Xavier Paul

An array of former Dodgers and Angels are helping other teams

2013-04-27 14:55:00

Former Dodgers and Angels are playing roles for teams all around the major leagues. Times staff writer Kevin Baxter ranks the teams and provides updates on them. (Statistics through Friday's games. Last week's rankings in parentheses): 1. TEXAS Ex-...

Angels outlast Reds, 3-1, in 13 innings

2013-04-01 17:57:00

CINCINNATI--Chris Iannetta lined a two-out, two-run single to left field in the top of the 13th inning Monday to lift the Angels to a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a marathon of a season opener at Great American Ball Park. Angels closer...

Dodgers spend as if there's a tomorrow, and this makes him giddy

2012-12-09 19:25:00

Everyone is going to be quick to praise the Dodgers for spending roughly $208 million on Zack Greinke and a starting pitcher from Korea. But don't forget the Angels picked up Joe Blanton. Now the only question remaining is who has assembled the better...

The offensive emptiness that is the Dodgers 2012 bench

2012-01-13 16:37:04

Joe Bologna's suggestion for a new baseball statistic

2011-07-06 16:33:39

Four on the floor

2010-01-31 04:32:56

How a Reed Johnson signing in the outfield would seal the verdict against Blake DeWitt at second base

2010-01-31 16:32:58

Michael Young at first base for Phillies today

2013-05-19 09:39:00

A little different lineup trotted out by Charlie Manuel today as the Philadelphia Phillies try to win the rubber game of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank Park. Ben Revere is back in the lineup batting second and Michael...

Nolasco's rocky start sinks Marlins

2013-05-14 20:00:00

The No. 3 hitter had three big-league games under his belt. The cleanup hitter was a veteran of two weeks. Derek Dietrich and Marcell Ozuna expected to be hitting in the middle of the lineup for Double-A Jacksonville this season. Tuesday they did so for...

Lutz stars on Mother's Day as Reds sweep Brewers

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Donald Lutz called his mom Marlen in Germany before Sunday's Reds game to wish her a happy Mother's Day. He worried the connection would be bad, but everything worked out. She heard him well enough to detect a hitch in his voice, and Lutz told her he's...

Beleaguered Brewers' staff battered some more

2013-05-12 00:00:00

The last thing in the world Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke wanted to do was leave young pitcher Hiram Burgos in to take a beating Saturday. "I don't want to ever have to do that to somebody. It still bothers me," Roenicke said long after the...

Yovani Gallardo struggles as Brewers open trip with loss

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Yovani Gallardo accurately described his day at the office, as short as his shift turned out to be. "Normally, I try to take something positive out of every start, but there's nothing to take out of this one," said the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander....

Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano (12) can't catch a double by Cincinnati Reds left fielder Xavier Paul.

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Xavier Paul scores from third with the game-winning run during the tenth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Pittsburgh on Sunday.

2011-07-24 17:56:14

Michael McKenry is greeted at home plate by teammates Xavier Paul, center left, Josh Harrison, center right, and Lyle Overbay, right, after hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning to lift the Pirates ahead of the Chicago Cubs Friday night.

2011-07-08 20:51:34