Johan Santana

As Jason Vargas headed out of the dugout after being lifted in the seventh inning Tuesday with a one-run lead at Rangers Ballpark, the veteran lefty raised a plea for his teammates that was perfectly understandable for a pitcher whose offense has left him...

As of Friday night, the Mets are no longer one of two teams without a no-hitter in their history, all thanks to Johan Santana. Teammates showered Santana with champagne in the dugout at CitiField following a 134-pitch effort to blank the St. Louis...

NEW YORK - Mike Baxter sacrificed his body for Johan Santana's no-hitter. Ramon Ramirez got hurt before he could even celebrate it. The first no-hitter in New York Mets history was costly: Baxter and Ramirez are headed to the disabled list, both injured...

Rookie Bryce Harper hit a game-winning single with two outs in the 12th inning to give the Washington Nationals a 7-6 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night. Scott Hairston hit a solo homer in the top of the 12th to give New York a 6-5 lead....

SAN FRANCISCO -- With the help of several outstanding defensive plays, Matt Cain threw the first perfect game in Giants franchise history Wednesday, striking out a career-high 14 batters as San Francisco blanked the Houston Astros 10-0. Cain's gem was...

Orioles entered this six-game road trip to National League parks on their hottest offensive tear of the season. Consider it cooled. Considerably. The Orioles lost 5-0 to the New York Mets on Tuesday, the second consecutive night in which they have...

There is a built-in explanation for why the Orioles suffered consecutive shutouts on Monday and Tuesday for the first time since 2005. The New York Mets' pitching. The Orioles had to face knuckleball extraordinaire R.A. Dickey  on Monday and then former...

The brick wall that the Orioles' offense has hit over the past eight games can be somewhat attributed to the quality of pitching it has faced. But as the missed opportunities — and goose eggs on the Camden Yards scoreboard — continue to mount,...

As surprises go, Philip Humber's not-so-perfect game against the Red Sox on Thursday wasn't exactly Chrysler making a comeback. Really, if you didn't see the bad start coming, you weren't looking at him. It's not his perfect game against the Mariners on...

DETROIT (AP) — Max Scherzer headed off the mound and toward the dugout, where manager Jim Leyland was waiting to offer a congratulatory handshake. After 15 strikeouts in seven innings, Scherzer’s day was done, and the only question was...

— Carlos Zambrano has maintained a look of contentment through all six starts in his first month with the Marlins. Often, on the mound, he appears to be smiling to himself. The right-hander known for his stormy past offered insight about what is...

Orioles left-hander Dana Eveland entered his Grapefruit League start Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays as a dark horse to make the team's starting rotation. While other pitchers have been working their inning counts into the teens, Eveland came...