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Jorge De La Rosa spared the Colorado Rockies from another doubleheader sweep. Two weeks after De La Rosa won the second game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets, the Rockies starter shut down the Florida Marlins 7-3 for a split Sunday night. The Marlins won the opener 10-3 behind homers from Hanley Ramirez [...]

Philadelphia right-hander Brett Myers has been cleared by an ophthalmologist for a long-toss session on Monday, three days after injuring his eye. Dr. John Michealos examined Myers' eye in Clearwater, Fla., on Sunday. Myers injured his eye when he slipped while getting out of his truck and hit his face Friday night.

Colby Rasmus' two-run homer capped a three-run ninth inning off Padres All-Star closer Heath Bell, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 7-5 victory and a three-game sweep on Sunday. Adrian Gonzalez hit his 32nd homer and singled three times for the Padres, who have lost five straightand have dropped nine in a row in St.

Jose Lopez had three hits and three RBIs and the Seattle Mariners beat the Yankees 10-3 Sunday, ending New York's five-game winning streak and handing Joba Chamberlain his first loss in two months. Doug Fister, making his second career start, held one of baseball's best lineups to three runs in seven innings for his first [...]

Randy Wolf finished a triple short of the cycle and pitched neatly into the eighth innings, leading Los Angeles to a 9-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks that snapped a three-game skid. Wolf retired 20 straight batters after Ryan Roberts singled with one out in the first inning. Arizona rookie second baseman Rusty Ryal broke [...]

Torii Hunter waited nearly six weeks for the opportunity to win a game for the Los Angeles Angels, then blew it by lining into a double play with the bases loaded in the 11th inning. Given a second chance to beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 13th, he delivered. Hunter celebrated his return from the [...]

Kelly Shoppach and Luis Valbuena hit back-to-back homers and Grady Sizemore added a two-run shot in a six-run third inning as the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Sunday. Shoppach homered on the first pitch of the third from Minnesota starter Nick Blackburn (8-8). Valbuena followed two pitches later, and after Blackburn hit [...]

Ian Kinsler homered and drove in two runs, Dustin Nippert pitched six solid innings and the Texas Rangers passed Boston in the AL wild-card race, beating the Red Sox 4-3 Sunday. The Rangers took two of three in the weekend series to move a half-game ahead of Boston. Kinsler, back in the lineup one day [...]

Yankees captain Derek Jeter has passed Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio for most hits by a shortstop. Jeter hit an RBI double in the third inning of Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners. His 2,674th hit as a shortstop came two innings after he had singled against Seattle rookie starter Doug Fister leading off the [...]

Hanley Ramirez and Chris Coghlan each homered and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 in the first game of a doubleheader Sunday. Cody Ross had four hits, and Ramirez and Coghlan each had three hits as Florida finished with 17 overall. The Marlins now have 10 or more hits in 12 straight games.