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Todd Helton homered into the smoky sky and drove in four runs as the Colorado Rockies snapped a five-game losing streak with an 8-3 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night. The NL wild-card leaders moved a game ahead of the San Francisco Giants, who lost 1-0 at Philadelphia, as they started a [...]

Josh Hamilton snapped out of his extended power drought with two home runs and Brandon McCarthy pitched into the seventh inning of his first start in nearly three months, leading the Texas Rangers past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Tuesday night for a doubleheader sweep. Hamilton had gone 23 games and 99 at-bats since his [...]

Jonathan Papelbon bailed Boston out of an eighth-inning jam and Jason Bay, J.D. Drew and Kevin Youkilis homered Tuesday night to help the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 in the opener of a series crucial to the AL wild-card race. Papelbon entered with two runs in and the bases loaded with no [...]

Matt Holliday's three-run homer snapped a seventh inning tie, lifting Joel Pineiro to his eighth straight win and the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. Albert Pujols added his major league-leading 42nd homer for the Cardinals, who are a major-league best 26-9 since the July 24 trade [...]

Jorge Posada homered twice, and Nick Swisher and Eric Hinske hit successive drives in a three-run seventh inning that carried the New York Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles 9-6 Tuesday night. Robinson Cano also connected for Yankees, who will try to complete a three-game sweep Wednesday. New York came to town after taking three in [...]

Cole Hamels was relaxed, focused and in control. This was the Hamels the Philadelphia Phillies and their fans got used to seeing last postseason. Hamels pitched a two-hitter, Ryan Howard drove in the only run with a fourth-inning double and the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 Tuesday night.

One superstar in, another back out for the Seattle Mariners. All-Star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was leading off and in right field Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels after missing eight games with tightness in his calf. Just as Suzuki's frustrating stay on the sidelines ended, Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr. is having an MRI and visiting a doctor to find out why his surgically repaired knee still hurts. Manager Don Wakamatsu said before Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Angels that Griffey has been having pain in a new place in his left knee. He hasn't played since Thursday. The Mariners did [...]

Third baseman David Wright has been activated from the 15-day disabled list and is in the New York Mets' lineup at Colorado. Wright sustained a concussion when he was hit in the head by a pitch from San Francisco's Matt Cain on Aug. 15. At the time of his injury, Wright ranked fourth in the [...]

Ian Kinsler got Texas started with a leadoff homer and Chris Davis singled home two runs, leading the Rangers to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday. Davis' two-out grounder in the fourth inning slipped under the glove of first baseman Lyle Overbay, who appeared miffed [...]