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Robinson Tejeda tossed six shutout innings to outpitch Justin Verlander, Billy Butler hit three doubles and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Wednesday night for their first three-game winning streak since July. Butler's three-double game was his club-record fourth of the season, and he also posted his fifth consecutive multihit game.

Pinch-hitter Victor Martinez hit a three-run double to break a seventh-inning tie, and the Boston Red Sox beat Baltimore 7-5 on Wednesday night to improve to 13-2 against the Orioles this season. Billy Wagner (1-0) pitched a perfect seventh inning, striking out two, for the victory — the first AL decision of his career.

Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-5 win against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. Ryan Madson pitched the ninth in place of struggling closer Brad Lidge, earning his sixth save in six chances as Philadelphia beat the Nationals for the ninth straight [...]

Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig are tied at the top. Jeter matched the New York Yankees record for hits with a seventh-inning single Wednesday night against Tampa Bay. Jeter's third hit of the game gave him 2,721 in a Yankees uniform, tying a mark held by Gehrig for more than 70 years. Jeter had a [...]

Dodgers left-hander Randy Wolf will miss his next start with elbow irritation. Wolf returned to Los Angeles to consult team doctors on Tuesday night and received a cortisone injection, manager Joe Torre said. Wolf told the team he thought he hurt himself swinging the bat in a game. He reported discomfort in his elbow during [...]

Jake Peavy threw a bullpen session Wednesday but is still unsure if he will make start for the Chicago White Sox this season. "I have no idea what the plans are," he said. "I did what I was asked to do today and I was excited to do that. Who knows what the future holds, [...]

The banged-up Colorado Rockies got outfielder Dexter Fowler back Wednesday and two more key players also are nearing a return. Fowler was reinstated from the disabled list, where he spent the last couple weeks recovering from a bruised right knee. He was injured when his foul ball struck his knee during an extra-inning victory against [...]

Jose Reyes is hoping to return to the New York Mets' lineup this season and is willing to play winter ball if it will help hasten his recovery from a torn right hamstring tendon. Sitting in front of a locker he rarely has used since going on the disabled list May 26, the speedy shortstop [...]

A day after pulling closer Brad Lidge in the ninth inning, Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel wouldn't commit to keeping him in that role. "He might be right in there tonight," Manuel said before Wednesday's game against Washington. "I'm not saying he's going to be, 100 percent.

The NL East-leading Phillies sent reliever Scott Eyre back to Philadelphia on Wednesday to have his ailing left elbow examined. Eyre is 2-1 with a 1.61 ERA in 39 games. Manager Charlie Manuel said Jamie Moyer would start in place of J.A. Happ in Saturday's game against New York. Happ was scratched from Monday's start [...]