Rafael Diaz faced charges after storming onto Citi Field to celebrate after the Mets pitcher Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in the team’s 51-season history. Sporting a Gary Carter jersey, Mr. Diaz, 32, could be seen on the periphery of the huddle around Mr. Santana, looking more like an honorary Met than the interloper that he was. Read more from N.Y. /...

Drew Hallowell/Getty ImagesChris Young will start for the Mets on Tuesday. Chris Young has not pitched in the major leagues since last May. His start for the Mets on Tuesday in Washington will mark the completion of a lengthy recovery from career-threatening surgery, a process with which the team is all too familiar. Young sustained a torn anterior capsule in his...

After that fine start Sunday, the Nationals couldn’t come up with any more offense and Gonzalez was not his usual dominating self. The result was a 3-2 defeat that reduced Washington’s lead in the NL East over Miami to three percentage points. Washington’s Steve Lombardozzi and Bryce Harper became the first rookies in modern baseball...

Joe Mauer hit an RBI single in the first off Justin Masterson (2-5). The Twins star left in the ninth with a sprained right thumb. Diamond (4-1) gave up seven hits and didn’t issue a walk. In six starts since being recalled from the minors May 8, he has walked only four. Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 13 chances as...

The 21-year-old rookie won for the fourth time in five starts, Jose Bautista backed him with a three-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Bard and the Boston Red Sox 5-1 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. “Hutch continues to mature right in front of us,” Blue Jays manager John Farrell said. “He kept going, kept putting up zeros, kept...

That didn’t make it any easier for them. Kevin Millwood struggled to hit his spots and the Mariners managed just five hits against the young lefty in a 4-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. Sale (7-2) struck out eight and walked two in his first major league complete game. It was his 10th start this year after pitching in relief for...

PARIS (AP) — Andy Murray overcame a slow start and a stiff back to defeat Richard Gasquet 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 and advance to the French Open quarterfinals. Murray complained his back was hurting him in the early rounds last week. He was clutching his back during the first set Monday in the cold and wind at Roland Garros. But as the match went on...

PARIS (Reuters) – Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova continued her quest for a second grand slam title when she cruised into the French Open quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-1 win over American Varvara Lepchenko on Monday. The Wimbledon champion, whose match was moved from Court Philippe Chatrier to the less fancy Court One as organizers tried to beat dusk on...