Yankees May Have to Do Something About A.J.
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McDonalds rare HR helps BoSox top Twins (AP)

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Darnell McDonald hit a two-run homer into the upper deck in left field to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Tuesday night. David Ortiz gave the Sox the lead for good on an infield single with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 26th [...]

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Lack of clutch hitting hurts Reds again (AP)

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Esmil Rogers did a little bit of everything. It was just enough for the Colorado Rockies. The right-hander pitched just well enough for six innings and turned in a key hit and fielding play as the Rockies sent the Reds to their fifth loss in six games with a 3-2 win on Tuesday night. Troy [...]

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Video: CC Sabathia Talks Pepsi MAX Field of
Dreams

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Classic Yankees: Bill Dickey

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Abreus 2-run HR off Rivera lifts Angels (AP)

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Bobby Abreu hit his second homer of the game, a two-out, two-run shot off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels then pulled a trick to trap Curtis Granderson for the final out to beat the New York Yankees 6-4 Tuesday night. The Yankees ran themselves out of their last chance.

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Nats Wang earns first win since 2009 (AP)

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Chien-Ming Wang allowed one hit over six scoreless innings, Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Tuesday night. In his third start — and first on the road — after missing more than two years following shoulder surgery, Wang (1-2) won for the first time since [...]

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Rockies 3, Reds 2: Colorado Squeaks By
Rejuvinated Dontrelle

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One swing can make the difference.

A lot of Rockies fans are silently harboring pipe dreams that 2007 makes a re-appearance this season. It would take about that kind of magic to bring playoff baseball back to Denver this October. Good news for those Rockies fans: 2007 has made a re-appearance. Bad news: you should have been more specific in your prayers to the baseball gods.

Dontrelle Willis has been a disaster since he left the Marlins for the Tigers in 2008, never throwing more than 44 IP in any big league season. The 29-year-old southpaw called upon his Marlins magic tonight, striking out six of the first nine Rockies he faced. He finished the night going 8.0 IP, the longest he has gone since September 25, 2007.

Willis finished the game with 10 strikeouts, a number he had not matched August 14, 2007 against the Diamondbacks. Back when "Rocktober" was only spoken by radio DJs in October. Back when Justin Upton, who struck out four times that day, was still a teenager.

And yet, he wasn't quite good enough to beat the Rockies. Esmil Rogers earned his sixth win of the season by battling significant control problems early. Rogers soldiered through six innings, allowing just two runs. One scored on a triple by the pitcher Willis. The other resulted from a strikeout/wild pitch, single and comebacker fielder's choice, in which the runner Todd Frazier scored from second base.

55 - 62

Games Back: 8.5

Streak: Won 2

Games Left: 45

In all, the Reds managed eleven base-runners against Rogers in six innings, who threw just 66 of 111 pitches for strikes.

While the Rockies struggled with Willis, they actually were very good with runners in scoring position, going 2-for-4 on the night. Dexter Fowler singled with the bases loaded in the fifth with two outs to give Colorado a 3-2 lead, and Troy Tulowitzki fired a two-out two-run laser over the left field wall for his tenth road home run on the season.

Todd Helton struck out three times against Willis, and once against Aroldis Chapman, just the second time Helton has had the golden sombrero in his career.

Josh Roenicke has come out of nowhere to become a bullpen savior. Taken from the minor league scrap heap in early June, the right-hander has joined the bullpen and pitched three consecutive days. The right-hander allowed a weak single and struck out two in operating as the setup man for a bullpen with three arms unavailable. Could he follow Matt Belisle as a former Reds prospect to find a home in the Rockies pen?

With the win, the Rockies clinched a tie at worst in the road series in Cincinnati. With a win tomorrow or Thursday, they can avoid being the victim of Dusty Baker's 300th career win with the Reds.

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WPA Heroes

Troy Tulowitzki (+.216): 1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, R, BB.
Rafael Betancourt (+.204): 1.0 IP, SV
Dexter Fowler (+.130): 2-for-4, RBI, K.

WPA Zeroes

Eric Young Jr. (-.172): 0-for-4, K.
Carlos Gonzalez (-.135): 0-for-4, K, R.
Mark Ellis (-.074): 0-for-3.

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ChiSox win season-best fifth straight (AP)

Just when it seemed as if the Chicago White Sox were doomed to play out the string in a losing season, they put together their longest winning streak of the year. Brent Morel homered and drove in two runs, Carlos Quentin also connected, and the White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 Tuesday night for [...]

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Mets rally to move back above .500 (AP)

Rookie reliever Josh Spence walked light-hitting Ruben Tejada to force home the tiebreaking run and the New York Mets rallied late for the second consecutive game against San Diego’s usually dependable bullpen, beating the Padres 5-4 on Tuesday night. Angel Pagan homered to start New York’s comeback and Jason Isringhausen earned his 299th save.

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