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PHOENIX – Ryan Roberts' hustle plays helped Arizona top the Braves. He scored from third base on Justin Upton's grounder with a drawn-in infield to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 5-4 win in 11 innings over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. "That's the whole thing we talk about all the...

Clayton Kershaw had a short night on the mound. It had less to do with his pitching and more to do with the way the Los Angeles Dodgers had been struggling for runs lately. Manager Don Mattingly took his ace right-hander out of the game in favor of a pinch-hitter with the bases loaded in the...

MLB: Minnesota 6, Seattle 3 SEATTLE, -- Joe Mauer and Danny Valencia had two RBI each Friday and the Minnesota Twins survived a major threat in the eighth inning to down Seattle 6-3. The Twins maintained their 3 1/2-game lead over the second-place Chicago White Sox in the American League...

MLB: Washington 11, St. Louis 10 (13 inn.) WASHINGTON, Nyjer Morgan scored from third on an infield single by Ian Desmond with one out in the 13th inning Thursday to give Washington a wild 11-10 win over St. Louis. St. Louis rallied for four runs in the ninth to take a two-run lead and...

MLB: Milwaukee 5, Colorado 4 (10 inn.) DENVER, Casey McGehee singled home Ryan Braun from second with no one out in the 10th inning Friday, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-4 win over Colorado. The winning run was scored off closer Huston Street (2-4) after the Brewers had let an early...

MLB: Texas 6, Seattle 0 SEATTLE, David Murphy broke up a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the seventh Thursday and the Texas Rangers went on to blank Seattle 6-0. The Rangers won the final two games of the three-game series. They boosted their lead over idle Oakland in the American League...

MLB: Kansas City 7, Baltimore 5 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Alex Gordon hit a three-run homer with two out in the ninth inning Friday, rallying the Kansas City Royals to a 7-5 victory over Baltimore. The Royals were on the verge of losing their sixth straight game before putting together an unlikely...

MLB: Colorado 17, Chicago Cubs 2 DENVER, Ian Stewart and Dexter Fowler hit two-run homers during a monstrous 12-run eighth inning Friday and Colorado had 21 hits in blasting the Chicago Cubs 17-2. Everybody in the Colorado batting order came to the plate twice in the 12th inning, during which...

MLB: San Francisco 6, Florida 4 SAN FRANCISCO, Juan Uribe and Edgar Renteria homered in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday to help the San Francisco Giants beat Florida 6-4. Uribe led off the inning with his 14th home run of the season and Renteria added a two-run shot to give the Giants...

MLB: Los Angeles Angels 10, Colorado 3 ANAHEIM, Calif., (UPI) -- Mike Napoli socked a three-run homer, Brandon Wood added a grand slam and the Los Angeles Angels routed Colorado 10-3 Sunday in an inter-league game. Napoli's blast came with two outs in the fourth inning after third baseman Ian...

MLB: Baltimore 11, Florida 5 BALTIMORE, (UPI) -- Miguel Tejada had an RBI single during a five-run third inning Thursday and added a three-run shot in the seventh, helping power Baltimore past Florida 11-5. The Orioles pounded out 17 hits to avoid a third straight loss to the Marlins...

MLB: Texas 6, Pittsburgh 5 ARLINGTON, Texas, (UPI) -- Vladimir Guerrero singled home Elvis Andrus from third with two out in the ninth Thursday and Texas won its 11th straight with a 6-5 decision over Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh took a 4-0 lead in the first inning but eventually saw its...

MLB: Kansas City 5, Houston 2 KANSAS CITY, Mo., (UPI) -- Scott Podsednik hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning Thursday that rallied the Kansas City Royals to a 5-2 decision over Houston. The Astros scored twice in the first and could manage only four hits the rest of the way against...

MLB: Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 2 CLEVELAND, (UPI) -- Mark Teahen went 3-for-4 with three RBI and Alex Rios clubbed a homer Monday for the White Sox in Chicago's 7-2 victory over Cleveland. Teahan's 2-run double in the first inning capped an early White Sox surge that gave Chicago a quick...

MLB: Boston 5, Philadelphia 0 PHILADELPHIA, (UPI) -- Daisuke Matsuzaka took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning Saturday, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 5-0 win over Philadelphia. Matsuzaka (3-1) was superb, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Juan Castro broke up the no-no with...

MLB: St. Louis 3, Washington 2 ST. LOUIS, (UPI) -- Ryan Ludwick's solo home run in the bottom of the eighth was the game-winner Tuesday, pacing the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 decision over Washington. The Cards also got a two-run shot from Felipe Lopez en route to a two-game sweep of the...

LOS ANGELES – Brad Lidge gave up a tying home run to pinch-hitter Rafael Furcal with one out in the ninth inning for his second blown save in less than 24 hours, and Andre Ethier hit his second homer of the game with two out in the 12th to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the...