De La Rosa thrills in home opener

Jorge De La Rosa set a Rockies home opener record with nine strikeouts while spearheading a 7-0 victory over the Padres before a Coors Field regular-season record crowd of 49,509 on Friday afternoon.

Record crowd on hand for Friars FanFest

On a sunny day at PETCO Park, the biggest cheers were likely from the Padres organization that applauded the record crowd of over 12,000 fans who welcomed the return of FanFest after a year hiatus.

Excitement for Bucs shows at PirateFest

PirateFest was a rousing success, with a record crowd filled with believers that better days are ahead for the Bucs.

Plenty of fireworks at Rising Stars Game

The event was set up as Stephen Strasburg’s coming-out party. That didn’t happen, but the injury-forced absence of the nation’s No. 1 Draft pick and prospect did not keep a record crowd from coming out to the Rising Stars Game.

Smoltz rehabs in front of record crowd

John Smoltz allowed one earned run on three hits over 3 1/3 innings for Double-A Portland on Tuesday against New Hampshire.

Fukudome begins playing catch-up

Kosuke Fukudome made his first start since the World Baseball Classic ended Monday, going 1-for-4 in the Cubs’ 9-4 win over the White Sox in front of a Cactus League-record crowd of 13,327.

Dempster has solid outing vs. Giants

Cubs manager Lou Piniella was looking for a good outing from Ryan Dempster on Wednesday, and he got it. The No. 2 man in the Cubs rotation, Dempster threw five shutout innings in an 8-6 loss to the San Francisco Giants in front of a HoHoKam Park record crowd of 13,024.