EVERETT -- The Everett AquaSox bats have been far from potent so far this season. Thursday night they reached hibernation level.

Baseball’s safety and health advisory committee could enact more stringent qualifications for companies to be approved to make major league bats.

Kevin Pietersen bats at No 3 as England look to up the power, reports Scyld Berry.

Sam Holman, the founder of the Original Maple Bat Corporation and the father of maple bats, thinks the quality of wood used in some bats may be responsible for the way they splinter.

Two of the Rangers' key bats are sidelined due to injury.

The Giants are accustomed to witnessing game-changing at-bats from their left fielder. Fred Lewis might not be the all-time home run king, but he's pretty darn good in a pinch.

The bats have come under scrutiny recently because they have a tendency to shatter into large pieces when they break.

The bats are dying from a fungus known as white-nose syndrome. Scientists aren't sure whether the fungus itself kills the bats, or if it merely finishes off bats already weakened by some other malady.

SAN DIEGO -- Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 598th home run, his first in 90 at-bats, in the first inning for the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night against...

Afghanistan's national cricket team has packed its battered pads and bats to set out on what it hopes will be the road to World Cup glory.

Alfonso Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, and the Cubs beat the Pirates for seven wins in games. The win leaves the Astros two back of the Cubs with tonight's game at Texas yet to come.

Lance Berkman continued to sizzle at the plate Saturday night, going 2-for-3, giving him 18 hits in his last 22 at-bats and 20 in 26.

Lance Berkman continued to sizzle at the plate Saturday night, going 2-for-3, giving him 18 hits in his last 22 at-bats and 20 in 26.

Alvin brought out the heavy bats Friday and used them to defeat host Atascocita 8-4 and complete a two-game sweep of the area-round series. The Yellow Jackets (30-4) pounded five doubles and a home run, scoring in five of their final six at-bats. Atascocita (29-5) used a two-base error to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.