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Hart's sac fly in 10th lifts Brewers over Cards

Rickie Weeks homered early and Corey Hart hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night. Manny Parra struck out a career-high 10 in 5 1-3 innings and t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Selig won't reverse ump's mistake on perfect game

The imperfect game stands. An umpire's tears and admission he blew a call failed to move baseball commissioner Bud Selig to award Armando Galarraga the perfect game he pitched. The play and its aftermath quickly became the talk of th [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Blown call costs Galarraga perfect game in 9th

Armando Galarraga squeezed the ball in his mitt, stepped on first base with his right foot and was ready to celebrate. What happened next will be the talk of baseball for the rest of this season and likely a lot longer: the perfect game [...]

Posted On : Jun, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Barmes' double in 11th leads Rockies past Giants

Clint Barmes hit a two-out RBI double in the 11th inning and the Colorado Rockies won their season-high fourth straight road game by beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 Tuesday night. The Rockies had runners thrown out at the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Twins cap sweep of Rangers with 6-3 win

Denard Span had two hits, an RBI and made a lunging catch while colliding with Orlando Hudson to end the game and the Minnesota Twins completed a rare three-game sweep with a 6-3 victory over the stumbling Texas Rangers on Sunday night. [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Lowe, surging Braves beat Pirates, 7-3

David Ross and Chipper Jones each drove in three runs, Derek Lowe remained undefeated in his career against Pittsburgh and the surging Atlanta Braves beat the Pirates 7-3 on Friday night. The Braves had 13 hits, including three by [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Mets zero in, shut out Phils for 3rd straight day

Mike Pelfrey and the New York Mets pulled off a most extraordinary pitching feat, shutting out hard-hitting Philadelphia for the third straight game and handing the flailing Phillies a 3-0 loss Thursday night. Ryan Howard, Chase Utl [...]

Posted On : May, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Hairston Jr.'s homer wins it for Padres in 13th

Jerry Hairston Jr. homered with two outs in the 13th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. Hairston homered to left-center on the first pitch from Mitchell Boggs (0-2), the Cardina [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Santana pitches Angels to 8-3 win over Jays

Ervin Santana was staked to a five-run lead in the first two innings, which made him confident enough to keep challenging Toronto's dangerous lineup. Santana pitched a four-hitter for his second complete game against the Blue Jays th [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Cecil pitches Blue Jays to 6-0 win over Angels

Brett Cecil pitched two-hit ball into the eighth inning, Adam Lind drove in a pair of runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-0 on Monday night. Cecil (4-2) struck out three and won his second consecutive start [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Mets activate RHP Igarashi from DL, demote Acosta

Ryota Igarashi is back in the New York Mets' bullpen and Jenrry Mejia is staying there, too. New York optioned right-hander Manny Acosta to Triple-A Buffalo when Igarashi was activated from the 15-day disabled list Sunday, keeping th [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Cruz leads Rangers past Orioles

Nelson Cruz had a three-run homer and drove in four runs in his first career four-hit game, and the Texas Rangers ran their winning streak to four games with a 13-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. Rangers start [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Phillies win 4-2, complete road sweep of Brewers

Cole Hamels pitched into the seventh inning despite giving up back-to-back home runs and the Philadelphia Phillies extended the Milwaukee Brewers misery at home with a 4-2 victory Sunday night to complete a three-game sweep. Hamels [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Red Sox’ lineup proves capable of making some noiseRed Sox’ ...

Terry Francona spoke to the Red Sox before last night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels, but not to chastise them after an embarrassing weekend sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles. He instead. The team’s errat [...]