Miguel Cabrera hammered three home runs and  had five RBI in a 11-8 loss to the Texas Rangers  in Arlington. Cabrera was 4-for-4  on the night to raise his league-leading average to .384 and his RBI total to 46. Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the third and a solo shot in the fifth off Derek Holland, then went deep again in the eighth against Tanner Scheppers. The reigning American League MVP and Triple Cr ...

Matt Moore scattered five hits over seven innings Luke Scott and Matt Joyce homered to lead the rays to a 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles.  Moore's record improved to a Major League-leading 8-0. Tampa Bay Completed a three-game sweep of the Orioles and now move on to a series with the Blue Jays in Toronto The win was the Rays  ninth in 11 games moving them three games over 500 for the first time this sea ...

The Texas Rangers placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15 day disabled list with bruised ribs and recalled infielder Jurickson Profar  to take his place on the roster.  the move was retroactive to Saturday and became necessary when Kinsler was  unable to swing a bat Sunday. Profar, 20, entered the 2013 season as the number one prospect in all of baseball. Profar is batting  .278/ .370/ .438 with six ste ...

The New York Yankees acquired utility infielder Reid Brignac  from the Colorado Rockies for cash.  originally drafted by Tampa Bay in the second round of the 2004 draft. Brignac was traded to Colorado in February. Brignac hit .250 with one home run and six RBI  with the Rockies. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman feels the team is upgrading with Brignac. Brignac, "is a very good fielder,'' Cashman said, ...

Matt Joyce delivered a two-run double in the sixth run ninths any and the Tampa Bay Rays  stunned the Baltimore Orioles 10-6. The comeback ended Baltimore's franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven innings.  Joyce who homered earlier finish today 3 for 5 with five RBI. Heading into the ninth and trailing 6-4, Kelly Johnson launched a one-out home run off of orioles closer Jim Jo ...

As first reported by Marc Topkin  of the Tampa Bay Times Jake Odorizzi will make his Tampa Bay Rays  debut starting against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. The move won't be made official until Sunday. Alex Torres who pitched four hitless shutout innings for Tampa Bay against Baltimore On Saturday will likely head back to Durham. Odorizzi  is replacing David Price who  went on the disabled list with a stra ...

The Atlanta Braves activated outfielder Jason Heyward who has been out since late April recovering following an appendectomy. Hayward missed nearly 4 weeks. He was hitting .121/.261/.259  when he went on the DL,  but Heyward is expected to give the Braves more offense. Atlanta has gone 9-14 since his departure. The Braves maintain a half game lead over Washington in the National League East  and are  4-6 ov ...

Tampa Bay Rays  ace David Price was placed on the disabled list after  training the triceps in his pitching arm last night against the Boston Red Sox.  It marks the first time the Price has been on the disabled list in his career. An MRI  last night revealed that there was no structural damage and the team doesn't believe it's a long-term situation for  the reigning Cy Young winner to recover. Price has lar ...

Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price left his start against the Boston Red Sox with triceps tightness in his pitching arm. Price left after allowing an RBI base hit to David Ortiz in the third inning. He appeared to grimace and was flexing his left hand. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon, a team athletic trainer and the Rays infield all joined Price on the mound after the play. Jamey Wright took over for Price and Red ...

Jean Segura went into Tuesday's game with the Pittsburgh Pirates hitting .368,  with 6 home runs,16 RBI in 13 stolen bases. Segura went 1-for-6  with a home run.  The Milwaukee Brewers have approached Segura about a long-term deal a month ago and while a deal isn't imminent , at this rate the Brewers may want to accelerate the talks. Over the first 36 games of this season Segura  has amassed 50 hits, includ ...

With one out to get to preserve Clayton Kershaw's fourth win of the season Dodgers manager Don Mattingly chose Kenley Jansen over Brandon League.  League has  6.28 ERA and has surrendered runs in seven of his last 10 outings. Mattingly gave League a cautious endorsement on Monday when asked if the right-hander was still the closer. "Yeah, for now he is," Mattingly said. "I hate to say it like that. But yeah ...

Carlos Gonzalez went 5-for-5 with two home runs to lead  the Colorado Rockies to a 9-4 win over the Chicago Cubs. Gonzalez fell a triple short  of a cycle had three RBI  and became the first Rockies player to have five hits in a game since Miguel Olivo in 2010. The Rockies had been struggling to score runs of late and Gonzalez  was not immune to the slump. He had gone 2-for-14 with seven strikeouts on the f ...

The much anticipated return of Curtis Granderson will  happen tonight against the Seattle Mariners. Granderson will be batting fourth and playing right field.  The Yankees optioned left-hander Vidal Nuno toTriple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Nuno earned his first win yesterday beating Cleveland in his first major-league start. Granderson slugged 43 home runs last season, but has been on the disabled list since ...

The Baltimore Orioles placed left-hander Wei-Yin Chen  on the 15 day disabled list with the right oblique strain. In  his last start chanting left after five shutout innings with the pain in his right side.  he was evaluated and an MRI revealed the strain. Chen, who is 3-3 with a 3.04 ERA Becomes a second member of the Orioles starting rotation to go on the disabled list in the past week. Miguel Gonzalez  w ...