Brandon Morrow pitched eight scoreless innings and Adam Lind hit a pair of home runs to lead the Blue Jays to a 3-0 victory over the Yankees on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Carlos Pena had a potential game-winning home run overturned by instant replay in the eighth inning on Sunday.

Carlos Gomez, Prince Fielder and Corey Hart homered to back a strong performance by Zack Greinke as the Brewers completed a three-game sweep at Great American Ball Park with an 8-1 victory over the Reds on Sunday afternoon.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly spoke with Most Valuable Player candidate Matt Kemp Saturday about getting a day off. "He laughed at me," Mattingly said. "He wants to finish what he started."

Nelson Cruz finished 1-for-5 with a single and two strikeouts on Saturday in his first start for the Rangers since coming off the disabled list.

It was about halfway through Alex Rodriguez's soft-toss session on Friday when Kevin Long figured he had to do something. A-Rod wasn't generating any power through the zone because he kept banging his injured left thumb with his top hand, so the Yankees' hitting coach suggested something he never had before.

Would Joe Girardi put Jorge Posada behind the plate to catch Mariano Rivera's record 602nd save? Probably not, the Yankees' skipper said prior to the finale of a three-game series at Rogers Centre on Sunday.

Seasons have ebb and flows, but Adrian Gonzalez's has taken a noticeable turn since July. Still productive despite going hitless in his last three games entering Sunday, Gonzalez is hitting .271 in September, following an August where he hit .283.

Ubaldo Jimenez feels that pitching during winter ball, even a handful of innings, has helped him in the past. That is one reason why the Indians are considering allowing the starter to play in his native Dominican Republic this offseason.

Two days after the Twins announced Joe Mauer and Tsuyoshi Nishioka wouldn't play again this year, trainer Rick McWane said Justin Morneau will be held out of action because of his concussion-like symptoms, and will also have surgery on Monday to remove a cyst from his left knee and a bone spur from his right foot.

Right-handed reliever Kris Medlen is finally close to returning to the Braves' bullpen. Tommy Hanson and more of their fellow hurlers may not be far behind.

James Loney and Juan Rivera homered while Ted Lilly reached a milestone as the Dodgers beat the Pirates, 6-1, after being eliminated from Wild Card consideration earlier Saturday.

Mathematically eliminated from the playoff race, the Dodgers and Pirates can enter Sunday's matchup looking in different directions. The Dodgers can't help but look back at what might have been, and the Pirates must push forward toward the future.

Tampa Bay's 4-3 win over Boston on Saturday cut its deficit in the American League Wild Card standings to three games, and the AL East rivals will square off one final time Sunday in Fenway Park.

The D-backs, who have lost three straight while the Giants have won seven in a row, look to trim their magic number of six to win the NL West on Sunday in San Diego.

The Giants rallied late on a chilly Saturday night at Coors Field, as Brett Pill's big night led the way in a 6-5 win over the Rockies. It was the seventh straight win for the Giants, who trail the NL West-leading D-backs by five games with 10 to play.

The Phillies clinched the National League East by routing the Cardinals on Saturday, setting off a champagne celebration. But their goals remain much loftier.