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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 MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH The Padres could be facing a keep-or-release decision on four players they signed last winter to minor league contracts. The four are currently with Triple-A Tucson and have opt-out...

The Sports Xchange By Elliott Smith, The Sports Xchange Amarista plays big part in Padres' 8-4 win BALTIMORE -- At 5 feet 7, Alexi Amarista has the slight build of a utility player, but Wednesday he showed that big things can come in small packages....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Alexi Amarista is one of the more intriguing players on the Padres. Known affectionately as "Little Ninja" among his teammates, Amarista checks in (optimistically) at 5-foot-5 and 150...

The Sports Xchange By Jeff Seidel, The Sports Xchange Cabrera delivers big ninth-inning hit for Padres BALTIMORE -- Everth Cabrera has been struggling at the plate recently, but the San Diego shortstop came through at the right time on Tuesday night....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Cleveland Indians - INSIDE PITCH At the start of the season, it was generally agreed that Ubaldo Jimenez was the key to the Indians' starting rotation. However Jimenez pitched in 2013, good or bad, it would likely...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Clayton Richard threw a three-inning simulated game Saturday afternoon at Tropicana Field just before Burch Smith's bad debut (six runs allowed in one inning plus seven hitters) in...

The Sports Xchange Rookie helps Yankees get split of doubleheader CLEVELAND -- In the first game of their doubleheader Monday, the New York Yankees held the Cleveland Indians to one run but lost, so in the second game, the Yankees did not allow the...

The Sports Xchange Yankees, Indians split doubleheader CLEVELAND -- In the first game of their doubleheader Monday the New York Yankees held the Cleveland Indians to one run but lost, so in the second game the Yankees did not allow the Indians to...

CLEVELAND -- In the first game of their doubleheader Monday, the New York Yankees held the Cleveland Indians to one run but lost, so in the second game the Yankees did not allow the Indians to score any runs. After losing the first game 1-0, New York...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Even before the Padres were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend in Florida, there were warning signs that their recent run of success -- 11-3 in the 14 games leading into...