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Derek Holland took a one-hit shutout into the ninth inning and Michael Young hit two of Texas' five home runs, leading the Rangers over the Seattle Mariners 7-1 on Thursday night. Holland (4-6) retired 24 of his first 25 batters and struck out 10. The only hits he allowed were Jack Hannahan's broken-bat single with [...]

Brian McCann's three-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Atlanta Braves a 6-3 victory over the Florida Marlins on Thursday night. Nate McLouth led off the Braves 10th against Luis Ayala (1-3) with a single. After a sacrifice and an intentional walk to Chipper Jones, McCann hit a 2-2 pitch over the right-center field [...]

Jorge De La Rosa set a franchise record by winning his seventh consecutive start and the Colorado Rockies beat New York 4-2 on Thursday night, earning a split in the day-night doubleheader and snapping the Mets' five-game winning streak. The Mets won the opener 7-0 behind Johan Santana, who struck out eight in seven sharp [...]

Kevin Hart won the game and got traded. Russ Ortiz lost it and got released. That was the strange aftermath to the Chicago Cubs' 12-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday. "It's a little weird, a little different," Hart said while still wearing a Cubs' sweat shirt in a mostly empty clubhouse after his [...]

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the latest star implicated in baseball's ever-growing drug scandal, acknowledging Thursday that the players' union confirmed he tested positive in 2003. Shortly after hitting the go-ahead home run that beat Oakland 8-5, Ortiz responded to a story on The New York Times' Web site that he and former [...]

Adding a big arm to their bullpen, the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers acquired former All-Star closer George Sherrill from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday for two minor leaguers. The rebuilding Orioles receive third baseman Josh Bell and right-hander Steve Johnson, both of whom were at Double-A Chattanooga.

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the latest star implicated in baseball's ever-growing drug scandal, acknowledging Thursday that the players' union confirmed he tested positive in 2003. Shortly after hitting the go-ahead home run that beat Oakland 8-5, Ortiz responded to a story on The New York Times' Web site that he and former [...]

Texas Rangers pitcher Vicente Padilla is on track to make his first start in two weeks after being sidelined by the swine flu. Padilla, scratched from Tuesday night's game because he was still weak from his illness, is scheduled to start Friday night against Seattle. "He's feeling strong enough.

The Chicago Cubs have landed a new left-hander for their bullpen, acquiring John Grabow from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a five-player trade. Locked in a tight race atop the NL Central, the Cubs sent right-handers Kevin Hart and Jose Ascanio and minor league infielder Josh Harrison to the busy Pirates on Thursday for Grabow and [...]

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz says he was told by the baseball players' union that he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. Ortiz says he's surprised by the news and intends to find out what drug was found in the tests that were supposed to remain anonymous. The New York Times reported Thursday [...]