(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Alex Gordon has been battling most of the season to raise his average above .200. Now he is the hottest hitter on the American League’s… Read more »

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press (DETROIT, AP) — Justin Verlander has been one of the hottest pitchers in baseball for the last six weeks. For most of Tuesday night, he… Read more »

(NEW YORK, AP) — Pitchers Miguel Medrano of Kansas City and Yonaiker Oropeza of Washington have been suspended 72 games each under baseball’s minor league drug program following positive tests… Read more »

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press (DETROIT, AP) — Ian Kennedy knew his good stuff was back by late July. He had nothing to show for it until Monday night, though. The… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Danny Duffy didn’t pitch quite as well as he did in his previous start — that would’ve been hard to match. He did plenty, though,… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) —€” Devon Travis has multiple hits in nine of his past 17 games. This one was different. Travis hit his second homer of the game in… Read more »

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., AP) — Edinson Volquez had focused between starts on doing better in the first inning. Things didn’t quite pan out as Volquez… Read more »