MARIO ALVAREZ RUMORS

Josh Towers pitched Albuquerque to a 5-4 win over Round Rock. Chattanooga topped Tennessee 4-3 behind he pitching of Mario Alvarez. Visalia broke the game open late to gain an easy 12-3 win over the 66ers. Christian Lara, Angelo Songco and Jerry Sands homered as Great Lakes topped the league-leading Lake County Captains 8-0.

Luis Fabiano's looping header and a Mario Alvarez own goal gave Sevilla a 2-0 win over Getafe in their Copa del Rey semi-final first-leg on Wednesday.

Albuquerque won 8-7 over Memphis to lower their magic number to three behind Scott Elbert. Alberto Bastardo cruised as Chattanooga dumped Jacksonville 3-1. Mario Alvarez shut out High Desert for eight scoreless innings and the 66ers won 4-1. JonMichael Redding won his 15th game, 8-0 over South Bend and the Loons magic Number is one. Keyter Collado's three hits helped Ogden top Casper 6-3.

The Isotopes scratched out a 5-3 win over Oklahoma City in the final game of the series to boost their league lead to 3.5 games. Chattanooga outlasted Carolina in a 9-8 marathon moved into sole possession of first place their Southern division. Inland Empire smothered Lancaster 14-0 behind Mario Alvarez's complete game. Great Lakes scored in the ninth for a 4-3 win over Clinton.

Just how many seconds does it take before the pain of a ball to the face hits you? Barcelona star Lionel Messi had his renowned boyish good looks threatened when Getafe defender Mario Alvarez planted a clearance right on his conk. The Argentine initially appeared to be made of sterner stuff, looked around and pointed at [...]

It sucks, but i'm not that surprised about any of them."Takashi Saito became a free agent Friday night when the Dodgers opted not to tender the former All-Star closer a contract because of concerns about his elbow.The Dodgers also non-tendered shortstop Angel Berroa, relievers Scott Proctor and ...

An error in the second inning led to three unearned runs in Inland Empire’s 5-2 loss to the Quakes.  Mario Alvarez took the loss and he dropped to 4-6 in his start.  He gave up four runs (just one earned) on two hits and four walks with three strikeouts in three innings. Jamie Hoffmann belted a [...]