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Torii Hunter and Garrett Anderson homered off Blue Jays starting pitcher A.J. Burnett, who was outperformed by Angels counterpart Jered Weaver in an 8-2 Los Angeles victory on Friday night.

Colorado homers six times and beats the Marlins, 18-17, after trailing by nine runs in the biggest comeback in Rockies history.

The race in the American League East was supposed to pass through Boston and New York this year just like it always does.

The Braves decided hometown favorite Jeff Francoeur needed to get away from home -- and the major leagues -- to work through the worst slump of his career, sending him to Class AA for three weeks.

Twins second baseman Alexi Casilla was scratched from Friday's lineup because of soreness in his left middle finger and did not play in the team's 12-3 victory over Cleveland.

Six months ago, when the proverbial hot stove was still burning and general managers were still tweaking their clubs in advance of spring training, there was a general belief that the National League West would ...

Delmon Young and Nick Punto each homered and drove in four runs as the Twins continued their surge, while burying last-place Cleveland a little deeper.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 7:10 PM 0 recs 86 comments Comments Cleveland G. Sizemore cf J. Carroll 2b B. Francisco lf J. Peralta ss S. Choo rf C. Blake 3b D. Dellucci dh R. Garko 1b K. Shoppach c Minnesota C. ...

Shane Victorino's two-out RBI single in the ninth inning lifted the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 3-2 on Friday night.Duaner Sanchez (3-1) retired the first two batters before Pedro Feliz doubled to left field. Victorino followed with a liner to right on a 1-2 pitch to score Feliz and send a sellout crowd into a frenzy.The NL East-leading Phillies have won four straight after losing 13 of 18.Brad Lidge (2-0) pitched a perfect ninth and Philadelphia's stellar bullpen tossed 4 1-3 scoreless innings. Chad Durbin retired the seven batters he faced, striking out six, after replacing starter J.A. Happ in the fifth. Ryan Madson threw a scoreless eighth.

Raul Ibanez clanged a solo home run off the windows of a restaurant in right field and a pair of Seattle relievers helped finish what Erik Bedard started in the Mariners' 4-1 win over the detroit tigers on ...