Forum: American League East

Jason Hammel struggled to get loose on a chilly night and, with each inning dragging, never found a rhythm on the mound. It's largely why the...

For Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox, a brilliant April ended on a bad note. Edwin Encarnacion hit an upper-deck homer in the fifth inning, then...

Hiroki Kuroda has become quite adept at turning a rough start into an impressive outing. Kuroda settled in after a rocky start to pitch four-hit...

There will indeed be a role reversal in the Boston Red Sox bullpen for the foreseeable future. Joel Hanrahan, who began the season as the Sox closer,...

The New York Yankees put Kevin Youkilis on disabled list because of a lumbar spine sprain on Tuesday, adding to the Yankees' long list of injured...

David Price had more problems with the home plate umpire than he had with the Chicago White Sox. The 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner accused Tom...

There was a little tension in Fenway Park when John Lackey's return from the disabled list began with a 27-pitch first inning. Lackey quickly...

These no-name Yankees are making a name for themselves. Brennan Boesch and Lyle Overbay homered on knuckleballs from R.A. Dickey, and New York...

Matt Moore keeps piling up wins and his current run shows no sign of abating. Moore became the first Tampa Bay pitcher to win five games in April,...

David Ortiz has even run out of ways to talk about his red-hot return. Ortiz had two hits and three RBIs to extend his torrid start after a long...

Baltimore pitcher Chris Tillman was as surprised as anyone when manager Buck Showalter told him to grab a bat to hit in the seventh inning. The...

Hitting key home runs, that comes naturally to Travis Hafner. Legging out clutch triples, now that's a new trick. Hafner launched a three-run...

Wei-Yin Chen's longest start of his career was his most dominant. Chen, a Taiwan national, pitched eight stellar innings, giving up only two hits...

Ryan Dempster's 10 strikeouts were nearly overshadowed by the offensive support his teammates provided in his first win as a member of the Boston Red...

Yankees manager Joe Girardi shrugged his shoulders a few times, smirked some, too. He has no magic formula for his ballclub's winning ways despite an...

Nate McLouth's patience as the Baltimore Orioles' leadoff hitter is paying off nicely so far. The rest of the their lineup isn't doing too bad,...

Nothing was working for Hiroki Kuroda in the first two innings. By the time the right-hander was lifted after the sixth, he really had impressed his...

A week into his comeback from a long layoff, David Ortiz looks like his old self. Ortiz went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, boosting his...

Alex Cobb felt like the game was in good hands when he got pulled two outs from a potential shutout. Cobb scattered three hits over 8 1/3 innings,...

Big Papi almost looks as if he never missed all that time. He had two hits and drove in a run , Stephen Drew hit a two-run triple, and the Boston...

The Toronto Blue Jays bashed four home runs, then scored the decisive run without taking a swing. Jim Johnson walked Maicer Izturis with the bases...

Struggling Ichiro Suzuki came up big for the New York Yankees. Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning and the Yankees beat the...

After the Baltimore Orioles struck early against R.A. Dickey, the Toronto Blue Jays spent the rest of the night trying to overcome the deficit. ...

Chris Tillman and J.A. Happ matched zeros through five innings in a brilliant duel, and both of them ended up allowing only one run. Although...

Matt Moore made Tampa Bay history and helped the Rays extend their home-field dominance over the New York Yankees. Moore became the first Rays...