Anthony T Iorio

Alcides Escobar drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Kansas City Royals completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 7-6 win on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.Eric Hosmer got the rally started with a single leading off the frame, moved to second on a

Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker has fended off four challengers in a Republican primary to win his party's nomination for a second term.

Mitch Moreland provided a go-ahead, pinch-hit single as part of a four-run seventh inning to lift the Rangers over the Angels, 15-9, in the finale of a four-game set on Thursday.With the game locked at 8-8, Michael Young singled off David Carpenter (1-2) to start the seventh before finding second

Josh Hamilton drove in four runs and the Rangers offense bailed out Ryan Dempster in his Texas debut in a 15-9 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.

Alcides Escobar's RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning gave the Kansas City Royals a 7-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released outfielder Scott Podsednik on Thursday after he declined his assignment to Triple-A Reno.Podsednik and reliever Matt Albers were acquired from Boston at the trade deadline on Tuesday for reliever Craig Breslow

Japan's financial regulator disciplined the brokerage unit of Nomura Holdings Inc. Friday with a "business improvement order" for its role in leaks of insider information, reports said.

Japan's Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604.TO) to improve its operations after a string of insider trading cases that have put Japan's biggest brokerage under scrutiny over the past few months.