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Jayson Werth is making a late bid for All-Star consideration. Werth homered for the fourth straight game, Chase Utley hit an inside-the-park homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 on Thursday night. Werth went deep in the sixth for his seventh homer in 12 games. The Phillies became the second team in [...]

The Kansas City Royals rallied from an early four-run deficit and knocked the Boston Red Sox out of sole possession of first place in the A.L. East with an 8-6 victory Thursday night. Luke Hochevar (5-3) won for the fifth time in seven starts, despite allowing nine hits and five runs in six innings. Joakim [...]

Manny Ramirez hit a pair of RBI singles to key an early outburst against struggling starter Livan Hernandez, and Randy Wolf pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers past the New York Mets 11-2 on Thursday night for his first win in eight outings. Dropped to seventh in the batting order, slumping All-Star Orlando Hudson responded with [...]

Jayson Werth homered for the fourth straight game, Chase Utley hit an inside-the-park homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 on Thursday night. Jamie Moyer (8-6) allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings, but Philadelphia's offense bailed him out again. The Phillies have averaged 8.1 runs in Moyer's wins.

Joel Hanrahan earned his first win of the year the easy way — hanging out in his hotel room. And it was a victory that defied geography. The Pittsburgh Pirates reliever was enjoying a day off in Philadelphia on Thursday when his former Washington Nationals teammates were finishing off a suspended game in Houston by [...]

An error by Miguel Tejada in the 11th inning made former Nationals reliever Joel Hanrahan a winner Thursday night as Washington beat the Houston Astros 11-10 in the completion of a suspended game. Hanrahan was traded by the Nationals on June 30 to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a deal for Nyjer Morgan, who [...]

Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is getting his due from the Oakland Athletics. The A's will retire Henderson's No. 24 jersey during a pregame ceremony Aug. 1, deemed "Rickey Henderson Day" by the club in tribute of the career leader in runs scored and stolen bases. Henderson, 50, spent the majority of his 25 big [...]

Kelly Shoppach hit a grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs, and the Cleveland Indians built a big lead Thursday before holding on for a 10-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Five Cleveland relievers combined for 4 2-3 scoreless innings against a Chicago club that has scored 96 runs in its last 15 [...]

Pedro Martinez says his agent is negotiating with the Philadelphia Phillies, trying to get the pitcher back into the major leagues. Martinez said the Phillies have been scouting him in his native Dominican Republic. "The Phillies saw me this past Tuesday in a simulated game and I felt very good with my fastball and all [...]

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino and Detroit Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge have been elected by fans to Tuesday's All-Star game in record-shattering voting exclusively on MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, and the individual club sites. Victorino received 15.6 million votes and was followed by San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval, Arizona's Mark…