... outstanding move," closer Ryan Franklin said. "It can't do anything but help us." DeRosa cost the Cardinals Chris Perez, who's expected to join the Indians bullpen Monday, and a player to be named. Perez had seven saves last year ...

... was a baserunning mistake," the manager said. Mark DeRosa, acquired Saturday night from the Indians for reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named, batted cleanup for the Cardinals and had three groundouts and a walk for the Cardinals ...

JUPITER, Fla. Tony La Russa could go with one of the hard-throwing kids: Chris Perez or Jason Motte. There's also Ryan Franklin, who had 17 saves in 25 chances last year when he took over from Jason Isringhausen ...

... to his liking, and that's a pretty broad category. After striking out three times earlier Friday, Soriano golfed Chris Perez's low slider into the left-field bleachers for a two-run, eighth-inning homer to give the Chicago Cubs an 8 ...

... inning, belting a two-run shot to finish an at-bat that featured two of Daniel Cabrera's four wild pitches. Chris Perez (1-1) got the last two outs of the eighth inning for the win. Ryan Zimmerman homered, extending his hitting streak ...

... Cardinals struggled again. Cincinnati loaded the bases with two outs in the 10th against Blaine Boyer. Right-hander Chris Perez came on and got pinch-hitter Paul Janish to foul out, picking up his first save in two chances this season. - Advertisement ...

... was a big one. The right-hander whiffed Brandon Jones with the potential tying run at second base before reliever Chris Perez struck out David Ross to end the threat. St. Louis (14-6) assured itself of keeping at least a share of the NL ...

... first time since 2006 and beat them for the first time since a 12-0 shutout July 7, 2004 when he was with the Twins. Chris Perez allowed a hit in the ninth. Luke Hochevar (0-2) retired the first two hitters in the first before running into ...

... remarks from the previous day. "We'd have some fun." The Cardinals have been leaning on 22-year-old rookie Chris Perez since demoting Jason Isringhausen for the second time this year. Perez had six straight saves before blowing two straight ...

... innings. He walked one and struck out five. The Marlins scored twice in the eighth to pull within 5-4. Reliever Chris Perez got Josh Willingham to ground into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded. Glaus hit an RBI double in ...