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Delmon Young's fourth hit of the night scored Michael Cuddyer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 7-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Cuddyer hit a liner off a diving Brian Roberts' glove at second base with two outs. Kam Mikolio (0-1) then walked Jason [...]

Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona got a text message from Victor Martinez well after midnight on Tuesday morning saying, "Let me play." Francona just wanted his newly acquired backup catcher, first baseman and designated hitter to get some sleep. "I said, 'Leave me alone. You'll come in tomorrow night, pinch hit and get the [...]

Adam Wainwright became the National League's first 15-game winner. He also took the team lead, at least for a few days. Wainwright worked eight innings of three-hit ball and Albert Pujols' rare hit off Wandy Rodriguez drove in the lone run in the St. Louis Cardinals' 1-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

Rookie shortstop Elvis Andrus turned Melky Cabrera's liner into a game-ending double play, and the Texas Rangers held off the New York Yankees 10-9 on Tuesday night. Michael Young and Nelson Cruz homered for the Rangers, who scored seven two-out runs off Joba Chamberlain to overcome an early four-run deficit.

Elijah Dukes hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning, Josh Willingham had two homers and six RBIs and the Washington Nationals rocked Carlos Zambrano in his return from the disabled list, routing the Chicago Cubs 15-6 on Tuesday night. Dukes drove in a career-high five runs as the Nationals sent the Cubs to [...]

Zack Greinke struck out a team-record 15 in eight overpowering innings and got some rare offensive support, helping the Kansas City Royals end a five-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Greinke (12-8) passed his career high with 12 strikeouts in the first six innings, then broke Mark [...]

Adam Wainwright worked eight innings of three-hit ball to become the National League's first 15-game winner and Albert Pujols' rare hit off Wandy Rodriguez drove in the lone run in the St. Louis Cardinals' 1-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Brendan Ryan sped home from first on Pujols' one-out double down the [...]

Andrew McCutchen made up for a defensive gaffe earlier in the ninth inning by hitting a game-ending two-run homer off closer Brad Lidge and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Tuesday night. In a game in which both closers couldn't hold leads, the Pirates tied it against Lidge (0-6) on singles by [...]

Carlos Pena hit two two-run homers, giving him 200 for his career, James Shields pitched 6 2-3 innings for the win and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Tuesday night. Pena went 2 for 5 with four RBIs in his fourth multihomer game of the season. He has more home [...]

Jason Bay hit a solo homer to break an eighth-inning tie, and Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits to go with his franchise-record 55th stolen base on Tuesday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Manny Delcarmen (5-2) got one out to escape a first-and-third jam in [...]