Chris Coghlan is the latest player to become seriously injured while celebrating.  Read More →

The D-backs struck three home runs on Wednesday night, but required Chris Snyder's pinch-hit game-winning single, which captured a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Mets in the 14th inning and their first series sweep in two months.  Read More →

Without his best stuff, Chris Carpenter was good enough to make the National League All-Star team. Since the break he’s been virtually untouchable. Carpenter worked eight dominant innings and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Randy Winn and Matt Holliday, winning their seventh in a row with a 7-1 victory over the slumping Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.  Read More →

Chris Bahr, Sporting News What to expect in the major leagues today: Not ready for prime time For the second consecutive week, the Cubs will play in the Sunday night game. And for the second consecutive week, they could struggle to score. Last week, Vicente Padilla and Hong-Chih Kuo combined to blank Chicago in a 7-0 Dodgers win. Tonight at Wrigley Field, the Phillies’ Roy Halladay will aim for win No. 11.  Read More →

Chris Carpenter looked like an All-Star again. The break did Clayton Kershaw no good at all. Clayton Kershaw – Chris Carpenter – Shopping – Manny Ramirez – Games  Read More →

Chris Snyder hit a two-run homer after having one stolen by Chris Coghlan the inning before and Stephen Drew sparked Arizona’s offense from the …  Read More →

Rickie Weeks hit a leadoff homer to begin a miserable outing for Chris Carpenter, and the Milwaukee Brewers capitalized on perhaps the St. Louis …  Read More →

Sporting News Sporting News Audio is a weekly series of conversations with Sporting News experts during the MLB season. In this installment, Chris Bahr talks about the MLB All-Star Game and which players he expects to get the call this year.  Read More →

Injured Reds Homer Bailey, Ryan Hanigan and Chris Dickerson are making progress in their respective rehabs.  Read More →

On a day filled with impressive pitching performances, Jonathon Niese delivered the best of the bunch. Niese tossed a one-hitter for his first career complete game and the New York Mets overcame a triple play to beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Thursday night for a doubleheader split. Niese allowed only Chris Denorfia’s leadoff double in the third inning, his second stellar start since coming…  Read More →

Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Chris Capuano is back in the majors for the first time since 2007.  Read More →

Temper flaring as Cardinals P Chris Carpenter battling more than just iffy fastball.  Read More →

Chris Carter, called up from the minors earlier in the day, highlighted the Mets’ six-run rally in the eighth with a tie-breaking, pinch-hit double.  Read More →

Former All-Star left-hander Chris Capuano moved within one step of the big leagues on Tuesday, when the Brewers promoted him from Class A Advanced Brevard County to Triple-A Nashville. Capuano is attempting a comeback from the second Tommy John surgery of his career.  Read More →