Dan Johnson stunned Boston again, hitting a leadoff homer in the 10th inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 victory over the Red Sox on Saturday. Johnson sent a 2-2 pitch from Scott Atchison (2-2) into the right-field stands for his second clutch home run against the Red Sox in three years. Johnson is best known for a game-tying shot off closer Jonathan Papelbon on Sept.

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TORONTO – The secret to Brandon Morrow's success at home may lie underneath the Blue Jays' starter's feet.

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Aaron Hill knew his swing wasn't a thing of beauty. The result sure was.

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Jon Lester pitched seven strong innings and Victor Martinez homered twice off All-Star David Price, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday night to tighten the AL wild-card race. Lester (14-8) rebounded from the worst outing of his career to win for the third time in four starts.

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Manny Ramirez is on waivers, but the Dodgers don’t have to make a decision on a deal until early next week.

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Hank Steinbrenner took a couple of media callers at Yankee Stadium on Thursday. While they were there, he said…

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Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has been ejected for arguing a caught stealing call in a game against the Los Angeles Angels. He was ejected by second base umpire Angel Campos in the fifth inning Tuesday night. Evan Longoria singled with two outs and then tried to steal second, but his momentum carried him off the bag while Erick Aybar kept his glove in contact with Longoria.

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Things weren't looking good again for the Los Angeles Angels when Tampa Bay opened the game with a home run. Soon, though, the Angels were flooding the basepaths with runners, and most of them scored. Mike Napoli hit a grand slam, Hideki Matsui doubled in three runs and Howie Kendrick had a career-high five hits to help them win 12-3 on Wednesday and prevent the Rays from sweeping a series in…

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For the first time in six games, Tampa Bay gave itself some breathing room offensively. Evan Longoria homered and drove in another run, Matt Joyce homered and the Rays defeated the Los Angeles Angels 10-3 on Tuesday night to remain tied with the Yankees atop the AL East, ending a streak of five one-run games.

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TORONTO – Mark Teixeira and Jorge Posada each homered and had four hits as the New York Yankees used five home runs to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-5 Tuesday.

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