The Blue Jays have claimed right-handed relief pitcher Jesse Chavez off waivers from the Royals. KC designated Chavez on Oct. 11.

Brian Kingrey of Hammond, La., bought a copy of the MLB2K11 video game from 2K Sports when it came out last spring, and he played it like a music madman around the clock. His mission was to learn about baseball and to be the first to throw a perfect game and win $1 million.

Royals second baseman Johnny Giavotella had hip surgery on Thursday but is expected to be ready for the start of Spring Training.

The final out of the World Series initiates a countdown to a pair of decisions that will influence the Tribe's approach to the coming winter months. Three days after the Series, the Indians need to determine whether they will exercise their club options on center fielder Grady Sizemore and starter Fausto Carmona.

The East Coast detour didn't last very long for Curt Young, who on Friday rejoined the A's staff as pitching coach following a one-year stint with Boston.

The Braves on Friday made Greg Walker their new hitting coach. The Georgia native spent the previous nine seasons in the same role with the White Sox.

Question of the day: Who has the edge?

In a posteason that has featured plenty of offensive fireworks, Game 2 of the 2011 World Series marked the return of a classic pitching duel.

Tony La Russa pushed the same buttons Thursday night, but nothing happened. The same moves that have worked to perfection this postseason failed.

In a sense, the World Series is starting all over again. And Rangers lefty Matt Harrison is excited about the opportunity to make his presence felt in Game 3.

With St. Louis clinging to a 1-0 lead with none out and Ian Kinsler on second base in the ninth inning, Jon Jay's throw home bounced off Albert Pujols' glove, setting up two sacrifice flies that gave the Rangers a Game 2 victory.

First, Elvis Andrus took everybody's breath away with his glove. Then he breathed life into the Texas Rangers with his bat and baserunning.

Momentum will only be as good as the starting pitcher in the next game — in this case, Kyle Lohse and Matt Harrison. The starters were supposed to be victims in this World Series. But that was before they controlled Games 1 and 2.

For the second straight night, Alexi Ogando came in for the Rangers, and the Cardinals countered with Allen Craig. And for the second straight night, Craig got the best of Ogando.

Purists lamenting the lost art of baserunning have a new hero to champion their cause. His name is Ian Kinsler.

Twelve pitches, one blooper, one stolen base, one liner, one mishandled cutoff throw. That's all it took for Cardinals closer Jason Motte to come out of Thursday night's game, to suffer his first setback on the big stage, to answer an onslaught of questions about not coming through — to finally look human.

The performance Colby Lewis turned in Thursday night will go down as a quality start, his and therefore the Rangers' first of this postseason. But quality hardly covers it.