■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, John Church (3-0); Bees, Jason Urquidez (1-1)
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■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Bees, Billy Buckner (7-2); 51s, Giancarlo Alvarado (4-4)
Aside from his strikeout of fellow Las Vegas native Bryce Harper, Brewers relief pitcher Brandon Kintzler said he wasn’t focused during Milwaukee’s July 4 loss to Washington during which he gave up a decisive three-run homer to Wilson Ramos.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Calling it a historic moment, Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday that Major League Baseball plans to expand its video review process next season, giving managers a tool they’ve never had in an effort to dramatically reduce the number of incorrect calls made in games.
The beautiful people are back, and actor Danny DeVito dropped by the other night, too. Dodger Stadium always was a place to be seen, but now they come because there is something to see:
A lifelong Atlanta Braves fan who fell about 65 feet to his death at the team’s stadium was waiting out a rain delay in a smoking area and talking to his mother on the phone shortly before the accident.
Charles Parnow hit a pair of two-run home runs to carry Petaluma (Calif.) to a 9-0 win over Liberty in the American Legion Western Regional championship game Monday at Surprise, Ariz.
Statistics have been a key part of baseball since the sport was invented in the mid-1800s, but never before has so much information been available about the game.
Mountain Ridge will not be the first team from Nevada to reach the Little League World Series.
Pinch runner Giovanni Battistoni scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error in the bottom of the eighth inning as Liberty rallied to defeat Helper (Utah) 4-3 on Friday in the second round of the American Legion Western Regional in Surprise, Ariz.
A terminally ill fan who became well-known in the sports world after being befriended by Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp died Tuesday at 19.
Dan Skelly pitched eight innings and drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning Thursday to help Liberty to an 11-5 win over Albuquerque (N.M.) in the first round of the American Legion Western Regional in Surprise, Ariz.
New York City police are investigating swastikas and hate speech scrawled on a statue of Jackie Robinson and a teammate outside Brooklyn’s minor league baseball stadium.
Jaret Godman and Nick Cornman combined on a two-hitter Tuesday to help Mountain Ridge top Chandler (Ariz.) National 7-0 in the Little League Baseball West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif.
