A successful comeback by the A's, highlighted by Josh Reddick's two-run double in the seventh and a walk-off homer from Brandon Hicks in the ninth, turned a potential series loss to the Rangers into a split with a 4-3 victory Wednesday afternoon.

In his first outing since being bumped from ninth-inning duties, John Axford recorded four outs in the fifth and sixth and finished as the pitcher of record after Francisco Rodriguez stranded the bases full of Cardinals for a 4-3 Brewers win at Miller Park on Wednesday.

Mark Teixeira's two-run homer highlighted a four-run first inning and Hiroki Kuroda hurled seven superb innings as the Yankees notched contributions up and down the lineup, posting a rain-shortened 6-0 victory over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.

The Blue Jays finally received some good news on the injury front after Brett Lawrie escaped major harm despite falling into the camera well in Wednesday afternoon's rain-shortened 6-0 loss at Yankee Stadium.

On the night Roy Halladay returned, Hunter Pence singled with the bases loaded and two outs to score two runs in the top of the eighth inning in a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers on Tuesday.

In Roy Halladay's return to active duty, “Doc” wasn't as precise or as surgical as he has been known to be on the mound. But Halladay, in any condition, is never a holiday for hitters. He gave the Phillies five good innings and the bullpen took care of the rest, subduing Matt Kemp and the Dodgers, 3-2, on Tuesday.

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Andrew McCutchen remained stuck in his own Groundhog Day reel, with two hits, one of which went very far. Erik Bedard, on the other hand, for a change didn't see a shadow of himself. Add it up, and the Pirates continued to shadow the National League-leading Reds with a 6-2 victory Tuesday night over the Rockies.

Roy Oswalt held off the hard-charging Athletics by limiting them to one run over 6 1/3 innings in the Rangers' 6-1 victory on Tuesday night.

That crooked number on the scoreboard has never looked so good to these Padres, who spent nearly the entire first half of the season scuffling offensively.

Starter Blake Beavan was the beneficiary of another offensive explosion as Justin Smoak and Michael Saunders both belted two-run home runs in the Mariners' 9-6 win over the Royals on Tuesday.

Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday left Tuesday's game against the Brewers with a left thigh contusion after taking a Randy Wolf pitch to the leg in the top of the first inning.

Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun's availability for Wednesday's series finale against the Cardinals was up in the air after he aggravated a lingering right groin strain in Tuesday's win.

The Twins received another short outing from one of their starters, but the bullpen picked up the slack and the offense came through late in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Tuesday at Target Field.

Based on the offensive talent on this club, the Cardinals' improvement should be an issue of when rather than if. But, as the manager said, that's only talk until this club turns it, finally and consistently, into action.

Randy Wolf won for the first time since April, Rickie Weeks hit a long home run and Francisco Rodriguez got the save in his first game as closer as the Brewers edged the Cardinals on Tuesday night.

CC Sabathia seemed like he'd never been away from the Yankees' rotation, hurling six scoreless innings to lead his club to a 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.