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Pedro Martinez knew he wouldn't last long after straining his neck during a second-inning at-bat. Javier Vazquez outpitched an ailing Martinez, and the Atlanta Braves survived a shaky ninth inning to snap Philadelphia's six-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory over the Phillies on Saturday night.

Jon Lester pitched into the seventh inning to win his sixth straight decision, and the Boston Red Sox feasted on the Baltimore Orioles bullpen in an 11-5 victory Saturday night. Josh Reddick, J.D. Drew and Brian Anderson homered for the Red Sox, who dropped their magic number to clinch the AL wild card below double [...]

Matt Garza struck out 10 while stopping a personal nine-game winless streak and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 on Saturday night. Garza (8-10) allowed three hits over 7 1-3 innings in winning for the first time since beating Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay 4-2 on July 24. The right-hander is [...]

Pinch-hitter Ross Gload connected for a two-run homer in the eighth inning, Ricky Nolasco pitched seven sharp innings and the Florida Marlins rallied to beat the Cincinnati Reds for the second straight day, winning 3-2 on Saturday night. Jorge Cantu also homered for the Marlins, who scored four times in the ninth inning Friday to [...]

Javier Vazquez outpitched an ailing Pedro Martinez, and the Atlanta Braves survived a shaky ninth inning to snap Philadelphia's six-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory over the Phillies on Saturday night. Ryan Howard hit his 41st homer, a two-run shot off Rafael Soriano in the ninth, to make it 6-2.

Jake Peavy allowed three runs and three hits over five innings in his first start in over three months Saturday night as Chicago got a grand slam from Carlos Quentin, scored six times in the eighth and beat the Kansas City Royals 13-3. Peavy (1-0) hadn't pitched in a major league game since June 8 [...]

Jake Peavy allowed three runs and three hits over five innings in his first start in over three months Saturday night as Chicago got a grand slam from Carlos Quentin, scored six times in the eighth and beat the Kansas City Royals 13-3. Peavy (1-0) hadn't pitched in a major league game since June 8 [...]

Hank Blalock homered to help lift Texas' slumping offense, Scott Feldman picked up his 17th victory and the Texas Rangers kept their slim playoff hopes alive, beating the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Saturday night. The Rangers, who snapped a five-game losing streak, moved within 6 1/2 games of the division-leading Angels in the AL West.

Pedro Martinez left his start after three innings because of neck stiffness in Philadelphia's game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. Martinez was trailing 3-0 when he approached the mound to begin warming up for the fourth. The right-hander, who gave up seven hits, three runs and one walk with one strikeout, never got [...]

Brendan Ryan's first hit Saturday is going to get all the attention. His third hit was the most important. Ryan connected for an outfielder-assisted homer and singled in the winning run in the ninth inning, lifting St. Louis to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs that reduced the Cardinals' magic number for clinching the [...]