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Javier Vazquez and everyone else in the Atlanta lineup made sure the Braves were feeling good as they headed off on an important road trip. Vazquez pitched seven scoreless innings, each starter contributed to a 17-hit attack and the Braves romped past the San Diego Padres 9-1 on Thursday night, avoiding a sweep and moving [...]

Jayson Nix drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox scored four times in both the second and third innings, beating the Boston Red Sox 9-5 on Thursday night to avoid a four-game sweep. Chicago battered rookie Junichi Tazawa for all nine runs just five days after he pitched six scoreless innings in a [...]

Garrett Jones hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning against J.A. Happ, fellow rookie Andrew McCutchen also went deep and the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for the second time in three nights to beat the division-leading Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Thursday night. Charlie Morton shook off a rough first inning to limit the Phillies [...]

Arizona third baseman Mark Reynolds was back in the Diamondbacks' lineup and batting clean up Thursday after missing the previous three games with the flu. The Diamondbacks' slugger, who last played on Aug. 22l, received an IV in San Francisco on Tuesday and was held out of the Diamondbacks' first two games of a three-game [...]

Washington Nationals outfielder Nyjer Morgan is expected to miss the rest of the season after breaking a bone in his left hand while sliding headfirst into third base Thursday. Morgan, who had missed the previous three games with the flu, drew a leadoff walk against the Chicago Cubs before stealing second and third.

Vicente Padilla gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a shot in the arm and the Colorado Rockies a punch to the gut. The right-hander who was jettisoned by Texas earlier this month after angering the Rangers by throwing at hitters, returned to the National League on Thursday and pitched the Dodgers past the Rockies 3-2.

A new Obama administration appointee will decide whether to take the baseball drug list case to the Supreme Court. The Major League Baseball Players Association won a 9-2 decision Wednesday from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled federal agents illegally seized the urine samples of 104 players who allegedly tested positive in [...]

Ian Kinsler and Chris Davis launched the loudest shots of the afternoon. The way Jason Grilli and his bullpen pals kept things quiet, that tilted this game to Texas. Kinsler homered twice, a trio of relievers pitched shutout ball and the Rangers became the first visitors to win a series at Yankee Stadium since mid-June, [...]

Justin Lehr overcame a rocky start Thursday to pitch into the eighth inning and drew a key walk in Cincinnati's five-run fifth, helping the Reds to an 8-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that completed a three-game sweep. Lehr (3-1) struck out a career-high seven over 7 2-3 innings and Cincinnati matched its season-best winning [...]

Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run homer and Adam Dunn added a solo shot Thursday, leading the Washington Nationals to a 5-4 victory over the reeling Chicago Cubs. Catcher Josh Bard prevented a game-tying seventh-inning run with a superb defensive play to help the Nationals win a series at Wrigley Field for the first time since [...]