Johan Santana faces Phillies Tuesday trying to erase memory of awful start in Cincinnati. And so it is, the ever-shifting fortunes of the Mets and Phillies collide at Shea in a battle for first place over the next three days and, if nothing else, we

CHICAGO Josh Hamilton hit a three-run home run and Hank Blalock added a two-run shot to power the Texas Rangers to a 6-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night. Hamilton hit his 22nd homer, a 422-foot blast to straightaway center, in the third

Rookie catcher Taylor Teagarden was the hero in the Rangers' 1-0 victory Sunday in Minnesota, hitting a homer for his first major league hit. One day later, he was on his way back to the minors to make room for pitcher Scott Feldman. Read more on the

Adam Jones and Ramon Hernandez cranked home runs as the Orioles (48-50) crept percentage points ahead of Toronto in the American League East Division cellar.Jones, Hernandez and Melvin Mora each had two runs batted in.Brandon Fahey and Luke Scott had the

There's a baseball revival brewing in New York, and the Mets and Yankees hope to continue their surges in key series this week. The Mets were 34-36, 6 games out and tied for third on June 17, when interim manager Jerry Manuel lost in his debut. Now,

SEATTLE -- Boston manager Terry Francona is having trouble grasping why the Red Sox have been so dreadful on the road recently. 'It's a little perplexing,' the Red Sox manager said of his defending World Series champions entering a series opener at

BALTIMORE -- Adam Jones homered in the third inning, then got a key infield single in a three-run fifth that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 Monday night. One day after being sidelined with a swollen right ankle, Jones hit a

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The Tampa Bay Rays recently regained first place in the brutal American League East, but their struggles to close the first half (they dropped seven straight heading into the break) raised an interesting question.That question: Is this exciting,

The fact that Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin continues to add parts he thinks will get his team to the playoffs has not been lost on those in uniform. When word filtered into the visiting clubhouse at AT&T Park on Sunday morning that