CLEVELAND (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo is out of the lineup for Cleveland’s game against Kansas City with an injury to his left hamstring.Manager Manny Acta said there’s no timetable for Choo’s return, but he doesn’t expect Cleveland’s right fielder will go on the disabled list.“Our medical staff feels that it’s a mild type thing,” Acta said. “He showed up today feeling a lot better.”The outfielder was replaced by a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of Tuesday’s game. Manager Manny Acta said after the g

PITTSBURGH (AP) ― Carlos Gonzalez shielded his eyes from the sun and stuck out his glove.The way things have been going for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first three weeks of the season, having the Colorado left fielder make a catch with his eyes closed wouldn’t have been out of the question.For once, the ball hit the ground. And for once, the Pirates didn’t let the good fortune go to waste.Nate McLouth’s RBI double skipped just under Gonzalez’s outstretched mitt, sparking a five-run rally t

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The complexity of the Roger Clemens perjury retrial showed itself in many ways Monday ― before a jury that knows little about baseball.The prosecutor’s hour-long opening statement was a rambling hodgepodge of dates and anecdotes that attempted to portray the seven-time Cy Young Award winner as a man who told lies and “other lies to cover up lies.” A ruling was issued about Clemens’ former teammate Andy Pettitte: He can testify about taking human growth hormone, but can’t say wh

OAKLAND, California (AP) ― Tyson Ross was right at home with family and friends enjoying a birthday celebration and making his second start of the season. His teammates helped give him the best gift of all.Seth Smith hit a two-run homer, helping Ross get his first win in nearly a year as the Oakland Athletics avoided a series sweep with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.“I always seem to end up pitching on my birthday,” said Ross, celebrating his 25th birthday. “This was definit

SEATTLE (AP) ― Philip Humber, who underwent Tommy John surgery seven years ago, threw the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.It was baseball’s 21st perfect game and first since Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw one against the Florida Marlins on May 29, 2010. It was the third in White Sox history, joining Mark Buehrle against Tampa Bay on July 23, 2009, and Charles Robertson against Detroit on

BOSTON (AP) ― Jaime Gutierrez flew all the way from his home in El Salvador to attend Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary celebration.“It’s a dream come true,” the 28-year-old Red Sox fan said. “Let’s just say I can scratch it off my bucket list.”Bill “Spaceman” Lee came from a more distant place ― somewhere north of normal ― to the ball park where he made his name as a pitcher in the late 1960s and 1970s with a penchant for speaking his counter-culture mind. “I’ve been around this park when it was

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Travis Hafner gave a powerful reminder of what he’s meant to the Cleveland Indians.Hafner hit one of the longest home runs in Kauffman Stadium history, Shelley Duncan homered and drove in three runs and the Indians romped past the Kansas City Royals 13-7 Sunday for a three-game sweep.Casey Kotchman and Jason Kipnis homered on consecutive pitches for Cleveland in the eighth inning.For the first time in the Indians’ 111-year history, they scored at least eight runs in

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo sat at his locker in the Indians clubhouse, the bruise on the outside of his right knee just larger than a baseball and turning every shade of red and blue imaginable.“It’s nothing,” he said with a smile.Driving in the winning runs must have made the pain go away in a hurry.After getting hit by a pitch early in the game, Choo delivered a two-out double in the 10th inning Saturday night that sent Cleveland to an 11-9 victory over Kansas City ― despite bl

DETROIT (AP) ― Last week, the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to win against Mariano Rivera.On Wednesday, they beat Justin Verlander ― after the Detroit ace had looked untouchable for most of the afternoon.“They are never going to give up,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “Say what you want about this team, but they play nine hard innings.”Ben Zobrist hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the top of the ninth, and Tampa Bay scored four runs in its final at-bat to beat Verlander and the Tigers, 4-2. Verlander

Lotte Giants say adding the Dinos will make the league less competitiveA plan to expand the country’s top baseball league from the current eight teams to nine next year has been halted with the sport’s governing body failing to reach an agreement on Tuesday.The NC Dinos, who currently play in the second division league, were seeking approval from the Korea Baseball Organization to become the league’s ninth team.The KBO’s board of directors, comprised of presidents of the current eight teams, gat