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Evan Longoria and Pat Burrell hit two-run homers in consecutive innings to help the Tampa Bay Rays rally for an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Longoria, who missed Tuesday night's All-Star Game with an infected finger, connected against Juan Cruz (3-3) in the eighth to give the Rays the lead.

Garrett Jones' homer in the 14th inning, his second of the night and fifth in four games, ended Pittsburgh's four-game losing streak and the Pirates beat the Giants 2-1 on Friday night. The Pirates hadn't scored since Jones' two-out homer in the first off Tim Lincecum until the 28-year-old rookie, who has spent much of [...]

Jim Thome hit a grand slam and a three-run homer for a career-high seven RBIs Friday night, carrying the Chicago White Sox to a 12-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. With 14 RBIs in the last three games, Thome increased his career total to 1,545 and passed Harry Heilmann and Willie Stargell into 41st place [...]

Mark Teixeira bailed out a shaky A.J. Burnett with a go-ahead, three-run homer off Joel Zumaya, and the New York Yankees opened the second half with a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. New York trailed 3-1 against rookie Luke French, then started its comeback with an unearned run in the fifth.

Clay Buchholz's reward for winning his season debut? A ticket back to Triple-A Pawtucket. Buchholz pitched 5 2-3 innings to earn his first major league victory in more than a year, Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Friday night. "(Buchholz) was awesome," teammate [...]

Albert Pujols hit two homers to add to his major league-leading total and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Friday night. The multi home run game was the eighth for Pujols, who has 34 homers and 89 RBIs, which also leads the majors. He has 31 multi home run games in [...]

Jason Kubel hit a tiebreaking three-run homer after Minnesota's All-Stars reached base and the Twins beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 Friday night, putting a damper on Josh Hamilton's first home game in more than six weeks. Kubel's homer in the third, after consecutive one-out hits by Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, put the Twins up [...]

Bronson Arroyo not only pitched a good game but talked one, too. Arroyo gave his second straight scoreless performance, using his array of pitches and his power of persuasion for seven innings, and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage of Edwin Encarnacion's four hits to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 on Friday night.

Brian McCann drove in four runs in the first three innings, Jair Jurrjens combined with three relievers on a two-hitter and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 11-0 on Friday night. Jurrjens (8-7) gave up both hits and two walks in six innings after the Braves retired the No. 31 worn by former [...]

Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run homer, Clay Buchholz pitched 5 2-3 innings to earn his first major league win in more than a year and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Friday night. David Ortiz added a two-run double as Boston opened the second half by winning its fourth straight. [...]