Giants lose; Holland chides front office after being moved to bullpen  —  When a season is going bad, changes occur, more so under new management.  The players are hired help.  If they have any complaints, they usually keep them in house.  —  That changed after the Giants lost …

Finding the silver lining in Gregory Soto's struggles in Detroit Tigers' debut  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Shortly after Gregory Soto arrived in the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse on Friday afternoon, his jacket still hanging on a pink-tagged suitcase, he was approached by a familiar face.

Rays' Cash on Yankees' plunking outrage: Chirinos ‘obviously’ wasn't trying to hit Voit in tied game Saturday.  —  Yonny Chirinos hit Luke Voit two pitches after allowing a game-tying homer to D.J. LeMaheui.  —  TAMPA — When Yonny Chirinos plunked Yankees first baseman Luke Voit …

It's Parra for the course, as Dodgers' nemesis leads Nats to win  —  LOS ANGELES-Gerardo Parra was wearing a different uniform with a weird number at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.  He wasn't No. 8 in the rival San Francisco Giants' black and orange anymore.  He was No. 88 in red and navy …

Day after rocking by Red Sox, King Felix to IL  —  The Seattle Mariners have placed right-hander Felix Hernandez on the injured list with a strained right shoulder, a day after he became the 36th pitcher in major league history to reach 2,500 strikeouts.  —  The 33-year-old Hernandez (1-4 …

‘You owe it to the game’: Yelich driven to show last year was anything but luck  —  CHICAGO — By winning the National League MVP Award last season, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich set expectations for what's next for him on their collective head.

Contreras homers in 15th, Cubs beat Brewers 2-1  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras homered in the 15th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.  —  Contreras turned on a 1-2 pitch from Burch Smith (0-1), sending a long shot to left field that gave Chicago its 11th win in 13 games.

D-backs fail to get big hit, bullpen struggles again in loss to Braves  —  PHOENIX — On Star Wars Night, you do or do not.  There is no try.  And the D-backs did not despite coming close, as they dropped their second straight game of their four-game series with the Atlanta Braves, 6-4.

Lifeless bats doom Cardinals in another loss to Pirates  —  The good news, after Saturday's repeat 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium, was that the Cardinals somehow still were leading the National League in team batting average,

The new Greg Maddux?  A healthy Hyun-Jin Ryu comes close  —  LOS ANGELES — It took Hyun-Jin Ryu 93 pitches to complete a shutout against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.  —  On 58 of those pitches, his catcher, Russell Martin, barely moved his glove.  —  Martin is a veteran of 14 major league seasons.

Dayton Moore says early season adversity has put Royals in position to win more  —  The Royals reached the first benchmark of the season, and the results thus far haven't been awe-inspiring or even overly encouraging.  Depending on your point of view, how the Royals arrived at their current circumstances …

Tigers-Twins Preview  —  After getting shut out in back-to-back games, the  —  Detroit Tigers broke loose for five home runs while splitting Saturday's doubleheader with the  —  Minnesota Twins.  —  Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire is hoping that offense will carry over into Sunday's finale …

Yankees demote pitcher |  Chad Green called up (UPDATED)  —  The Yankees said they called up righty Chad Green.  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Lefty pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. finally made his Yankees debut — and he was immediately used as a sacrificial lamb and tossed back to the minors after a 7-2 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.