OAKLAND, Calif. - Pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki doubled in the winning run with one out in the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Thursday night to win back-to-back games for first time since July 10-11. Joey Devine (4-0)

Guzman, 30, earned the hitting distinction in the eighth inning when he smacked an RBI triple to the wall in right centre off Los Angeles reliever Joe Beimel.The veteran of nine seasons also hit a solo home run in the first inning and singled in the

Washington Nationals' Cristian Guzman gestures after hitting for the cycle against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Washington on Thursday. (Luis M. Alvarez/Associated Press) Washington shortstop Cristian Guzman became the second player in Nationals franchise

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Few college pitchers saw their stock rise more than Brad Holt last spring. Holt dazzled scouts while pitching for UNC Wilmington in the Cary Regional against Elon when his fastball in the eighth inning registered at 94 mph—the same velocity that flashed across scouts' radar guns in the first inning.

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Jason Bay provided a Manny Ramírez-like performance Wednesday night, when he doubled, tripled and drove in four runs to help Boston smother the Yankees, 11-3.

If the Los Angeles Dodgers wind up eventually falling short in their quest to win the National League West, the team will likely point to its current road trip -- and in particular, this series with the Washington Nationals -- as a reason for its

Jon Lester attempts to bounce back from one of his worst starts of the season this afternoon, when the Boston Red Sox try to complete a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in what will likely be the final game played between the bitter rivals at the

Red-hot right-hander Edwin Jackson goes for a sixth win in seven starts when the first-place Tampa Bay Rays close out a three-game midweek series with the visiting Toronto Blue Jays tonight at Tropicana Field. The Rays, who've already established a