Tacoma posts its first series sweep since 2010

Clayton Kershaw retired 18 consecutive batters and struck out 12 in eight dominant innings, Carl Crawford homered twice against Kyle Lohse and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Sunday.

Kyle Lohse got an early jolt from Carl Crawford.

The San Francisco Giants played some regulars Sunday who might have otherwise rested after a night game and it still didn't keep their losing streak from reaching a season-high five games.

Injuries and errors are hurting the Chicago White Sox.

David Price had more problems with the home plate umpire than he had with the Chicago White Sox.

Brandon Jennings didn't play in the fourth quarter, and there's no telling if he'll ever play for the Milwaukee Bucks again.

Colorado Rockies manager Walt Weiss didn't realize his All-Star shortstop was hurt until he was told innings after the point.

Third baseman Manny Machado made a throwing error on a bunt in the 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics completed their comeback, beating the Baltimore Orioles 9-8 Sunday.

The ball felt good coming out of Mitchell Boggs' hand. Small consolation for the St. Louis Cardinals' reliever after another miserable outing that capped a dismal day for his team.

LeBron James can cross another item off his to-do list.

Adam LaRoche's slump is now at 26 hitless at-bats with strikeouts accounting for half the outs.

Chase Headley, Nick Hundley and Alexi Amarista homered off Ryan Vogelsong and the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco 6-4 Sunday for their first three-game sweep of the Giants since May 2010.

This one was a pitchers’ duel all the way and in the end, it was the Mariners prevailing, 2-1, on a Michael Morse home run to left off Angels starter Jason Vargas in the bottom of the eighth. That gives the Mariners three wins in four games here and their first series victory of the

Gerardo Parra tripled and scored twice, and Josh Wilson had a run-scoring double to help lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.

LSU cornerback Tharold Simon is in the same mold as current starting Seattle cornerbacks Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner, both of whom are big for the position. Simon is 6 feet 2, 202 pounds and plays a similar style. “I know they like tall, physical corners, and I’m a tall, physical

Jason Bay and Michael Morse hit solo home runs, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Sunday.

Kendrys Morales pinch-hits for Raul Ibanez and drives in go-ahead run to back eight strong innings from Felix Hernandez. Jesus Montero also hits a two-run home run.

Now that Ryan Howard has left town, the New York Mets can breathe a sigh of relief. They still need to find some offense, though.

John Lackey returned from the disabled list and pitched six solid innings, David Ortiz drove in two more runs and the Boston Red Sox matched a team record with its 18th win in April by beating the Houston Astros 6-1 Sunday for a four-game sweep.