When Houston's Marwin Gonzalez broke up Yu Darvish's perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning April 2, the first question many asked was: Who is Marwin Gonzalez?
Last week, Edwin Jackson couldn't throw a wrong pitch.
Even though the Chicago Cubs aren't in a pennant race, Bryan LaHair and Rodrigo Lopez have plenty to play for this year.
There were plenty of futile images from which John Lannan could choose to spend most of Saturday night reliving. A night that was supposed to be Lannan's first chance to become the fifth pitcher in Nationals history with a 10-win season devolved so quickly and in such an ugly fashion, the options of moments to forget were abundant.
The Houston Astros traded second baseman Jeff Keppinger to the San Francisco Giants for two Double-A pitchers on Tuesday. Houston also purchased the contract of infielder Jose Altuve from Double-A Corpus Christi, and Astros manager Brad Mills said he will get significant playing time at second base.
