TUCSON - Come Friday, Juan Cruz will mark the third anniversary of the day he owned baseball, at least for two innings in New York City.

Bianca Cruz’s two-run home run and Katie Burkhart’s 11 strikeouts combined to give the No. 7 ASU softball team its second conference win as the Sun Devils topped No. 12 Washington 2-1 Saturday in Seattle.

Diamondbacks right-hander Juan Cruz and middle infielder David Eckstein filed for free agency Thursday, the first day players could enter the free-agent pool.

MILWAUKEE - Jose Cruz Jr. was the final piece in the Diamondbacks’ winter makeover, his addition in a trade with Tampa Bay on Feb. 6 adding a Gold Glove outfielder and a former 30-30 athlete.

Kevin Cron is on the verge of breaking the state home run record.

A 41-year-old man died Saturday from injuries he received in a beating June 28, opening the door for homicide charges for the man accused of inflicting them.

Classical guitarist and composer Mark Cruz of Austin, Texas, will give a concert at 2 p.m. Dec. 26 at Apache Wells Community Church, 2115 N. Gayridge Road, Mesa.

Police have added a Scottsdale homicide to the list of serial shootings that have Valley residents on edge. Scottsdale and Phoenix police hope to receive more information that could lead to a suspect in the May 2 killing of Claudia Gutierrez-Cruz, 20, of Phoenix.

Police have added a Scottsdale homicide to the list of serial shootings that have Valley residents on edge. Scottsdale and Phoenix police hope to receive more information that could lead to a suspect in the May 2 killing of Claudia Gutierrez-Cruz, 20, of Phoenix.

LAS VEGAS - The Diamondbacks’ shopping list got a little longer Sunday when reliever Brandon Lyon rejected their offer of salary arbitration.

An admitted rapist on Wednesday vowed to rehabilitate himself in prison and figure out what drove him to attack three women from Scottsdale and Phoenix.

There’s a reason a suicide squeeze bunt is named what it is, and Desert Ridge baseball coach Patrick Herrera knows that.

PHOENIX - Brian Giles drove in a career-high seven runs and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-10 Wednesday night, reclaiming first place in the NL West.

LOS ANGELES  -  The Diamondbacks’ offensive numbers in July reinforced the team’s decision not to make a major play for a bat at the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline.

Scottsdale builder George Johnson’s ill-fated development in southern Pinal County drew a lawsuit by the federal Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday which claims he wreaked environmental havoc by illegally bulldozing debris into the Santa Cruz River.

Scottsdale builder George Johnson’s ill-fated development in southern Pinal County drew a lawsuit by the federal Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday which claims he wreaked environmental havoc by illegally bulldozing debris into the Santa Cruz River.

Carrie Davis is in her 17th season of coaching badminton at Scottsdale Chaparral. Phoenix Greenway coach Heather McDonald is finishing up her first.

The sickening sight and sound of a line drive striking Seattle reliever Rafael Soriano on Tuesday brought back unpleasant memories to Tony Clark.

DENVER - If Chad Tracy looks comfortable hitting in the No. 2 spot in the batting order, it is because he is. Tracy homered into the right-field stands Thursday while making his third start there in the last four games.

PRESCOTT VALLEY -  All season the complaints were that two of the Division I sectionals were overloaded with power teams while the other two weren’t nearly as strong.

CHICAGO - Bob Melvin broke out lineup No. 90 Saturday in the Diamondbacks’ 99th game as part of his dual charge, to win games while putting his younger players in the best position to thrive.

For most Scottsdale residents, what the Serial Shooter was doing these last several months happened to other people. All the little dots on those maps we saw in the newspapers and on TV that marked where the shooter’s victims were attacked were in other Valley cities, mostly Phoenix.

ST. LOUIS — Prince Fielder beat the hometown boppers on their own turf. With Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard eliminated early, Fielder won baseball's Home Run Derby on Monday night with a steady power display that included a jaw-dropping drive estimated at 503 feet.

An 18-year-old Mesa Mountain View High School student was killed Sunday after his friend "recklessly" handled a handgun, causing it to discharge inside a home.