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Marlins SP Mark Hendrickson required 109 pitches to get through 4 1/3 innings Thursday against the Brewers but allowed only one run. He gave up seven hits and two walks, striking out one, but didn't factor in the decision. The game took 3 hours, 19 minutes, largely because Hendrickson struggled. "I apologize to everybody for the pace of play," Hendrickson said. "That was a long game. I wasn't trying to make it long. I've never really had an outing like that. Nothing was working. I was trying anything and everything, and it was a struggle. But to get out of it with them scoring only one run, I'm going to take that as a positive."

Brewers SP Carlos Villanueva allowed seven runs in five innings Thursday at Florida to suffer his fourth loss and remain winless since his first start of the season April 4. His ERA rose to 6.46. "I didn't feel bad," he said after allowing 10 hits and two walks and recording six strikeouts. "I don't think I should look at the scoreboard tonight and watch me give up seven runs. I don't feel like I pitched that way. But that's the way it's going right now."

Rays OF Gabe Gross continued to see regular at-bats Thursday at Toronto and connected for his second home run in four games. He finished 2-for-6 with two RBI, raising his batting average to .197.

Though C Dioner Navarro got most of the fanfare with his clutch grand slam, Rays OF Carl Crawford technically won Thursday's game at Toronto with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 13th inning. He finished 2-for-5 with an RBI and his ninth stolen base.

In a game closer Troy Percival blew in the ninth inning, Rays C Dioner Navarro connected for a grand slam in the top of the 13th, propelling the Rays to a 8-3 victory Thursday at Toronto. He finished the game 3-for-6 with a double and two runs scored. His homer was his first of the season and his second career grand slam.

A's owner Lew Wolff made his first trip to the team's facility in the Dominican Republic this week, accompanied by fellow owner John Fisher and general manager Billy Beane. Wolff came away impressed with the team's staff at the complex, saying, "It's a...

It would be easy to forget Andrew Brown's strikeout of Jarrod Saltalamacchia on Saturday. The whiff came in the ninth inning of Oakland's 6-3 loss to Texas and did not influence the game's outcome - but it illustrated why A's catcher Kurt Suzuki has become an...

Joba Chamberlain was overly excited when he struck out David Dellucci to end the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium on Thursday. Joba pumped his fist in excitement and it didn't sit well with the Indians.