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The Chicago Cubs struck out 14 times, stranded 14 runners and gave up nine walks. They lost ace Carlos Zambrano and slugger Aramis Ramirez to injuries. They blew an early six-run lead, and a three-run lead with two out in the ninth. Thanks to Derrek Lee, they won anyway. Lee led off the 10th inning [...]

This time, the Los Angeles Angels needed only nine innings to rout the Minnesota Twins. A night after scoring 11 runs off a season-high 19 hits in extra innings, the Angels nearly matched the feat by beating the Twins 11-6 off 18 hits Saturday night. Kendry Morales, Maicer Izturis and Juan Rivera each homered in [...]

Tim Lincecum won his 12th game blanking the Phillies for eight innings and San Francisco beat Philadelphia 2-0 on Saturday night. Lincecum struck out eight and leads the majors with 191. On Monday, he struck out 15 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Brian Wilson pitched the ninth for his 27th save in 31 opportunities and gave [...]

Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 622nd career home run and Felix Hernandez pitched seven solid innings to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Griffey's three-run shot in the first came off Rangers starter Tommy Hunter, the 400th different pitcher he has homered off in his career.

Ryan Raburn singled in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and finished with three hits, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night. Jose Veras (4-2) walked Placido Polanco and Clete Thomas to open the 12th before striking out Miguel Cabrera and getting Carlos Guillen to foul [...]

Josh Beckett pitched seven innings of six-hit ball for his major league-leading 13th win, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis homered, and the Boston Red Sox cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 Saturday night. Youkilis went 4 for 4 with a walk. In the first two games of the series, he's 7 for 8 with two [...]

Andrew McCutchen homered three times and had a career-high six RBIs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates handed the Washington Nationals their fourth straight loss, 11-6 on Saturday night. McCutchen, a rookie, doubled his home run total by hitting three shots to left — one just inside the foul pole to lead off the first, one with [...]

Kendry Morales, Maicer Izturis and Juan Rivera each homered in the sixth inning and Joe Saunders won for the first time in more than a month to help the Los Angeles Angels beat Minnesota 11-6 on Saturday night. The rout spoiled the Minnesota debut of Orlando Cabrera, who went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a [...]

Matt Holliday hit two solo homers, Chris Carpenter tossed an eight-hitter for his second complete game of the season and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Saturday night. Holliday connected on the first pitch for each of his homers, hitting a drive to right off Wandy Rodriguez in the second and [...]

No. 9 batter Jayson Nix stirred up his team's offense without even swinging the bat and helped the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees for a third straight game. "The chances of that happening are not very good," Nix said Saturday after he drew four walks — two with the bases loaded — [...]