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Adam LaRoche homered twice to give the Nationals a win at home. ...

The Dodgers' season series with the Arizona Diamondbacks went just swimmingly for the defending NL West champions. ...

Detroit rookie Kyle Lobstein earned his first major league win, and Miguel Cabrera homered for the third time in two days in the Tigers' 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night. ...

The San Francisco Giants were ahead by six runs, and manager Bruce Bochy was still antsy. ...

Major League Baseball's 2015 season is scheduled to start with a Sunday night game on April 5 and the other 28 teams will be slated to open the following day. ...

Jered Weaver became the AL's first 16-game winner, and the Los Angeles Angels did all their damage against Danny Salazar in one inning for their fifth straight win, 12-3 over the Cleveland Indians on Monday in a makeup game. ...

Torii Hunter had two of his three hits in a six-run third inning and the Detroit Tigers beat Kansas City 9-5 Monday to move within a game of the American League Central-leading Royals. ...

The Yankees‘ ceremony for retiring icon Derek Jeter on Sunday was “undeniably nice,” but “sort of weird,” FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal writes. The ceremony felt “grim,” Rosenthal opines, and underpinning all the celebration was the fact that the Yankees likely … Continue reading → ...

This weekend, the Rangers selected the contract of infielder Guilder Rodriguez, perhaps an unusual step for a 31-year-old who posted a .269/.347/.298 line in 349 plate appearances at Double-A Frisco this season. “This is a dream of every player,” says … Continue reading → ...

A ceremony for Derek Jeter, the Yankees’ retiring captain, honored a remarkable career that will be remembered as a success even if his team misses the playoffs this season. ...

The Yankees held a ceremony to honor Jeter, their shortstop, before allowing two unearned runs, recording only four hits and losing to Kansas City. ...

The Houston Astros scored two runs in the ninth without a hit, including Dexter Fowler's bases-loaded walk for the tiebreaking run, and beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday. ...

Derek Jeter said it was a day he would never forget, adding that Sunday's tribute for him at Yankee Stadium as the team's soon-to-be retired captain was both emotional and surprising. ...

Mike Trout hit his 32nd homer, C.J. Wilson recovered from a slow start and the Los Angeles Angels completed a season sweep of Minnesota by beating the Twins 14-4 on Sunday. ...

Nelson Cruz hit his second homer of the game in the 11th inning and drove in seven runs, and the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 on Sunday. ...

Andrew McCutchen hit one of Pittsburgh's four homers, and the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 10-4 on Sunday to move into the second wild-card slot in the National League. ...

Adam Wainwright pitched a seven-hitter, Peter Boujos hit a two-run triple and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 on Sunday. ...

Adam LaRoche homered twice, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. ...

Yordano Ventura and the Kansas City Royals turned Derek Jeter Day into another disappointing defeat for the New York Yankees' captain in the dwindling days of his career. ...

Curtis Granderson and Anthony Recker homered, and the Mets scored four unearned runs in a win over Cincinnati on Sunday. ...