Mike Adams (baseball)

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Francisco Liriano has been a paradox throughout his seven major-league seasons. Take 2011, for example. The left-hander was good enough to throw a no-hitter that year but ended...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH The Phillies basic construction over the past three years has been centered around the fact that they are anchored by three $20 million pitchers in Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and...

The Sports Xchange By Jerry Beach, The Sports Xchange Phillies 4, Mets 0 NEW YORK - Kyle Kendrick pitched a three-hit shutout and Ryan Howard's mammoth three-run homer to center field capped a four-run, sixth-inning outburst Friday night, lifting the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Ben Revere was limping around the Phillies clubhouse on Thursday afternoon, looking all the while like a man in serious pain from a quad injury. However, the new Philadelphia...

Less than 18 hours after watching the Phillies' bullpen squander a two-run lead for Roy Halladay, manager Charlie Manuel elected to let Cliff Lee try to preserve his own two-run lead with two on and two out in the seventh inning. He failed. Then,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Edinson Volquez wasn't likely to immediately lose his spot in the rotation, but after four horrendous starts the 29-year-old right-hander desperately needed to show some signs of life....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT As odd as it sounds, the fact that Jarvis Jones ran so poorly at Georgia's pro day put a smile on the faces of those who run the Steelers. It meant they had a chance at drafting...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Pirates 5, Phillies 3 Pirates 5, Phillies 3: Brandon Inge's pinch-hit single broke a tie in the eighth inning as visiting Pittsburgh rallied from a two-run deficit after Philadelphia removed starter Roy Halladay. Pedro...

The Sports Xchange Pirates 5, Phillies 3 PHILADELPHIA -- Pinch hitter Brandon Inge, playing just his second game since returning from the disabled list, singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Wednesday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pinch hitter Brandon Inge hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Wednesday night.   Roy Halladay pitched six innings of one-hit ball and...

The Sports Xchange Inge's key RBI helps Pirates win PHILADELPHIA - Brandon Inge has made himself comfortable with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and on Wednesday night he was hitting in a situation that made him that much more so. The 35-year-old Inge,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH John Lannan might not return to the Phillies rotation until June. Although Jonathan Pettibone impressed in his major league debut, holding Pittsburgh to two runs in 5 1/3 innings...