Sidney Ponson pitched a gem in his return to the New York Yankees, silencing Carlos Delgado and the rest of the New York Mets for a 9-0 victory Friday night and a split of their two-ballpark doubleheader.Delgado dominated the day game at Yankee Stadium.

Alex Gordon drove in four runs and Gil Meche tossed seven superb innings, as the Kansas City Royals remained red-hot with a 7-2 win over the I-70 rival St. Louis Cardinals, in the opener of a three-game interleague set at Kauffman Stadium.Gordon homered

For nearly three hours Friday night, the Astros hardly inspired a whimper, much less a roar, from their faithful among the sellout crowd at Minute Maid Park to watch the Boston Red Sox play in Houston for the first time. As each impotent inning elapsed,

NEW YORK ? Sidney Ponson pitched a gem in his return to the New York Yankees, silencing Carlos Delgado and the rest of the New York Mets for a 9-0 victory Friday night and a split of their two-ballpark doubleheader. Delgado dominated the day game at

Yankees and Mets? Two Games Are Miles Apart The Mets arrived at Yankee Stadium in full uniform Friday morning, like the varsity busing to a rival school across town. If schoolyard rules had really applied, the game would have been over in the top of

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka rebounded from one of the worst outings of his career by propelling the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 road win over the Houston Astros on Friday. It Matsuzaka's second start since he was placed on the

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Evan Longoria and Eric Hinske hit three-run homers off the Pirates' Jimmy Barthmaier in his major league debut and the streaking Tampa Bay Rays quickly opened a seven-run lead in beating Pittsburgh 10-5 Friday night. In a matchup of two of the majors'

C.C. Sabathia struck out 11 over eight strong innings, including his hero Ken Griffey Jr. three times, to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-0 on Friday night. Grady Sizemore hit his 18th homer, drove in three runs and made a

For a change, everything went according to form for Washington at its new home. With Nationals Park nearly filled to capacity, Washington responded with a 4-2 victory Friday night over their neighbors to the north, the Baltimore Orioles. Pinch-hitter