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A rookie pitcher with a bum finger and no career wins kept the Florida Marlins running in place. Emergency starter Matt Maloney gritted it out for five innings to get his first big league victory Thursday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory that cost the Marlins a chance to gain ground in [...]

Cole Hamels is again pitching like Philadelphia's October ace. Hamels has turned his season around down the stretch for the NL East-leading Phillies, putting himself in position for another postseason run. Hamels took a perfect game into the sixth inning, masterfully using his changeup while matching a season high with 10 strikeouts and leading the [...]

Umpires working the series between the Red Sox and Angels at Fenway Park complained Thursday that Los Angeles coaches were "unprofessional and unbecoming" after two close calls went against them at the end of Wednesday night's loss. "Their deportment as we left the field, going through the Angels dugout, left a lot to be desired," [...]

Cole Hamels is again pitching like Philadelphia's October ace. Hamels took a perfect game into the sixth inning, masterfully using his changeup while matching a season high with 10 strikeouts and leading the Phillies to a 4-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night. Hamels, the MVP of last season's NL championship series and [...]

Howie Kendrick homered and added an RBI blooper to break a ninth-inning tie, and Brian Fuentes protected the lead as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Thursday night. One night after Fuentes presided over a collapse with two outs in the ninth, he helped the Angels snap the Red Sox's [...]

Phillies reliever Chan Ho Park will miss two to three weeks with a strained right hamstring. Phillies assistant general manager Scott Proefrock says Park will report to Clearwater, Fla., for treatment. Park, who is 3-3 with a 4.43 ERA in 45 games this year, left Wednesday's win over Washington after pitching a scoreless eighth inning.

Umpires working the series between the Red Sox and Angels at Fenway Park are complaining that they were verbally abused by the Los Angeles coaches after Wednesday night's controversial ending. Plate umpire Rick Reed told the Boston Herald that Major League Baseball officials had been notified. The Los Angeles Times also reported that MLB was [...]

Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids. Both sides fielded difficult questions Thursday from the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a case stemming from Bonds' grand jury testimony in December [...]

Jody Gerut hit a grand slam, Mike Rivera delivered a key bases-loaded double and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-4 Thursday for a four-game split between teams finishing disappointing seasons. After making the playoffs last year — Chicago as the NL Central champion and Milwaukee as the NL wild card — both teams [...]

Zack Greinke boosted his Cy Young credentials and stalled the Detroit Tigers. Greinke lowered his major league-leading ERA to 2.14 with five scoreless innings Thursday in the Kansas City Royals' 9-2 victory. Backed with an 8-0 lead by the fifth inning, Greinke (14-8) allowed three hits, struck out eight and walked two.