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The Atlanta Braves are looking more like contenders. The New York Mets are looking for help. Yunel Escobar had two of his four RBIs in a five-run fifth inning and the Braves beat New York 7-1 on Sunday night as the Mets lost yet another player to an injury. "He's been coming through," Braves manager [...]

Matt Kemp hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, Brad Ausmus had a pair of RBI doubles and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Sunday to split their four-game series. Kemp drove a 3-2 pitch from LaTroy Hawkins (1-4) into the left-field pavilion for his 12th homer, capping a big [...]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have cut off contract talks with shortstop Jack Wilson and second baseman Freddy Sanchez after the player didn't respond to multiyear offers, increasing the chances the double-play duo will be traded before the season ends. Discussions could resume if the players' agents make counter proposals, but Pirates general manager Neal Huntington cautioned [...]

Jason Marquis threw eight strong innings and drove in two runs to become the majors' first 12-game winner, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. The win spoiled the major league debut of San Diego right-hander Mat Latos (0-1), the club's top pitching prospect, who allowed two [...]

Sue Burns, a part owner of the San Francisco Giants and devoted philanthropist who was close friends with home run king Barry Bonds, has died. She was 58. Burns died early Sunday of complications from cancer, the team said. She was diagnosed with the disease July 10 and missed Jonathan Sanchez's no-hitter for the Giants [...]

Joel Pineiro had no intention to gloat about his newfound prowess at the plate. The Cardinals' starter gave himself all the run support he would need, hitting a two-run double with two outs in the fourth inning, and St. Louis beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Sunday. Pineiro has eight hits this year, matching his [...]

The Brewers acquired second baseman Felipe Lopez from the Arizona Diamondbacks for two minor leaguers on Sunday, giving Milwaukee a much needed threat at the top of the order. Milwaukee has been without starting second baseman Rickie Weeks after he had season-ending surgery on his wrist in May. Since then, 38-year-old veteran Craig Counsell and [...]

Bobby Abreu homered with one out in the 10th inning and broke up rookie Brett Anderson's bid for a perfect game with a seventh-inning single, leading the Los Angeles Angels over the Oakland Athletics 1-0 on Sunday. Abreu's two big hits rewarded John Lackey (5-4), who allowed three hits over nine scoreless innings for the [...]

Matt Cain and their only productive inning of the weekend gave the San Francisco Giants exactly what they needed to get through a difficult day on and off the field. Cain held the Pirates to one run over seven innings to outpitch All-Star replacement Zach Duke, and the Giants, saddened by the death of their [...]

Joba Chamberlain won for the first time in almost a month and the New York Yankees got home runs from Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez in a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep of the AL Central leaders. The Yankees celebrated Old-Timers' Day with an excellent pitching performance by [...]