Doug Slaten

Although the Orioles are focused on adding a starter and a hitter by Tuesday’s non-waiver trade deadline, they are asking about left-handed relievers in the trade market as well, according to multiple industry sources. With one of the best bullpens...

Orioles catcher Matt Wieters didn't start Friday night's game against theOakland A's, but it wasn't because he is mired in a 1-for-30 slump. Wieters was held out of the lineup because of a tight right bicep muscle. "We want to make sure we can get that...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Melky Cabrera hit his eighth homer of the season, Ryan Theriot drove in two runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Friday night.   Barry Zito (7-6) survived five eventful innings to win for the...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Needing just a sacrifice bunt or a sacrifice fly, the Pittsburgh Pirates failed to execute the fundamentals.   Ty Wigginton and Carlos Ruiz homered to back Vance Worley and the Philadelphia Phillies held on for a 5-4 victory...

Starting pitcher Daniel Cabrera threw seven impressive innings but the Indianapolis Indians couldn't make an early lead stand up and had to rally late, taking an eighth-inning lead when Brandon Boggs scored on a wild pitch, before eventually beating the...

The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level. Ryan Sherriff (Glendale Community College, 2011) Palm Beach Cardinals starting pitcher: Sherriff made his season and Florida State League debut with the Class-A Advanced...

After nine straight scoreless frames, during which both teams stranded nine runners and the Tribe saw three runners thrown out at the plate, Indians right fielder Alex Presley ripped a triple with one out in the 15th inning before trotting home on a walk-...

For his lights-out play with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians this season, Doug Slaten was rewarded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with a call-up back to Major League Baseball on Monday. On Tuesday, the former Glendale Community College player appeared to...

Steve Pearce was just hoping to find a new team by mid-June before he had to embark on a 13-game road odyssey with his minor league club. Instead, of busing around the bushes with a Triple-A squad without a home, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, Pearce...

Doug Slaten, a former Glendale Community College player, will look to add a third Major League Baseball team to his resume after signing a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday. The terms of the agreement have not been finalized,...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Cincinnati at Connecticut, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Seton Hall at Villanova, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Indiana at Nebraska, 6 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Texas at Kansas State, 8 p.m. (ESPN2); Oklahoma State at Iowa State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU);...

The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. FORMER PREP STANDOUT AN ALL-TIME GREAT In his days at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Flintridge Prep graduate Ramses Barden put up some mind-spinning numbers and garnered a cavalcade of...