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Kevin Youkilis needs back surgery and Mark Teixeira has returned to the 15-day disabled list with an aching right wrist, the latest injury setbacks for the depleted New York Yankees.>> They come back for a bit, then they're gone again. So it goes for the New York Yankees and many of their ailing stars this season.>> Home runs are few and far between at the College World Series these days, which made Brian Holberton's first-inning shot all the more important for North Carolina.>> Home runs are few and far between at the College World Series these days, which made Brian Holberton's first-inning shot all the more important for North Carolina.>> Brian Holberton homered, freshman Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1 national seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory over LSU on Tuesday.>> Brian Holberton homered, freshman Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1 national seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory over LSU on Tuesday.>> The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" series.>> The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" series.>> Will Venable made an incredible catch to save San Diego, pinch-hitting pitcher Andrew Cashner drove in the go-ahead run with a perfectly executed safety squeeze in the 13th inning, and the Padres extended their...>> Andrew Cashner provided quite the thrilling warmup for his Tuesday start against San Francisco: a tiebreaking bunt as a pinch hitter in the 13th inning Monday night.>> Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Dillon Gee, giving the Atlanta Braves a stunning 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in a game that was delayed nearly four hours by rain.>> The Atlanta Braves waited a long time to get going.>> Todd Frazier wasn't going to let left-hander Francisco Liriano get another fastball by him. He guessed right and hit one a long way.>> Todd Frazier wasn't going to let left-hander Francisco Liriano get another fastball by him. He guessed right and hit one a long way.>> Nelson Cruz homered twice, A.J. Pierzynski drove in three runs and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with an 8-7 win over the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics on Monday night.>> Nelson Cruz thrust his right arm into the air and shouted out in relief while running the bases after hitting his second homer of the night for the Texas Rangers.>> Max Scherzer has shrugged off the significance of his undefeated start, saying records are fluky statistics for pitchers and that he's simply playing for a good team.>> Max Scherzer has shrugged off the significance of his undefeated start, saying records are fluky statistics for pitchers and that he's simply playing for a good team.>> Oregon State used a seven-run fourth inning to break open the game against mistake-prone Louisville, and the Beavers stayed alive in the College World Series with an 11-4 victory on Monday.>> It's one down and three to go for Oregon State.>>
by Spokane Indians
The old saying goes that baseball is a game of inches. Never was that statement more readily apparent than Tuesday night at Avista Stadium, as the Indians saw a close game unravel at the seams in a 7-1 loss to the Canadians.
Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth, shortstop Nick Urbanus missed a home run by less than a foot, as his line drive ricocheted off the wall just to the left of The Black Book Depot. Designated hitter Preston Beck followed with a cue shot off the end of the bat that hugged the third base line before rolling foul at the last moment. Instead of runners at second and third and one out, Spokane's rally died as Beck popped out and rightfielder Royce Bolinger flied to center to end the inning.
First baseman Ryan Rua knotted the game at one the next inning with a towering home run over the Gus Johnson Ford sign in left field, leaving the crowd in awe with a shot that seemed destined to land in the neighboring zip code.
Unfortunately for the Indians, the inches between a glove and a ball, not the feet in Rua's home run would decide the game. After a double from Balbino Fuenmayor and a walk to Kellen Sweeney, Indians reliever Taylor Dennis (0-1) induced what looked like an inning-ending groundball from Vancouver's Daniel Arcila. The inning didn't end though, as the ball slipped through the legs of second baseman Cam Schiller and into right field, where a throwing error from Bolinger compounded the damage, allowing two runs to score and opening the floodgates to another painful loss.
Starter Eric Brooks pitched two scoreless innings in his professional debut, and Shawn Blackwell and Cody Kendall provided five more frames of one-run ball.
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