Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp sounded like he might see his longest active consecutive games played streak end after coming up with a tight left hamstring late Saturday.

First baseman Lance Berkman continues to work on getting healthy and back into the lineup. He sympathizes with the struggles of former Cardinal Albert Pujols, who entered Sunday's game hitting just .194 in his first season in the American League with the Los Angeles Angels.

Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen made a quick return Saturday from the stomach flu that had waylaid him. On Sunday, he was told to take two days off from the lineup and get right.

Sometimes you need to walk before you can run, and that's how the Red Sox are proceeding with Kevin Youkilis as he recovers from a lower back strain.

Vetaran pitcher Jamie Moyer made the mistake of providing some assistance to the Braves when he accused Chipper Jones of relaying signs with Brian McCann at the plate in the fifth inning of Saturday night's game at Coors Field. The four-run advantage the Rockies held at the time of this incident quickly evaporated as Atlanta rallied for a 13-9 victory.

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C.J. Wilson gave up just two runs on six hits in eight innings, striking out nine Blue Jays to notch his second straight win at Angel Stadium and help the Angels recover from back-to-back shutout losses.

Coming off his best outing of the season on Monday against the Angels, Twins right-hander Nick Blackburn hopes to carry that momentum into Sunday's series finale against the Mariners at Safeco Field and get his first win of the season.

Brandon Beachy, whose 1.38 ERA ranks fourth in the National League, gets the ball for Atlanta in the series finale on Sunday against Colorado. For the Rockies, it's hard-throwing righty Juan Nicasio, who is 2-0 and coming off consecutive quality starts.

Going 2-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his last three starts, Angels hurler Jerome Williams can pinpoint his success with a very simple answer: Throw strikes.

Felix Hernandez ptiched eight innings of one-hit ball, and the Mariners broke through in the sixth inning to give Hernandez more than enough offense in a 7-0 win over the Twins on Saturday.

J.A. Happ hopes to put his struggles against the Cardinals behind him and lead the Astros to a series sweep that would improve their win streak to six games.

In the 12th, Jonny Gomes hit what proved to be the game-winning homer to break a 3-3 tie. Josh Reddick hit a solo homer in the first inning.

Jeff Francoeur's sixth-inning throw that nailed the Yankees' Curtis Granderson trying for third base after Francoeur caught Alex Rodriguez's fly ball in right field took the steam out of the Yanks in the Royals' 5-1 victory Saturday.

It'll be up to starter Matt Moore to restart Tampa Bay's home winning streak when the Rays face the A's and Oakland southpaw Tommy Milone on Sunday in St. Petersburg for the series finale.

Right-hander Yu Darvish is looking ahead to his next start as he opposes fellow righty Ubaldo Jimenez when the Rangers and Indians square off in Sunday's rubber game at Progressive Field.

What a season debut it was for Felipe Paulino. The Royals right-hander was astounding in his return from the disabled list on Saturday, shutting down the powerful New York Yankees lineup and leading the Royals to a 5-1 victory at Kauffman Stadium.