Diamondbacks

Good news for the Capital Region sports fan during the holiday season: Stauffer, the Spa Catholic graduate, has played parts of 10 seasons in the major leagues, nine of which came with the San Diego Padres. He spent last season with the Minnesota Twins and the New York Mets systems...

PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Harvey stopped his three-game losing streak, John Mayberry Jr. had a two-run homer among his career-high four hits, and the New York Mets picked up a rare road win by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 Thursday night...

For all of the "baseball isn't athletic, baseball requires little skill, baseball isn't dangerous," people out there: You're wrong. You'll never convince me that baseball isn't an incredibly hard sport to play. And you'll never convince me that like golf and tennis, baseball requires an incredible amount of mental toughness...

While it wasn't the flashy moves that many fans may have wanted, the Yankees were busy at the trade deadline on Thursday, and they took steps to improve their roster in their quest for the second and final wild card spot. After having already acquired Brandon McCarthy, Chris Capuano, and Chase Headley prior to the deadline, the Yanks added infielders Stephen Drew and Martin Prado...

PHOENIX (AP) — Dillon Gee allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings, and the New York Mets beat Arizona 5-2 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep and send the Diamondbacks to their sixth straight loss. Arizona finished an 0-6 homestand and dropped to 1-11 at Chase Field...

PHOENIX (AP) — Kirk Nieuwenhuis had three hits and three RBIs in his season debut, Jenrry Mejia pitched five effective innings in a combined three-hitter and the New York Mets routed the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks 9-0 Tuesday night...

PHOENIX (AP) — Lucas Duda had four hits and two RBIs, Zack Wheeler pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-3 on Monday night David Wright added two RBIs and the Mets had 13 hits to open a three-game series in the desert they hope won't be too costly...