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Alex Gonzalez hit a bases-loaded blooper down the left-field line with two outs in the ninth inning on Wednesday night to give the Boston Red Sox a 9-8 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Boston trailed 3-0 and 7-5 before tying the game in the bottom of the eighth. The Angels took the lead in [...]

Unable to score, the Texas Rangers are fading out of the AL playoff picture. Trevor Cahill combined with two relievers on a one-hitter and the last-place Oakland Athletics completed a three-game series sweep, their first in more than three months, with a 4-0 victory Wednesday night. Cahill had a career-best seven strikeouts and walked two [...]

The Detroit Tigers gave their fans plenty to cheer about Wednesday night. First the team honored long-time radio announcer Ernie Harwell, then the Tigers went out and beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 to maintain their lead in the AL Central. Placido Polanco singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the sixth inning [...]

This time the Yankees fought back with their bats. Hideki Matsui hit a tying, two-run homer in the eighth inning off Scott Downs, Francisco Cervelli hit a winning single in the ninth and New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 Wednesday night. A day after brawling in the Bronx, the Blue Jays and Yankees [...]

Placido Polanco hit a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. The Tigers honored longtime Detroit radio broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who recently said he has inoperable cancer, during the third inning. The Tigers showed a 3-minute video tribute then [...]

Joe Blanton tossed six scoreless innings, Jayson Werth hit a grand slam and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Wednesday night. Blanton (10-7) allowed five hits and struck out seven. The Phillies were one out away from recording three consecutive shutouts for the first time in 40 years when Willie Harris singled [...]

The Chicago White Sox requested waivers Wednesday for Bartolo Colon, ending the right-hander's strange second stint with the club. Colon had offseason surgery to clean up some bone chips in his elbow and agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract with the White Sox in January. But the 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner had [...]

Ernie Harwell has said a goodbye of sorts to the Detroit Tigers' fans. The longtime radio play-by-play man humbly waved to the crowd at Comerica Park Wednesday night after thanking them for their "devotion, support, loyalty and love." Harwell was the voice of the Tigers for more than 40 years.

Roy Oswalt will miss the last couple weeks of the season after the Houston Astros decided to shut down their ace on Wednesday. Oswalt has been bothered by back and hip pain. The 32-year-old right-hander pitched five-plus innings in a no-decision at Cincinnati on Tuesday night and reported a different arm soreness than usual after [...]

Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Mark Reynolds has struck out four times to reach 200 for the second straight season. Reynolds, who set the major league record with 204 strikeouts last year, struck out twice against Edward Mujica, once against Ryan Webb and once against rookie Cesar Ramos in Wednesday's game at San Diego.