The essential components of the Mets? victory on Tuesday vied for Manager Jerry Manuel?s affection, but he said the two superb innings of relief pitching stood out.

Matt Garza pitched his first career complete game, scattering five hits in nine shutout innings to lead the Rays to a 3-0 win. He even outlasted Roy Halladay, the majors' leader in complete games who suffered the loss after giving up all three runs in

Joe Savery hasn't progressed in his first full season like he had envisioned when he was drafted.

Yankees pitchers Carl Pavano and Phil Hughes delivered five innings of scoreless baseball and two lessons in pitching styles in a rehabilitation assignment Tuesday night.

Opinion: Quite a day to remember for Angels

Yoslan Herrera was on his way to being another Pirate flame-out, but has rebounded this season.

MILWAUKEE (AP) Carlos Zambrano outpitched the Brewers ace Ben Sheets again, and the Chicago Cubs scored five runs in the sixth inning Tuesday night to beat Milwaukee, 7-1, assuring that they would leave town leading the National League Central.

Ventre: Finally, Angels take bold step toward title

Brad Ziegler, a 28-year-old rookie reliever, has set a pretty impressive major league record: most consecutive scoreless innings to start a career.

BOSTON (AP) - John Lackey came within two outs of a no-hitter, pitching the Los Angeles Angels past the Boston Red Sox 6-2 Tuesday night on a big day for the AL West leaders. Hours after the Angels acquired slugger Mark Teixeira in a trade, Lackey