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Scott Kazmir picked a great time for his best start of the season. Kazmir took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena homered on consecutive pitches as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Friday night. "That's as good as he's been all year in my mind," [...]

Scott Kazmir picked a great time for his best start of the season. Kazmir took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena homered on consecutive pitches as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Friday night. "That's as good as he's been all year in my mind," [...]

Orlando Cabrera hit a run-scoring triple in the 10th inning after a rare blown save by Joe Nathan in the ninth, helping the Minnesota Twins rally for a bizarre 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Playing their fourth straight game without first baseman Justin Morneau, the Twins fell behind 3-0 early, [...]

Jeff Francoeur homered and Mike Pelfrey outpitched a struggling Cole Hamels, leading the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. Francoeur had three hits and Francisco Rodriguez escaped a ninth-inning jam for New York, which took the opener of a four-game series that's lost most of its luster.

Bill Hall drove in two runs in his first game for the Seattle Mariners, helping rookie Luke French to a 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night. Hall, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, started in left field and had two hits. He put Seattle ahead 1-0 with an RBI single in [...]

Tim Wakefield needed to face only two batters in a rehab start for the Pawtucket Red Sox on Friday to know he was "locked in." Wakefield allowed one run and two hits over 5 2-3 innings as Pawtucket beat the Rochester Red Wings 2-1. "Obviously that's a good barometer in terms of whether or not [...]

Justin Duchscherer's agent says the Oakland Athletics right-hander won't pitch this season so he can concentrate on his treatment for clinical depression. Duchscherer has been out all year after undergoing right elbow surgery in March. He made the All-Star team as a reliever in 2005 and a starter last season.

Tim Wakefield allowed one run and two hits over 5 2-3 innings Friday in a rehab start for the Pawtucket Red Sox against the Rochester Red Wings. Wakefield has been on Boston's disabled list since July 21 after straining his lower back, left hamstring muscle and left calf muscle. He walked one, struck out four [...]

Pedro Martinez waited all spring for a contract offer from the New York Mets that never came. He'll get a chance to make them pay for that this weekend. Now a member of the rival Phillies, the three-time Cy Young Award winner was back in New York on Friday as Philadelphia prepared to open a [...]

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was held out of the opener of a key four-game series against the San Francisco Giants because of the stomach flu. Rockies manager Jim Tracy said Tulowitzki vomited earlier Friday and was told to stay home rather than report to Coors Field with the rest of the team upon their [...]