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Red Sox beat Rays, tighten wild card

Jon Lester pitched seven strong innings and Victor Martinez homered twice off All-Star David Price, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday night to tighten the AL wild-card race.

Piniella retires to care for ailing mom

Cubs manager Lou Piniella retires after Sunday's game.

Angels 9, Twins 3

The Los Angeles Angels had a need for speed, so they called up center fielder Peter Bourjos earlier this month to inject some electricity into an outfield filled with tired veteran legs.


Minnesota Twins - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Run batted in - Los Angeles - Los Angeles Angels

Jeter passes the Babe, Yanks roll

Derek Jeter passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list and drove in three runs and Dustin Moseley filled in admirably for an injured A.J. Burnett, leading the New York Yankees to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.


New York Yankees - Babe Ruth - Boston Red Sox - Derek Jeter - A.J. Burnett

A-Rod has leg bruise, x-rays negative

Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was hit in the leg by Lance Berkman's sharp grounder during batting practice Saturday and was removed from the starting lineup against Boston.


Alex Rodriguez - Lance Berkman - Boston - United States - New York Yankees

A-Rod injured during batting practice

Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was hit in the leg by Lance Berkman's sharp grounder during batting practice Saturday and was removed from the starting lineup against Boston.


Lance Berkman - Alex Rodriguez - New York Yankees - Boston - Sports

Braves retire pitcher Glavine’s No. 47

The Atlanta Braves honored Tom Glavine by retiring his uniform number Friday before their game against the San Francisco Giants.

Orioles 6, Angels 3

As Orioles players and coaches streamed from the home dugout onto the field to celebrate an all-too-rare victory in this difficult season, new manager Buck Showalter stayed on the top step, jotting on the scorecard that will forever commemorate win No. 1 for him with Baltimore.


Baltimore Orioles - Buck Showalter - New York Yankees - Arizona Diamondbacks - Religion and Spirituality

Athletics 6, Royals 0

The last time Trevor Cahill tossed a complete game, he had just committed to Dartmouth and was still a few credits short of his high school diploma.


Oakland Athletics - Kansas City Royals - Rajai Davis - Complete game - Sports

Rays’ Shields outpitches Sabathia

James Shields worked into the eighth inning to outpitch CC Sabathia, prolong Alex Rodriguez's quest for his 600th homer and help Tampa Bay beat the New York Yankees 3-0 on Sunday.

Rangers 2, Angels 1

Rich Harden was itching to get off the disabled list and back to what he does best. In his first game back for the Texas Rangers, he matched up against former Oakland teammate Dan Haren.


Texas Rangers - Vladimir Guerrero - Rich Harden - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - American League West

New Blue Jay Escobar gets clean slate with Toronto

Yunel Escobar says he was misunderstood in Atlanta, and Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston intends to provide his newly acquired shortstop a clean slate in a different city.


Toronto Blue Jays - Yunel Escobar - Cito Gaston - Shortstop - Gaston

Twilight shadows, sun hold down All-Star scoring

Mauer tops All-Star fan voting

On a Star-Spangled day, the All-Star teams are announced.


All-star - Recreation - sport - Shopping - Baseball

Report: A-Rod, feds to meet Friday

Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to meet with federal investigators probing a Canadian physician on Friday, a person familiar with the session told The Associated Press.

M’s ace Lee suspended for first 5 games of season

Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee has been suspended for the first five games of the regular season for throwing a pitch over the head of Arizona's Chris Snyder in an exhibition game this week.

White Sox’s Mitchell to miss season

Cruz rewarding Rangers for their patience

Swisher makes new Yankees teammates feel at home

‘Nothing personal’: Yankees won’t extend Jeter, Rivera, Girardi

Hal Steinbrenner says the New York Yankees won't alter their policy against contract extensions and will deal with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Joe Girardi after the season.