Sweet!  Harper's hitting streak hits 16 games  —  ATLANTA — The beat goes on for Bryce Harper.  —  The Nationals' first-round Draft pick singled in the third inning on Thursday night to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.  —  Harper lined a single to right field off Delmarva Shorebirds …

Beltran's 3 HRs Power Mets to 9-5 Win Over Rockies  —  DENVER (AP) — Carlos Beltran delivered three big blows and fueled a New York Mets offense that was missing some of its biggest bats.  —  Beltran hit a career-high three homers and drove in six runs to help the Mets beat scuffling Ubaldo Jimenez …

Agent puts kibosh on Royals locking up Hosmer  —  Agent Scott Boras on Thursday shot down any hopes the Kansas City Royals had of signing burgeoning star Eric Hosmer  —  to a long-term extension, telling Yahoo! Sports he expects massive increases in television revenue to change the landscape of salaries in baseball.

Orioles Rally to Beat Mariners 2-1 in 12 Innings  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — J.J. Hardy singled in two runs in the 12th inning Thursday night, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 for a three-game sweep.  —  After Seattle scored the game's first run in the top half of the 12th …

Selig on Dodgers: ‘The outcome is not predetermined’  —  Commissioner Bud Selig met with reporters Thursday in New York at the conclusion of baseball's quarterly owners' meeting.  Selig met on Wednesday with Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, who said he had impressed upon Selig the urgency …

A big relief for bullpen  —  Night off lone bright spot  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  “It's exciting,” Francona said.  “He's not going to be short on energy.  Yeah, it's OK.  I think we were kind of looking for a place to play him.”

Dodgers' finale in Pittsburgh canceled by rain  —  No makeup date set after delay of two hours, 22 minutes  —  PITTSBURGH — Jon Garland had no-hit stuff Thursday night, for the two innings the Dodgers-Pirates game lasted.  —  But after a rain delay of two hours and 22 minutes with the Dodgers ahead …

CNBC: Cohen wants 49% of Mets for $200M, ASAP  —  Earlier today, Kate Kelly issued the following report on air for CNBC: … Earlier this week, the New York Post and New York Times both reported that Cohen was the front-runner to buy in to the team's Ownership.

Everything messed up for John Lackey  —  Right-hander back in major rut  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  TORONTO — This is not an easy time to be John Lackey.  Last night against the Blue Jays, he submitted his fourth horrible start in seven tries, allowing nine runs on nine hits in 62⁄3 innings.

Torres, Huff help Giants rally past Diamondbacks again for win  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Andres Torres delivered the go-ahead RBI double, Aubrey Huff hit a tying home run and the San Francisco Giants rallied from three runs down for a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.