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Aaron Hill gave the Toronto Blue Jays one of their more satisfying wins in a trying season. Hill hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning, capping the Blue Jays' come-from-behind 8-6 victory over the slumping Detroit Tigers. "It's great to see us keep coming back," Hill said.

San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum threw a successful bullpen session Saturday and could return to the mound as soon as Monday after missing his last start with back trouble. Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he would announce Sunday whether Lincecum will pitch Monday in the opener of a key series with the NL wild [...]

Scott Podsednik hit an inside-the-park homer and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th on a wild pitch, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. Podsednik hit the White Sox's first inside-the-park homer since 2002 in the third. He doubled leading off the 10th against Angels [...]

David Wright hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Ryan Madson to rally the New York Mets to a 10-9 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Wright homered twice and matched a career high with six RBIs. The Mets scored five runs off the Phillies bullpen in the final two innings [...]

Brian McCann hit a two-run double in the top of the ninth and the Atlanta Braves held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals dropped two straight games for the first time since July 25-26 when they lost consecutive games to Philadelphia. Mike Gonzalez (4-4) got the win despite [...]

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton felt much better Saturday after receiving two more injections in his back, and the All-Star is optimistic he will be able to return next weekend. Hamilton, who has not played since Sept. 2, said Saturday he received an epidural for a pinched nerve and a cortisone shot for inflammation caused [...]

Drew Sutton has had a busy year. He has been traded from the Houston Astros to the Cincinnati Reds, done the shuttle between the minors and majors and battled mononucleosis and dehydration. He added something else his to his resume Saturday — a go-ahead pinch-hit double in the ninth to lift the Reds to a [...]

Pinch-hitter Drew Sutton lined a two-out, two-run double off Carlos Marmol in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 7-5 after squandering a five-run lead Saturday. Marmol (2-3), the Cubs closer, walked two straight batters with two outs before Sutton lined a ball into the right field corner to break the [...]

Brett Anderson threw seven sharp innings and Cliff Pennington had three hits with an RBI as the Oakland Athletics won for the fifth time in six games, beating the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Saturday. Anderson (9-10) retired 18 of 24 batters, including the final eight he faced, and didn't allow a walk for the fourth [...]

Cardinals right-hander John Smoltz is being held out of his scheduled start Monday against the Florida Marlins because of shoulder tendinitis. Smoltz, 1-1 with a 3.27 ERA in four starts with St. Louis after being released by the Boston Red Sox, said Saturday he expects to miss only one start. His next scheduled outing is [...]