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Joel Pineiro rediscovered his midseason form and inched the St. Louis Cardinals closer to the NL Central title. Pineiro allowed five hits in seven effective innings and Cardinals cut their magic number for clinching the division to two on Tuesday night with an 11-2 win over the Houston Astros. Pineiro (15-11) struck out four and [...]

Joel Pineiro rediscovered his midseason form and inched the St. Louis Cardinals closer to the NL Central title. Pineiro allowed five hits in seven effective innings and Cardinals cut their magic number for clinching the division to two on Tuesday night with an 11-2 win over the Houston Astros. Pineiro (15-11) struck out four and [...]

Puffing away on a cigar, Braves manager Bobby Cox eased back in a chair with one leg resting on his desk. He peered up at the television to watch an out-of-town game with postseason implications, San Francisco at Arizona. "We're doing everything we can. We need somebody else to lose once in a while," Cox [...]

Arizona third baseman Mark Reynolds has broken his major league strikeout record by fanning for the 205th time this season in the fourth inning of the Diamondbacks' game against San Francisco. Reynolds struck out for the second time Tuesday night to break the record he established last season. After doubling in a run for his [...]

Edwin Jackson wouldn't allow the AL Central to get any tighter. Now is definitely not the time. Detroit's steady starter pitched seven shutout innings and remained unbeaten against Cleveland this season, and the first-place Tigers kept their slender lead over Minnesota with a 3-1 win over the staggering Indians, who dropped their ninth straight on [...]

Curt Schilling won't run for Edward M. Kennedy's seat in the U.S. Senate. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher made the announcement on "Joe Buck Live" on HBO on Tuesday night. Earlier this month, the 42-year-old Schilling expressed interest in running for the seat held by the Massachusetts Democrat for almost 50 years before he [...]

Zack Greinke bolstered his Cy Young Award credentials by holding Boston to two hits in six scoreless innings, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Greinke is 3-0 with a 0.26 ERA in his past five starts, allowing 18 hits and one earned run in [...]

Joel Pineiro allowed five hits in seven effective innings, Yadier Molina hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals inched closer to the NL Central title on Tuesday night with an 11-2 win over the Houston Astros. Colby Rasmus added a solo shot as the Cardinals reduced their magic number for clinching the division [...]

Jair Jurrjens dominated a feeble New York Mets lineup again and Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single, sending the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory Tuesday night. The surging Braves kept up their late playoff charge, though their chances for a postseason spot are slim. Atlanta began the day five games behind Colorado for the [...]

Rafael Furcal drove in four runs, Hiroki Kuroda allowed four hits over six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers had two big innings in a 14-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. The Dodgers' sixth win in seven games lowered their magic number for clinching a postseason berth to three.