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He just has very little to show for it. Wood dropped his third straight start Monday night in St. Louis, as he came out on the short end of a 5-2 score.

Miller , who had to wait out a rain delay of 1 hour, 59 minutes to start the game, left due to cramping in his right leg.

With no margin for error, left-hander Francisco Liriano made two of them that went a long way and decided a close game.

The Atlanta Braves will try to pad their lead in the National League East, as they entertain the New York Mets on Monday for the first of five straight games between the division rivals at Turner Field.

John Lannan makes his first start in two months on Monday when the Philadelphia Phillies welcome the Washington Nationals to Citizens Bank Park to kick off a three-game series.

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey still tops all National League players in voting for the 2013 All-Star Game.

The Brewers are too far behind in the National League Central standings for the Reds to take them as a serious mid-June threat.

They were done with another losing trip, but it could have been so much different, manager Bruce Bochy said after a 3-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves.

They can't afford to follow every win with a loss, as was the case yet again Sunday, when Zack Greinke and the offense supporting him stumbled in a 6-3 defeat by the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are playing very good baseball right now. At 40-28, they are still only in third place in the National League Central .

"We have to make adjustments or else they are going to do the same thing to us ," said manger Kirk Gibson.

Gallardo pitched five strong innings but was done in by a sixth in which he walked two and surrendered two hits, the crusher being a two-run single by Neil Walker.

Freddie Freeman's bases-loaded, line-drive single off closer Sergio Romo capped a two-run rally in the ninth that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.

TV, Radio: KCAL , 570 Fox Sports L.A., KTNQ 1020 Online live stream: http://www.firstrow1.eu/sport/baseball.html The Dodgers are sending a flailing Clayton Kershaw to the mound Saturday agains the NL Central surging Pittsburgh Pirates.

Whatever mojo Miami starter Jose Fernandez left on Marlins Park's pitcher's mound late Friday night failed to carry over Saturday afternoon.

The Reds are off to their best start since 1995, the last time they reached the NL championship series.

File-This Feb. 20, 2013 file photo shows New York Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler throwing a live batting practice session during spring training baseball, in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

If we were to re-imagine Major League Baseball divisions as historically significant times and places, the AL East would have to be Ancient Rome, right? Yeah, sounds about right.

"He has established himself as the best second baseman in the league," Matheny said.

Madison Bumgarner allowed two hits in seven innings and combined with Sandy Rosario for a three-hit shutout in the San Francisco Giants' 6-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.