Ervin Santana just missed out on his second consecutive complete game in the Los Angeles Angels' 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. After beating Detroit 3-2 last week with his third career complete game, Santana nearly bested himself

Kendrick quickly gets the point. 'I know what he's talking about,' Kendrick said. 'He wants to remind me to stay aggressive. He'll come up in the middle of a game. He's very good at that.' Though Kendrick, who starts Monday night's series opener against

when he was named the National League Player of the Week, presented by Bank of America. The previous 20-homer mark was held by Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, who hit his 20th homer of the 1925 season in the Cardinals' 61st game of the year. 'The way Utley

The Phillies opened a four-game series against the Reds on Monday. Cincinnati is slated to send four right-handed starters to the hill in the series. Snelling has one hit in three at-bats with the Phillies this season -- a pinch-hit, ninth-inning home

The three shots increased Philadelphia's Major League-leading home run total to 88. Utley, who belted his dinger in the first inning, has now homered in five games in a row, tying a club record. His 21 on the season leads the Majors. 'If we didn't have

'It's a concern for him not to pitch,' Amaro said. 'He tested it this morning and didn't feel comfortable posting up. We're concerned about it. We obviously don't like it. We'd like to be able to have him be able to pitch consistently and be healthy.

'I knew it was hit hard, so I was hoping it was at somebody,' said Lidge, of the play that sealed Philadelphia's 5-4 win over the Reds. 'When I turned around and saw Chase in the air and coming down with it, I was thinking, 'Man, this guy's got it going

Casey Blake homered twice and drove in seven runs Monday night to help the Indians to a 13-9 win in Texas. Ben Francisco and David Dellucci also hit home runs in Cleveland's biggest offensive output in weeks. During the game, the Indians announced that

MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) -- Delmon Young had three RBI doubles Monday, carrying the Minnesota Twins to a 6-5 victory over the New York Yankees. Michael Cuddyer was 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored for the Twins, who have won six of their last

PHILADELPHIA, June 2 (UPI) -- Chase Utley got his fifth home run in five games and made a game-saving catch Monday to lead the Philadelphia Phillies in a 5-4 win over Cincinnati. There were five home runs in the first five innings. Utley tied a franchise