Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez did a beautiful job of breaking up a double play in Wednesday’s 8-2 win against the Braves, but he paid the price.

Tampa Bay relied on a pair of rookies in the first two games of a three-day set at Baltimore, but ended up losing both. The club is hoping that sophomore Jeremy Hellickson can right the ship against the Orioles at Camden Yards in Thursday’s matinee.

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen said he’s significantly improved from his diagnosis of an irregular heartbeat and could return to action next Tuesday night when the club opens a three-game series at Washington.

Miguel Olivo went deep, Franklin Gutierrez drove in a pair and Kevin Millwood retired the first 10 batters he faced as the Mariners downed the Blue Jays, 3-2, on Wednesday at Rogers Centre.

In the first year of its existence, the second National League Wild Card berth has become the subject of a furious pursuit.

For a third consecutive night, the Angels could not dent a rookie starter, wasting another Ervin Santana strong outing and falling to the A;s for a third straight game.

Rookie A.J. Griffin worked eight scoreless innings to defeat the Angels, set an Oakland record by improving to 6-0 and paced the A’s to a 12th straight road win.

Derek Holland has a three-game winning streak and doesn’t have a loss since July 31, but the Rangers left-hander isn’t taking Thursday’s start against the struggling Indians lightly.

It’s long been apparent that the Phillies’ five-year run of winning the National League East would come to an end this season. With their recent surge, however, it suddenly appears their five-year streak of qualifying for the postseason might not have to end with it.

The Brewers presented Chipper Jones with a Weber gas grill and a year’s supply of Klement’s sausages on Wednesday. That’s just what Chipper wanted; he told a Milwaukee reporter at the All-Star Game that his kids love bratwurst.

Felix Hernandez will look to rebound from back-to-back losses when he leads the Mariners against Henderson Alvarez and the Blue Jays in Thursday’s finale at Rogers Centre.

Trevor Cahill settled in after allowing two runs in the first inning as the D-backs rallied for a 3-2 win over the Dodgers on Wednesday at Chase Field.

After taking an early lead, the Dodgers’ bats went quiet throughout the rest of Wednesday’s game and the club fell for the sixth time in its last seven games, 3-2, to the D-backs at Chase Field.

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Rangers starter Ryan Dempster was both lucky and very good on Wednesday night, and he was able to run his winning streak to five with a 5-2 victory over the Indians at Rangers Ballpark.

Another strong pitching performance carried the Cubs to a 5-1 victory over the Astros on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. Left-hander Travis Wood controlled the game, delivering 7 2/3 strong innings and holding the Astros hitless through four.

Ivan Nova has been slotted back in the Yankees’ starting rotation, and Andy Pettitte could be the next pitcher to return.