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Vladimir Guerrero hit a first-inning grand slam and the surging Los Angeles Angels held on to beat the reeling Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Tuesday night for their 10th victory in 12 games. The Royals, who became the first team ever to finish the month of April 10 games under .500 three straight years, lost [...]

Vladimir Guerrero hit a first-inning grand slam and the surging Los Angeles Angels held on to beat the reeling Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Tuesday night for their 10th victory in 12 games.
The Royals, who became the first team ever to finish the month of April 10 games under .500 three straight years, lost for [...]

Josh Willingham drove in a career-high five runs and the Florida Marlins made three great defensive plays to stifle the New York Mets in a 5-2 victory Tuesday night. Ricky Nolasco (1-0) came off the disabled list to allow one run and six hits in five innings for the Marlins. He was 0-3 with a [...]

Rocked for three homers in the first inning, C.C. Sabathia buckled down to stay unbeaten and Jhonny Peralta had a career-high five RBIs as the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-4 on Tuesday night.
After enduring a season-opening month of snow, postponements and travel, Cleveland began May with a comeback victory, scoring nine consecutive [...]

Rookie pitcher Phil Hughes of the New York Yankees was working on a no-hitter in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers when he came out of the game with an apparent leg injury. He was replaced by Mike Myers, who got through the seventh without allowing a hit before giving up a leadoff double [...]

Dan Johnson doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning after Jonathan Papelbon suffered his first blown save in the ninth and the Oakland Athletics stopped the surging Boston Red Sox 5-4 Tuesday night.
The Red Sox had won four of five games and began the day with the best record in baseball but wasted [...]

Sidney Ponson pitched seven impressive innings and Michael Cuddyer drove in two runs before leaving with an injury, leading the Minnesota Twins past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-1 on Tuesday night.
Ponson (2-3) gave up five hits. Both of his wins this season have come against the Devil Rays.
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New York Yankees rookie righthander Philip Hughes left his second major league start with two outs with an apparent left hamstring injury after an 0-2 pitch to Mark Teixeira of the Texas Rangers.
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Pinch-hitter Sean Casey hit a tiebreaking single with one out in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
Craig Monroe also homered for Detroit and Placido Polanco went 4-for-5 with two RBIs.
Pinch-hitter Carlos Guillen led off the eighth with a walk by Danys Baez [...]

Pinch-hitter Sean Casey hit a tiebreaking single with one out in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Craig Monroe also homered for Detroit and Placido Polanco went 4-for-5 with two RBIs. Pinch-hitter Carlos Guillen led off the eighth with a walk by [...]