Junior Spivey

Cubs let scoring chances go to waste This is how bad things are going for the Cubs: They lost to Tony Armas Jr. at Wrigley Field. What's so bad about that? Well, Armas hadn't won a road game since April 10, 2003, when the Nationals were known as the...

Before Oliver Perez imploded again today, the bullpen trio of Frankie Rodriguez, J.J. Putz and Sean Green had a tuneup on Field 4. School was in session as the Mets' front office had dozens of their low-level minor leaguers camped......

The immutable law of averages, which seemed to favor the Cubs in Friday's marathon 14-inning victory over Arizona, came back to pay its respects to the visiting Diamondbacks on Saturday. "As good as I felt [Friday] night, I feel just as bad today,"...

Byung-Hyun Kim struck out Sammy Sosa with runners on second and third to end the game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cubs 3-2 Friday night. Rather than intentionally walk the dangerous Sosa, the Diamondbacks decided to pitch to him because of...

Joe Girardi hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth Sunday as the Cubs beat Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2, despite losing Sammy Sosa in an outfield collision. The loss ended Arizona's eight-game winning streak. Alex Gonzalez led off the ninth...

After getting shelled Tuesday night at Houston in his worst outing of the year, Matt Clement was determined to make amends Sunday at Bank One Ballpark. "I was pretty upset with myself after that game in Houston," Clement said. "To come out here and...

Teams listed in order of 2002 finish Arizona Diamondbacks Manager: Bob Brenly. 2002: 98-64, 1st; lost to St. Louis in first round. Payroll: $94 million. Rotation: Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Elmer Dessens, John Patterson, Byung-Hyun Kim. Meat...

The 2003 salaries for the 827 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and...

The names on the backs of their uniforms have been removed and a few of the faces have changed, but the Cubs' collapse in their home opener Friday was eerily similar to the final week of the 2004 season. Kerry Wood's gutsy performance went to waste,...