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If last season Jake Lamb announced his arrival as a big-league player, early this year he seems determined to up his game. Lamb hit the go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning and David Peralta added a run-scoring triple in the ninth to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. ''He has worked very hard to be a complete hitter, has worked very hard to be a complete player,'' said Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo. Continue to Article

April 18, 2017 2:52:am EST

The Milwaukee Brewers' investment in Eric Thames is paying off in MLB, while Ivan Nova impressed in a loss for the Pittsburgh Pirates. With a third-inning home run against the Chicago Cubs on Monday, Thames has hit a homer in five straight games, matching Continue to Article

April 18, 2017 1:20:am EST

“The Phenomenon” by Rick Ankiel and Tim Brown. Excerpted from “The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life” by Rick Ankiel and Tim Brown. Copyright © 2017. Available from PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary Continue to Article

April 17, 2017 9:36:pm EST

Phoenix archaeologists say this ancient Hohokam pit home could be 2,000 years old. It was unearthed as part of the downtown development of a Fry's Food Stores supermarket. Mark Hackbarth of Logan Simpson via City of Phoenix When archaeologists dig in the dirt in a downtown Phoenix development site, they know that chances are, they will find something. But they don’t always know exactly what the earth will yield. So it was when a team of archaeologists told the developers of a Fry’s Food Store and high-rise across the street from CityScape last week that they had unearthed the remnants of a half-dozen prehistoric homes. It’s not yet certain, but archaeologists think the pit houses likely date Continue to Article

April 17, 2017 7:00:am EST

The Los Angeles Dodgers do a lot of things right. "Teams are going to try and keep running lefties out there," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Los Angeles won the opening two games of the set, but Arizona bounced back for a 3-1 win Sunday. Continue to Article

April 17, 2017 1:05:am EST