The former Yankees manager Joe Torre said Sunday he believed Roger Clemens deserved to be considered for the Hall of Fame, but he acknowledged that doubts remained about whether or not he took steroids en route to winning 354 games and a record seven Cy Young Awards. “Unfortunately the question mark is always going to be there with him,” Torre said before...

Torre said Clemens was like a son to him before the former Yankees manager took part in Old-Timers’ Day at the new Yankee Stadium on Sunday. “I can’t make other people look at him. I can just tell you the way I feel,” Torre said. “I was proud to have him play for me. He always gave you everything he had and I always respected...

Hamilton drew a record total of more than 11 million votes, and the slugger was among seven Rangers chosen Sunday as All-Stars. A trio of San Francisco Giants rallied in the last week to claim spots while three Yankees also made the starting lineup. “I don’t think the Texas Rangers have to apologize because we’ve got good players,”...

It was the first Marlins sweep of the Phillies since August 7-9, 2009, at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies have lost five straight. All-Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton also homered, and Omar Infante and John Buck each had RBI doubles for the Marlins, who have won four straight. Nolasco (7-6) struck out six as he scattered five hits and allowed two...

Aaron Cunningham also homered for the Indians, who took three of four from the Orioles. Cleveland totaled 55 hits in the four games, including eight for extra bases in the finale. The Indians lost four their five previous series, including three straight on the road. Jim Thome went 0 for 4 in his Baltimore debut. Acquired Saturday in a trade with...

The temperature rose four degrees from the first pitch to 105 by the middle of the eighth inning. The National Weather Service reported that Atlanta broke an all-time recorded high at 106 on Saturday. Gonzalez (11-3) capped his second All-Star selection despite allowing five hits, four runs and four walks in five-plus innings. He struck out four and threw...

Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata gave the world champions an easy victory over an Italian team down to 10 men through injury for the last half-hour. The diminutive Silva scored with a rare header after a Cesc Fabregas pull-back in the 14th minute before a superb sprint finish from left-back Alba following a pinpoint Xavi...

The powerful Yaroslava Shvedova stands between the American and the quarter-finals on Monday, having dispatched Italy’s Sara Errani 6-0 6-4 after winning the first 24 points of the match. So in “the zone” was Kazakh wildcard Shvedova against the unfortunate Errani that she did not even realize that it was the first time in a grand-slam...