The Phillies and Rockies square off in rubber match on Sunday at Coors Field with Cole Hamels, a coveted lefty before the July 31 Trade Deadline, and Drew Pomeranz on the hill.

Elliot Johnson's sacrifice fly proved to be the difference in the Rays' 5-3 victory over the Red Sox on Saturday night at Tropicana Field with 27,311 watching, making a winner of left-hander David Price, who hurled 7 1/3 solid innings.

Shortstop Alcides Escobar went deep twice — his first multi-homer game — as his seventh-inning shot broke the tie and sent the Royals to a 6-3 win over the White Sox on Saturday to even the series.

Andrew McCutchen slugged a home run for the third straight game, and Kevin Correia retired the final 11 batters he faced over six innings in a 6-4 Pirates victory.

It was a home run-hitting kind of day for the A's in Minnesota on Saturday. A season high-tying four were counted against the Twins, and by night's end, the A's were enjoying life in the win column for the eighth time in their last nine games.

The Red Sox hope Josh Beckett can continue his mastery of the Rays when the American League East rivals square off in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay will counter with right-hander James Shields.

Following a see-saw battle Saturday that saw the Orioles win in 13 innings to end the Tigers' winning streak at six, the Justin Verlander and Miguel Gonzalez will try to push their teams to a series-clinching victory in a rubber match on Sunday.

If the way Alexi Ogando and Koji Uehara have pitched during their rehab assignments is any indication, they should be ready for the big leagues soon.

Righty Jarrod Parker will take the hill Sunday as his A's go for a series sweep in Minnesota. Opposing him for the Twins will be lefty Brian Duensing.

Picking up where he left off before the All-Star break, Mark Buehrle was brilliant once again on Saturday, striking out seven and allowing one run in seven innings, as the Marlins beat the Nationals, 2-1, in front of 28,707 at Marlins Park.

Left-hander Chris Sale will toe the rubber at Kauffman Stadium for the second time in five days as the White Sox square off with Luis Mendoza and the Royals in Sunday's rubber match.

On Sunday, four days short of the two-year anniversary of his last Major League appearance, Ben Sheets will take the mound for the Braves, opposing Johan Santana and the Mets, completing an improbable comeback from injury.

After making his first All-Star Game appearance on Tuesday, Stephen Strasburg will begin his crawl toward a supposed 160-inning limit in the third game of a four-game set with the Marlins at Marlins Park on Sunday.

Orioles catcher Taylor Teagarden picked up his first hit in an Orioles uniform in thrilling fashion, delivering the first walk-off homer of his career with a two-run, two-out shot in the 13th inning that capped a stunning 8-6 Orioles' comeback against the Detroit Tigers.

Homer Bailey steps in for Johnny Cueto, who will miss the start due to a blister, as the Reds take on Jake Westbrook and the Cardinals on Sunday at Great American Ball Park.

Jason Heyward's two-out opposite-field single capped a three-run eighth inning, and the Braves upended the Mets, 8-7, on Saturday at Turner Field.

Ryan Ludwick sent a full-count slider from reliever Victor Marte just inches over the left-field wall for his 13th home run of the season to give Cincinnati a 3-2 win against the Cardinals in the 10th inning on Saturday at Great American Ball Park.