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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb has elected to have arthroscopic surgery for his right shoulder. "We support his decision to have surgery," Diamondbacks executive vice president and general manager Josh Byrnes said. "Obviously, we exhausted every other course of treatment." The surgery will take place Monday in Arlington Tex., by Dr.

Cody Ross had shaving cream caked on his collar, while Dan Uggla had the stuff dripping from his neck and earlobes. Back-to-back solo homers in the ninth inning to win a game — on consecutive pitches, no less — left the Florida Marlins in a delirious mood. Two outs from defeat, Uggla and Ross turned [...]

The Texas Rangers placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. Kinsler missed five straight starts and said before the game that the injury hadn't improved, but hadn't gotten worse either. Then, 10 minutes before the game's first pitch against Seattle, the team announced that Kinsler was headed [...]

Freddy Sanchez had two hits and two RBIs in his first game with San Francisco, Barry Zito made his third straight strong start and the Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 on Sunday. Sanchez, who was acquired from Pittsburgh two days before the trade deadline last week, singled in his first at-bat then added a [...]

The Texas Rangers activated reliever Frank Francisco from the 15-day disabled list prior to Sunday night's game against the Seattle Mariners. Francisco is recovering from the flu and a mild case of pneumonia, and manager Ron Washington said Francisco won't return as Texas' closer right away.

Jon Garland pitched his first complete game in more than a year and Chad Tracy hit a two-run double, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-2 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday. Miguel Montero had three hits and Gerardo Parra drove in two runs to back Garland, who is 2-8 in his last [...]

Kendry Morales homered twice and had a career-high six RBIs, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 13-4 Sunday to sweep their three-game series. Jered Weaver (11-3) struck out a career-high 11 in 6 1-3 innings for the Angels (63-40), who have the best record in the American League and have won 13 [...]

Melky Cabrera became the 15th Yankees player and their first in 14 years to hit for the cycle, leading New York to an 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the second to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead, doubled in the fourth and chased Mark [...]

Newcomer Victor Martinez had a career-high tying five hits and four RBIs, Josh Reddick and Rocco Baldelli homered, and the Boston Red Sox reached season highs in runs and hits Sunday in a 18-10 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. It was the fourth straight victory for the Red Sox, whose 23-hit attack included three apiece [...]

Bud Norris pitched seven sharp innings in his first major league start, leading the Houston Astros to a 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Norris was working on a no-hitter before pitcher Adam Wainwright led off the sixth with a single to center. Norris (1-0) gave up just two hits, walked four [...]