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Tim Lincecum pitched six effective innings, Rich Aurilia had three hits, including a solo homer, and the San Francisco Giants snapped a season-high six-game skid with a 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. Randy Winn extended his hitting streak to a major-league leading 15 games with a double in the first and [...]

Battered last season, Jose Contreras is getting payback these days.
Contreras outpitched C.C. Sabathia, and Jim Thome and Carlos Quentin hit solo homers to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians and their season-high sixth straight win Tuesday.
It’s the White Sox’s longest streak since they won nine in a row [...]

Tom Glavine overcame a shaky first inning. Jorge Campillo pushed aside all those bad memories from his first big league start. The result: a sweep for the Atlanta Braves. Glavine pitched six strong innings against his former team, retiring his last 17 hitters, to lead the Braves past the New York Mets 6-1 in the [...]

Glen Perkins pitched six scoreless innings for his first major league win and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 11-4 on Tuesday night. The Rangers lost their third in a row after Minnesota roughed up Texas starter Doug Mathis (1-1) for nine runs in 2 1-3 innings. Mathis made his first major league start [...]

John Lackey worked seven strong innings, then watched in consternation from the clubhouse as the Los Angeles Angels’ bullpen nearly threw away his first victory of the season.
Relievers Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez escaped bases-loaded jams in the eighth and ninth, securing Lackey’s first win since Sept. 28, and the Angels beat the Toronto Blue [...]

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