Ty Wigginton also homered for the Phillies, who leave Minnesota taking two-of-three from the Twins as they continue to battle their way out of the National League East basement. Twins lone run was off a solo shot in the bottom of the second from Trevor Plouffe, who homered for the third consecutive game. Blanton (6-6), who had been hit hard in five...

The fabulous pitching matchup at Tropicana Field Wednesday was special enough on its own. The Mets’ R.A. Dickey, who had nine victories, faced the Rays’ David Price, who had eight. Dickey dares hitters with a knuckleball. Price is a premier power pitcher, although the Mets figured him out. Dickey and Price share another connection: they are both from...

Barton Silverman/The New York TimesBrett Gardner last month. Outfielder Brett Gardner will get an additional three to four weeks of rest and his injured elbow will be placed in a brace during that period, the Yankees said. Gardner received a third opinion Thursday from Dr. Timothy Kremcheck in Cincinnati, who agreed with the earlier diagnoses that Gardner has a...

Jason Bay also homered and Lucas Duda drove in three runs for the Mets, who had been swept in a three-game series by the New York Yankees last weekend. The Mets outscored Tampa Bay 29-9 in this series. Johan Santana (4-3) allowed four runs and six hits over five-plus innings. Frank Francisco struck out Ben Zobrist with the bases loaded on a 3-2...

Verlander also helped himself with a pair of sacrifices as Detroit capped an encouraging 4-2 interleague road trip to Cincinnati and Chicago. Austin Jackson hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh and a two-run homer in the ninth. The combination of Verlander and a picturesque day in Chicago led to a season-high crowd of 42,292 that ran the total for...

Now the Chicago Cubs’ president of baseball operations, he says he remembers “stuff from 2003.” And what happened late last season, when he was Boston’s general manager, was the “toughest of all of them.” “At the same time, you move on,” he added. “You learn from it, try to get better.” ...

Roger Federer, a five-time winner of this grass-court Wimbledon tuneup, was taken to three sets but defeated Canada’s Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3). Kohlschreiber, who is seeded eighth, won this tournament last year. The 34th-ranked German ended Nadal’s 13-match winning streak. “It’s not the time to look for...

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal’s preparations for Wimbledon were cut short when he was knocked out of the Halle Open by defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber on Friday, while Roger Federer was taken to three sets by Milos Raonic in their quarter-final. Kohlschreiber triumphed 6-3 6-4, four days after Nadal won a record seventh French Open title at...