Ben Zobrist snapped a 14th-inning tie with an RBI double and B.J. Upton homered and drove in two runs to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-3 victory over the Mariners on Friday night. “It’s a tough one,” Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. Carlos Pena singled off Tom Wilhelmsen with one out in the 14th, then slid into home plate just...

Then again, it’s not that surprising. The four-time All-Star has turned in stellar outings before. Sheets pitched six shutout innings, Brian McCann and Chipper Jones homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 4-0 on Saturday in the opening game of a day-night doubleheader. Outdueling Nationals starter Edwin Jackson (5-6),...

Uribe hit an early two-run double to end a 1-for-38 slide. He added a two-run homer in the ninth inning off 13-game winner R.A. Dickey, who was making his first relief appearance of the season to help an overtaxed Mets bullpen. Matt Treanor also stopped a slump with a run-scoring hit and the Dodgers won their third straight following a 1-7 skid. Matt Kemp...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper left the Washington Nationals’ 4-0 loss against the Atlanta Braves because of a bruised left ankle. X-rays were negative, according to manager Davey Johnson, who was uncertain if the 19-year-old outfielder would play in the finale of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader. Harper fouled a bunt off his ankle...

Ed Zurga/Getty ImagesChris Sale is helping to stabilize an ailing rotation, but his workload is closely monitored. Chris Sale is a tall and lanky left-hander, 6 feet 6 inches and 180 pounds, so naturally, his childhood idol was Randy Johnson, the 6-10 lefty who won 5 Cy Young Awards and earned 303 career victories. “He was by far my favorite pitcher, just the way...

Though administrators at the museum, the San Diego Hall of Champions, believed the historic pinstripes were a gift rather than a loan, its former president, Al Kidd, said they lacked both the paperwork to prove it and the inclination to contest ownership. When Larsen decided to reclaim the uniform he had entrusted to the hall around the time of his 1964 induction,...

ATLANTA (AP) — Gilles Muller of Luxembourg beat eighth-seeded Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Atlanta Open on Saturday. Muller will play for his first ATP Tour title and will face either top-seeded John Isner or No. 4-seeded Andy Roddick on Sunday. At 6-foot-4, Muller had 17 aces to Soeda’s two, winning in 1 hour, 13...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Defending champion Polona Hercog has advanced to the final of the Swedish Open, where she will face Mathilde Johansson of France on Sunday. The Slovenian eased through her semifinal Saturday on the Bastad Tennis Stadium the clay court, beating Mona Barthel of Germany 6-1, 6-3. Johansson ousted Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-4. The Swede...