Giants score three in ninth to beat Braves 4-3  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Panik was fairly calm in the midst of his eight-pitch battle with Atlanta closer Luke Jackson.  A pair of stolen bases earlier in the ninth inning, including one by pinch-runner Mac Williamson that put the winning run …

What's going on with Yahoo's Mets app?  —  If negativity truly does sell, the Mets and Yahoo Sports should be working overtime to launch their overdue app, which was scheduled to debut on Opening Day.  —  In February, optimistic executives from Yahoo and Verizon, the website's parent company …

Zack Greinke trade rumors: Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher moved before MLB trade deadline?  —  Zack Greinke is having a very impressive season for the Arizona Diamondbacks.  —  The pitcher is 6-2 on the year with a 2.89 ERA.  He has allowed 53 hits and walked nine batters over 71 2/3 innings.

A's place slugger Khris Davis on IL after beating Indians  —  CLEVELAND (AP) Khris Davis' injury isn't getting better.  The Athletics won't let it get any worse.  —  Oakland's slugger was placed on the injured list after the A's extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.

Lynn guts it out, Calhoun injured and Mazara steals history in Rangers' 5-3 win  —  The Texas Rangers have won three consecutive games and are back at .500 after beating the Seattle Mariners 5-3 Tuesday night at Globe Life Park.  —  Lance Lynn had a season-high 11 strikeouts and improved …

Yelich (back) again out of lineup for Brewers  —  MILWAUKEE — NL MVP Christian Yelich has been scratched from Milwaukee's lineup against Cincinnati for a second consecutive day because of back spasms.  —  “He's improved today,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Wednesday.

Gary Sanchez repaying Yankee brass' faith in him with monster stretch at the plate  —  BALTIMORE — Gary Sanchez wasted no time on Tuesday.  After helping the Yankees scratch and claw their way back into Monday night's game — and then delivering the win with a ninth-inning, three-run shot …

‘Exactly a replay’: Diamondbacks lose again to Padres on sixth-inning home run  —  SAN DIEGO — No, that wasn't déjà vu.  It was just the Diamondbacks dropping a second straight game in eerily similar fashion.  —  For the second time in as many nights, the Diamondbacks' starting …

Royals erupt for six against Wacha in third inning for 7-0 lead  —  Kansas City received a break on a misplayed ball in the second inning to score a single unearned run against Michael Wacha.  —  However, the Royals certainly earned the six they scored in the third inning …

How Michael Brantley — MLB's best free-agent bargain — could swing the World Series  —  Some days, Michael Brantley thought the injuries were going to get the better of him, that they would zap what were supposed to be the prime years of his major league career.

Twins come alive late, run away for 8-3 victory over Angels  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - Sometimes the rallies are lightning strikes.  Sometimes they're slow boils.  The Minnesota Twins got both on Tuesday.  —  In the span of three pitches, the Twins turned a three-run deficit into a tie game.

How a 19-year-old prospect is turning the MLB draft upside down  —  For years, opponents of Major League Baseball's draft who believed it stifled the true value of players have hypothesized about ways to avoid its constraints.  Nineteen-year-old Carter Stewart is ready to test the viability …