Rookie Jason Heyward has become the first member of the Atlanta Braves to steal home in 10 years. While Brian McCann was caught in a rundown, Heyward charged in from third base and slid under the tag of Nationals catcher Ivan Rodriguez in the first inning ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Nationals rookie Stephen Strasburg has inflammation in his pitching shoulder and his next start is unknown, the team said just seven weeks after he made one of the most talked about debuts in years. The inflammation was discovered after Strasburg, the 2009 top draft pick, was scratched minutes before a scheduled start against the Atlanta Braves on ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies stretched their winning streak to six games Tuesday with a 9-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jayson Werth and Ryan Howard hit two-run homers in the fifth and sixth innings, while pinch-hitter Cody Ransom also cleared the fences with a two-run shot in the bottom of the seventh. Left-hander Cole Hamels pitched five innings for ...

Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, Jayson Werth and Cody Ransom also connected, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 for a season-high sixth straight win Tuesday night. The two-time NL champion Phillies moved within 3 1/2 games of East-leading Atlanta, cutting ...

Carlos Beltran gained a small measure of revenge against Adam Wainwright as the New York Mets suddenly broke loose Tuesday night, roughing up the St. Louis ace in an 8-2 romp over the Cardinals. Shut out four times during a 2-9 road trip, the Mets came ...

With Stephen Strasburg suddenly scratched, reliever Miguel Batista was pressed into making his first start in nearly two years — and the 39-year-old journeyman was rather Strasburglike. Washington's Batista allowed only three singles in five scoreless innings, two throwing errors hurt Atlanta starter Tommy Hanson, and the last-place Nationals ...

Atlanta Braves backup catcher David Ross agreed to a two-year contract extension that will pay him $3.25 million. Ross is making $1.6 million this year in the final season of a $3 million, two-year deal. The extension announced Tuesday will pay him $1,625,000 in ...

Rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg has been scratched from his scheduled start for the Washington Nationals against the Atlanta Braves. About a minute before the scheduled beginning of Tuesday night's game, the Nationals said that Strasburg would be replaced on the mound by Miguel Batista. When that news ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount on Tuesday for inappropriate conduct in arguing an umpire's call last Friday against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Manuel lost his temper, gesticulating wildly, in disputing the first base umpire's ruling that Luis Castillo was out at first base on ...

Five no-hitters, two perfect games and another gem that was spoiled by an umpire. By now, San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow and others around baseball are beginning to expect a piece of pitching history every week. "I do. I can't explain it," said ...