Verlander, Tigers both win 11th straight (AP)

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Justin Verlander pitched seven strong innings to earn his major league-best 23rd win and the Detroit Tigers blanked the Chicago White Sox 5-0 on Tuesday night for their 11th consecutive victory. Verlander (23-5) allowed six hits, struck out six and walked two while becoming the first Tiger since Hal Newhouser in 1946 to win 11 [...]

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McCann, Uggla HRs help Braves end skid (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 13 September 2011 11:15:29 PM. © MLB News Blog

Brian McCann was really down on himself. He’s feeling a lot better now. McCann came through with a three-run homer that may go down as one of Atlanta’s biggest hits of the season, helping the Braves snap a four-game losing streak and move a step closer to the playoffs with a 7-1 victory over the [...]

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Mets Force another loss on Dickey

post from My Mets Journal on 13 September 2011 11:03:01 PM. © My Mets Journal

I know it is Star Wars Night tonite at Citifield,but R.A. is such a Huge Star Wars fan I had to do this.

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Cervelli To The DL

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 13 September 2011 11:01:09 PM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

Francisco Cervelli has been placed on the 15-day DL, though Andrew Marchand reports that it's just "book keeping".

[Billy] Eppler, who is on the trip here in Seattle, said the Yankees did just so there is record of the time Cervelli is missing in case it comes up in any type of transaction or contract discussions later.

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McCann, Uggla Homer In Braves Victory Over
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post from Talking Chop on 13 September 2011 11:01:05 PM. © Talking Chop

The Braves snapped their four-game losing streak with a pair of home runs and a 7-1 win over the Marlins.

Early signs indicated the Braves could be in for another long game of lost opportunity. Michael Bourn singled in the first inning off Brad Hand and stole two bases; a walk to Freddie Freeman put the Braves in prime scoring position, but as was the case too often in Monday's game, no one scored. The leadoff hitter reached base in each of the first three innings, but were stranded each time. Hand kept the Braves off the scoreboard for five innings, allowing only four hits and retired 10 in a row at one point.

However, Mike Minor matched zeros with Hand through the first four innings, striking out five, but ran into trouble in the fifth. A leadoff walk to Donnie Murphy led to an RBI single by Emilio Bonifacio, giving the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Minor left the game after 5.1 innings, having thrown only 88 pitches.

The lead was short-lived because the Braves were able to put together a rally in the sixth. A one-out walk to Dan Uggla followed by a Matt Diaz single brought Brian McCann to the plate, and he crushed a home run to center to give the Braves a 3-1 lead. Hand departed one hitter later; he allowed seven hits and struck out five.

The attack continued in the seventh against Brian Sanches. Chipper Jones led off with a single, then Freddie Freeman drew a walk to allow Dan Uggla to smash his 34th home run of the year, setting a new season high for him.

The Braves added a run in the eighth on Michael Bourn's sacrifice fly, all but ensuring a much-needed win. Peter Moylan earned the victory, his second of the year.

Alex Gonzalez had another three-hit game, marking the first time he's had consecutive three-hit games since July 2006.

The magic number is down to 10.

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Reds Leake beats Cubs in final start (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 13 September 2011 10:53:30 PM. © MLB News Blog

Mike Leake can look forward to next year thinking about how well he ended this season. Leake pitched eight effective innings, Brandon Phillips homered again and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 Tuesday night to end a three-game losing streak. Leake (12-9) made the majors right out of Arizona State and this is [...]

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Wakefield finally gets 200th win in rout (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 13 September 2011 10:45:32 PM. © MLB News Blog

Tim Wakefield earned his 200th win on his eighth try, Dustin Pedroia hit two homers in Boston’s highest-scoring game of the season and the Red Sox ended a five-game losing streak with an 18-6 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. The Red Sox needed the victory badly after their AL wild-card lead [...]

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Surging Cards overcome 3 Pujols errors (AP)

Nick Punto hit a go-ahead double in the ninth inning and the surging St. Louis Cardinals overcame three errors by first baseman Albert Pujols to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 Tuesday night. Trying to stay in the wild card and NL Central races, the Cardinals won for the sixth time in seven games. The loss [...]

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Game #147: Yankees at Mariners

Yankees (89-57) vs. Mariners (61-86) Pitching Matchup: RHP A.J. Burnett (9-11, 5.27) vs LHP Charlie Furbush (3-8 4.84) Yankees Lineup Jeter SS Swisher RF Teixeira 1B Cano 2B Montero DH Jones LF Martin C Nunez 3B Gardner CF The game will take place at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. It?s scheduled to start at 10:10p.m. [...]

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Orioles end Rays 5-game winning streak (AP)

Matt Wieters hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Baltimore Orioles blunted the Tampa Bay Rays’ playoff push with a 4-2 comeback victory Tuesday night. Evan Longoria homered for the Rays, whose five-game winning streak ended. Tampa Bay began play Tuesday trailing Boston by three games in the AL wild-card race after [...]

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