Jordy Mercer

Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Rangers (1): It's safe to say that Ron Washington's hitters enjoyed their weekend in Houston — 24 runs overall and three homers in every game. Their assault on Philip Humber Saturday was vicious. 2....

Today |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ GOLF| Hub City Invitational (Aberdeen Central, Mitchell, Pierre, Watertown), Lee Park, 10 a.m.   |YOUTH BASEBALL| |at North Complex| |Rookie Division| |Games start at 5:30 p.m.| Rangers vs. Padres (A); White...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates manager Clint Hurdle predicted that it wouldn't matter how well the Pirates swung the bat if Mariners ace Felix Hernandez did his thing.   For about four batters on Wednesday, Hurdle looked like he might be wrong....

It took a rare team meeting for the Washington Nationals to get what lately has been a rare victory when Stephen Strasburg starts. Strasburg struck out eight in seven innings and the Nationals won one of his outings for the first time since opening day...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A.J. Burnett allowed one run and struck out nine in seven shutout innings, and call-up Jordy Mercer hit a tiebreaker home run to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.  ...

A.J. Burnett doesn’t lead the major leagues in strikeouts. He just wants to and is awful close. “I’m trying to keep up with Yu Darvish, but he’s pretty filthy,” the Pittsburgh Pirates’ ace said of the Texas Rangers&...

Home has been anything but sweet to IronPigs starting pitchers this season — or to the IronPigs overall, for that matter. Indianapolis jumped on B.J. Rosenberg for three runs in the first four innings, then broke the game open with a four-run...

Notable: Josh Harrison scored three runs, one on a straight steal of home, and knocked in a run to lead Indianapolis (16-7) to a 5-1 win over the sliding IronPigs on Friday night at Victory Field in Indianapolis. Highlights: Harrison doubled off B.J....

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Sanchez pitched three strong innings and Garrett Jones and Ivan DeJesus Jr. each had two hits in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 3-2 exhibition victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.   Sanchez, the left-hander...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — It was ironic that Ivan DeJesus Jr. was the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting shortstop Tuesday when they routed Spain’s World Baseball Classic team 10-0. DeJesus was very conflicted before deciding to drop off Puerto...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Norwich City at Manchester United, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Louisville at Syracuse, 11 a.m. (CBS); Alabama at Florida, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Butler at Virginia Commonwealth, 11 a.m....

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Orioles hit a spring-high four homers off Pittsburgh Pirates pitching Friday afternoon in a 6-5 win at Ed Smith Stadium. It was the Orioles' sixth victory in seven  Grapefruit League games this spring. Second baseman Brian Roberts...