Scott Feldman pitched six sharp innings and Josh Hamilton had four hits, including the go-ahead two-run double, leading the Texas Rangers to a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday. Feldman (12-4) worked out of trouble several times after allowing a first-inning run in winning his third straight start.
Pedro Martinez pitched five innings and left with a big lead in his return to the major leagues with the Philadelphia Phillies. The three-time Cy Young Award winner departed Wednesday night with the Phillies leading the Chicago Cubs 12-3. It was Martinez's first appearance in the majors since Sept.
Adam LaRoche gave the Braves the lead with a seventh-inning homer, his second of the game, and Atlanta continued its second-half surge by beating the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Wednesday night. LaRoche snapped a 2-2 tie with his seventh-inning homer off Jorge Sosa (1-1). He had a second-inning homer off Craig Stammen and drove in a third run with a bases-loaded walk in Atlanta's three-run…
Rookie Tommy Hunter turned the shutout tables on the Cleveland Indians, pitching into the eighth inning to lead the Texas Rangers to a 5-0 victory Wednesday night. Hunter (5-2) gave up six hits and struck out five without a walk over a career-high 7 2-3 innings as the Rangers bounced back from a 5-0 loss to Cleveland on Tuesday with their league-leading eighth shutout.
Nick Green hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly and one of Boston's three homers as the Red Sox ended their three-game power outage and six-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The Red Sox, who scored just two runs in the final three games of a four-game sweep by the Yankees in New York, squandered a 5-3 lead when Manny Delcarmen allowed two runs in the seventh.
Todd Helton had three hits to extended his hitting streak to 14 games, Dexter Fowler scored three times and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5 on Sunday. Carlos Gonzalez also had three hits for Colorado, which had 14 hits. Milton Bradley went 4-for-5 and Koyie Hill had three hits for the Cubs, who had a season-high 17 hits despite playing most of the game without manager Lou Piniella.
Miguel Cabrera and Alex Avila homered in a six-run first inning and the Detroit Tigers held on for a 10-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. The first-place Tigers stretched their lead in the AL Central to 5 1/2 games over third-place Minnesota. It was Avila's first major league homer, and the son of Tigers' vice president and assistant general manager Al Avila finished with…
Scott Rolen returned from a beaning that left him sore and blurry for two days, then hit a two-run homer on his first swing Wednesday night to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs that ended their eight-game losing streak. Right-hander Justin Lehr (1-0) limited the Cubs to four hits in his first complete game.
Scott Baker denied feeling pressure, though he knew it was time for a Minnesota starting pitcher to step up. Baker (9-7) pitched seven scoreless innings and was backed by home runs from Carlos Gomez and Jason Kubel, leading the Twins to a 10-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. "Getting those runs helped a lot," Baker said.
Zack Greinke could appreciate the game Carl Crawford had against him. Crawford had three hits, three RBIs and stole his 49th base of the season, leading the Tampa Bay Rays past the Kansas City Royals 10-4 on Monday. The Rays' All-Star left fielder went 3 for 3 against Greinke (10-7) after having just one hit in 16 previous at-bats against him.
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