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Jason Marquis scattered four hits over 7 1-3 innings, Eric Young Jr. hit his first major league homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Tuesday night. The win was the fifth straight by the Rockies, and moved them 19 games above .500 (79-60) for the first time in franchise history.

Javier Vazquez struck out nine in seven shutout innings and the Atlanta Braves snapped a five-game losing skid with a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Adam LaRoche and Nate McLouth hit solo homers off Felipe Paulino for Atlanta. Vazquez (12-9) allowed three hits and Rafael Soriano gave up a run in [...]

Nick Swisher hit his second home run of the game, connecting with one out in the ninth inning to lead the New York Yankees over Tampa Bay 3-2 Tuesday night and send the Rays to their season-high seventh straight loss. The switch-hitting Swisher connected from both sides of the plate. He won it with a [...]

Hanley Ramirez and Cameron Maybin each hit a long two-run homer, and the Florida Marlins beat the New York Mets 4-2 on Tuesday night to keep up their surprising playoff push. Florida overcame an early exit by injured starter Rick VandenHurk and remained six games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East.

Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto and Kosuke Fukudome had two-run hits in a record-tying first inning and the Chicago Cubs handed the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates their 11th loss in 12 games, 9-4 on Tuesday night. Chicago tied a major league record with eight consecutive hits to start the game. No team had done so in 19 [...]

John McDonald hit a three-run homer to key a six-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 on Tuesday night. Minnesota has lost 10 of 12 in Toronto and has not won consecutive games in Canada since May 2005. The Twins have lost 13 of 15 overall against the Blue [...]

The Philadelphia Phillies hit five solo home runs — including three in the seventh inning — and became the 12th team in major league history with a 30-homer foursome in Tuesday night's 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Raul Ibanez went long for the 29th and 30th times this season and Chase Utley hit No.

Clay Buchholz pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and Dustin Pedroia hit two of Boston's season-high six homers to lead the Red Sox to a 10-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. David Ortiz homered in the seventh inning, his 269th as a designated hitter. That tied Frank Thomas for the most all-time [...]

The Philadelphia Phillies are the 12th team in major league history to have four players to hit 30 home runs in a season. Raul Ibanez went long for the 29th and 30th times this season and Chase Utley hit No. 30 in Tuesday night's game against the Washington Nationals. They joined Ryan Howard and Jayson [...]

Rookie Julio Borbon homered twice and Marlon Byrd went 4 for 4, including a three-run homer in the seventh, to help the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-9 on Wednesday in front of a sparse crowd in the first game of a doubleheader. The two teams combined for six homers and 29 hits and [...]