Jorge Montanez breaks down the last week in saves and middle relievers on the rise in the latest closer report.

Rookie J.C. Escarra hit a pinch-hit walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning Wednesday night as the New York Yankees earned ...

Umpires_Home, Sean Barber; First, James Hoye; Second, D.J. Reyburn; Third, John Libka. T_2:08. A_12,328 (38,427).

Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings and Jeremy Peña homered and drove in four runs as the Houston Astros defeated the ...

MILWAUKEE - The ball bounced up the third-base line, threatening to prolong a vintage performance. Framber Valdez had just ...

Hunter Brown may have already supplanted Framber Valdez as the ace of the Astros’ starting pitching rotation considering he’s ...

Playing without four of their top position players, the Brewers fell behind early and never threatened the Astros in a 9-1 ...

2000 — Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hits his 12th home run of the season, against the San Francisco Giants. The ...

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The Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers wrap up a 3-game interleague series Wednesday at American Family Field.

Framber Valdez (1-4, 4.39 ERA, 37 strikeouts) vs. Quinn Priester (1-0, 5.79 ERA, 17 strikeouts) Framber Valdez was 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, and 169 strikeouts in 176.1 innings last year. Last ...

The road-weary Houston Astros will turn to left-hander Framber Valdez as they try to salvage the final game of the three-game series against the host Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.