Phillies the favorite but no lock to repeat as division champs George Widman / AP If the Phillies can't get Brett Myers back on track in their rotation, it will be a blow to their chances to repeat as NL East champions, writes Bert Blyleven of

LOS ANGELES - Hiroki Kuroda took a perfect game into the eighth inning and settled for a one-hitter, leading the Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Braves Monday night. The win moved the Dodgers in a tie for first in the NL West with idle Arizona. Kuroda

Billy Wagner can breathe easily after closing out the Phillies, but not before allowing two runs in the ninth in the Mets' 10-9 win. Mihalek/AP David Wright homers and drives in four runs as the Mets build a 10-1 lead ... Mihalek/AP ... to get Pedro

AM ETBy Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com You can please all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you'll hardly ever please a sports fan. Such is life, and such is the situation with the Indians' decision to trade

The fact that the All-Star Game determines home-field advantage in the World Series still continues to baffle and astound. My head hurts just thinking about all of the problems, issues and faults in the system, so we'll just get straight to the poll this

Struggling left-hander Dontrelle Willis reportedly has suffered an injury setback while pitching in the minors. The Detroit Free-Press reported Tuesday that Willis has returned to Detroit to have his right knee examined. The 26-year-old hyperextended the

Chad Billingsley is one of the main reasons the Dodgers have been able to climb to the top of the National League West. The right- hander hopes to continue his run of success tonight, when Los Angeles resumes a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves