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Ryan Howard homered twice during a perfect night at the plate, Jamie Moyer pitched effectively in relief of Pedro Martinez, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 in the rain Friday. Looking for its third straight division title, Philadelphia increased its NL East lead to eight games over Atlanta and Florida, which lost [...]

As the powerful Texas Rangers continued to whiff at the soft-throwing Brian Duensing, Minnesota Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson asked the rookie left-hander if he was turning into a strikeout pitcher. "There's no chance that's happening," Duensing said. "It was one of those nights.

John Smoltz had a successful first home start with the St. Louis Cardinals. Albert Pujols made sure it was a great night for the whole team. Smoltz struck out six and allowed a run in six innings in his home debut, while Pujols put three poor at-bats behind him and hit his 41st homer leading [...]

John Smoltz had a successful first home start with the St. Louis Cardinals. Albert Pujols made sure it was a great night for the whole team. Smoltz struck out six and allowed a run in six innings in his home debut, while Pujols put three poor at-bats behind him and hit his 41st homer leading [...]

John Smoltz had a successful first home start with the St. Louis Cardinals. Albert Pujols made sure it was a great night for the whole team. Smoltz struck out six and allowed a run in six innings in his home debut, while Pujols put three poor at-bats behind him and hit his 41st homer leading [...]

Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun and Jason Bourgeois homered and the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a three-game losing streak with an 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. The Brewers have won 19 consecutive games over Pittsburgh at Miller Park, last losing to the Pirates in Milwaukee on May 3, 2007.

Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning to give the New York Yankees a 5-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. Cano hit a 2-2 pitch from Randy Williams (0-1) into New York's bullpen in right-center, delighting what was left of a soggy crowd at Yankee [...]

Scott Kazmir has been traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Los Angeles Angels, giving the AL West leaders a major boost to their unsteady rotation. The Angels acquired Kazmir, a two-time All-Star, on Friday night for two minor leaguers and a player to be named. The left-hander was 8-7 with a 5.92 ERA [...]

Right-hander Homer Bailey gave the best performance of his career Friday night, holding the NL's top team scoreless for eight innings, and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 for their season-high fifth straight win. Bailey (4-4) allowed only seven singles and had a career-high seven strikeouts while going eight [...]

Brandon Inge homered and scored twice, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 Friday night. Rookie Rick Porcello (11-8) won for the first time since Aug. 6, allowing one run on four hits and two walks in 5 2-3 innings. Porcello has allowed one or two earned runs in five of his [...]