Mark Teixeira returned to the Yankees’ lineup Friday, playing first base and batting cleanup three days after a magnetic resonance imaging test on his left wrist revealed only inflammation. Teixeira initially hurt his wrist during a swing Sunday and then reinjured it diving for a ground ball in the seventh inning Monday against the Baltimore Orioles. He left the...

The Astros are 3-29 in their last 32 games. Houston’s worst 32-game stretch before the 2012 season was 5-27, most recently from June 26 to July 29, 1962 as the Colt .45s, according to STATS LLC. The Braves improved to 7-1 on their 10-game homestand. Hudson (11-4) improved to 5-0 in seven career starts against the Astros. He allowed one...

Hernandez outpitched Hiroki Kuroda in a duel of pitchers who haven’t lost since June. Mike Carp hit an RBI single in the second inning for Seattle, which bounced back from having its seven-game winning streak ended the night before. The Yankees have lost 10 of 15. Hernandez (10-5) just didn’t give the Yankees any room. After Robinson Cano...

King Felix dominated the Yankees in their own ballpark again, pitching his third shutout of the season to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 1-0 win on a sunny, sticky Saturday afternoon. It was one of the most powerful performances by a visiting pitcher in the Bronx in decades. The last pitcher to win a 1-0 complete game in the Yankees’ ballpark was Greg...

Simply to be playing is a victory for Morneau, whose 2011 season ended with a concussion, his second in 14 months. He also had four operations last year, on his left wrist, his left knee, his right foot and his neck. He played in only 69 games, hitting .227 with four home runs. It was a stark and sudden comedown for Morneau, 31, a four-time All-Star who won...

It was a clear, cool night at Yankee Stadium. The catcher, Russell Martin, was set up on the inside corner of the plate against the right-handed Rivera, anticipating the typical splitter action: a sharp downward break, with perhaps a little tail toward the hitter. But this pitch, video replays confirm, forced Martin to move his glove about a foot to his...

Reed was part of the U.S. women’s team pursuit lineup that surprised Australia to reach the final at the velodrome but she was replaced by Lauren Tamayo for the gold-medal decider against an unstoppable British trio. “It was a bit weird,” the 34-year-old told reporters. “The lady just called out the three names (Tamayo,...

Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell had just crushed their own world record to humiliate the United States in the team pursuit final, flying along a spine-chilling, ear-splitting wall of noise in the 6,000 capacity London Velodrome. The trio added to the men’s pursuit and sprint teams titles and Victoria Pendleton’s keirin gold as Britain...