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The Arizona Diamondbacks turned an infield double into two runs to beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 Tuesday night.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The names on the list are Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan and ... Max Scherzer. Now here's the category: Name the four qualifying starting pitchers in American League history who have averaged at least 11 str...

This is another follow-up to a debate that arose in a recent chat session: Which pitcher had the best five-year peak? With Sandy Koufax having spent time at Dodgers camp this spring it seems like a perfect time for a list, doesn't it? Well, I c...

So Felix Hernandez really does love Seattle. About time. For a franchise that traded away Randy Johnson, that experienced Ken Griffey Jr. asking out of town, that saw Alex Rodriguez depart for a better park to pad his home run totals, it's abou...

Justin Verlander in 2011: 24-5, 2.40 ERA, 250 K's, 8.3 WAR Verlander in 2012: 17-8, 2.64 ERA, 239 K's, 7.6 WAR Since 1980, only six starters have had at least three seasons with 7+ WAR (Baseball-Reference): Roger Clemens (9), Randy Johnson (7), G...

Who holds the record for most strikeouts in a game? You're probably thinking of Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson and Kerry Wood, each of whom fanned 20 in a game (Clemens did it twice). But Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators struck out 21 Orioles o...

Rumors fly near the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline. Stars fly, too, toting their bags to new locations. Sometimes it's for just a few months. Sometimes it's for years. Sometimes it's for good. But all the time, it's big news. ...

The American League Cy Young race has turned into an excellent five-man duel, and four of the names are very familiar — 2011 and 2010 winners Justin Verlander and Felix Hernandez, Angels ace Jered Weaver, and MLB wins leader David Price. But th...

ESPN Stats & Information (it's a great crew that includes Lee Singer, Mike Veneziano, Scott Beaman, Mark Simon, Jeremy Mills, Jacob Nitzberg and Katie Sharp) put together a look at how Felix Hernandez held down the Texas Rangers offense on Saturd...

We closed another fantastic week on the Baseball Today podcast with Friday's episode, in which SweetSpot blogger Dave Schoenfield and I continued to rave about perfection and Mike Trout, but also quite a bit more. 1. Kudos to the Mets and Orioles...

AP Photo/Jeff ChiuMatt Cain threw the first perfect game in Giants franchise history. It had never been done by a San Francisco Giants pitcher. It had never happened to the Houston Astros. It had only happened 21 times in Major League Baseball histo...

The other night I tweeted something like, "Would love to see Aroldis Chapman face 2001 Barry Bonds." On the Baseball Today podcast, we had a reader ask us about best pitcher-hitter matchups to watch for over the next few years. With that prompt, I...

Jamie Moyer will make his ninth start of the season for the Colorado Rockies on Monday when he faces the Miami Marlins. Forty games into the season and the Rockies will look to the 49-year-old lefty to be the first Colorado pitcher to win back-to...

The long and short of the Jon Rauch-Jose Altuva matchup, noteworthy ejections and a Cubs outfielder finally goes deep.

When White Sox starter Philip Humber threw the 96th and final pitch of a game that would leave him among an elite club that includes Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson, Catfish Hunter and Roy Halladay, he immediately thought: "Oh, that's way outsi...

It was a long road to get there, but Philip Humber finally knows what it is to be perfect after 27 up, 27 down.