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Justin Verlander wasn’t his best but it was good enough. The dominant Detroit Tiger righthander gave up four runs but his teammates made it stand up as Detroit beat the New York Yankees 5-4 Monday to go up 2-1 in their American League Divisional Series. Verlander pitched eight innings and …

The St.Louis Cardinals spotted Cliff Lee an early 4-0 lead but chased him later on their way to 5-4 win over Philadelphia to even their divisional series at a game apiece. The Cardinal bullpen also held the Phillies scoreless for six innings after starter Chris Carpenter was ineffective early. Game …

Down 7-0 in the seventh inning, it looked like the best hope for the Tampa Bay Rays was for a Boston Red Sox loss that would force a one game playoff for the American League wild card spot. It got even better than that. Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon could not …

The race for the wild card in both leagues in Major League Baseball could not be tighter with only one game left in the regular season. In the American League, Boston and Tampa Bay are tied for the top spot after both teams won Tuesday; the Rays beat New York …

The Tampa Bay Rays have come all the way back from a nine game September deficit in the American League wild card race. The Rays beat New York 5-2 Monday while Boston lost to Baltimore 6-3 and now the Rays and Red Sox are tied for the wild card lead …

The big league baseball season enters its final week this week with the wild card spots in both leagues still undecided. In the American League, Boston holds a one game lead over Tampa Bay after splitting a doubleheader with New York on Sunday while the Rays beat Toronto 5-2. Boston …

The Tampa Bay Rays moved to within two games of idle Boston for the American League wild card lead after beating the New York Yankees 15-8 Thursday in New York. There are six games left in the regular season; Tampa Bay now plays Toronto while the Red Sox face New …

The Tampa Bay Rays fell two and a half games behind the Boston Red Sox in the American League wild card chase after losing two games to the New York Yankees Wednesday by identical 4-2 scores. The wins also gave the Yankees the AL East title. Boston also lost, 6-4 …

The Tampa Bay Rays missed a golden opportunity Tuesday to pick up ground in the American League wild card chase. New York cut its magic number to clinch the AL East to one by beating Tampa Bay 5-0 as Ivan Nova wins his 16th game for New York. Boston fell …

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera became the all time saves leader in baseball history when he picks up the save Monday in a New York 6-4 win over Minnesota. Rivera now has 602 saves, one more than former leader Trevor Hoffman. He pitched a perfect ninth inning to get …