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A loss in the Preakness does not change the fact that Orb is a Kentucky Derby winner and can have a great 3-year-old season.

Justin Verlander overcame a rocky start and rain delay to get his fifth win and Miguel Cabrera hit another homer as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-7 on Wednesday night, sweeping the two-game series between the AL Central's top teams.

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Major league baseball is so deep in quality starting pitching that you could probably make the case for nine or 10 different combinations as the best pair going right now. Here are my top five: 1. Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners Thi...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yu Darvish may not consider himself to be in the class of Justin Verlander just yet. But Darvish is certainly held in high regard in the Rangers' clubhouse. "He's certainly been our ace," manager Ron Washington said. Dar...

Well, Miguel Cabrera was due. I mean, he'd gone a whole four games without a home run. He'd driven in just two runs in his previous eight games. He was probably taking extra batting practice before Sunday's game. The bum. Cabrera was a one-man ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- So far any concern about the 130 pitches Yu Darvish threw in Thursday's start against the Detroit Tigers aren't shared by the pitcher himself. It has been business as usual for the seven-game winner, who said he hasn't changed ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Detroit scored two runs in the top of the fifth and made them stand up, beating the Rangers 2-1 on Friday night in a low-scoring game that came after a failed pitching duel between Yu Darvish and Justin Verlander on Thursday night...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler was scratched from Friday's lineup against the Detroit Tigers with bruised ribs. Kinsler was hit by a pitch in the third inning of Thursday's 10-4 victory over the Tigers by an 81-mph curvebal...

And we are BACK, with your all-purpose* guide to the weekend in MLB action. *Single-purpose, really. It's super limited in function. You can only read it. 10. no. 2 UNC vs. no. 3 Virginia (Friday, 8 p.m. and Saturday, 2 p.m., ESPN3) Whoa! Supe...

By the second inning of Thursday night's game between the San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies, the concerned, panicked and, let's face it, angry tweets about right-hander Matt Cain started flowing in consistently. Cain allowed three home runs e...

Blog | May 17, 2013

Did you find it odd to see Yu Darvish come back out for the eighth inning last night with a six-run lead? I did. Darvish had already thrown over 100 pitches. His team had added to its lead, taking a 10-4 advantage into the eighth inning, six outs awa...

It was not the spectacular matchup of aces that everyone had hoped for Thursday night in Arlington. In fact, for Justin Verlander, it was his worst career start ever, thanks to a horrible third inning. ESPN Stats & Information provides some of the ev...

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington found himself having to defend the 130 pitches that he allowed ace Yu Darvish to throw during Thursday night's victory against Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers.

The baseball gods don't give us these matchups often enough: Justin Verlander versus Yu Darvish, two first-place teams, a beautiful 81-degree night in Arlington, Texas. Seems like a good time for a running diary. So let's do it. First i...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The pitching duel that wasn't Thursday night between Yu Darvish and Justin Verlander ended up being more about pitch counts. The 130 pitches that Darvish pitched in the Texas Rangers' 10-4 pounding of Verlander and the Detroit ...