Jonathon Niese pitched a one-hitter for his first career complete game and the New York Mets overcame a triple play to beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Thursday night for a doubleheader split. Niese (3-2) allowed only Chris Denorfia's leadoff double in the third inning, his second stellar start since coming off the disabled list Saturday ...

Roy Halladay pitched seven innings in his first start since his perfect game, working out of trouble to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Friday night. Shane Victorino homered and scored the go-ahead run on Jayson Werth's two-out ...

It's cheaper to sit in much of the lower deck at Yankee Stadium this year, with the Chicago Cubs overtaking New York and Boston for the highest-priced regular tickets in the major leagues. Overall, the average cost of a non-premium ticket for a major league game is up 1 ...

The average baseball salary fell just short of $3 million this year, with the percentage increase slowing to its lowest level since 2004. The 926 players in the major leagues before rosters expanded in September averaged $2,996,000, according to the annual report of the players' association ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major League Baseball saw regular-season attendance drop 6.6 percent this year as consumers dialed back spending amid the recession. The number of people attending games, including Tuesday's one-game playoff between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers, totaled 73.4 million, the fifth-highest in league history. The teams with the biggest declines were in markets that suffered ...

Rich Aurilia noticed all the empty seats as he made his way around the major leagues during the second half of this season. "You have to," the San Francisco Giants infielder said. "I think you do in the places where the teams are totally out of it ...

With Major League Baseball attendance set to fall nearly seven percent from last season in a struggling economy, clubs have already started announcing ticket price cuts for 2010. With teams set to conclude 162-game seasons on Sunday, attendance is off by 6.9 percent from last year to its lowest mark since 2003, an average crowd of 30,276. Crowds ...

While the music blared in the San Francisco clubhouse, Colorado Rockies injured ace right-hander Aaron Cook found a sliver of hope in his inflamed pitching shoulder. "I'm not too concerned. The last time I was on the DL, we went to the World ...