American League News

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Brandon Moss and Josh Jaso homered and the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics beat Texas 6-2 on Tuesday night, becoming the first team to beat Darvish four times.

The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday.

Monday night, Detroit Tigers starter Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with a win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Pinch-runner Elliot Johnson scored from third base on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Albers in the ninth inning, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

Game 2: Tampa Bay - Jake Odorizzi Boston - Alfredo Aceves The Boston Red Sox are back home and look to get on track when they open a three-game series versus the Tampa Bay Rays with a doubleheader at Fenway Park.

Before they moved to the American League this season, the Houston Astros were prime schedule padding for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Instead, these next six games against the Twins and Royals could represent their last realistic chance to get out of a season-long rut.

The Rangers had scored only eight runs during what was the longest active skid in the majors, and all six losses came at home.

Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat Baltimore 5-1 on Monday night.

It's one thing that the A's took the American League West by storm last year, winning six of the last seven games against the Rangers to win the West title by one game.

A Maryland man who was hurt in a fight during a Baltimore Orioles game last month has moved to a rehab facility, and his lawyers say they are now looking for anyone who may have witnessed the exchange.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim try to get themselves back into the win column on Monday when they begin a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium.

Workhorse righty James Shields tries again for a first win since April 30 on Monday night when the Kansas City Royals visit the Cleveland Indians to open a three-game series at Progressive Field.

The Orioles haven't reached the halfway point of the regular season quite yet, but they are putting the lie to the notion that the American League divisions are so imbalanced that the AL East teams are at an extreme disadvantage in the race for the two wild-card playoff berths.

It's been an up-and-down campaign, to be sure, with the Angels falling to 30-39 following Sunday's series finale against the New York Yankees.

Twins pitching was expected to be the shaky link on this squad. The Twins spent the offseason signing veteran groundball-inducing righthanders for the rotation and using the waiver wire and the Rule 5 draft to fill out the bullpen.

Bartolo Colon worked seven strong innings to win his sixth straight decision, Josh Reddick homered and matched a career high with four hits, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

The Boston Red Sox right-hander yielded five runs and nine hits in five innings against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday in a 6-3 defeat.

Houston's Lucas Harrell was drafted by the Chicago White Sox and spent his first seven years with the organization before the Astros claimed him off waivers in 2011.