat the Blue Jays 4-1 at Safeco Field. The victory was the fifth straight for Seattle, which...

As Tuesday night crept toward Wednesday morning, the Orioles' bullpen became the loneliest place in Camden Yards. Lodged in another extra-inning thriller, the O’s relievers, one by one, were called in to pitch against the Seattle Mariners, until...

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys vs. Mandan, N.D., Fossum Field, 5 p.m. doubleheader AMATEUR BASEBALL District 2B at Britton Redfield Dairy Queen vs. Mobridge Cardinals, 6:30 p.m. Britton Lumberjacks vs. Northville Merchants, 8:30 p.m....

As Jason Vargas headed out of the dugout after being lifted in the seventh inning Tuesday with a one-run lead at Rangers Ballpark, the veteran lefty raised a plea for his teammates that was perfectly understandable for a pitcher whose offense has left him...

Getting production from up and down the lineup on Monday night, the Mariners managed to belt out 10 hits and beat the Angels, 8-6, in front of 36,079 at Angel Stadium. Kyle Seager started it off in the first inning, continuing his hot hitting with a solo...

Whatever offensive momentum was gained by the Mariners on their recent road trip seemingly ground to a halt this weekend against the Dodgers, who pulled off a series victory with an 8-2 win on Sunday. The Mariners totaled just five hits on the day and...

After winning by seven runs Saturday, Mariners manager Eric Wedge cautioned that "it's never over till it's over" at Coors Field. The Rockies proved him right Sunday afternoon, making a charge in the ninth to put the tying run on base with two out and...