HIGHLIGHTS: The Williamsport Crosscutters game Friday night in Vermont was cancelled due to rain. The game will not be made up as the two teams are not scheduled to meet again in the 2008 regular season.The Cutters end gtheir road trip with a 7-game

Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer and James Shields allowed one run over seven innings to help the Tampa Bay Rays snap a seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. Zobrist hit his fourth homer of the season off A.J.

In the final game of the three game series the Scrappers were looking for the sweep, but the Spinners scored first in the bottom of the first. It was a Mitch Denning single then Jeff Natalie followed with an RBI double. The Scrappers tied the game at one

The Arizona Diamondbacks placed outfielder Justin Upton on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a left oblique strain. Upton has been out since July 9 since suffering the strain taking batting practice in Washington. He will be eligible to return July

Luke Scott homered twice, and the Baltimore Orioles also got home runs from Melvin Mora and Aubrey Huff in a 7-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. Scott hit a solo shot in the second inning off Armando Galarraga and a game-clinching,

Against junkballer Jamie Moyer, those home run swings the Florida Marlins like to take produced mostly feeble grounders and popups. Again. The 45-year-old left-hander beat Florida for the 10th time in as many career starts, pitching six innings Friday

NEW YORK -- First baseman Richie Sexson and the New York Yankees reached a deal Thursday, a week aft er the Seattle Mariners cut the slumping slugger. A person familiar with the contract said Sexson would be paid a prorated share of the $390,000 minimum

Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer, Alex Rodriguez also connected and the New York Yankees made it an easy night for Mike Mussina in a 7-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday. Richie Sexson hit an RBI single in his first at-bat with the

BOSTON -- The first victory of the 2008 season came in an unusual setting, sparked by an unusual sou rce. The Red Sox were in Tokyo March 25 and Brandon Moss was in right field, hitting a tying home run in the ninth inning of an extra-innings victory

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Dodgers closer Takashi Saito wants to be pitching again well before the e nd of the season but knows that surgery is a possibility for his ailing right elbow. 'Right now, I'm under doctor's and trainer's orders to rest 10 days