Dan Uggla hit a game-ending grand slam with one out in the ninth inning and Florida beat Philadelphia, 6-2, on Wednesday.

Tom Glavine of the Braves delivers a pitch in Tuesday's 10-5 loss to the Cubs. (Brian Kersey/Associated Press) Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine has landed on the 15-day disabled list for the second time this season. Glavine, 42, suffered a strained

Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Soriano is checked on by manager Lou Piniella, right, and trainer Mark O'Neal after getting hit by a pitch on Wednesday. (Jerry Lai/Associated Press) Chicago Cubs star Alfonso Soriano will be out of the team's lineup for as long as

The biggest bat available in the offseason was a young slugger from the Florida Marlins whose price tag had grown beyond the Marlins budget. Miguel Cabrera was an all-star at a young age and young enough to have many prime years for the team that traded

Moments later, both benches and bullpens rushed the field. Things settled down, but not Johnson's arm. He walked Mientkiewicz, committed an error and walked in a run to give the Pirates an early one-run lead. It was just what the Bucs needed to propel

'All three of them deserve serious All-Star mention,' Pirates fourth outfielder Jason Michaels said last week. June is an important month when it comes to All-Star balloting, and historically there have been several lead changes. Pirates fans can

When Johnson stepped off the mound and started toward home plate, Mientkiewicz went toward him, going face-to-face with the 6-foot-10 Johnson. Both benches emptied onto the field; however, no punches were thrown. After the game, Johnson played off the

What isn't questionable, however, is that Monday's third-inning fracas, one that involved both the Pirates and the D-backs dumping onto the field after a verbal spat between Arizona starter Randy Johnson and Pirates infielder Doug Mientkiewicz, is a

it looked as if the Pirates would be in line to climb to within one game of .500 for the sixth time this season. But with a home run, Nationals outfielder Lastings Milledge ensured that the Pirates would instead drop to three games below .500 heading

And relatively speaking, things had been going pretty great. Take for instance the two games that the Pirates rode into the game, a modest streak made more impressive by the fact that it was against the National League West-leading D-backs. Then there