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Edgar Renteria hit two home runs, Tim Hudson allowed three hits over seven innings, and the Atlanta Braves ended the Washington Nationals’ four-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory Tuesday night. Renteria went 3-for-5, homering in the first and seventh innings as the Braves snapped a two-game losing streak.
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Dan Uggla drove in four runs while hitting two of Florida’s four homers, helping Sergio Mitre win for the first time in more than a year in a 9-3 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. Hanley Ramirez, dropped from leadoff to No. 3 in the order with the slumping Miguel Cabrera taking a night off, [...]

Perfect weather, a lively crowd that nearly filled the stadium and a game-winning hit by Brendan Harris.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays got everything they needed for a successful debut at Disney World on Tuesday night.
Harris’ bases-loaded single in the 10th inning - his fourth hit of the game - drove in the winning run off [...]

The Detroit Tigers had lost two games in a row, and Justin Verlander considered it his job to keep the streak from reaching three.
“Absolutely. We lost our last two games, and I really just wanted to go out there and make a statement,” he said Tuesday night after leading the Tigers to a 7-2 victory [...]

Aramis Ramirez hit a grand slam and Carlos Zambrano pitched eight sharp innings, sending the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 rout of the New York Mets on Tuesday night. Cliff Floyd had three hits and an RBI in his first start at Shea Stadium since spending the previous four seasons with the Mets, and Chicago [...]

The game between New York Yankees and Chicago White on Tuesday night was postponed by rain and will be made up Wednesday as part of a day-night doubleheader. The game was called about an hour and 40 minutes after it was supposed to start Tuesday night. The field was still covered by the tarp as [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals claimed reliever Todd Wellemeyer off waivers from the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, and plan to add him to their roster this weekend. Wellemeyer, a 28-year-old right-hander, was 0-1 with a 10.34 ERA in 12 games for the Royals this season, allowing 25 hits in 15 2-3 innings. He has a [...]

Paul Byrd won for the first time in three starts in May and the Cleveland Indians had two six-run innings in accumulating season highs in hits and runs in a 15-7 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
Jhonny Peralta homered and had four RBIs, Grady Sizemore had four hits, including a two-run homer, and [...]

Justin Verlander scattered six hits over 7 2-3 innings, and Brandon Inge and Magglio Ordonez homered to cool off Tim Wakefield and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
Verlander (4-1) allowed two runs and struck out seven before leaving the game when Kevin Youkilis hit a [...]

Justin Verlander scattered six hits over 7 2-3 innings, and Brandon Inge and Magglio Ordonez homered to cool off Tim Wakefield and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Verlander (4-1) allowed two runs and struck out seven before leaving the game when Kevin Youkilis hit [...]