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LEADING OFF: Dodgers try for 11th straight win, Hamels backBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening all around the majors today:---CALIFORNIA CRUISIN'The Los Angeles Dodgers try for their 11th straight win, which would match the team's best string since 2006. Rich Hill pitches for the NL West leaders...

Dodgers win 10th in row, beat Rockies 12-6; Bellinger 2 HRsLOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers unleashed yet another weapon to continue their winning streak: the vaunted wild pitch.The Dodgers made some baseball history Sunday, albeit with a great assist from the Colorado Rockies, scoring a record...

Marlins trade SS Hechavarria to Rays for 2 minor leaguersST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) The Miami Marlins have traded shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria to the Tampa Bay Rays for two minor leaguers.The Marlins got right-handed pitcher Ethan Clark and outfielder Braxton Lee in the deal Monday.Tampa Bay is contending for...

Yankees activate outfielder Ellsbury, starts vs White SoxCHICAGO (AP) The slumping New York Yankees have activated outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury from the disabled list and put him back in the starting lineup.Ellsbury was set to play center field and bat sixth against the Chicago White Sox on Monday night....

Associated PressBeat the Freeze: Braves' promotional race off and runningBy ANDY BUHLERATLANTA (AP) When Atlanta Braves grounds crewmember Nigel Talton was asked during the offseason if he wanted to race fans as a part of an in-game promotion, he had no idea it was the start of something...

Indians activate Brantley, Guyer from disabled listCLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Indians have activated outfielders Michael Brantley and Brandon Guyer from the 10-day disabled list.The Indians made the moves before playing Texas on Monday night. Outfielder Daniel Robertson and right-hander Shawn Armstrong were optioned to Triple-A Columbus.Brantley hasn't played...

Rangers activate LHP Cole Hamels to start against ClevelandCLEVELAND (AP) Texas Rangers left-hander Cole Hamels has been activated from the 10-day disabled list in time to start Monday against the Cleveland Indians.Hamels has been out for eight weeks with a strained oblique muscle. He was injured warming up...

Associated PressReview: Fact outhits fiction in 'Pride of the Yankees' bookBy DOUGLASS K. DANIEL''The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic'' (Hachette), by Richard SandomirThe movie ''The Pride of the Yankees'' is the kind of Hollywood hokum that makes us feel good....

AP Baseball WriterDombrowski turns to Fister again, this time in BostonBy NOAH TRISTERDoug Fister is again pitching for Dave Dombrowski, a reunion between a pitcher and an executive with plenty of history.Dombrowski made a number of big trades when he was with the Detroit Tigers, and two of them...

AP Sports WriterTebow being promoted to Mets' affiliate in FloridaBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Tim Tebow is moving up and heading south - to some very familiar territory.Tebow has been promoted to the New York Mets' high Class A affiliate in St. Lucie, Florida. The 29-year-old Tebow led...

Cubs' Russell sidelined by recurring sore right shoulderMIAMI (AP) By the fourth inning Sunday, Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell had a costly error and a sore throwing shoulder.That was enough pain for one day.Russell came out of the Cubs' 4-2 loss at Miami in the fourth complaining of...

Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki, 43, becomes oldest starting CFMIAMI (AP) Manager Don Mattingly made out the Miami Marlins' lineup unaware he was making Ichiro Suzuki the oldest player to start a game in center field since at least 1900.''He doesn't play like that,'' said Mattingly, who learned of the...