MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

A five-run 6th inning doomed the New York Yankees last night as the Toronto Blue Jays rode a bases-clearing double by J.P. Arencibia to a 7-3 victory.

The San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's faced off in their annual interleague Battle of the Bay series over the weekend, a three game set at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays is dominating the batting statistics in baseball right now. How can the Yankees pitchers contain him during the upcoming three-game series?

The Mets will almost assuredly lose several players to free agency this fall. How will they fill those gaps?

Fred Wilpon, the 74-year-old owner of the New York Mets, was quoted in a New Yorker article as saying derogatory statements about key players Jose Reyes, David Wright, and Carlos Beltran.

The New York Yankees rode an eight-run 7th inning to take the Subway Series 2-1 over the Mets in interleague play today at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The final score was 9-3.

Detractors call Yankee Stadium a bandbox and contribute the Yanks' success at hitting home runs to an unfair advantage on the home field. Data suggests otherwise.

Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey used his knuckleball pitch to stymie the New York Yankees last night. But how does this pitch work, and how do you throw one?

Murphy's home run, Turner's RBI double were all Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey needed to beat the New York Yankees 2-1.

The motto for the 2010 San Francisco Giants certainly applied to Madison Bumgarner for the first part of the 2011 season, but the torture is over, as the San Francisco Giants starting pitcher showed championship form in getting his first win of the season.

Sure, the New York Yankees seem like a cinch to beat their crosstown rivals the New York Mets in their three-game series this weekend. But how do the teams actually match up, position by position?

The New York Yankees scored 13 runs off 14 hits in their rout of the Baltimore Orioles last night at Camden Yards. CC Sabathia spread seven hits over eight innings for the win, and Nick Swisher drove in four runs as the Yanks won their third in a row.

The Los Angeles Dodgers organization has been in near turmoil since Frank and Jamie McCourt announced their divorce in 2009. The divorce proceedings have dramatically affected the Dodgers causing virtual chaos in the organization.

Dillon Gee shut out the Washington Nationals for six and 2/3 innings and Justin Turner drove in a run with a single to center field to give the New York Mets a 1-0 win this afternoon at Citi Field.

Mark DeRosa's freak re-injury of his wrist in the batter's box on Wednesday puts the San Francisco Giants' already limited infield in a worse position. The injury occurred while DeRosa was waiting for a pitch from Clayton Kershaw, when he suddenly fell down in pain for no apparent reason.

The A's could have saved a few of last night's runs for tonight. One night after putting up 14 run against the Angels, Oakland's offensive woes continued, managing only one earned run over and losing to the Twins 4-3 in 10 innings.

Bartolo Colon held the Baltimore Orioles scoreless through eight innings, but when Mariano Rivera blew the save, it took the New York Yankees six more innings to notch the win.

The injury-riddled New York Mets earned a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals in the rain last night behind the efforts of starting pitcher Jon Niese and the bat of Jose Reyes.

San Francisco Giants' outfielder Cody Ross, the October hero of last year's playoffs, came through in the clutch with a two-out three-run home run in the ninth inning to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5.

The Oakland Athletics grabbed a share of first place in the division, trouncing the Los Angeles Angels 14-0, on a perfect all around game for the A’s. The A’s are now tied with the Texas Rangers for the best record in the AL West.

Harmon Killebrew posted his impressive batting statistics at a time when pitching dominated baseball.