David Price’s complete game lifts Rays to playoffs, win over Rangers

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - Team Tarmac has landed in the American League playoffs. Evan Longoria once again provided a crucial final-game home run, augmenting a stellar complete-game performance by David Price to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on …

Rays to playoffs again after 5-2 win over Rangers

BC-BBA--Rays-Rangers,146URGENTRays to playoffs again after 5-2 win over RangersAP Photo ARL110, ARL108, ARL123, ARL122, ARL120, ARL117, ARL114, ARL112Eds: APNewsNow. Rays 5, Rangers 2. With AP Photos.By STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Sports WriterARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Price threw a complete game, Evan Longoria had a two-run homer …

Rays to playoffs again after 5-2 win over Rangers

BC-BBA--Rays-Rangers,146URGENTRays to playoffs again after 5-2 win over RangersAP Photo ARL110, ARL108, ARL123, ARL122, ARL120, ARL117, ARL114, ARL112Eds: APNewsNow. Rays 5, Rangers 2. With AP Photos.By STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Sports WriterARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Price threw a complete game, Evan Longoria had a two-run homer …

Henderson Alvarez throws crazy no-hitter vs. Tigers

MIAMI — Henderson Alvarez pitched a no-hitter with a most bizarre ending, celebrating in the on-deck circle when the Miami Marlins scored on a two-out wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the AL Central champion Detroit Tigers 1-0 Sunday. After …

Baseball by the numbers with Bill Chuck

This week’s names and numbers in baseball:

CUBS NINE TO KNOW

1. After games on April 4, the Cubs were 2-1 and tied for first place in the National League Central, the last time they were in first place this season. It was also their …

No Cubs, White Sox on list of MLB’s 20 top-selling jerseys

When it comes to jersey sales, fans aren’t buying what the Cubs and Sox are selling. Neither team had a representative in MLB’s list of the top 20 selling jerseys since the All-Star break. Though the Pirates have been one of baseball’s best stories this …

Bud Selig to retire in January 2015

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says he plans to retire in January 2015. The 79-year-old Selig has repeatedly said since 2003 that his retirement was imminent, but Thursday marked the first time he issued a formal statement.

Man stabbed to death after Dodgers-Giants game in San Francisco

A man was stabbed to death after a fight broke out near San Francisco’s AT&T Park, where the Giants were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers, authorities said.

Tigers clinch AL Central title for 3rd straight season

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Scherzer earned his 21st win and the Detroit Tigers clinched their third straight AL Central title, beating the Minnesota Twins 1-0 on Wednesday night. Torii Hunter’s single followed a leadoff triple by Austin Jackson in the first inning, and that was …

Paul Konerko out of White Sox lineup with bruised kneecap

CLEVELAND -- White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko won’t play against the Cleveland Indians Wednesday because of a bruised right kneecap suffered when he fouled a pitch off his knee during the eighth inning of Tuesday’s 5-4 loss.

Konerko said it was “kind of embarrassing …

Cardinals’ Michael Wacha loses no-hitter with 2 outs in 9th

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals rookie Michael Wacha lost his no-hit bid on Ryan Zimmerman’s infield single with two outs in the ninth inning, and St. Louis beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 Tuesday night to close in on the NL Central title. Making his ninth …

Mariano Rivera’s bobblehead late to Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK — Mariano Rivera always enters late in the game. His bobblehead doll did the same thing. The New York Yankees were forced to hand out vouchers for the giveaway honoring the career saves leader to the first 18,000 fans who arrived for Tuesday …

VIDEO: Orioles’ Manny Machado leaves game with horrific leg injury

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado has been taken off the field on a stretcher after injuring his left leg running out an infield single.

Machado’s leg buckled when he reached the first-base bag in the seventh inning of Monday’s …

Metallica performs as Mariano Rivera says goodbye at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK -- Throughout the day at Yankee Stadium dedicated to honoring Mariano Rivera, current and former teammates and managers alike kept pointing out how such a personal celebration ran counter to the way Rivera conducted himself. “Every single year, if anybody had a chance …

Baseball by the numbers with Bill Chuck

This week’s names and numbers in baseball:

CHICAGO NINE TO KNOW

1. For those of you who keep track of such things, the most combined losses in a season for the two Chicago teams was 191 in 1948. The White Sox went 51-101, and the …