Martín Maldonado celebrated Father's Day by wearing a blue necktie on his chest protector and had three hits to lift Kansas City over the Minnesota Twins 8-6 Sunday.
Nelson Cruz and C.J. Cron supplied the power for the team that leads the majors in home runs, as the Minnesota Twins topped the Seattle Mariners 10-5 on Thursday.
The Minnesota Twins signed Nelson Cruz to a one-year, $14.3 million contract that comes with a $12 million club option for 2020, formalizing the deal Wednesday.
The price of being a free-agent entertaining offers has gone up this off season to $17.9 million. The list of free-agents have a lot of big names with big prices.
Ranger's Ariel Jurado and Seattle's Marco Gonzales dueled it out on the mound and Ronald Guzman broke the tie lifting the Rangers to a 2-0 victory over the Mariners.
Astro's Josh James struck out seven and scattered four hits over 5 1/3 innings to help Houston eliminate the Mariners from AL West contention with a 7-0 victory.
Refusing to lose! Rookie pinch-hitter Daniel Vogelbach hit his first career grand slam two batters later, lifting the Mariners over the Houston Astros 4-1.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nelson Cruz has enjoyed plenty of success over the years against the Los Angeles Angels.
This season has been the best yet.
The veteran slugger hit a three-run homer, Mike Leake pitched seven strong innings and the Seattle Mariners started a 10-game road trip with an 8-2 victory over the Angels on Thursday night...
The Seattle Mariners mounted a comeback in the late innings with home runs for Kyle Seager and Nelson Cruz. It wasn't to be as the Padres again held on for the win.