Curtis Granderson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Brett Gardner sparked the offense from his leadoff spot and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Friday to match a season high with their seventh straight victory. Mark Teixeira had an RBI double and the AL East leaders got an excellent effort from their bullpen to hold down the Blue Jays, who lead the majors with 203...

Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins. MLB suspended Nationals outfielder Morgan and fined him an undisclosed amount for three separate incidents over the past week.

The game between the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox was postponed Friday because of the threat of severe weather from Hurricane Earl. The opener of the three-game series was rescheduled as the first game of a day-night doubleheader Saturday. The pitching rotation remains the same with Friday's scheduled pitchers, Chicago's John Danks (12-9) facing Clay Buchholz (15-5) in the first...

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With a slow trot and steely nerves, Aroldis Chapman and his fire-hot fastball arrived on Aug. 31, 2010. The eighth-inning trip from right field was much less stressful than the one the 22-year-old Chapman took in 2009, when he defected from Cuba during a game in the Netherlands. Everyone, though, feels a few butterflies once they step onto the diamond. Or do they? As Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy stepped away from the plate after Chapman's second pitch, Lucroy knew there would be no debut jitters from this rookie.

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They may be out of the race, but the Tigers aren't out of energy or effort.

Detroit rallied from a 7-3 deficit with four runs in the eighth inning Thursday, fell behind in the bottom of the inning and tied it in the ninth. The Tigers took a 9-8 lead in the 11th only to see the Twins tie it in the home half but finally scored again in the 13th and closed out the 10-9 victory with three quick outs.

"It was a heckuva effort," manager Jim Leyland said. "We hung in there. We made a couple of miscues but fought through it. We got some huge hits from a lot of different guys.

"It was a really nice win for us. We hung in there and snuck one."

Some of the same rookies who made mistakes in a 10-inning loss Wednesday were key contributors Thursday.

Will Rhymes, who...