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Right-hander Rodrigo Lopez has agreed to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves and will join the team in spring training.The 35-year-old was 7-16 with a 5.00 ERA with the Arizona Diamondbacks last season. He pitched 200 innings, the second-highest total of his career, in his first full season since elbow ligament-replacement surgery in 2007.Lopez, a native of Mexico, is 75-82 in nine seasons with five teams. He will try to make the Braves as the No. 5 starter.Atlanta's rotation includes Derek Lowe , Tim Hudson , Tommy Hanson and Jair Jurrjens. Mike Minor and Brandon Beachy are top candidates to be the No. 5 starter. Kris Medlen, recovering from elbow surgery, is expected to miss at least most of the season.The deal was announced Monday....
The Chicago Cubs can wrap up their second straight series game set from Wrigley Field .The Cubs won two of three meetings with the Reds from Aug. 5-7 in the Windy Ci...
The Cardinals continued their fall in the NL Central Saturday, and tonight they hope Jake Westbrook can put a stop to St. Louis' skid and avoid a sweep at Wrigley Fi...
It took escaping a bases-loaded jam in the 1, in their landmark 4,000th regular season victory at Wrigley Field .Rodrigo Lopez pitched six strong innings and Sean Ma...
Coming off a successful road trip, the NL Central-leading game series versus the Chicago Cubs tonight.Milwaukee went 5-2 on a seven-game trek, but lost two of the la...
It is tough to find silver linings in what has been a disastrous season for the Astros, but at least the club is getting a good look at some young players.After one ...
Improbably, the Pittsburgh Pirates ' offense had a bigger inning than it has had since May. Unlike he had all season, James McDonald made it through seven innings.Bu...
For the Chicago Cubs , the first half of their 10-game trip felt all too much like summer dog days for a team that had the NL's second-worst record when it started.A...
The St. Louis Cardinals have an alarming theme this season on offense: too many double plays.Matt Garza pitched seven sharp innings, Aramis Ramirez homered and the C...
Just two starts into his major league career, Astros rookie Henry Sosa is still learning how to pitch in crucial situations.Sosa's mistake to Geovany Soto in the six...
Geovany Soto had three hits and two RBIs and Kerry Wood earned his first save in over a year as the Chicago Cubs won for the 12th time in 15 games with a 4-3 win ove...
Alfonso Soriano hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 3-2 on Tuesday night, ending the Cardinals' run of 13 consecutive...
For once, the Cubs gave Matt Garza a little support at Wrigley Field. Turned out he didn't need much.Garza pitched seven sharp innings, Aramis Ramirez homered and Ch...
Justin Upton was 3 for 3 with two homers and six RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves overcame a bad start by Kris Medlen in a 17-10 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies o...
Wearing Mexican red-and-green instead of Los Angeles Dodgers' blue, Adrian Gonzalez knew the games were about to get a lot more significant for this time of year.Gon...
The Philadelphia Phillies signed veteran pitchers Juan Cruz and Aaron Cook to minor league contracts on Wednesday, with both players also receiving invitations to sp...
PHOENIX (AP) — Rodrigo Lopez wrapped up his phenomenal spring with a gem against the Chicago Cubs.The 34-year-old right-hander, a non-roster invitee who pitched his ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Justin Upton and Kelly Johnson homered to back eight strong innings by Rodrigo Lopez and help the Arizona Diamondbacks snap a seven-game losing streak...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Rodrigo Lopez made his strongest case yet for cracking the Arizona Diamondbacks rotation.The 34-year-old right-hander blanked Milwaukee on three...
The Chicago Cubs kept up their power surge Wednesday night, and it continued at Wrigley Field, too.Reed Johnson enjoyed the location most of all.Johnson, Alfonso Sor...