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Here is the lineup for the Mets' 1:10 p.m. ET game Wednesday against the Cincinnati Reds as Matt Harvey and the Amazin's try to avoid getting swept. Mets Daniel Murphy, 2b Rick Ankiel, cf David Wright, 3b Lucas Duda, lf Marlon Byrd, rf Ike ...

Binghamton outfielder Cory Vaughn is the reigning Eastern League Player of the Week. He starred alongside Nats ace Stephen Strasburg and White Sox closer Addison Reed for Tony Gwynn at San Diego State. And Vaughn's father, Greg, played 15 big l...

On the occasion of his first start at Camden Yards -- that's right, he has never pitched here in six major-league seasons, four of which were in the National League -- let us take a moment to consider the brilliance of Hiroki Kuroda. Two winters a...

Seth Wenig/Associated Press Relax everyone, Matt Harvey pitches at Citi Field today ... hopefully without the bloody nose. FIRST PITCH: Matt Harvey gives Mets fans their once-every-five-days reprieve from an otherwise miserable season when he oppos...

Quick thoughts on Tuesday's excellent slate of major league action ... A's 1, Rangers 0. Yu Darvish just doesn't know how to win. This is a big victory for the A's as they take the first two of the three-game set. Yoenis Cespedes' home...

As the New York Mets stay in their offensive slumber, they've eliminated all the margin of error for their pitchers -- and their fielders. One bad inning, like Jonathon Niese's error-fueled, 48-pitch first inning that plated three in the Cincinnat...

Vidal Nuno represents what Phil Hughes once did. The thing about a rookie is that the slate is completely clean and fans can let their imaginations loose to dream. Hughes was supposed to be a No. 1 and is now more a No. 4 or 5. Nuno is an out-of-...

IOWA 6, LAS VEGAS 5: Las Vegas fell behind 5-0 before rallying to tie the game in the sixth. Iowa scored in the bottom of the inning and held on. Zach Lutz and Brian Bixler had two RBIs each for Las Vegas. Starter D.J. Mitchell gave up five runs in ...

Well, at least Matt Harvey is pitching on Wednesday. Once again, the New York Mets' bats didn't show up Tuesday night as they were blanked 4-0 by the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field. The Mets managed just three hits, and trailed from the beginning a...

WHAT IT MEANS: Phil Hughes bounced back, but the Vidal Nuno magic ended, at least for one night. BUCK-LE UP: The third pitch Nuno threw to Nate McLouth, McLouth drilled for the game-winning homer. It was remnants of the 2012 magic for Buck Showalt...

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Mike Leake pitched three-hit ball for seven sharp innings and the Cincinnati Reds parlayed star third baseman David Wright's early error Tuesday night into a 4-0 victory over the New York Mets.

Nate McLouth homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning, Chris Dickerson hit a pair of solo shots and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.

BALTIMORE -- Joe Girardi said he has yet to figure out how he will rotate his four outfielders in three spots. The decision seems relatively easy: Play the least productive one, Ichiro Suzuki, less. Girardi is not going to make any such declaratio...

It hasn't been an easy day for Mets starter and Moore, Okla. native Jeremy Hefner as he has processed the devastation from the tornado that hit his hometown on Monday. "Oklahoma, there are not a lot of people that live there so there aren't many p...

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