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NEW YORK-- Unless these two teams meet each other in the World Series, this will be the final time they face one another until 2011. The Yankees and the Mets are playing their sixth and final game against each other today, with the season series hanging in the balance. The Mets can win the season series from the Yankees for the first time since 2008, or the Yankees can earn ...

SEATTLE — Michael Saunders’ three-run homer helped Seattle to a 5-1 win Saturday night at Safeco Field. The Seattle Mariners cruised through a typically tidy game — getting quality pitching from Felix Hernandez and a minimal amount of offense — when something out of the ordinary broke out. Nearly a week’s worth of runs by the Mariners. They scored four times in the sixth inning, as many runs as they’d produced in their ...

Who would have thought that the magical formula for the Rockies to start playing better would be to lose their best player? That's exactly what seems to have happened, as the Rockies rallied for the first time all season, beating the Brewers 8-7 at Coors Field on Saturday night. The Rockies were down 4-1 heading into the bottom of the 7th inning after a disastrous top of the inning spoiled an otherwise ...

Now, it seems as if the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting rotation is on the verge of total collapse. Carlos Monasterios, the rookie right-hander who was battling to find himself a spot as the team's fifth starter, has joined fellow starters Chad Billingsley and Charlie Haeger on the disabled list, the Dodgers announced on Friday afternoon. Monasterios (3-2, 3.88 ERA) was sent to the DL with what was described as "a pre-existing blood ...

When the Atlanta Braves signed Troy Glaus this past offseason, they hoped for an offensive spark that has been lacking at first base in recent years; they got much more than they bargained for.  Glaus has been stellar this year, and last night was no exception.  Glaus hit a home run off Robinson Tejada on an 0-2 count to give the Braves a 5-4 victory over the tough-luck Royals Saturday night. Glaus ...

Riding a seven-game winning streak on the road, the Texas Rangers have improved their record to 40-28, which is good for fourth best in all of baseball. Even with the Rangers strong play, the Los Angeles Angels still sit only 2.5 games back of the Rangers after Saturday's games, so it looks like the Rangers should be looking for some help when the trade deadline arrives. Not everyone is going to ...

As a lifelong Cubs fan, I am used to watching failure. From the infamous Bartman ball, to being swept out of the playoffs by the Dodgers in 2008, inability to win games has been a hallmark of Chicago Cubs baseball. This season, however, has been even more difficult to watch than usual due to the slew of mental errors and unforced mistakes. Today, for instance, when Ted Lilly threw a double play ball ...

“Someday, I want to be just like him, one of the best pitchers in the big leagues.” I've been accused of many things.  Paranoia, scrutinizing words, conspiracy freak, reading too much into what people say, and on one occasion attempting to take an up-skirt photograph—I swear, I knew the girl and thought she'd be cool with it. “Someday, I want to be just like him, one of the best pitchers in the big ...

When you are a fan of a team like the Philadelphia Phillies, sometimes you'd rather score 10 runs and lose than score one run and win, particularly when your team has been struggling to score runs. Saturday was one of those days. The Phillies lost to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon by a score of 13-10 in a wild game in which the Phillies led 9-4 going into the ninth inning ...

I’m sorry folks, I think I jinxed this one. With former Phillie Jim Thome at the plate in the ninth inning with the Phillies up by five runs, I said to my dad and brother, “I wouldn’t mind if he hit a home run right here. We would still be up by three and I don’t see us losing this game. "Plus, I kinda want Thome to have ...