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SEATTLE – In his last four starts, Jered Weaver's performances look pretty average: six innings and three or four runs allowed. Certainly not dynamic numbers, but not awful either. When they come after Weaver started the season with six brilliant starts, the last four — all losses — look worse...

ATLANTA – Brian McCann tied it with a pinch-hit, two-out homer in the ninth inning, then hit a two-run shot in the 11th to lead the Atlanta Braves past the Houston Astros 3-1 on Tuesday. The Braves were trailing 1-0 and down to their final strike in the ninth when McCann drove a 1-2 pitch the...

DENVER – Jhoulys Chacin scattered five hits over seven sharp innings and Troy Tulowitzki broke out of a hitting funk with a solo homer, helping the Colorado Rockies to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. Chacin (1-0) struck out four in his season debut as the hard-throwing...

CINCINNATI – It's happening to the Astros again. Houston buried itself in the NL Central last season by losing its first eight games and going 17-34 in April and May. A strong finish brought a little optimism and a determination not to fall apart at the outset again. So much for that. Chris...

MLB: Colorado 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 DENVER, -- Jhoulys Chacin fanned seven in seven innings and Carlos Gonzalez tripled and homered Saturday in Colorado's 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chacin (7-9) limited the Dodgers to one run on four hits in seven innings while walking four...

MLB: Cleveland 3, Oakland 2 CLEVELAND, Matt LaPorta put Cleveland in front with a two-run homer in the sixth Thursday and the Indians held on to edge Oakland 3-2. The Indians salvaged the final contest in a three-game series and snapped a five-game losing streak. It was a 1-1 contest...

MLB: Minnesota 6, Texas 4 ARLINGTON, Texas, Delmon Young and Jim Thome hit home runs Thursday and the Minnesota Twins held off a Texas comeback bid to down the Rangers 6-4. Minnesota salvaged the finale of a four-game series, building a 6-0 lead through six innings. Young hit a...

MLB: Boston 5, Toronto 4 (11 innings) BOSTON, Aug. 22 -- Jed Lowrie smacked an 11th-inning homer Saturday, giving the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victory over Toronto. The Blue Jays had blanked the Red Sox for straight innings until Lowrie, leading off the 11th, connected on a 2-2 pitch from Casey...

MLB: Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Zack Greinke limited Cleveland to one run over six innings Tuesday and the Kansas City Royals topped the Indians 2-1. Greinke (8-11) scattered five hits, walked three and struck out four over six innings to pace the Royals to a win in the first...

MLB: San Diego 9, Chicago Cubs 5 CHICAGO, Miguel Tejada went 4-for-5 and Kevin Correia hurled six shutout innings Monday to power the San Diego Padres to a 9-5 win over the Chicago Cubs. Tejada's RBI double in the seventh ignited a three-run uprising and he added a run-scoring single in the...

MLB: Texas 7, Boston 3 ARLINGTON, Texas, C.J. Wilson pitched seven-plus solid innings and Michael Young socked a three-run homer Sunday in the Texas Rangers' 7-3 win over Boston. Wilson (11-5) allowed only one run on four hits and one walk in 7 2/3 innings, and fanned eight en route to his...

MLB: Minnesota 2, Tampa Bay 1 (13 innings) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Delmon Young singled home Alexi Casilla from third with nobody out in the 13th inning Wednesday, giving the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay. The Rays tied it with a run in the ninth, and then were unable to take...

MLB: Minnesota 11, Kansas City 2 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Minnesota's Carl Pavano labored through five innings but posted his eighth consecutive win Tuesday in the torrid Twins' 11-2 romp over Kansas City. Pavano (13-6), who has not lost since June 9, threw 98 pitches and gave up one run on five...

MLB: Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 1 (7 inninngs) CLEVELAND, Fausto Carmona allowed an unearned run and struck out seven over five innings Friday, lifting Cleveland to a 3-1, rain-shortened victory over Tampa Bay. The game was delayed by rain in the fifth inning and finally halted after seven...

MLB: Boston 2, Seattle 1 SEATTLE, Bill Hall hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh Friday and the Boston Red Sox avoided the kind of ninth-inning meltdown they had Thursday to hold off Seattle 2-1. Jonathan Papelbon worked his way out of trouble in the ninth, one night after Boston surrendered...

MLB: N.Y. Mets 6, LA Dodgers 1 LOS ANGELES, Johan Santana allowed a run over seven innings Friday and Jason Bay had a bases-loaded double, pushing the New York Mets past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1. New York scored four times in the eighth to break open the game and produce its second win in...

MLB: Cincinnati 8, Washington 7 WASHINGTON, Joey Votto had a three-runner homer Tuesday in the Cincinnati Reds' 8-7 over Washington, in a game delayed nearly 3 hours by rain. Mike Leake (7-1) picked up the win after cruising through five innings, giving up just one run on five hits, before...

MLB: Oakland 5, Boston 4 (10 innings) OAKLAND, Calif., Kevin Kouzmanoff's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday gave the Oakland Athletics a 5-4 win over Boston. Kouzmanoff and Jack Cust both had a pair of RBI for the A's, who have won six of their last seven games. Daric...

MLB: N.Y. Mets 4, San Fran. 3 (10 innings) SAN FRANCISCO, Ike Davis doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning Sunday, sending the New York Mets to a 4-3 victory over San Francisco. Jason Bay delivered a two-out single off Brian Wilson (2-1) and Davis followed by driving a pitch high off...

MLB: Chicago Cubs 11, Philadelphia 6 CHICAGO, Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto hit two-run homers off Roy Halladay Sunday, powering the Chicago Cubs to an 11-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Derrek Lee drove in three runs with a double and Starlin Castro went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the...