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PHILADELPHIA — Jeanmar Gomez grooved a 3-0 pitch to the wrong batter. Josh Donaldson hit two homers, Edwin Encarnacion also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5 Tuesday night. The American League wild card-leading Blue Jays have won 13 of 15. They entered one game behind...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Miami Marlins right-hander David Phelps is going to miss the rest of the season because of a broken bone in his pitching arm. Manager Dan Jennings said Tuesday before Miami's game at the Milwaukee Brewers, Phelps had an MRI on Monday and it showed a stress fracture...

BOSTON (AP) The Boston Red Sox have hired former Detroit Tigers boss Dave Dombrowski as the team's new president.The Red Sox also said general manager Ben Cherington is leaving the club, two years after building the 2013 World Series champions.The Red Sox announced during their game against the...

NEW YORK (AP) Yankees rookie pitcher Bryan Mitchell was hit in the head by a line drive Monday, forcing him off the field with a towel over his bloody face.The Yankees said he was taken to a hospital, but didn't give a report on his condition.Mitchell was struck...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jason Heyward made his first start of the season in center field for the St. Louis Cardinals but was taken out after two innings due to left hamstring tightness. Rookie Tommy Pham replaced Heyward on Monday night in a scoreless game against the Giants. Heyward batted third...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Sale matched a career high with 15 strikeouts while pitching seven scoreless innings, and the Chicago White Sox snapped the crosstown Cubs' nine-game win streak with a 3-1 win on Sunday. Jose Abreu, Melky Cabrera and Alexei Ramirez homered for the White Sox, who had lost...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Veteran pitchers Joba Chamberlain and Wandy Rodriguez agreed to minor league contracts Sunday with the Kansas City Royals, the American League Central leaders, and will report to Triple-A Omaha.Chamberlain, a 29-year-old right-hander, is 25-21 with a 3.89 ERA in 359 games in the majors...

TORONTO (AP) Masahiro Tanaka allowed just five hits for his first complete game in more than a year, leading the New York Yankees to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.The Yankees won their third straight following a five-game skid and extended their AL East...

TORONTO (AP) The New York Yankees will honor Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit with a pregame ceremony before hosting the Blue Jays on Sept. 13.Rodriguez homered off Detroit's Justin Verlander on June 19, becoming the 29th player to reach the 3,000-hit plateau.Rodriguez said he was ''in disbelief'' upon learning...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton was back in the Texas Rangers lineup Friday night after an MRI showed no structural damage in his sore left knee, and left-hander Cole Hamels felt good after a bullpen session Hamilton missed the previous two games before the exam Friday, when he was...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Pittsburgh emphatically ended its long losing sequence at St. Louis by scoring seven runs in the first inning en route to a 10-5 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday that trimmed the gap between the National League Central's top teams to six games.By contrast, the...

A winning streak will be on the line for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday when they battle the Chicago White Sox at PNC Park. White Sox at Pirates Current Conditions - Pittsburgh P/SUNNY 79 °F Wind: NW 8 GAME: Chicago White Sox (28-34) at Pittsburgh Pirates (36-27) DATE/TIME: Tuesday, June 16 - 7:05 PM EST WHERE:...