Fernando Abad

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Harper's flinch helps Giants beat Nats SAN FRANCISCO -- Nobody has ever seen a ghost at AT&T Park, but one sure scared Bryce Harper on Tuesday night. The Washington Nationals' sensational young...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals' West Coast trip likely will be remembered for two incidents involving players experiencing difficulties with immovable objects. First, on May 13, Bryce Harper ran...

LHP Fernando Abad has pitched well enough at Triple-A Syracuse (1.06 ERA in 17 appearances) to warrant a promotion to the big club. However, Abad was added to the Nationals roster Tuesday because he does something no one else currently in the Washington...

(Updated: "answered" to "scored" in 5th graph) Giants 4, Nationals 2 (10): Pablo Sandoval blasted a two-run homer off Yunesky Maya in the 10th inning and host San Francisco rallied for its second straight win over Washington after Gregor Blanco tied the...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL ****HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL**** District 1B Summit (25-1) vs. Rosholt (15-10) at Waubay, 7 p.m. District 2B Warner (29-0) vs. Northwestern (23-7) at Aberdeen Civic Arena, 7 p.m. District 5B Highmore-Harrold (18-...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Garrett Jones and Neil Walker hit back-to-back homers off the right-field foul pole to ignite Pittsburgh’s offense and the Pirates beat the Houston Astros 11-2 on Monday night.   James McDonald pitched seven effective...

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TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Wisconsin at Michigan, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Temple at Duke, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Virginia at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Purdue at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Baylor at Missouri, 8 p.m. (ESPN2); Kansas...

NEW YORK (AP) - The 2011 salaries for the 844 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing...