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Felix Pie became the fourth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle, and Baltimore tied club records for extra-base hits and doubles in a 16-6 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Pie doubled in the first inning, homered in the third, then rounded out the feat during a seven-run seventh.

Roy Halladay gave up two runs over eight innings for his 13th win and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Friday night. Halladay (13-5) was 0-2 in three previous starts against Tampa Bay this season. The right-hander allowed eight hits and struck out six in pitching at least eight innings [...]

Ryan Howard led off the ninth inning with a homer and the Philadelphia Phillies won their fourth straight game, beating the Atlanta Braves 3-2 Friday night in the opener of an important NL East series. Chase Utley hit a two-run shot for the Phillies and Shane Victorino put on a dazzling defensive show in center [...]

Josh Johnson allowed one hit and had a career-high 11 strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings, and the Florida Marlins tightened the NL wild-card race by beating the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Friday night. The Marlins won for the seventh time in eight games and climbed within two games of the Rockies, who lead the wild-card [...]

Brandon Inge's home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Inge hit a 2-1 pitch from Roman Colon (1-2) into the bullpens in left field for his 23rd home run. Brandon Lyon (6-4) picked up the [...]

Bobby Parnell pitched six crisp innings in his second major league start and the New York Mets opened an important homestand with a 3-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Parnell (3-4) limited the Giants to three singles and struck out seven, including four straight overlapping his final two innings.

Alex Rodriguez has been scratched from the Yankees' lineup because of a new ailment: back spasms. And Joba Chamberlain will take his normal turn in New York's rotation, after all. He'll start at Seattle. Manager Joe Girardi had put Rodriguez in the lineup for New York's game Friday night against the Mariners, after he missed [...]

Mariners left-hander Erik Bedard's season is over. Adrian Beltre's might resume. The Mariners announced Friday that arthroscopic surgery on Bedard's pitching shoulder repaired a torn labrum and cleaned up other fraying in the joint. Dr. Lewis Yocum, who performed the surgery on Thursday in Los Angeles, estimated Bedard would be able to throw again in [...]

This is David Eckstein's second trip back to the town where he was a World Series MVP in 2006. Lingering resentment remains over his departure. The Padres' second baseman wants to have a chat with Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak to clear the air about soured negotiations following the 2007 season.

If Major League Baseball wants to talk with Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo about the supplements he takes, he doesn't know about it. Arroyo told USA Today this week that he takes supplements which haven't been approved by MLB. Baseball said it would like to talk with Arroyo and remind him which supplements are approved.