Angels' sixth straight loss comes on same night Pujols tops Ruth on Elias RBI list  —  ANAHEIM, Calif.-There was a time not long ago when Angels starting pitcher Trevor Cahill was thought of as groundball specialist.  His 54.9% career groundball rate entering Saturday's game against the Seattle Mariners …

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge injures side during win over Royals  —  All-Star slugger Aaron Judge hurt his left oblique while taking a swing and likely was headed to the injured list as the already banged-up New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Saturday.

Corey Kluber, Indians down Atlanta Braves 8-4 in opener of doubleheader  —  Max Moroff homered and had two RBIs for Cleveland, which won its fourth straight.  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Kluber bounced back from one of his worst outings in recent years by working seven innings …

Rays place Meadows on IL, activate Wendle  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right thumb.  —  Meadows was hurt when he awkwardly slid into third base on a two-run triple in the seventh inning of Saturday night's 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox.

Cardinals' Martinez to have ‘unleash the hounds’ bullpen session Monday  —  Carlos Martinez, recovering from a shoulder problem, will have one more bullpen session, an extended one Monday afternoon before he likely will be sent to the Cardinals' spring training base in Jupiter, Fla., to face hitters next weekend.

Reds top tumbling Padres, 4-2  —  SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres are officially, statistically just ordinary.  —  If not for the fact they had been so much more for a couple weeks, playing so extraordinarily in San Diego and St. Louis and San Francisco and Phoenix, mediocre might be an achievement …

Baseball roundup: Greinke dominates as D'backs beat Cubs  —  Zack Greinke pitched three-hit ball over six innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks supported him with three home runs in a 6-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.  —  Greinke (3-1) won for the third time in four starts since …

Mets can solve Jacob deGrom injury saga with simple solution  —  ST. LOUIS — This is so easy, even the Mets can do it.  —  Get the MRI exam for Jacob deGrom come Monday.  Don't mess with baseball nature.  —  The saga of deGrom's elbow soreness took another strange turn Saturday …

Rosario, Twins go deep to sweep Orioles, 6-5 and 16-7  —  Eddie Rosario extended his power surge with three home runs in a doubleheader sweep by the  —  Minnesota Twins, who slammed a record-tying eight long balls against the  —  Baltimore Orioles in a 16-7 victory Saturday night after hitting three in the opener.

Royals sent Glenn Sparkman to Triple-A, more moves on horizon  —  One day after the Yankees chased Royals starting pitcher Heath Fillmyer from the game after four innings, the Royals optioned relief pitcher Glenn Sparkman to Triple-A Omaha.  —  Sparkman pitched three innings (74 pitches) …

Harper, Phillies outlast Rockies in Denver  —  Bryce Harper homered, Phil Gosselin drove in three runs with a double, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 8-5 in Denver on Saturday night.  —  Andrew McCutchen also homered and Rhys Hoskins had three hits for the Phillies.

Amid plunking debate, MLB's marketing is all-in on bat flips  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When Tim Anderson spiked his bat and yelled toward his White Sox teammates, Major League Baseball's self-described “spicy” Twitter account was among the first to weigh in.  —  “LET THE KIDS PLAY,” proclaimed @Cut4 …

Iowa Cubs pitcher Trevor Clifton finds peace, quiet and affordability in his tiny house  —  Trevor Clifton pulls out his key, gets on the back of a trailer and walks across the metal platform to a door.  —  That door marks the start of about 104 square feet of wooden housing.

Cubs pitcher Tyler Chatwood makes first start in series finale against the Diamondbacks  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Tyler Chatwood makes a spot start Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field as the Cubs and Diamondbacks square off in the series finale.  —  Chatwood has a 6.00 ERA in four relief outings …