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Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers moved past Mickey Mantle and into 15th place on the career home run list Monday night, hitting a two-run shot off Cincinnati's Micah Owings for the 537th of his career. Ramirez, who tied Mantle on July 10, drove a 2-0 pitch into the left field pavilion in the [...]

Tommy Hanson needed a couple of innings to get comfortable after a 10-day layoff. "It was a lot of fun," he said. "It took a while to get my release point going, but once I got in the groove a little bit, everything came together." Hanson struck out 11 to remain unbeaten, Chipper Jones hit [...]

Tommy Hanson needed a couple of innings to get comfortable after a 10-day layoff. "It was a lot of fun," he said. "It took a while to get my release point going, but once I got in the groove a little bit, everything came together." Hanson struck out 11 to remain unbeaten, Chipper Jones hit [...]

Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer to back a solid start by Gavin Floyd and the Chicago White Sox started a tough stretch by hanging on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Monday night. The Rays were at it again in the late innings after rallying to win each of their previous three [...]

David Murphy and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered on consecutive pitches, in the same inning Michael Young led off with a long ball, and the Texas Rangers beat the suddenly slumping Boston Red Sox 6-3 on Monday night. The Red Sox have lost three straight, the latest loss allowing the New York Yankees to tie them for [...]

Carlos Lee's three-run homer lifted the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. Houston was trailing 2-0 when Lee followed Miguel Tejada's single and a walk by Lance Berkman with a shot to deep left field in the fourth inning. It was the first game of a three-game [...]

Hideki Matsui homered off Jim Johnson in the ninth inning Monday night, giving the streaking New York Yankees a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Matsui lined a a 2-2 pitch into the right-field seats off Jim Johnson (3-4), extending the Yankees' winning streak to four since the All-Star break.

Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homer, Carlos Ruiz and Ryan Howard each went deep, and the Philadelphia Phillies won their ninth straight game, 10-1 over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night. Ruiz also had an RBI double during a four-run fourth inning that helped the NL East leaders turn this one into a rout.

Livan Hernandez threw seven solid innings and Jeff Francoeur hit his first homer with the Mets, leading New York to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night. Francoeur finished with three hits and two RBIs for injury-riddled New York, which scored five times in the first two innings.

New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel's job is safe. Mets general manager Omar Minaya gave the vote of confidence during the fourth inning of New York's game against the Washington Nationals on Monday night, Minaya said that he recently spoke with Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, and Wilpon was supportive.