Mike Hampton won for the first time in a month and the Atlanta Braves slowed the streaking Phillies? playoff push with a victory on Tuesday night.

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MINNEAPOLIS Something about the atmosphere at the Metrodome on Tuesday felt wrong to Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillén. Though his team, not the Minnesota Twins, began the day leading the American League Central Division, Guillén had the odd sense that their places were actually reversed.

Jose Reyes slumped last September but had a huge hit Tuesday night, a three-run triple that gave the Mets a four-run lead against the Cubs. It also gave him the first 200-hit season of his career. 'I think there's no doubt that for him - and for the

Although there are reasons for fans to become irritated with Carlos Beltrán sometimes, maligning him for the effortless way he plays is not one of them.

Depending on your account, Mets pitcher Johan Santana at least completed the first couple steps of the trifecta in the fifth inning Tuesday, breaking his bat on Cubs pitcher Sean Marshall's fastball and sending it toward second base. Remarkably, his

Despite his degree from the Wharton School of Business, the Cubs? utilityman-turned-versatile weapon Mark DeRosa is a thinking-man?s player who doesn?t spend too much time thinking.

With the win and Philadelphia's loss to Atlanta, the Mets moved within 1 1/2 games of the Phillies in the National League East. Johan Santana, who joked with manager Jerry Manuel and said 'if it's cool, I can throw 225,' lasted a career-high 125 pitches

The Milwaukee Brewers rallied twice to beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, keeping pace with the Mets in the National League wild-card race.

Minaya acknowledged as much Tuesday night, hours after several reports said he had agreed to a contract extension or that he was on the verge of doing so. And a person in position to know the Mets' maneuvering acknowledged to MLB.com that Minaya and the