... Marlins to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Hermida hit a 1-1 pitch from reliever Jason Motte (2-2) into the right-field seats for his first career game-winner homer. It came after Matt Lindstrom (2 ...

... competition for the closer job in spring training, and was the Indians' choice over fellow hard-throwing righty Jason Motte. The 34-year-old DeRosa will be a free agent after this year, but Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said ...

... added a sacrifice fly for a 3-1 lead. Tulowitzki hit his sixth homer, and first since May 10, in the sixth off Jason Motte for a three-run cushion. Molina singled in the fourth for his 500th career hit, and then doubled and scored on Ryan ...

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. Maybe it ...

... coming through. Wilson's three-run double on an 0-2 fastball capped a four-run ninth inning off hard-throwing Jason Motte, leading Pittsburgh to an opening 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. "That first one, he blew by me pretty ...

... 2-3 innings to earn the win. Kyle McClellan got the final two outs for his second career save in relief of rookie Jason Motte, who struggled again by giving up two hits to three batters to start the ninth. Carlos Lee went 3-for-4 with a ...

... Royals have lost 10 of 13 and dropped to .500 (21-21) for the first time since they were 10-10 on April 28. Jason Motte struck out pinch-hitters Willie Bloomquist and Billy Butler with runners on second and third to preserve a 2-0 lead ...

... at home when he tried to score on an errant throw to third. Beltran tagged up on Ramon Castro's fly to right off Jason Motte (1-0) and raced home when the ball rolled toward the unattended pitcher's mound. Instead of sliding, Beltran ...

... trying to get work in." St. Louis starter Joel Pineiro allowed two runs and six hits in four innings. Hard-throwing Jason Motte, a candidate to be the Cardinals' closer, retired four of five batters in the eighth and ninth innings for his third ...

... David Lintner after experiencing discomfort in his right shoulder while pitching Friday. ... St. Louis reliever Jason Motte pitched a scoreless 6th inning and lowered his ERA from 27.00 to 15.43. ... Wandy Rodriguez, scheduled to start ...