12:48 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Brewers reliever Josh Hader has been approaching perfect domination ever since he emerged as an elite bullpen ace last season. On Saturday, he finally reached it. Hader recorded his first immaculate inning, striking out three straight St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth and finishing a 4-2 Milwaukee win. Hader threw
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10:35 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Colorado Rockies first baseman Daniel Murphy is out indefinitely with a broken finger on his left hand. Murphy was injured diving for a sharp grounder in the fourth inning Friday night against the Miami Marlins. He remained in the game and got his first hit with the Rockies
10:19 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — After declaring in spring training he was the “happiest” he had been in seven years, Chicago Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish lasted a career-worst 2⅔ innings in his first start of the season on Saturday — against the team he spent most of those seven years with, the Texas Rangers.
9:03 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers has become the first player to win an MVP award and then hit a home run in each of the first three games of the next season. Yelich connected in the first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park on
7:04 PM ET Bryce Harper‘s first hit as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies was a home run. Harper hit a 1-1 pitch from Atlanta reliever Jesse Biddle into the right-field seats for a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday, extending the Philllies’ lead to 7-4. The ball traveled 465
7:31 PM ET The Seattle Mariners have put their closer, right-hander Hunter Strickland, on the 10-day injured list because of a right lat strain. Strickland gave up a winning three-run home run to Boston pinch hitter Mitch Moreland in the top of the ninth inning Friday night. After the game, he said he was feeling
7:43 PM ET NEW YORK — One game after notching his first big league hit in two seasons, Troy Tulowitzki took another key step in his return from a series of ankle and heel injuries Saturday when he hit his first home run in about the same amount of time. Before this latest blast, Tulowitzki
3:14 PM ET Todd ZolaFantasy Close Writing on fantasy baseball game theory and player analysis since 1997 Winner of the 2013 Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association Best Baseball Article Especially in head-to-head leagues, Sunday is a day to do what you need to do to win your fantasy baseball matchups. Sometimes this means taking chances with
12:46 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — It didn’t take long for Chris Davis‘ first benching of the season. The first baseman with the $161 million contract was out of the Baltimore Orioles‘ starting lineup against the New York Yankees on Saturday, two days after going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts in the opener. Rookie
12:55 AM ET MILWAUKEE — If St. Louis fans were already excited about their high-profile offseason acquisition, now they have to be ecstatic. In his second game with the Cardinals, Paul Goldschmidt hammered three home runs and drove in five, leading St. Louis to an 9-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Goldschmidt added a fourth