Alexi Amarista

MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Jordan Zimmermann was not able to get his eighth win of the season Saturday, but he remains the hottest starting pitcher in the Nationals' stacked rotation. Zimmermann, still the National League...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH For Tim Stauffer, it's almost like starting over. The Padres promoted the right-hander from Triple-A Tucson on Friday, beating a June 1 deadline when Stauffer could have become a free...

Padres 2, Nationals 1: Yonder Alonso homered and Eric Stults tossed eight strong innings as San Diego edged visiting Washington. Alexi Amarista broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth when he scored from second base on Everth Cabrera’s one-out single to...

The Sports Xchange Padres take advantage of Zimmermann's mistakes SAN DIEGO -- Everth Cabrera was looking for a fastball. Jordan Zimmermann threw him a cutter. "It was more like a slider, a baby cutter," Cabrera said. "But he missed his spot. And I put...

MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Catcher Yasmani Grandal's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's policy prohibiting performance-enhancing drugs ends May 28. Grandal will be allowed to start playing for Triple-A...

As if the pitching-thin Angels need another reminder of what might have been, there it is, on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated, New York Mets ace Matt Harvey, the one who got away. The Angels picked Harvey in the third round in 2007 knowing...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Everth Cabrera heard them. High behind the Padres dugout at Camden Yards on Tuesday night was a group of fans wearing Padres caps chanting "Nicaragua, Nicaragua" every time Cabrera...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Stephen Strasburg had quite the homecoming. Pitching in front of about 50 family members and friends, Strasburg lasted a career-high eight innings against his hometown Padres to snap a seven-start winless streak, and Bryce Harper...

The Sports Xchange By Forrest Lee, The Sports Xchange Nationals 6, Padres 2 SAN DIEGO -- Stephen Strasburg's first professional outing in his hometown against the San Diego Padres was a success. Adam LaRoche and Bryce Harper homered, and Strasburg...

The Sports Xchange By Forrest Lee, The Sports Xchange Nationals beats Padres, Strasburg enjoys successful homecoming SAN DIEGO -- Stephen Strasburg said he didn't have Thursday circled on his calendar. "I didn't even know if I was going to pitch here,...

OF Alexi Amarista tallied his third multi-double game of the season Wednesday, equaling a career high. Amarista drove two balls deep to the right-center gap in his first two at-bats, one hopping over the fence for a ground-rule double and the other...

Stephen Strasburg on Thursday will pitch for the first time in his hometown when the Washington Nationals visit the much-improved San Diego Padres, but the last thing Strasburg needs is another distraction. Strasburg hasn't won in seven starts - the...