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Jimmy Rollins hit his 21st home run of the season, Ryan Howard tied Prince Fielder for the major league RBI lead and the Philadelphia Phillies took another step toward clinching the NL East title with a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Ryan Madson got four outs for his ninth save as a [...]

Second baseman Clint Barmes made a diving catch to start a game-ending double play, preserving the Colorado Rockies' 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Huston Street earned his first six-out save in three years and the Rockies remained 2 1/2 games ahead of surging Atlanta in the NL wild-card race.

Kendry Morales homered and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels snapped their first four-game losing streak of the season with a 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Morales had three hits and Mike Napoli also homered for the Angels, who blew most of an early five-run lead before hanging on.

The scheduled matchup of Pat Misch against Josh Johnson looked ominous for the New York Mets. Then Johnson got sick. By the end of the afternoon, the Florida Marlins' bats were ailing, too. Misch pitched an eight-hitter for the first complete game of his career Sunday, and the Mets spoiled the Marlins' home finale by [...]

Carlos Quentin hit a three-run homer in his second straight game, rookie Daniel Hudson earned his first major league victory and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4 Sunday for their third win in 11 games. Hudson (1-1) outpitched All-Star Edwin Jackson (13-8) over six solid innings, and Quentin broke it open with [...]

David Huff and Asdrubal Cabrera are showing why the Cleveland Indians believe they can bounce back next year. Huff pitched eight innings, Cabrera drove in three runs and tied a career high with four hits, and the Indians beat Baltimore 9-0 on Sunday to extend the Orioles' skid to 10 games. "It's been a rough [...]

Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees wrapped up the AL East title and home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a neat bow, beating the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Sunday for their 100th win of the season. Hideki Matsui's go-ahead single in the sixth inning energized the damp fans and put them on notice that [...]

Right fielder Andre Ethier misplayed Lastings Milledge's two-run single that drove in the winning run, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for four in the ninth inning to beat the Dodgers 6-5 and prevent Los Angeles from clinching the NL West title Sunday. The Dodgers went ahead 5-2 by scoring three runs in the top of [...]

Zack Greinke worked out of several jams in seven innings to bolster his AL Cy Young Award chances and Yuniesky Betancourt hit a three-run homer, helping the Kansas City Royals win their home finale 4-1 over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Greinke (16-8) worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the third [...]

Albert Pujols has recorded his 181st assist of the season, setting a National League mark for first basemen. The St. Louis Cardinals slugger eclipsed the record in the fourth inning Sunday against Colorado when he flipped the ball to pitcher Kyle Lohse, who was covering first base on a grounder. Pujols surpassed the mark held [...]