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Brad Hand pitched six sharp innings, Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in two runs and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Sunday. ...

Carlos Carrasco came within one out of his first complete game, and the Cleveland Indians finished a three-game sweep with a 2-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. ...

A flyover from space, a showering of gifts and waves of love and respect poured forth as the New York Yankees and their fans on Sunday saluted team captain Derek Jeter. ...

Neil Walker launched a three-run homer in the first, and that was all the Pirates needed in a strong start from Vance Worley as Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati, 3-2, on Saturday afternoon at PNC Park....

Mark Buehrle's streak of 13 consecutive seasons with at least 200 innings is in danger of coming to an end unless he has a strong final month of the season. Buehrle has five starts remaining and is 33 innings shy of 200. That works out to an average of just under seven innings per start, which is something Buehrle hasn't done since the beginning of July....

Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was held out of Saturday's starting lineup against the Blue Jays with a sore left ankle....

Jorge Soler did not start the first game of the Cubs' doubleheader against the Cardinals, part of the team's plan to be careful with the outfielder, who was bothered earlier this season by leg injuries....

Drew Hutchison tossed seven stellar innings of one-hit ball, while Jose Bautista homered for the fourth consecutive game in the Blue Jays' 2-0 victory over the Yankees on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Aaron Sanchez worked the final two innings without allowing a baserunner to complete the combined one-hitter....

Chris Sale overcame a rocky first inning to fan 13 over seven innings on Saturday, as the White Sox beat the Tigers, 6-3, in Game 1 of a twin bill at U.S. Cellular Field....

Logan Watkins hit his first Major League home run one day after his 25th birthday and Chris Valaika followed with his second this season, while Starlin Castro matched his personal high with his 14th homer to power the Cubs to a 5-1 victory over the Cardinals. Felix Doubront gave up one run in seven innings in his first Cubs start....

Jose Bautista contined his recent surge at the plate by extending his streak of consecutive games with a home run to four in Saturday afternoon's 2-0 Blue Jays win over the Yankees....

The Astros offense fell a little short on style points Saturday, but they did break a scoreless stretch to defeat the Texas Rangers, 2-0, at Minute Maid Park. Scott Feldman took care of the pitching end for Houston, shutting out the Rangers....

The obstacles for the Indians were seemingly endless: seven relief pitchers used, two bases-loaded jams in the last four innings to extract themselves out of, and one hit from the middle of the fifth to the start of the 11th. Through all this, Cleveland remained unfazed in its 3-2 extra-inning win over the Royals on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium....

What a difference a week makes. Almost a week after getting hit hard by the Giants, right-hander Stephen Strasburg had one of his best starts of the season as the Nationals downed the Mariners, 3-1, at Safeco Field on Saturday night....

Injuries thrust Jimmy Paredes into the starting lineup Saturday night for the first time since May 27 with the Royals, and he came up big. Paredes smacked a ground-rule double and drilled a home run to left-center field to lead the O's over the Twins, 3-2, in front of 30,322 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards....

Craig Kimbrel joined yet another exclusive club when he notched his Major League-high 40th save to end Friday night's 5-2 win over the Marlins. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Kimbrel became just the third Major League pitcher to register 40 or more saves in each of four consecutive seasons....

Bench coach Tim Wallach is the creator of the bizarre defensive alignment the Dodgers used with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th inning Friday night that featured four defenders equal distance apart between first base and second base....

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia experienced symptoms consistent with a concussion after coming out of Saturday night's 7-0 loss to the Rays and will likely be sidelined for at least a week....

Daniel Hudson finished up his rehab assignment Friday night by tossing a scoreless inning for Triple-A Reno, and he is expected to rejoin the D-backs on Monday when rosters expand....

Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera left the nightcap of Saturday's day-night doubleheader against the White Sox after trying to beat out a ground ball in the fourth inning....