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One of the main reasons it was easy to be skeptical about whether Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Gerardo Parra would be able to continue his exceptional season was the competition on his own team. After all, the Diamondbacks figured to use lefty hit...

Blog | May 23, 2013

PITTSBURGH -- Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum has seen enough -- at least when a left-hander is opposing his team. He might be ready to make some changes after back-to-back losses against southpaws dropping the Cubs record against left-handers to 4-1...

PITTSBURGH -- Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum will stick with the same lineup Wednesday against another Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander. Coming off a 5-4 loss to the Pirates and left-hander Wandy Rodriguez, the Cubs will face southpaw Francisco Lir...

Patrick Corbin tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday.

The St. Louis Cardinals will promote rookie lefty Tyler Lyons from the minors to make his major league debut in place of injured Jaime Garcia on Wednesday.

Dave Cameron examines three major league players who have reinvented themselves in 2013. Among the turnarounds is Phillies starting pitcher Kyle Kendrick, whose improved changeup has greatly increased his effectiveness versus lefties.

Story | Conversation | May 17, 2013

Daniel Murphy and David Wright combined for five hits and three RBIs against Adam Wainwright and the New York Mets snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

Tampa Bay's Matt Moore pitched six strong innings and beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 Tuesday night to remain unbeaten and claim a share of the major league lead in victories.

CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs outfielder David DeJesus will get his first start against a left-handed pitcher this season Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies. DeJesus is hitting .267 off Rockies starter Jeff Francis and .417 when leading off a game thi...

The Yankees activated Curtis Granderson from the disabled list prior to Tuesday night's game against the Seattle Mariners. Lefty pitcher Vidal Nuno has been sent down to Triple-A. Granderson fractured his forearm during spring training and missed ...

Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain.

WASHINGTON -- Starlin Castro takes over as the Chicago Cubs' lead-off hitters versus lefties, starting with Friday's series opener against the Washington Nationals and southpaw Ross Detwiler. Castro hasn't hit in the top spot yet in 2013, batting...

CC Sabathia and five relievers held Colorado to four hits, Robinson Cano added a solo homer and the New York Yankees beat the Rockies 3-1 on Thursday in a game that was delayed more than two hours by rain.

Daniel Murphy is the lone lefty bat in the lineup on Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Terry Collins offered multiple reasons: While he is not benching Ike Davis, Justin Turner is hitting .382 as a starter and .391 overall against sou...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs have been working on getting better players and training them to have more quality at-bats since manager Dale Sveum and his coaching staff took over the club in 2012. One of those new performers got the job done on Tuesday...

ATLANTA -- Why make the move to promote Andrew Brown now and demote Collin Cowgill? "Andrew Brown is swinging great," Terry Collins said before Friday's Mets-Braves series opener at Turner Field. "The report was he's really hitting lefties excepti...