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When Joel Pineiro's sinker is working, St. Louis Cardinals infielders get plenty of ground balls. The pitcher, too, with Pineiro's glovework triggering two double plays that helped him win his seventh straight decision. Pineiro contributed four assists while working eight strong innings and the Cardinals jumped on Roy Oswalt early in a 3-2 victory over [...]

Andy Pettitte was sitting at home Wednesday morning, watching the Little League World Series on TV when he saw his name scrolling across the bottom of the screen. The caption informed him that if Pettitte beat the Texas Rangers, he'd tie Lefty Gomez for third place on the New York Yankees' career win list — [...]

Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven easy innings for Baltimore, Felix Pie homered and the Orioles ended Minnesota's season-high five-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory Wednesday night. Guthrie (9-12) won his second straight start, allowing six hits and one run again after beating Chicago with the same line last week.

Ryan Howard hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning after Philadelphia's bullpen blew yet another lead and the division-leading Phillies bounced back from one of their toughest losses all season to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Wednesday night. The Phillies, winning their 13th in 16 games, led 1-0 going into the ninth [...]

David Ortiz curled his second homer of the game around the Pesky Pole to break a ninth-inning tie and give the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. It was Ortiz's 10th career game-ending homer and a franchise-record ninth with the Red Sox. Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx [...]

Jorge Posada hit a three-run homer, Andy Pettitte finally gave New York a quality pitching performance, and the free-swinging Yankees romped to a 9-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira each drove in a pair of runs, and Jerry Hairston Jr. added a solo homer for the Yankees.

Even with less than his best, Josh Johnson can still beat the New York Mets. The Florida Marlins ace gave up nine hits in six innings Wednesday night, but that was enough to keep him undefeated against the Mets, who lost 5-3. Johnson trailed early but improved to 7-0 with an ERA of 2.30 in [...]

The Seattle Mariners are slowing Ichiro Suzuki's return from tightness in his left calf. Manager Don Wakamatsu said Wednesday the team has told its antsy, nine-time All-Star to do less and rest. Suzuki was out of the lineup for the third consecutive game against Oakland. The Gold Glove outfielder did some indoor work for the [...]

Six-time Gold Glover Eric Chavez says his rehabilitation from his latest back surgery is going well and that he will try to return to play third base again for the Oakland Athletics next spring training. "I'll try to get in great shape, roll the dice and see what happens," Chavez said Wednesday.

Milton Bradley said he's experienced plenty of hatred during his rough first season with the Chicago Cubs after signing a three-year, $30 million contract. Bradley has been booed at times by the impatient fans at Wrigley Field during Chicago's disappointing season. Bradley went 4 for 4 on Tuesday night with a homer but talked after [...]