BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a grand slam on a monster night, leading Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees 14-1 Tuesday for their ninth straight victory.Betts went 4 for 4, scoring five runs and driving in four. His third career slam capped a nine-run burst in the sixth inning that turned the first matchup of the season between the AL East rivals into a rout.Sale (1-0) allowed one run in six innings, striking out eight. Luis Severino (2-1) gave up five runs in five innings.Aaron Judge had three hits for the Yankees, including his third home run of the season.Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton went 2 for 4. He struck out his first two times up against Sale, and has now fanned 22 times in 46 at-bats.GIANTS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit a bases-loaded single for his second walk-off of San Francisco's homestand.McCutchen lined the first pitch he got from Jorge De La Rosa (0-1) for a clean single into left-center, his 10th career game-ending... [More]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Saying he's not disappointed about being passed over as Arizona's opening day starter, Robbie Ray dominated a minor league game in his final spring training appearance on Sunday. And with that, he pronounced himself ready to build on his breakout 15-win season of a year ago.Ray struck out 12 with no walks in 6 1-3 innings against Colorado players from the high Class A ranks. He allowed two runs on five hits, including a two-run homer. He threw 86 pitches.Ray said his command was "really good.""Obviously it's tough when you go and play guys (on the back field) to get the adrenalin going, the same atmosphere that you're going to encounter in a big league game," he said, "but it went really well."When manager Torey Lovullo announced last week that Zack Greinke would not be ready to start on opening day, the obvious choice to replace him would've seemed to be Ray. Greinke was 17-7 with a 3.20 ERA and 215 strikeouts in 32 starts last season — Ray was 15-5 with a 2.89... [More]

A team-by-team look at the National League West entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:___Los Angeles DodgersManager: Dave Roberts (third season).2017: 104-58, first place, lost to Houston in World Series.Training Town: Glendale, Arizona.Park: Camelback Ranch.First Workout: Feb. 14/19.He's Here: OF Matt Kemp, RHP Tom Koehler.He's Outta Here: 1B Adrian Gonzalez, RHP Yu Darvish, LHP Scott Kazmir, RHP Brandon McCarthy, INF Charlie Culberson, OF Curtis Granderson, 2B Chase Utley, OF Andre Ethier.Going campin': The Dodgers returned to the World Series for the first time since winning it in 1988, only to lose to Houston in seven games. They topped 100 wins while earning a fifth straight NL West title. Clayton Kershaw is one of the elite pitchers in the game, a seven-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award winner. He begins the season with 144 career victories, 21 shy of Sandy... [More]

LHP Jorge De La Rosa, in a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth inning, struck out Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman to end the inning. De La Rosa has stranded each of his 22 inherited runners this season..

LHP Jorge De La Rosa made his final start of the season for the Rockies and very likely the last in his nine-year career with them. He gave up eight runs (seven earned) on seven hits and three walks, with a season-high-tying eight strikeouts, in 4 2/3 innings. He hit two batters in the second inning, the second time in his career he has done that.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa will make his final start of the season and most likely his Rockies career Tuesday.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa on Tuesday will make his final start of the season -- and most likely the last of his Rockies career -- when he faces St. Louis. Colorado then will go back to a five-man rotation in order to give RHP German Marquez his first three major league starts, beginning Wednesday.

RHP Jorge De La Rosa made his 12th career start against the Nationals on Saturday. He gave up three runs and eight hits with eight strikeouts in six innings.

RHP Jorge De La Rosa starts Saturday in Washington. He is 5-2 with a 3.92 ERA in 11 career starts against the Nationals and 3-0, 4.70 in four starts in Washington.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa pitched a career-high-tying eight innings and allowed two runs (on solo homers by Cubs SS Addison Russell) and four hits with one walk and six strikeouts. He got 13 outs on ground balls. De La Rosa had no-decisions in his previous three starts, all Rockies losses, and he won for the first time since July 30. The victory was De La Rosa's first against the Cubs since April 26, 2011, at Chicago.

RHP Jorge De La Rosa (7-7, 5.25 ERA) gets the start on Monday night as the Rockies return home to begin a three-game series against the Washington Nationals. It'll be the 300th career major league game (235th start) for De La Rosa, who's in his 13th season in MLB, the last nine of which have been spent in Colorado. After starting out the year 2-4 with an 8.81 ERA through his first nine games (six starts), he's 5-3 with a 3.50 ERA in the 11 games since June 14 and 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in his last four starts -- though his team is 1-3 during that span.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa took a no-decision in the Rockies' 5-4 loss to Texas on Wednesday, surrendering three earned runs in five innings while snapping a streak of three consecutive quality starts. Still, he has turned in quality starts in eight of his last 10 appearances. De La Rosa stranded a baserunner in each of the first four innings.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa allowed one run and four hits in six innings with three walks and two strikeouts. Since returning to the rotation on June 14, De La Rosa is 5-3 in 10 starts with a 3.34 ERA (59 1/3 innings, 22 earned runs). His single in the second was De La Rosa's fourth hit of the season -- he's 4-for-24 -- and in the fifth, De La Rosa was hit by a pitch for the first time in his career.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa reached a milestone Saturday night, when he earned his 100th career victory after allowing two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in the Rockies' 7-2 victory over the Mets. De La Rosa is the 605th pitcher to record 100 wins and only the 27th active hurler to reach the century mark. He is also the sixth Mexican-born pitcher to win 100 games. A team-record 85 of his wins have come with the Rockies, for whom he has pitched since 2008. De La Rosa is 7-7 with a 5.51 ERA in 18 games (15 starts) this season.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa will look to earn his 100th career win Saturday night, when he takes the mound for the Rockies in the third game of a four-game series against the New York Mets at Citi Field. De La Rosa is aiming to become the 27th active pitcher with at least 100 wins. It will be the third attempt at the milestone win for De La Rosa, who didn't factor into the decision in his most recent startTuesday, when he gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 6 1/3 innings as the Rockies fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 3-2, in 10 innings. Since returning to the Rockies rotation on June 14, De La Rosa is 4-3 with a 3.61 ERA in eight starts, a stretch in which he has lowered his overall ERA from 8.81 to 5.70. De La Rosa is 5-2 with a 4.32 ERA in 13 career appearances (six starts) against the Mets.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa is pitching better of late. He turned in his sixth quality start in the past seven outings by allowing just two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings but got a no-decision Monday as the Rockies lost in 10 innings at Baltimore. "(He) did an outstanding job against a really powerful, dangerous lineup," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "A lot of right-handed hitters. He had his 'A' game going."

LHP Jorge De La Rosa pitched four innings against Tampa Bay and allowed season highs in runs (nine) and hits (11) and tied his season high in earned runs allowed (seven) while throwing 91 pitches. He also allowed seven earned runs April 9 against San Diego. The 11 hits were the most De La Rosa allowed since June 19, 2015, against Milwaukee when he yielded 11 hits in five innings.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa (6-6) threw six innings and allowed two runs to break a two-game losing streak and win his 99th career game. De La Rosa is 5-2 with a 2.51 ERA since June 1. He has allowed 12 runs in 43 innings over the last eight games.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa allowed three runs or fewer for a fifth consecutive start since being reinstated into the rotation. In a 5-1 loss to the Giants on Wednesday, the veteran gave up two first-inning runs and only one more over seven innings, but he was victimized by poor run support for the second consecutive start. De La Rosa allowed just five runs in two starts on the just-completed road trip, but he flew home Wednesday night with nothing more than two more losses to show for it. He fell to 5-6.

LHP Jorge De La Rosa will be seeking career win No. 99 when he pitches the Rockies' series finale at San Francisco on Wednesday. De La Rosa, 98-80, will take to the mound with the highest career ERA among active pitchers with 90 or more wins (4.61). He sports an 8.22 ERA in five road starts this season. He's had more than his fair share of success against the Giants, having gone 11-6 with a 3.85 ERA in 28 games (24 starts).