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The Phillies, who have won eight of nine, trailed 7-3 before pinch-hitter Matt Stairs led off the ninth with a homer off Matt Capps .

We obviously have seen just the beginning of the wheeling and dealing to commence before the trade deadline.

The Chicago Cubs placed catcher Geovany Soto on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle and recalled outfielder Sam Fuld from Triple-A Iowa.

Coors Field has been a house of horrors for Derek Lowe. On Friday night, he threw six strong innings in the ballpark that has vexed so many visiting pitchers.

Kendry Morales and Erick Aybar hit three-run homers and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to spoil Mark Teixeira's first appearance in Anaheim with a 10-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.

Jonathan Sanchez, an unlikely candidate, pitched the majors' first no-hitter this season Friday night, dominating the San Diego Padres with an array of pitches in the San Francisco Giants' 8-0 victory.

Jacoby Ellsbury has been ejected from Boston's game with Kansas City after bouncing his helmet hard when he was called out at home plate.

Major League Baseball said Friday that Cruz was chosen because he received the next-highest number of votes for outfielders on the AL player ballot.

David DeJesus hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied from an early four-run deficit and knocked the Boston Red Sox out of sole possession of first place in the A.L. East with an 8-6 victory Thursday night.

Pinch-hitter Brett Carroll's three-run homer sparked a franchise-record 10-run eighth inning, and the Florida Marlins stormed back from a seven-run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-7 on Thursday night.

Joel Pineiro threw a complete-game, three-hitter as the Cardinals beat the Brewers, 5-1, Thursday.

Livan Hernandez allowed 8 runs on 11 hits in 4 innings of work for the Mets. Manny Ramirez hit a pair of RBI singles to key an early outburst against struggling starter Livan Hernandez , and Randy Wolf pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Mets 11-2 on Thursday night for his first win in eight outings.

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino and Detroit Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge have been elected by fans to Tuesday's All-Star game in record-shattering voting exclusively on MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, and the individual club sites.

The Cleveland Indians have sent struggling left-hander Jeremy Sowers to Triple-A Columbus and activated reliever Rafael Betancourt from the disabled list.

A.J. Burnett won his third straight start, and Brett Gardner's two-run single helped the New York Yankees build an early lead and beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Prince Fielder drove in the go-ahead run with his two-out, eighth inning infield single and the struggling Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the NL Central-leading St.

Andruw Jones hit three early home runs for the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.

All-Star Game rosters were announced Sunday. Cardinals' slugger Albert Pujols received the most votes.

The Toronto Blue Jays have released one-time closer B.J. Ryan and activated current closer Scott Downs from the 15-day disabled list.

New York -- Fans at Citi Field booed the free-falling New York Mets even more loudly than they jeered Manny Ramirez -- before he got ejected.