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Cain chased in 3rd, Giants lose ground (AP)
2009-09-23 04:21:00 Built on pitching, San Francisco has seen its starters struggle at just the wrong time. The Giants fell five games behind NL wild-card leader Colorado after a 10-8 loss to Arizona on Tuesday, when starter Matt Cain could not get out of the third inning. Cain gave up seven runs in 2 1-3 innings while ... More About: Ground
Yankees clinch return to playoffs (AP)
2009-09-23 04:05:00 Brett Gardner scored the tiebreaking run on Alex Rodriguez's sacrifice fly in the ninth, and the New York Yankees celebrated clinching their 14th playoff appearance in 15 seasons Tuesday night with a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Rodriguez homered and drove in three runs before Mariano Rivera earned his 41st save for the ... More About: Playoffs , Return
Rangers miss chance to gain in wild card (AP)
2009-09-23 03:47:00 Trevor Cahill reached his target of 10 wins. Now Oakland's rookie right-hander is aiming for more. Cahill scattered six hits over 5 2-3 innings to win his fourth straight decision and got plenty of support from his teammates, who stayed on a roll offensively in a 9-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. More About: Card , Chance , Wild , Miss
Rangers? offensive woes continue in loss (AP)
2009-09-23 03:47:00 Trevor Cahill reached his target of 10 wins. Now Oakland's rookie right-hander is aiming for more. Cahill scattered six hits over 5 2-3 innings to win his fourth straight decision and got plenty of support from his teammates, who stayed on a roll offensively in a 9-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. More About: Loss
Surging Braves win, 5 out of wild card (AP)
2009-09-23 03:12:00 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 said. More About: Card , Wild , Wild Card
Rockies hold on to beat Padres 11-10 (AP)
2009-09-23 02:37:00 Brad Hawpe homered for the first time since Aug. 29 and the Colorado Rockies beat San Diego 11-10 on Tuesday night despite a rare rough outing from lefty Jorge De La Rosa and a four-run ninth-inning rally by the Padres . Clint Barmes added an inside-the-park homer for the Rockies, who began the night with a ... More About: Beat , Hold
Twins win, stay 2 1/2 back in AL Central (AP)
2009-09-23 02:20:00 Pressure is the least of Michael Cuddyer's worries as the Minnesota Twins continue their pursuit of the first-place Detroit Tigers. Cuddyer hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth and Matt Tolbert homered in the same inning and the Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-6 on Tuesday night. The Twins won for the eighth ... More About: Back , Central , Stay
Greinke beats Red Sox 5-1 for 15th win (AP)
2009-09-23 02:17:00 Trey Hillman thinks Zack Greinke should make room in his trophy case for the Cy Young Award. Greinke bolstered his Cy Young credentials by holding Boston to two hits in six scoreless innings, leading the Royals to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. "I am biased," the Roylas manager said. More About: Beats
Cards cut magic number in Central to 2 (AP)
2009-09-23 01:59:00 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 threw only 87 pitches to win for the first time in four starts. More About: Magic , Cards
Pineiro brings Cards closer to clinching (AP)
2009-09-23 01:59:00 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 ... More About: Cards , Closer
Surging Braves shut down feeble Mets 3-1 (AP)
2009-09-23 01:54:00 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 ... More About: Mets , Shut
Reynolds breaks own strikeout record (AP)
2009-09-23 01:45:00 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 ... More About: Record , Breaks
Tigers? Jackson dominates Indians again (AP)
2009-09-23 01:15:00 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 ...
Schilling won?t run for Kennedy?s seat (AP)
2009-09-23 01:12:00 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 ... More About: Seat
Greinke stifles Red Sox for 15th win (AP)
2009-09-23 01:07:00 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 ...
Cards? Pineiro extends Astros? skid to 9 (AP)
2009-09-23 00:59:00 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 ... More About: Cards
Braves lose McCann but beat Mets 3-1 (AP)
2009-09-23 00:23:00 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 ... More About: Beat
Rays eliminated from playoff chase (AP)
2009-09-23 00:17:00 Jose Lopez hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Tuesday night, eliminating the defending AL champions from the postseason. Ichiro Suzuki had a two-run homer for the Mariners, who ended Tampa Bay's four-game winning streak. Lopez gave Seattle a 4-3 lead on his ... More About: Chase
Dodgers lower playoff magic number to 3 (AP)
2009-09-23 00:17:00 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. More About: Magic , Lower
Marlins salvage split against Phillies (AP)
2009-09-23 00:11:00 Anibal Sanchez allowed two hits in eight innings to beat Philadelphia for the first time in five career decisions, and the Florida Marlins ' 3-0 victory gave them a doubleheader split Tuesday. Joe Blanton gave up two hits in seven shutout innings to outpitch Marlins ace Josh Johnson in the first game, which Philadelphia won 9-3. More About: Phillies , Split
Braves C McCann bruises left wrist (AP)
2009-09-22 22:25:00 Brian McCann has left Atlanta's game against the New York Mets with a bruised left wrist. The All-Star catcher appeared to get hit by a foul ball in the bottom of the third inning. McCann, batting cleanup, stepped to the plate with two on and nobody out in the top of the fourth and dropped ... More About: Left , Braves
Blanton lifts Phillies in opener of DH (AP)
2009-09-22 21:53:00 Joe Blanton said he approached his matchup against Josh Johnson like any other, and for the Philadelphia Phillies , that worked fine. Blanton allowed two hits in seven shutout innings to outpitch the Marlins' ace, and Philadelphia won the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday, 9-3. The victory reduced to five the Phillies' magic number for ...
Indians? Wedge not worried about future (AP)
2009-09-22 17:42:00 Sitting on the gym stage, Indians manager Eric Wedge looked across at the bleachers packed with screaming elementary school kids and observed the future. He's not so sure about his own. With two weeks left in Cleveland's disastrous season, Wedge does not yet know if he'll be back for an eighth season and the final ... More About: Future
Angels prevent Yankees from clinching (AP)
2009-09-22 04:15:00 After challenging the Yankees ' powerful lineup, Joe Saunders stood at his locker with a bulging wrap around his left shoulder and another on his left knee. Despite how worn out he looked afterward, Saunders was plenty strong on the mound Monday night. Saunders pitched into the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels prevented New ...
Lewis? hustle, Giants bullpen key win (AP)
2009-09-22 04:12:00 Speed and a terrific bullpen breathed a bit of life into the playoff hopes of the San Francisco Giants . Pinch-hitter Fred Lewis beat out a double-play grounder with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and five relievers shut down Arizona in the Giants' 5-4 victory over the Diamondbacks ... More About: Hustle
Lewis? hustle, bullpen key Giants win (AP)
2009-09-22 04:12:00 Speed and a terrific bullpen breathed a bit of life into the playoff hopes of the San Francisco Giants . Pinch-hitter Fred Lewis beat out a double-play grounder with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and five relievers shut down Arizona in the Giants' 5-4 victory over the Diamondbacks ... More About: Hustle
Millwood guarantees $12M deal for 2010 (AP)
2009-09-22 03:51:00 Kevin Millwood needed to break out of a pitching slump just as Texas needed to shake free from an offensive meltdown. Millwood threw seven strong innings and the Rangers scored more runs in one game than their last seven combined in beating the Oakland Athletics 10-3 on Monday night. "There's no doubt that scoring in ... More About: Deal
Angels win, prevent Yanks from clinching (AP)
2009-09-22 03:17:00 Joe Saunders pitched into the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels prevented the Yankees from wrapping up a playoff spot, beating New York 5-2 on Monday night in a matchup of division leaders. Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter hit consecutive RBI doubles off Yankees starter Andy Pettitte, and Kendry Morales added a pinch-hit homer.
Surging Twins roll past White Sox 7-0 (AP)
2009-09-22 02:26:00 Nick Blackburn is enjoying the Minnesota Twins ' late surge and everything that comes with it. "This is what we all play for. It's a blast," the right-hander said Monday night after pitching seven sharp innings to help Minnesota beat the fading Chicago White Sox 7-0 for its seventh victory in eight games. More About: Roll , White Sox , Past
Headley?s 5 hits help Padres win in 11 (AP)
More articles from this author:2009-09-22 02:19:00 Chase Headley's big night made sure the San Diego Padres found a way to win a game they almost let get away. Headley's career-high fifth hit drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the Padres won their third straight over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-6 on Monday night. Headley hit a line drive ... More About: Hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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