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Jack Cust hit one of the Oakland Athletics' five home runs and Clayton Mortensen earned his first major league victory Friday night, 12-5 over the Minnesota Twins. Mark Ellis, Cliff Pennington, Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki also homered for an Oakland team that entered the game last in the American League in home runs.

Brian Tallet has bounced back and forth between Toronto's rotation and bullpen all season. So far, a bit of stability seems to be doing him good. Tallet, who is expected to start for the rest of the season, responded with one of his best outings of the year in a 6-4 victory over Detroit Friday [...]

Jair Jurrjens worked eight scoreless innings, overcoming another light offensive showing behind him in the Atlanta Braves' 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Albert Pujols had a forgettable game for St. Louis, committing two fielding errors at first base while going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts and no balls out [...]

Cole Hamels hopes to make up for a so-so season by pitching well when it matters most. Hamels pitched 6 2-3 effective innings, a new-look bullpen got the last seven outs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 4-2 in a game played through steady rain Friday night. Jimmy Rollins and Pedro Feliz [...]

Aaron Hill had four hits and the Toronto Blue Jays extended the Detroit Tigers' slump with a 6-4 victory Friday night. The AL Central leaders have lost four straight to Kansas City and Toronto after a six-game winning streak. The Blue Jays won for just the third time in their last 13 road games. Brian [...]

Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman homered and the Washington Nationals won in Miami for the first time this year Friday, beating the Florida Marlins 5-3. Pinch-hitter Mike Morse broke a tie in the sixth inning with a two-out, two-run double for the Nationals, who had lost their six previous games at Florida this year.

San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum is encouraged that his injured back is nearly "normal" again and he hopes to pitch Monday against the Colorado Rockies. "Right now I feel as close to normal as I can," Lincecum said Friday. "They're going to take 100 percent precaution." The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, who [...]

Derek Jeter has broken the New York Yankees' hit record held by Lou Gehrig for more than seven decades. He did it with a single to right field in the third inning. That gives Jeter 2,722 hits, one more than Gehrig, whose Hall of Fame career was cut short by illness in 1939. Of course, [...]

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Koji Uehara will miss the rest of the season because of a right elbow injury that has sidelined him since June. Uehara had been trying to rehab his elbow in time to return to the last-place Orioles this month as a reliever, a role he could fill next year. The team hoped [...]

Johnny Damon was out of the New York Yankees' lineup Friday night because of a stiff back. The left fielder said he woke up Friday with tightness in his lower back after his hamstring felt sore during Thursday's day off. Melky Cabrera was slated to play left against the Baltimore Orioles, weather permitting, with Brett [...]