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Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is bracing for the possibility of having season-ending surgery on his broken left foot. Pedroia will be examined on Friday. “I have a CT scan early in the morning,” Pedroia said Thursday before Boston’s game against the Orioles. “If I have to have surgery, we’ll do it later in the day.” The injury originally occurred in late…

CC Sabathia pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to earn his major league-leading 19th win, fill-in Curtis Granderson homered twice and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 Thursday for a four-game sweep. Sabathia (19-5) breezed on a steamy afternoon, nicked only by Mark Ellis’ clean single leading off the second.

Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden has left his latest start because of heat-related cramps. Braden bent over after a pitch in the sixth inning Thursday at Yankee Stadium. He was checked by a trainer and slowly walked off the field. New York led the A’s 1-0 at the time.

Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher has made an early exit against Oakland because of stiffness in his left knee. Swisher grounded out in the first inning Thursday, then left the game. Curtis Granderson took Swisher’s spot in the batting order, and the Yankees repositioned their outfield. The Yankees say Swisher is day to day.

Pinch-runner Darren Ford scored the go-ahead run from second base on a wild pitch and throwing error in the eighth inning, helping Tim Lincecum end a career-worst five-start skid in the San Francisco Giants’ 2-1 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night. Ubaldo Jimenez (17-6) was denied in his fifth attempt at a franchise-record 18th win.

After A.J. Burnett had a tough outing last week, he found pitching coach Dave Eiland. “He said, ‘That’s it. No more of these,”‘ Eiland said. “I said, ‘Let’s get to work.”‘ Five days later, the Yankees’ right-hander has a key September win — he held Oakland to three runs in six innings and New York beat the Athletics 4-3 to stay in first place in the AL…

Danny Valencia’s one-out single in the 10th inning drove in Michael Cuddyer from second base and gave the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night. The Twins kept their four-game lead over Chicago in the AL Central, improving to 9-5 against the Tigers this season, 7-1 at Target Field.

Nyjer Morgan charged the mound after a pitch sailed behind him, triggering a bench-clearing brawl Wednesday night during the Florida Marlins’ 16-10 win over the Washington Nationals. Morgan, recently suspended and criticized by his own manager for questionable acts on the field, left Florida catcher Brett Hayes with a separated shoulder Tuesday night after a home plate collision in the 10th…

Evan Longoria snapped an eighth-inning tie with an RBI single, leading the Tampa Bay Rays past the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 Wednesday night for David Price’s club-record 16th victory. Price (16-6) allowed a solo homer to John Buck, a double and two infield singles over eight innings. The 25-year-old left-hander walked two and struck out seven before Rafael Soriano worked out of a jam in the ninth…

A.J. Burnett bounced back from an awful August by pitching six effective innings and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. The Yankees held their one-game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East. They’ll go for a four-game sweep Thursday with CC Sabathia on the mound.