Gil Meche was victorious in his return from the disabled list and the Kansas City Royals dealt the Minnesota Twins a major setback in the AL Central with a 5-4 series-clinching victory Thursday. Meche (5-9) gave up four runs on seven hits in five innings of his first start since July 11, and the Royals took two of three for their first series win since a trip to Houston on June 23-25.
Never in Mariners history had one run taken so long — and felt so good. Pinch-hitter Ken Griffey Jr. lined a single off the right-field wall with two outs in the bottom of the 14th to give the Mariners a 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night and end the longest scoreless game in Seattle's 33-year history.
Pedro Martinez's return to the big leagues was a winner. No surprise there. It's what he's done his entire career. And this time, he also had a promise to keep. Pitching in a major league game for the first time since last September, Martinez mixed it up, changed speeds and lasted five innings to get the victory for his new team, the Philadelphia Phillies, in a 12-5 rout of the Chicago…
Hunter Pence hit a pair of three-run homers for a career-high six RBIs, powering the Houston Astros to a 14-6 victory over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night. Pence's home runs highlighted a five-run first inning and a seven-run fourth that chased Ricky Nolasco (8-8). Florida had won five in a row.
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.
Tempers flared. Emotions ran wild. Benches cleared and managers were tossed. Everything one would expect from a Dodgers-Giants game, especially this year with both clubs in the playoff chase. Juan Uribe hit a game-ending two-run homer with one out in the 10th inning and San Francisco avoided a three-game sweep by archrival Los Angeles with a 4-2 victory Wednesday.
Juan Uribe hit a game-ending two-run homer with one out in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep by the archrival Los Angeles Dodgers with a 4-2 victory Wednesday. Brian Wilson (4-5) pitched 1 1-3 innings with four strikeouts for the win on a wild day in which the benches cleared and both Giants manager Bruce Bochy and later bench coach — and acting manager –…
Gary Matthews Jr. put the Angels ahead with three-run homer in the sixth, Howie Kendrick added another three-run shot in the seventh, and Los Angeles finished a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 10-5 victory Wednesday. Chone Figgins had three hits and scored the first run in a five-run seventh for the Angels, who improved to a season-best 24 games over .500.
Robinson Cano hit a game-ending RBI single in the 11th inning, and the New York Yankees capped a successful homestand with a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Alex Rodriguez got the winning rally started when he was hit by a pitch from Shawn Camp (1-6) with one out. Rodriguez stayed down for a short period after he was struck on his left elbow, but remained in the game after…
Alexi Ramirez went more than a month without a home run. The drought wasn't long enough for Doug Fister. Ramirez hit a three-run homer with one out in the top of the ninth off Seattle closer David Aardsma and the White Sox rallied for a stunning 3-1 victory over the Mariners on Tuesday night. Fister allowed one hit in six scoreless innings in his major league debut, and he turned a one-run lead…
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