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Mike Jacobs hit a three-run homer and Alberto Callaspo's two-run double keyed Kansas City's biggest inning in almost a year, rallying the Royals past the Boston Red Sox 12-9 on Monday night. After falling behind 6-0 in the third and 8-2 in the fifth, the Royals seized an 11-9 lead with six runs in the [...]

Texas Rangers right-hander Kevin Millwood has completed enough innings to guarantee himself a $12 million contract next season. Millwood needed to pitch 4 1-3 innings against Oakland on Monday night to reach 180 for the season and kick in the fifth and final season of his contract with Texas. Making his first start since Sept.

David Purcey was handed a spot in Toronto's rotation this spring but lasted just five starts before being demoted to the minor leagues. On Monday night, he made his pitch for a longer look in 2010. Lyle Overbay and John McDonald homered, Purcey won for the first time in more than a year and the [...]

San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez left Monday night's game against Arizona in the first inning with a twisted left knee. Sanchez was helped off the field immediately after Mark Reynolds of the Diamondbacks hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the inning. Sanchez may have been hurt on [...]

Mark DeRosa homered twice at Minute Maid Park for the second time this season and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Astros 7-3 on Monday night, a few hours after Houston fired manager Cecil Cooper. Third-base coach Dave Clark was named Houston's interim manager for the last two weeks of the regular season, but the [...]

Chipper Jones homered and drove in four runs to power the Atlanta Braves to an 11-3 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night. Garret Anderson and Matt Diaz also connected for the Braves, who have won nine of 11 to keep a grip on their faint playoff hopes. They moved within five games [...]

A top prospect for the San Francisco Giants was charged with murder in the death of a 25-year-old man last weekend at a bar in his Caribbean homeland. Angel Villalona, who received a club-record $2.1 million bonus when he was signed by the Giants in 2006, wore a bulletproof vest Monday to his hearing at [...]

The Chicago Cubs are trying to move past the latest distraction in a disappointing season. Volatile outfielder Milton Bradley was suspended for the rest of the year Sunday, a day after criticizing the team in a newspaper interview. Manager Lou Piniella said Monday it will be general manager Jim Hendry's decision whether the Cubs bring [...]

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Marco Scutaro will likely miss the rest of the season after an MRI on Monday revealed a tear in his right heel. Scutaro left Sunday's game at Tampa Bay in the sixth inning after he felt something pop in his sore heel while charging a grounder. Scutaro, 33, has been bothered [...]

The Houston Astros, who failed to make any sort of serious run at the postseason this year, fired manager Cecil Cooper on Monday with 13 games left in the season. Third-base coach Dave Clark was named interim manager. The Astros were 70-79 headed into Monday's home against St. Louis. The 59-year-old Cooper was hired on [...]