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A couple of wins over the hapless Orioles can't mask a season-long problem for Washington: The bats simply haven't been good enough.

Injuries to Brandon Morrow and Carl Edwards Jr., plus a tough stretch of games, will put fill-in relievers such as Randy Rosario to the test.

Ichiro Suzuki, now a team executive with the Mariners, took in a bit of Thursday's game against the Yankees from the dugout wearing a fake mustache, sunglasses and gray hoodie.

Angels center fielder Mike Trout played in his 1,000th career game Thursday, but he served as the designated hitter again while nursing what he called "a pretty painful" sprained right index finger.

Giants closer Hunter Strickland, who is expected to be out six to eight weeks after breaking the pinkie on his pitching hand when he punched a door after blowing a save, apologized Thursday and said he'd consider anger management counseling.

Shelby Miller, 14 months removed from Tommy John surgery, will return to the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation Monday against the Miami Marlins.

Scientists have used ultra-high-resolution cryo–electron microscopy to capture the most detailed portrait ever of an opioid drug triggering the biochemical signaling cascade that gives it its power.

Marlins pitcher Dan Straily has been suspended for five games for intentionally throwing at the Giants' Buster Posey. Marlins manager Don Mattingly also was suspended one game.

The Tigers and Royals will play a game in Omaha ahead of the 2019 College World Series, an initiative that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says is good for the sport.

St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Michael Wacha was put on the disabled list Thursday with an oblique strain.

The Twins' Eduardo Escobar was hit in the elbow by a pitch from Boston's Rick Porcello in the first inning and later left the game.

UCSF researchers quantified the effects of Prop 47, which reclassified drug possession offenses from felonies or “wobblers”.

Sick of seeing pitchers hit? Love NL strategy? Either way, the argument is good for baseball. Plus, a Jeff Luhnow Q&A and Verlander's next milestone.

A so-called “jumping gene” that researchers long considered either genetic junk or a pernicious parasite is actually a critical regulator of the first stages of embryonic development.

From Nolan Ryan to King Felix to, well, more Nolan Ryan, we look at the best gem ever thrown by each franchise and try to predict who could top it.

In a matter of hours this winter, Milwaukee went all-in on a new one-two punch -- and it hasn't taken long for the splurge to pay off.

Giancarlo Stanton, who has been struggling at the plate in home games, blasted a walk-off home run to give the Yankees a major league-leading 23rd win when trailing at any point in a game this season.

He's leading the league in hitting and his team is having a great season, yet somehow it seems no one is talking about Jose Altuve.

With their athleticism and daring on the bases and in the field, the Cubs have a leg up on other contenders in the National League -- as the Dodgers found out.

Many considered Billy Connors the Yankees' "pitching whisperer" for his help with greats like Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera.