The circa 1920 jersey was sold to an undisclosed buyer for $4,415,658, according to the auction house that handled the sale, SCP Auctions in Laguna Niguel, California. It’s the highest price ever fetched for a piece of sports memorabilia, according to AuctionReport.com, which tracks auction houses. It said the previous record was $4.3 million for Dr....

Kyle Lohse allowed three runs and 11 hits over 5 2-3 innings with four strikeouts and left with a 5-3 lead. But rookie Elian Herrera started the Dodgers’ winning rally with a one-out single against Victor Marte, and Bobby Abreu greeted Mark Rzepczynski (0-2) with a single. Van Slyke, whose father is former All-Star Andy Van Slyke, swung at a 3-0 pitch...

The Kansas City Royals will host this year’s All-Star Game for the first time in 39 years. In 2009, the St. Louis Cardinals hosted he game for the first time in 43 years. But no franchise has ever waited as long as the Mets for an All-Star encore. Major League Baseball announced last week that Citi Field would host the 2013 All-Star Game next July 16. The news had...

Miley (5-1) limited the Royals to five hits while throwing 99 pitches. The rookie walked two and struck out three, sending Kansas City to its 17th loss in 22 home games this season. David Hernandez and J.J. Putz each pitched an inning to finish off the shutout. Putz earned his ninth save in 11 opportunities. Jeff Francoeur had four of Kansas...

Lewis (4-3) capped the Rangers’ first-inning scoring with a bases-loaded, two-out single to center field to score two. The Rangers got to Houston starter Jordan Lyles early, scoring on a sacrifice fly by Josh Hamilton and adding two more on a single by Nelson Cruz before the hit by Lewis. Lewis didn’t allow a run until Jed Lowrie’s solo...

Lucroy connected on an 0-2 pitch from Jeff Gray in the seventh inning for his first career grand slam. The ball nipped the back edge of the padding in right before falling into the Twins’ bullpen. A curtain call followed for the Brewers’ catcher who batted cleanup for the first time in his three-year career. He also had a solo homer in the first and an...

NICE, France (AP) — Heavy rain washed out all play at the Open de Nice clay-court tournament on Monday. Because of the delay, 12 first-round matches are scheduled for Tuesday. On Sunday, only one match was started and it was later stopped in the second set with Belgium’s Xavier Malisse leading 7-5, 1-0 against Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun. ...

Ulster prop Declan Fitzpatrick, Munster hooker Mike Sherry and winger Simon Zebo, also from the Limerick-based club, were called up on Monday by coach Declan Kidney. Ulster midfield back Darren Cave has been recalled after a three-year absence. Experienced lock forward Paul O’Connell has not been named but could yet make the travelling party...