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Hunter Pence hit a pair of three-run homers for a career-high six RBIs, powering the Houston Astros to a 14-6 victory over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night. Pence's home runs highlighted a five-run first inning and a seven-run fourth that chased Ricky Nolasco (8-8). Florida had won five in a row.

Josh Beckett pitched seven strong innings for his major league-high 14th win, Mike Lowell and Jason Bay homered and the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 8-2 Wednesday night. The Red Sox won their third in a row and sent AL Central-leading Detroit to its fourth loss in five games. Boston has won seven [...]

Pedro Martinez pitched five innings and left with a big lead in his return to the major leagues with the Philadelphia Phillies. The three-time Cy Young Award winner departed Wednesday night with the Phillies leading the Chicago Cubs 12-3. It was Martinez's first appearance in the majors since Sept.

Adam LaRoche gave the Braves the lead with a seventh-inning homer, his second of the game, and Atlanta continued its second-half surge by beating the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Wednesday night. LaRoche snapped a 2-2 tie with his seventh-inning homer off Jorge Sosa (1-1). He had a second-inning homer off Craig Stammen and drove in [...]

Rookie Tommy Hunter turned the shutout tables on the Cleveland Indians, pitching into the eighth inning to lead the Texas Rangers to a 5-0 victory Wednesday night. Hunter (5-2) gave up six hits and struck out five without a walk over a career-high 7 2-3 innings as the Rangers bounced back from a 5-0 loss [...]

Tempers flared. Emotions ran wild. Benches cleared and managers were tossed. Everything one would expect from a Dodgers-Giants game, especially this year with both clubs in the playoff chase. Juan Uribe hit a game-ending two-run homer with one out in the 10th inning and San Francisco avoided a three-game sweep by archrival Los Angeles with [...]

Alex Rios is debuting for the White Sox, rested and ready to jump into a playoff race. The two-time All-Star was in right field and batting third for Chicago's series finale at Seattle on Wednesday night. It's the first time in his 810-game career that Rios is playing for someone other than the Blue Jays.

Juan Uribe hit a game-ending two-run homer with one out in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep by the archrival Los Angeles Dodgers with a 4-2 victory Wednesday. Brian Wilson (4-5) pitched 1 1-3 innings with four strikeouts for the win on a wild day in which the benches [...]

Mariners left-hander Erik Bedard is having another surgery on his throwing shoulder, all but ending his season and perhaps his time with Seattle. Manager Don Wakamatsu said Wednesday that Bedard will have exploratory surgery on Friday in Los Angeles with Dr. Lewis Yocum, who removed a cyst from Bedard's shoulder in September.

Gary Matthews Jr. put the Angels ahead with three-run homer in the sixth, Howie Kendrick added another three-run shot in the seventh, and Los Angeles finished a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 10-5 victory Wednesday. Chone Figgins had three hits and scored the first run in a five-run seventh for the [...]