David Freese and Tyler Greene added two RBIs each for St. Louis, and everybody in the starting lineup had a hit before the fourth inning ended. Jon Jay returned from the disabled list to go 1 for 5 and score twice, and Matt Carpenter came off the DL to go 2 for 4 with an RBI. It was plenty of offense for Joe Kelly (1-0), who gave up three runs over six...

Jurrjens, an All-Star last season when he topped the Braves with 13 wins, worked 7 2-3 innings and left after allowing an RBI double by Daniel Nava that drove in Will Middlebrooks, who led off the eighth with a double. Boston’s only other hit was a clean single to left field by Adrian Gonzalez in the first. Jurrjens was demoted to the minors on April...

And so it was on Friday night, when the Nationals failed to produce a single earned run in a 2-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Zimmermann (3-6) gave up two runs and eight hits over seven innings. It was an impressive outing, except when compared to that of Baltimore’s Jason Hammel, who tied a career high with 10 strikeouts and allowed five hits in...

The frustration of a losing streak is starting to get to the Cincinnati Reds. Ryan Doumit and Ben Revere each had four hits Friday night, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory that gave the Reds their season-high fourth straight loss. Three of the four have been by one run. “We had chances big-time,” manager Dusty Baker said....

Encarnacion led off the ninth with his 21st home run off Steve Cishek (4-1) to break a 1-all tie. After Jeff Mathis laid down a bunt that Cishek mishandled allowing Reed Johnson to score for a 3-1 lead, Rasmus connected on his third career grand slam off Edward Mujica. The Blue Jays scored six times and sent 11 batters to the plate while breaking...

Yet coach Andy Lopez and his players know few outside their fan base are paying much attention to them as the best-of-three series starts Sunday. That’s because South Carolina (49-18) has completed an improbable run to the finals, where it will try to become the first team in 40 years to win a third straight title. “We’re just...

LONDON (AP) — The blue clay that made Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic feel, well, blue at last month’s Madrid Open is going away. In a posting on the tour’s website Saturday, ATP President Brad Drewett says he decided blue clay courts will not be allowed at tour events next season. He says that while the new color, in place of the...

WIMBLEDON, England – Alan Chalmers stood like a sentry at Gangway 210 leading to Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. In 36 consecutive years as a club steward, he knew them all: murderers, robbers, embezzlers, petty thieves, all characters in about 150 tennis novels he has identified for his bookshop in suburban London. “There are some pretty awful...