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Will Red Sox spend big to keep up with AL East? In the annual arms race that is the AL East, some team will be left out of the playoffs. Danny Knobler is curious to see how the Red Sox will respond this offseason now that it's their turn to sit home in October.

Boston Red Sox - American League East - Baseball - Sports - Major League
Trio reviving dream of another Triple Crown In the post-steroid era, wouldn't it be nice to see a 30-game winner? Yep, but it won't happen. How about a Triple Crown winner? Scott Miller says Joey Votto, Carlos Gonzalez and Albert Pujols are making us believers.

Joey Votto - Albert Pujols - Major League Baseball Triple Crown - Scott Miller - Sports
Howard, Phils support Hamels, beat Marlins Ryan Howard homered and had six RBI and the Philadelphia Phillies backed Cole Hamels with a rare burst of the run support he had been missing most of the season in a 10-6 win over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night.

Philadelphia Phillies - Florida Marlins - Ryan Howard - Cole Hamels - Baseball
Lowe restores order for Braves, dominates Bucs Omar Infante had three hits, Derek Lowe beat Pittsburgh for the 10th straight time and the Atlanta Braves got the breakout victory they badly needed, beating the Pirates 9-3 on Wednesday night.

Atlanta Braves - Derek Lowe - Pittsburgh Pirates - Pittsburgh - Hit
Rockies win sixth straight; Cook breaks leg Troy Tulowitzki homered twice and the Colorado Rockies beat the struggling Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Wednesday night, earning their sixth consecutive victory despite losing starter Aaron Cook to a broken leg

Colorado Rockies - Troy Tulowitzki - Cincinnati Red - Aaron Cook - Baseball
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Padres push West lead to two Rookie Cory Luebke struck out seven in six sparkling innings, Luis Durango hit a key two-run single and the San Diego Padres added to their lead in the NL West with a 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.

Los Angeles Dodgers - San Diego Padres - National League West - San Diego - United States
Hudson helps D-Backs end Giants' streak at four Daniel Hudson pitched seven effective innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks snapped the San Francisco Giants' four-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory Wednesday night.

San Francisco Giants - Arizona Diamondbacks - Sports - Baseball - Teams
Swisher hits walk-off as Yanks avert O's broom Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer off Koji Uehara in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to give the New York Yankees a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles that was tempered by news of a potentially serious injury to Jorge Posada.

New York Yankees - Baltimore Orioles - Nick Swisher - Jorge Posada - Koji Uehara
Twins sweep Royals with sixth straight victory Brian Duensing allowed one run and struck out seven over eight innings and the Minnesota Twins continued an impressive run of success against Kansas City ace Zack Greinke with a 4-3 victory Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep.

Minnesota Twins - Brian Duensing - Zack Greinke - Home - Family
Twins' Morneau optimistic he'll be back this season Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau says he's still optimistic that he will play again this season even though he's been out of the lineup for two months because of a concussion.

Minnesota Twins - Justin Morneau - Home - Family - Multiple Births
Mathis' sac fly lifts Angels over Indians in 16th Jeff Mathis drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 16th inning and the Los Angeles Angels got home runs from Mike Napoli and rookie Peter Bourjos in a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night, the longest game of the season for both teams.

Mike Napoli - Jeff Mathis - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Cleveland Indians - Peter Bourjos
Holland, Rangers get back in win column Ian Kinsler led off the game with a home run, Derek Holland won for the first time since mid-May and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers stopped their losing streak at five Wednesday night with an 8-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Texas Rangers - Toronto Blue Jays - Derek Holland - Ian Kinsler - American League West
Rangers' Hamilton plays catch, return unknown Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton played a light game of catch before Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, the first step toward returning to action for baseball's leading hitter.

Josh Hamilton - Baseball - Toronto Blue Jays - Rangers F.C. - Sport
Back, shoulder could end season for J. Johnson Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson has right shoulder inflammation and a strained mid-back, making it unclear when the All-Star will return to the mound.

Josh Johnson - Florida Marlins - Pitcher - United States - History
Roundup: Bonderman solid as Tigers beat White Sox Wednesday's MLB roundup: Jeremy Bonderman pitched eight strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the sloppy Chicago White Sox 5-1.

Detroit Tigers - Chicago White Sox - Jeremy Bonderman - Baseball - Sports
Briefs: Torre holding off on announcing decision Wednesday's MLB briefs: Joe Torre says he's waiting to announce whether he'll return to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers next year.

Joe Torre - Los Angeles Dodgers - Los Angeles - Major League Baseball - United States