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Switching sides: Jays trade Sogard across diamond to RaysTORONTO (AP) The Toronto Blue Jays traded veteran utilityman Eric Sogard across the diamond Sunday, sending him to the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.Toronto is expected to receive a minor leaguer for the 33-year-old Sogard, who is having a career season.Sogard...

Switching sides: Jays trade Sogard across diamond to RaysTORONTO (AP) The Toronto Blue Jays traded veteran utilityman Eric Sogard across the diamond Sunday, sending him to the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.Toronto is expected to receive a minor leaguer for the 33-year-old Sogard, who is having a career season.Sogard...

Marlins rally in ninth inning to defeat Diamondbacks 3-2MIAMI (AP) Harold Ramirez came up with a clutch moment to help the Miami Marlins cap a ninth-inning comeback victory.The 24-year-old rookie hit a game-winning sacrifice fly off reliever Yoshihisa Hirano to finish a two-run rally and lift the Marlins...

AP Sports WriterSandoval homers in 11th to lift Giants to 2-1 win vs PadresBy BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) The red-hot San Francisco Giants keep playing - and winning - extra-inning games.Pablo Sandoval homered with two outs in the 11th and the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 2-1...

Associated PressOrioles grab early lead, power past Angels in 9-3 winBy JILL PAINTER LOPEZANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Asher Wojciechowski was the benefactor of an early seven-run lead given to him by his Baltimore teammates. He returned the favor with seven strong innings in a lopsided win.Wojciechowski was superb and...

Cubs place Descalso on IL, add Holland to active rosterMILWAUKEE (AP) The Chicago Cubs have placed infielder Daniel Descalso on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left ankle and added left-handed pitcher Derek Holland to the active roster.The 32-year-old Holland was acquired Friday from the San Francisco...

Royals trade Diekman to A's amid flurry of roster movesKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Royals have traded left-handed reliever Jake Diekman to the Oakland Athletics for two minor league prospects amid of flurry of moves before Saturday night's game against Cleveland.Kansas City also recalled oft-injured pitcher Kyle Zimmer...

Dodgers' Ross Stripling on injured list with biceps problemWASHINGTON (AP) The Dodgers have placed right-hander Ross Stripling on the 10-day injured list because of tendinitis in his right biceps.The team said before Saturday's game against the Washington Nationals that the move is retroactive to July 25. Manager Dave...

Associated PressBetts hits 3 homers off Paxton as Red Sox rout Yankees againBy DOUG ALDENBOSTON (AP) Mookie Betts and the Boston Red Sox followed up one rout with another, capitalizing as the New York Yankees' starting pitchers faltered in historic fashion.Betts homered in his first three at-bats off...

Yankees' LeMahieu out with groin injury, undergoes MRIBOSTON (AP) AL batting leader DJ LeMahieu is out of the New York Yankees' lineup for Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox.Manager Aaron Boone says ''he's got a little tightness in his groin,'' which the infielder felt during Friday's loss...

AP Sports WriterMets' McNeil hopes HR convinces wife to OK puppy adoptionBy JAKE SEINERNEW YORK (AP) Mets All-Star Jeff McNeil was working the phone Friday, hoping to acquire a promising, four-pawed prospect with the trade deadline looming.A ruff negotiation, indeed.McNeil video chatted with his wife, Tatiana, from Citi...

LEADING OFF: Home run streaks, Bochy's goodbye in San DiegoBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening around the majors today:DRIVE FOR FIVEFour days in a row, a player has hit three home runs. Who can make it five? AL MVP Mookie Betts had his fifth career three-homer game...