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Joe Mauer homered twice and Delmon Young hit a tiebreaking two-run shot in the seventh inning to help the Minnesota Twins spoil Ivan Rodriguez's return to Texas with a 9-6 victory against the Rangers on Tuesday night. Young also had a tying two-run double for the Twins, who piled up 12 hits and eight runs [...]

The Detroit Tigers had exactly who they wanted at the plate with the bases loaded and a chance to take a lead. Miguel Cabrera. He hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning and Rick Porcello had a career-high eight strikeouts, lifting Detroit to a 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.

Ricky Nolasco struck out 10 in his second complete game of the season and the Florida Marlins had 10 hits for the 14th consecutive game in a 6-2 win Tuesday night over the Houston Astros. Dan Uggla, Jorge Cantu and Jeremy Hermida hit solo homers for the Marlins, who've won nine of 11. Florida's streak [...]

Jamie Moyer pitched six scoreless innings in relief Pedro Martinez, who took his spot in the starting rotation, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 Tuesday night. A 66-minute rain delay ruined Martinez's home debut with the Phillies. The three-time Cy Young Award winner allowed one run in three innings in his second [...]

Ryan Garko's two-run double in the 10th inning completed San Francisco's comeback from a four-run deficit and helped the Giants to an 8-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. With Pablo Sandoval on second and Randy Winn on first, Garko hit a line drive up the left-center field gap off Francisco Cordero (1-3).

David Ortiz homered and scored three times, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 on Tuesday night. Jason Bay also homered for the Red Sox, while left-hander Hideki Okajima (4-0) pitched one perfect inning for the win. Marco Scutaro hit a two-run single [...]

Gary Sheffield doubled twice in an eight-run fourth inning and the New York Mets battered Derek Lowe, rebounding from an early deficit for a 9-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. Luis Castillo also had two hits and two RBIs during the big outburst off Lowe (12-8), who squandered a 4-0 lead against [...]

Moved up to the leadoff spot, Carlos Gonzalez homered for the third consecutive game Tuesday night, breaking a tie in the eighth inning and helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 4-3. Brad Hawpe and Clint Barmes also homered for Colorado, which leads the NL wild-card race. Ubaldo Jimenez (11-9) went eight innings to [...]

Ryan Church made it clear: He didn't appreciate those recent comments by New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel. After Mets slugger David Wright was hit in the head by a pitch last weekend, causing a concussion, Manuel said Wright was a "different animal" than Church, who missed much of last season with New York following [...]

Beleaguered Chicago Cubs closer Kevin Gregg was demoted Tuesday, and replaced by right-hander Carlos Marmol. Manager Lou Piniella disclosed the move Tuesday, a day after Gregg blew another save in a 4-1 loss to San Diego. Marmol was chosen to take over the closer role, although Piniella said he also considered left-hander John Grabow and [...]