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Ted Lilly outpitched Barry Zito through six innings, and Los Angeles beat error-prone San Francisco 9-1 on Monday night in the Dodgers' first home game since changing ownership last week.

A contract never starts off "bad," per se. Obviously, a general manager signs a player to a contract with the intent that the player will help the team win, even if the GM knows the criticism over dollars and years is out there. The contract ofte...

Blog | May 04, 2012

Our experts discuss pleasant surprises and big disappointments in April and make bold predictions for May.

Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospects breaks down Ichiro Suzuki, Zack Greinke, Barry Zito and other players who have changed their approaches in 2012.

Story | Conversation | April 26, 2012

Scott Rolen's homer started a four-run rally in the seventh inning that swept the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-2 victory Wednesday night, extending the San Francisco Giants' misery at Great American Ball Park.

Here is the Mets lineup for Friday night's game against the Giants and Barry Zito. Lucas Duda and Josh Thole both will have the night off against the southpaw. Rookie Kirk Nieuwenhuis is in the lineup, but will not be leading off. Ruben Tejada, ...

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US Presswire The Mets face (l to r) Barry Zito, Ryan Vogelsong and Tim Lincecum in the opening three games of the series. METS (7-5, second place/NL East) vs. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6-6, third place/NL West) Friday: LHP Jon Niese (2-0, 2.13) vs. ...

Kirk Nieuwenhuis is no stranger to the leadoff spot. He batted in the No. 1 slot 78 times in 94 games with Double-A Binghamton as recently as 2010, before a promotion to Buffalo. With Andres Torres on the DL and Ruben Tejada given the day off, Nie...

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at top-flight starting pitchers seemingly relying more on the cutter this year, like Zack Greinke and Jeremy Hellickson.

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Carlos Gonzalez tripled twice, drove in four runs and scored three times Wednesday night, leading the Colorado Rockies to a wild 17-8 win over Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants that recalled the pre-humidor days at Coors Field.

Discussing Daniel Bard, Neftali Feliz and Ozzie Guillen's controversial comments.

Welcome to Diamond Reflections, a video wrap-up of yesterday's action in MLB. In this post, we talk baseball, share a few laughs, and watch some highlights. Our friends at MLB.com don't allow embedding on recaps and highlights, so for now there are j...

News and notes from Monday's action that won't mention the Red Sox and Yankees showed great grit and determination by finally winning a game ... First base: Barry good. After an 0-3 start following three one-run losses to the Diamondbacks, the Gia...