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Scott Baker allowed a run in eight innings and Michael Cuddyer homered as the Minnesota Twins handed the slumping Texas Rangers their fourth straight loss, 4-1 Saturday night. The Twins, who are 2-0 on a 10-game road trip, moved within two games of first-place Detroit in a bunched American League Central.

Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth, connecting for the first time in almost six weeks, and the Chicago Cubs held on for a 6-5 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night. Soriano sent a first-pitch slider from rookie left-hander Jordan Zimmermann over the wall in right-center, erasing a 4-2 Washington [...]

Dan Haren allowed one run over eight innings, Miguel Montero homered and had four hits, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Saturday night. Haren (10-5) allowed his former team just four hits while striking out eight, lowering his major league-leading ERA to 1.96. After giving up an RBI single to [...]

Jarrod Washburn pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Franklin Gutierrez homered for a second straight night and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 Saturday night. Washburn (7-6) allowed a run in 6 2-3 innings and has given up two runs over his last 23 2-3 innings to win his last three starts.

Although most of the Angels already were on the bus back to the hotel after another improbably impressive offensive game, catcher Mike Napoli needed an answer to a semi-serious question. "Why are we still scoring runs, man?" Napoli asked All-Star infielder Chone Figgins as they dressed in the mostly empty Coliseum locker room following Los [...]

Although most of the Angels already were on the bus back to the hotel after another improbably impressive offensive game, catcher Mike Napoli needed an answer to a semi-serious question. "Why are we still scoring runs, man?" Napoli asked All-Star infielder Chone Figgins as they dressed in the mostly empty Coliseum locker room following Los [...]

Johan Santana threw seven scoreless innings to take some pressure off New York's struggling offense and the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Saturday. The Mets scored two runs in the sixth to snap a streak of 19 consecutive scoreless innings. Kenshin Kawakami's bases-loaded walk to Jeremy Reed forced in the first run.

Erick Aybar drove in a career-high four runs, and Chone Figgins hit a leadoff homer while reaching base four times in the Los Angeles Angels' 11-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday. Every starter got a hit and six drove in a run for the AL West-leading Angels, who capitalized on four Oakland errors [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals activated utilityman Mark DeRosa from the 15-day disabled list Saturday. DeRosa, who was acquired June 27 from the Cleveland Indians, was in the Cardinals' lineup for three games before hurting his left wrist against San Francisco June 30. The injury was later diagnosed as a partially torn tendon sheath.

Mark Buehrle allowed one run pitching into the eighth inning, Jermaine Dye hit a go-ahead two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Saturday. The White Sox, who started the season 15-22, pulled within 1 1/2 games of AL Central-leading Detroit — the closest they've been to the division lead [...]