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The No. 1 team in the nation has been eliminated from the College World Series. Florida stood at the plate as Kent State nearly unraveled in a wild top of the ninth, loading the bases before losing, 5-4, to the Golden Flashes on Monday at TD Ameritrade Park.

The White Sox will try to rebound from Monday's dismantling with Jake Peavy taking the hill Tuesday night against the Cubs' Travis Wood at U.S. Cellular Field.

Kent State eliminated Florida in a 5-4 win on Monday at TD Ameritrade Park, and South Carolina fell to Arkansas, 2-1, in the nightcap.

This is how extraordinarily effective R.A. Dickey has been of late: People came to Citi Field on Monday night expecting a shutout. Or more.

The Yankees have won 10 games in a row and 14 of 16 this month, and you need to look no further than the men on the mound to figure out why. Hiroki Kuroda will try to make it 11 straight Tuesday when he faces off against Tim Hudson and the Braves.

The first use of replay review at Miller Park this season added a dose of drama to the Brewers' 7-6 win over the Blue Jays on Monday.

J.A. Happ went six solid innings and the Astros hit three home runs while holding off a late rally by the Royals in a 9-7 win on Monday at Minute Maid Park.

When it comes to genuine, evergreen Ohio Cup intrigue, it simply doesn't get better than Brandon Phillips vs. his old mates. It's there in the results, it's there in the backstory, and it's there in the sly smile that creeps across Phillips' face when the topic is broached.

The Cubs smashed five home runs and used a six-run seventh to put away their South Side neighbors, 12-3, on Monday night at a windy U.S. Cellular Field. Every Cubs hitter scored a run and all but one had a hit.

In the much-anticipated rematch of Indians sinkerballer Derek Lowe and the Reds, it was the respective lineups that stole the show in a 10-9 Interleague victory for Cleveland. The feud between Lowe and Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker that surfaced last week was swiftly pushed to the background.

Pitchers pinch-hitting, outfielders playing the infield — don't put anything past the depleted Royals as they look to even their three-game series with the Astros on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.

Ike Davis hit his first career grand slam in the Mets' 5-0 win against the Orioles on Monday, and it appears the first baseman might have finally snapped his season-long slump.

The threat of being no-hit and any early trouble CC Sabathia encountered Monday against the Braves were distant memories by the time the Yankees won their 10th consecutive game, 6-2.

Ike Davis hit his first career grand slam in the sixth, while R.A. Dickey hurled his second straight one-hitter as the Mets beat the Orioles, 5-0, on Monday at Citi Field.

After a 13-hit, 10-run performance in a series-opening win over the Reds, the Indians start Josh Tomlin against Mike Leake in a bid to claim the series against their NL rivals.

Mets ace Johan Santana heads to the mound as New York takes on Tommy Hunter and the Orioles on Tuesday at Citi Field.