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Ryan Ludwick hit a pair of two-run homers, Adam Wainwright pitched eight strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals salvaged a split by beating the Chicago Cubs 4-2 in the nightcap of Sunday's doubleheader. Wainwright improved to 3-0 against the Cubs this season and St. Louis leads the NL-Central by 2 1/2 games heading into [...]

Pinch-hitter Chris Shelton and Rob Johnson hit consecutive RBI singles with two out in the seventh inning, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday. All-Star Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and drove in a run for the Mariners, raising his batting average to .362 and extending his hitting [...]

John Lackey pitched seven solid innings and the Los Angeles Angels knocked around CC Sabathia to complete a sweep of the New York Yankees with a 5-4 victory Sunday. Lackey (4-4) quickly worked through the Yankees lineup, allowing two runs on six hits. The Angels' ace struck out six in one of his most efficient [...]

Pedro Feliz provided the offense, J.A. Happ kept the Pirates in check, and in a span of little more than a week the Phillies have gotten themselves on track. Feliz hit a first-inning grand slam, and Happ allowed one run in seven innings to help Philadelphia cap a 9-1 homestand with a 5-2 win over [...]

All-Star Orlando Hudson homered twice, Clayton Kershaw won his fifth consecutive road start and the Los Angeles Dodgers capped the best first half in the majors with a 7-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Manny Ramirez went 3 for 3 and scored twice to help the Dodgers finish a 6-3 road trip for [...]

Carlos Gomez drove in a career-high five runs and the Minnesota Twins had an unusually productive afternoon against White Sox ace Mark Buehrle in a 13-7 victory over Chicago on Sunday. Buehrle (9-3) gave up eight runs and 10 hits in 3 1-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. Gomez, Brendan Harris and Denard [...]

Gary Sheffield had three RBIs and Daniel Murphy drove in two runs to key a rare robust offense, Mike Pelfrey pitched seven sharp innings and the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-7 on Sunday. The Citi Field crowd of 40,014 took delight in the Mets' best offensive output at home since June 24, [...]

Gary Sheffield had three RBIs and Daniel Murphy drove in two runs to key a rare robust offense, Mike Pelfrey pitched seven sharp innings and the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-7 on Sunday. The Citi Field crowd of 40,014 took delight in the Mets' best offensive output at home since June 24, [...]

Josh Beckett capped a brilliant first half of the season with a three-hitter, joining teammate Tim Wakefield as the only 11-game winners in the AL as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-0 Sunday. Beckett (11-3) retired the first nine batters, five on strikeouts, and picked up his 100th career victory.

Orlando Cabrera hit a tiebreaking RBI single in Oakland's four-run seventh, leading the Athletics to a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. Kurt Suzuki and pinch-hitter Jack Cust each singled in a run and Mark Ellis drove in Landon Powell with a groundout to set up Cabrera's hit off Chad Bradford.