San Diego Padres righthander Cha Seung Baek left Sunday game against the San Francisco Giants. After the second inning with a strained right triceps. Pitching with a 4-1 lead, Baek had given up one run, two hits and a pair of walks in two innings before his departure. —- Cardinals C Molina leaves game. St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier [...]

... be offended by in September to get the Dodgers into the postseason. Diamondbacks righthander Brandon Webb is having another Cy Young season. The ... the postseason picture. The crucial characters: Cubs righthander Ryan Dempster is about to set a career-high for ... after sundown games. The pipeline characters: Angels righthander Ervin Santana has emerged as one of the league's best starters. Francisco ...

... with John Baker. Matt Treanor is the odd-man out behind the plate. … 21-year-old rookie righthander Chris Volstad makes his first start against the Mets in the series opener. He's a 2005 ... the other lefthander in the bullpen, is primarily working as a long reliever after being displaced from the rotation. Righthander Joe Nelson has had success against lefty batters, too. … Ricky Nolasco snapped a MLB ...

... position as a WC contender. It will be no easy task beating the Cubs as the Chicago clubs sends its ace righthander Carlos Zambrano to the mound. Zambrano is 13-5 with a 3.53 ERA this season. The Astros will pin their hopes on Brandon Backe. The righthander is 9-12 with a 5.42 ERA in 2008.MLB Predictions Betting Line ...Online oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com has the ...

The Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium. Righthander Dana Eveland will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Eveland is 8-8 this season with a 4.21 ERA. The Royals will counter Eveland with Brian Bannister. Righthander [...]

... at potential acquisitions.Among the potential free agents is Koji Uehara, a 33-year-old righthander who was Hideki Matsui's teammate with Yomiuri for four years before the Yankees lured Matsui to New ... be a starter in the majors.Two other players who could make the move from Japan to the U.S. are righthander Kenshin Kawakami, a righthanded starter, and Hitoki Iwase, a lefthanded reliever, both of ...