| Juan Uribe, 2B, Chicago White Sox | Thursday 5/15, 11:59 PM CT |
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| Juan Uribe injured his leg on Thursday night and had to be removed from the game in the sixth inning, according to the Chicago Tribune. |
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| Zach McAllister had a dominant performance for Low-A Charleston on Thursday, allowing only seven hits in seven scoreless innings. He struck out 11 batters. |
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| Jamie Richmond allowed only one hit in eight innings on Thursday for his fourth win of the season for Low-A Kane County. He walked one and struck out eight. |
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| Chris Tillman was terrific for Double-A Bowie on Thursday, throwing six scoreless innings for his fourth win. He allowed three hits, two walks and struck out nine. |
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| David Huff, P, Cleveland Indians | Thursday 5/15, 11:30 PM CT |
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| David Huff threw a complete game shutout for Double-A Akron on Thursday, allowing only three hits and one walk while fanning two. |
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| Liriano had his third straight solid minor league start on Thursday, allowing three runs on seven hits in eight innings. He walked one and struck out four.
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| Hank Blalock was scratched from a scheduled start in Double_A on Thursday night after his injured hamstring tightened up during warmups, according to the Dallas Morning News. |
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| Derek Jeter, SS, New York Yankees | Thursday 5/15, 10:19 PM CT |
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| Derek Jeter continued his strange season with two hits and an RBI on Thursday for the Yankees. |
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| Shawn Riggans hit his third home run of the season on Thursday as he scored two runs, had two RBI and produced two hits for the Rays. |
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| Akinori Iwamura lost his 11-game hitting steak last game out, but he started a new streak on Thursday as he went 2-for-3 with his third home run of the season. |
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| Scott Kazmir held the Yankees without a run over six innings to improve his record to 2-1 thanks to only three hits and three walks allowed. |
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| Ian Kennedy, P, New York Yankees | Thursday 5/15, 10:04 PM CT |
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| Ian Kennedy returned to the Yankees rotation but the results were eerily similar to his work prior to being demoted as he fell to 0-3 on the year. Kennedy allowed five runs to the Rays in five innings thanks in large part to two home runs. |
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| Ryan Garko, 1B, Cleveland Indians | Thursday 5/15, 9:02 PM CT |
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| Ryan Garko owners are desperately hoping the right-handed slugger can feed off his Wednesday night home run. The Indians' first baseman hasn't hit into much luck this season and at times has looked frustrated, even lost, at the plate. |
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| Jose Arredondo made his major league debut on Wednesday night - and didn't carry his Triple-A success to the next level. The right-hander pitched the ninth inning of a game where the Angels were down 5-1 - but ended at 6-1 after Arrendondo allowed a solo home run to the slumping Nick Swisher. |
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| Jose Contreras, who held the Angels to one run on four hits on Wednesday night, earned a quality start. The White Sox right-hander walked and struck out three in seven innings and now has four quality starts in eight appearances this season. |
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| Boof Bonser, P, Minnesota Twins | Thursday 5/15, 8:41 PM CT |
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| Boof Bonser was slow to warm on Wednesday night. For those who watched the game it was obvious that the right-hander was overthrowing, and losing break on his dynamite curve ball. Bonser allowed four of his five runs in the first inning on a Matt Stairs grand slam, but finished strong, walking three and striking out three in six innings of work. |
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| There seems to be some concern with Ichiro Suzuki's current form. The veteran went hitless for the second straight game on Wednesday, taking a 0-for-6 bagel. |
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| Roger Clemens remains undecided about his retirement according to the words of Astros CEO Drayton McLane, according to MLB.com. "I think if he was ready to retire, and that was clear, he would have already said that to us. But that has not happened." |
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| Ben Broussard cleared waivers and should find himself with another team within the next couple of days, according to the Star Telgram. |
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| Bartolo Colon worked six fantastic innings for the Pawtucket Sox on Thursday, according to MLB.com. Colon held the Buffalo Bisons to just one hit while throwing a fastball that reached 95 mph as he needed just 64 pitches to complete the six innings. |
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| Magglio Ordonez hit two doubles on Thursday to up his average to .310 on the year for the Tigers. Ordonez also knocked in his 26th run of the season. |
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| Matt Joyce, LF, Detroit Tigers | Thursday 5/15, 5:47 PM CT |
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| Matt Joyce continued his hot hitting in the early going by hitting his third home run in his eighth major league game for the Tigers. |
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| Jose Guillen, RF, Kansas City Royals | Thursday 5/15, 5:42 PM CT |
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| Jose Guillen continued his hot hitting of late with two hits, including his fourth home run of the year, and three RBI for the Royals on Thursday afternoon. |
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| Gil Meche, P, Kansas City Royals | Thursday 5/15, 5:25 PM CT |
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| Gil Meche had his third strong start in his last four outings as he held the Tigers to three runs over seven innings. Meche allowed six hits and two walks while striking out six. |
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| Kenny Rogers allowed 11 hits, three walks and seven runs over four innings to fall to 3-4 for the Tigers. |
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| Alex Rodriguez (quadriceps) will return to action on Saturday to play the first of three scheduled games in extended spring training, according to the Associated Press. “We have one more day tomorrow to see how my body is going to react,” Rodriguez said. “Saturday, Sunday, Monday, play, and then hopefully tee it up Tuesday.” |
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| Justin Morneau had two hits and an RBI on Thursday to give him 32 RBI and a .302 batting average. |
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| Alex Rios, RF, Toronto Blue Jays | Thursday 5/15, 5:06 PM CT |
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| Alex Rios continues to struggle at the plate as he went 1-for-5 on Thursday though he did knock in his 16th RBI of the season. |
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| Glen Perkins had his second straight quality start allowing two runs on five hits and two walks over six innings against the Blue Jays. |
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| Dustin McGowan rebounded somewhat from his horrific last start holding the Twins to just two runs in five innings. However, he walked five batters. |
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| B.J. Ryan, P, Toronto Blue Jays | Thursday 5/15, 4:51 PM CT |
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| B.J. Ryan hurled a shutout 11th inning to pick up his seventh save of the season for the Jays. |
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| Joey Devine, P, Oakland Athletics | Thursday 5/15, 4:48 PM CT |
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| Joey Devine picked up four outs on Thursday, three via the strikeout, to lower his ERA to 0.55 on the year. |
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| Rafael Betancourt just isn't getting it done right now, he has allowed runs in five of his last seven appearances after allowing another run on Thursday. |
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| Masa Kobayashi picked up his second save in as many appearances on Thursday for the Tribe. |
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| Jason Bay, LF, Boston Red Sox | Thursday 5/15, 4:31 PM CT |
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| Jason Bay had a pinch-hit, 3-run home run for the Pirates on Thursday, his eighth home run of the season. |
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| Jhonny Peralta went 2-for-3 with one RBI and hit his seventh homer of the season in Thursday's 4-2 win over Oakland. He drew one walk and scored three runs as well. |
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| Aaron Laffey evened his record to 2-2 in today's 4-2 win over the Athletics. Laffey was in control on the mound as he only allowed one run on five hits over seven innings, with one walk and six strikeouts. Laffey lowered his ERA to 1.35 with today's strong effort as well. |
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| Frank Thomas, DH, Oakland Athletics | Thursday 5/15, 2:35 PM CT |
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| Frank Thomas went 2-for-3 in Thursday's 4-2 loss to Cleveland. He also drew one walk. |
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| Kei Igawa, P, New York Yankees | Thursday 5/15, 1:56 PM CT |
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| Kei Igawa has been sent down to Triple-A, according to CBSsports.com. Ian Kennedy was recalled to make a start tonight, and saw Igawa as being expendable to free up a roster spot. |
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| Ian Kennedy, P, New York Yankees | Thursday 5/15, 1:52 PM CT |
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| Ian Kennedy has been called up from Triple-A to start on Thursday against the Rays, according to CBSsports.com. |
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| Santiago Casilla has sustained an apparent arm injury during action with Cleveland today, according to the AP. He threw just one pitch, after which he began shaking his arm and motioning that he did not want to continue. |
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| Alex Rodriguez is expected to run the bases at Tropicana Field before today's game, in what could likely be the final test before playing in rehab games, according to Newsday. A-Rod has been on the DL since April 30 due to a strained right quad. Manager Joe Girardi said, "The plan is to have him work out in front of us. I want to see it with my two eyeballs. You have to see where he's not favoring or he's not slower. I want to see him run at full speed."
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| Craig Monroe got the start in center field today, as Carlos Gomez has been scratched due to the flu, according to MLB.com. Jason Kubel is serving as the DH. |
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| Carlos Gomez has been scratched for Thursday due to the flu, according to the AP. |
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| Scott Baker, P, Minnesota Twins | Thursday 5/15, 12:28 PM CT |
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| Scott Baker's bullpen session was successful, and he will leave Friday for Fort Myers, Florida, where he’ll throw two bullpen sessions and likely pitch in an extended spring training game next Thursday, according to the Star Tribune. He is recovering from a strained right groin. |
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| Reds' GM Walt Jocketty commented on the trade rumors involving Ken Griffey Jr., according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Jocketty said, "I've had no trade discussions. I've talked with him. Not knowing Junior that well, I wanted to make sure we had a line of communication open. He assured me that he'd like to play here and hopefully win a championship."
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| Travis Hafner is expected to play first base this weekend when their inter-league season starts against the Reds, if he's healthy enough, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Hafner has a chronically sore right elbow that has acted up in the past when he's tried to play first base. He's also been frequently icing his right shoulder. Manager Eric Wedge said, "We want to try and have him in there as much as we can. If we have him in there, you're going to have to take Ryan Garko or someone else out. We're going to see how he feels physically. He's been taking ground balls and throwing a little bit."
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| Hank Blalock went through a rigorous fielding workout and will join Double-A Frisco tonight to begin a rehab assignment, according to the Dallas Morning News. Blalock has been on the shelf since April 26 with a partially torn left hamstring, an injury that was originally believed to keep him out three to six weeks.
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| Luis Mendoza was forced out of his rehab start with Triple-A Oklahoma after one inning with the onset of a blister on his pitching hand, according to the Dallas Morning News. |
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| Mark Ellis, 2B, Oakland Athletics | Thursday 5/15, 8:44 AM CT |
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| Mark Ellis sat out his second straight game on Wednesday, according to the SF Chronicle. He has been hindered by a strained left hamstring, and expects to sit out Thursday's game against Cleveland as well. |
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| Josh Newman, P, Kansas City Royals | Thursday 5/15, 8:13 AM CT |
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| Josh Newman has been recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs, according to the Sports Network. Ryan Speier has been placed on the 15-day DL because of a right shoulder contusion.
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