Danny Espinosa hit a pair of homers and drove in four runs to lead the Washington Nationals to a 10-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. Espinosa hit a three-run shot to cap the Nationals' five-run third inning, and added another solo blast in the sixth, his 10th of the season. It was the second multihomer game of his career.

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The Florida Marlins have been one of the league's surprises this season, keeping close pace with the…

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TORONTO – Jayson Nix belted a two-run homer and Jo-Jo Reyes won his first game in almost three years as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians 11-1 at Rogers Centre on Monday night.

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Ryan Howard was rested. Chase Utley, too. And even the Philadelphia Phillies who did play Sunday appeared to need a break. Vance Worley was whacked around early and Jimmy Rollins made a crucial error at shortstop that helped the New York Mets jump out to a huge lead in a 9-5 victory. Jose Reyes tripled twice for the third time this season and finished with four of New York's season-high 17 hits…

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When a team is 14 games over .500, already has won a series, is facing a left-hander and has had a 19-inning game in its recent past, its manager has some decisions. For the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, Charlie Manuel's decision was to not only rest Chase Utley and Carlos…

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Cole Hamels struck out a season-high 10 and limited the Mets to two runs in seven innings Saturday in the a 5-2 win. He retired each of the last 11 batters he faced.

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Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and Cole Hamels finally beat a familiar nemesis, pitching the Philadelphia Phillies past the slumping New York Mets 5-2 on Saturday night. Hamels (7-2) struck out a season-high 10 and walked none over seven innings to win his third straight outing and improve to 3-9 in 15 career games against the Mets.

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Francisco Rodriguez hadn't given up a run since April 17. When his streak finally ended Friday night, the New York Mets couldn't recover. Domonic Brown grounded a tiebreaking single under the glove of first baseman Daniel Murphy in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies scored three times off Rodriguez to beat the sinking Mets 6-4.

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Domonic Brown grounded a tiebreaking single under the glove of first baseman Daniel Murphy in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies scored three runs off star closer Francisco Rodriguez to beat the sinking New York Mets 6-4 on Friday night. Jimmy Rollins drove in three runs for the Phillies and Roy Oswalt had an RBI single to go with six effective innings on the mound.

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Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino is on the DL with a strained right hamstring but headed to…

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