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Luke Hochevar struck out a career-high 13 in seven innings and closer Joakim Soria earned a rare six-out save, helping the Kansas City Royals end a 10-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Hochevar (6-3) had the second-most strikeouts in team history and was particularly effective against Texas' [...]

Jon Lester on the mound and the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park were the perfect mix for the Boston Red Sox. David Ortiz jump-started Boston's sluggish offense with a three-run homer, Adam LaRoche added a two-run shot in his Red Sox debut and Lester worked into the eighth inning in a 7-2 win over the [...]

Gary Sheffield is headed to the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, adding to the rash of substantial injuries that has wrecked the New York Mets' season. The Mets placed Sheffield on the 15-day DL and recalled left-hander Jonathon Niese from Triple-A Buffalo to start Saturday night against Houston.

Yovani Gallardo scattered four hits in 7 1-3 scoreless innings and drove in the only run Milwaukee needed off previously unbeaten Tommy Hanson to lead the Brewers to a 4-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. The RBI single by Gallardo (9-7) broke open a scoreless game in the fifth and gave the [...]

Jeremy Sowers jumped back into the Cleveland Indians' rotation after a stint in the minors and pitched his best game of the season. Sowers, recalled from Triple-A before the game, pitched seven scoreless innings, Asdrubal Cabrera homered, drove in two runs and scored three times and the Indians beat Seattle Mariners 10-3 on Saturday.

The Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox with bouncers and dribblers, and the victory wasn't any less satisfying. Detroit tied the game against Bobby Jenks in the ninth inning, then won it 4-3 off D.J. Carrasco in the 10th — all without hitting a single ball hard. That was certainly true of Carlos Guillen's [...]

Jimmy Rollins hit a go-ahead grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs, Shane Victorino went 4 for 4 with a homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 14-6 Saturday in a matchup of division leaders. Rodrigo Lopez (3-0) allowed four runs — three earned — and 10 hits in six innings.

Asdrubal Cabrera homered, drove in two runs and scored three times to back a strong start by Jeremy Sowers in the Cleveland Indians' 10-3 victory over Seattle Mariners on Saturday. Sowers (3-7), recalled from Triple-A before the game, held the Mariners scoreless over seven innings, allowing only four hits in his best outing of the [...]

Carlos Guillen's RBI single in the 10th inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. After the Tigers sent the game into extra innings with a ninth-inning rally, Clete Thomas led off the 10th with a single off D.J. Carrasco (3-1) and took second on Miguel Cabrera's basehit.

Chone Figgins and Maicer Izturis, normally the table-setters in the Los Angeles Angels' lineup, both homered during a nine-run fourth inning and the AL West leaders extended their winning streak to a season-high eight games Saturday with an 11-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Matt Palmer (8-1) allowed two runs and four hits in five [...]