| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
PITTSBURGH — If ever there was a Cliffs Notes version of the Cubs' 2013 season, Tuesday night's 5-4 loss to the Pirates was it.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — As Bryce Harper ran back to chase Gregor Blanco's hard-hit fly in the ninth inning, memories of last week's scary collision with the wall at Dodger Stadium suddenly surged into his mind.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
Mike Leake held New York's floundering offense to just three hits over seven innings of work, and the Cincinnati Reds shut out the Mets, 4-0, on Tuesday to take the second test of a three-game set.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
SAN DIEGO — The St. Louis Cardinals figured out San Diego right-hander Edinson Volquez the third time through the order.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
Yoenis Cespedes homered for the game's only run and Dan Straily spun seven stellar innings of two-hit ball to lift the Oakland Athletics over the Texas Rangers, 1-0, in the second installment of a three-game set at Rangers Ballpark.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
HOUSTON — Bud Norris rolled through six scoreless innings for the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
Pablo Sandoval scorched a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals Tuesday in the middle test of a three- game set at AT&T Park.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning after Gregor Blanco's tying triple in the ninth, and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Tuesday night.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
Daniel Descalso went 3-for-3 and broke the contest open with an eighth-inning grand slam as the St. Louis Cardinals took a 10-2 victory over the San Diego Padres in the middle test of a three-game set at Petco Park.
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
ATLANTA — The Minnesota Twins were one out away from ending their longest losing streak of the season.