The Red Sox and Dodgers acquired new left fielders at the trade deadline, hooking up with the Pirates to complete a three-team blockbuster. Boston finally carried through on its desire to be rid of Manny Ramirez by sending him to the Dodgers. The Red Sox, in turn, got Jason Bay from the Pirates.

Grady Sizemore hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs, as the Cleveland Indians beat the visiting Detroit Tigers, 9-4.

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The Nationals picked up middle infield insurance in Alberto Gonzalez, acquiring him from the Yankees for power righthander Jhonny Nunez.

It must have been difficult for Omar Minaya, who relishes aggressive trade discussions, to watch baseball?s other big-market teams consummate headline-stealing swaps.

WASHINGTON - Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth homered tonight as the Phillies stretched their winning streak to five games with an 8-4 victory over the Washington Nationals. The first-place Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the injury-riddled

The Red Sox separated themselves from the unhappy Manny Ramírez by sending him to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an expensive deal in which they obtained Jason Bay from Pittsburgh.

NEW YORK (AP) - Torii Hunter, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera each hit a three-run homer, and the Los Angeles Angels added to their East Coast romp with a 12-6 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday night. Coming off a three-game sweep at Boston in

At their meetings last week, the Yankees did not expect to find a catcher worth pursuing. But they got a premier catcher who was eager to play in Iván Rodríguez.

Carmona (5-3) made his second start after spending two months on the disabled list with a hip injury. He bounced back with a strong outing after being rocked for nine runs in just 2 1-3 innings when he rejoined the rotation last week. Using the sinker