Miguel Montero

MIAMI For the 15th time this season, the Marlins were limited to five hits or fewer in Sunday’s series finale against the Diamondbacks. Unlike most of the previous 14 occasions, they made one of the hits count. Marcell Ozuna’s one-out, two-...

The Sports Xchange By Jonathan Dalton, The Sports Xchange Diamondbacks 3, Phillies 2 PHOENIX -- Miguel Montero homered off the right-field foul pole leading off the eighth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on...

PHOENIX — Miguel Montero homered off the right-field foul pole leading off the eighth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory. Martin Prado had an RBI single and...

The Dodgers’ rotation had been a major strength through their first 10 games of the season. All but one starter, anyway. It’s not that Josh Beckett was stinking it up, just that he wasn’t quite in the same category as Clayton Kershaw,...

PHOENIX — Like Clayton Kershaw two days earlier, Josh Beckett was masterful on the mound at Chase Field. And like Kershaw, Beckett didn't get a single run of support from the Dodgers' high-priced lineup. Beckett gave up a ninth-inning single to...

  PHOENIX (AP) — Since his days at Notre Dame ended and he turned pro, A.J. Pollock had rarely hit a home run and never two in a game.   He was a slugger on Wednesday, though, knocking two over the left-field wall off Jonathan Sanchez to...

One thing to keep in mind about baseball: It's all good. Big-league baseball. Minor-league baseball. College baseball. Pony League baseball. Even, gasp, international baseball. While many North American fans dismiss the World Baseball Classic —...

Catcher Matt Wieters received most of Thursday’s game off — until he entered as a pinch hitter in the 13th inning and caught the top of the 14th. Manager Buck Showalter said he'd like to have his Gold Glove, All-Star catcher behind the...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Diamondbacks were flummoxed by Erik Bedard's dominance on Monday night.   They didn't get much help from him afterward, either. To Bedard, it was simple.   Bedard allowed two hits over seven innings, and the Pittsburgh...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Johnson homered in the eighth and ninth innings Tuesday night, giving him five in eight games since being acquired in a trade, to rally the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.   Johnson's...

1987 -- Jason Salwei pitched a no-hitter and struck out nine batters as the Aberdeen Smittys belted Ellendale, N.D., 27-0 in an American Legion baseball game shortened to five innings. 1992 -- Lynn Stugelmayer shot an 83 for a five-shot first-round lead...

Miguel Montero piled up three RBIs, driving in the go-ahead runs with a double in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Friday night. The Royals had pulled into a tie in the seventh before Kelvin Herrera (0-1)...