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An explosive offensive performance overshadowed an excellent start by Mike Pelfrey and kept the Mets within four and a half games of the Phillies heading into their four-game series.

It was jarring to hear Joe Buck, Fox’s No. 1 baseball and N.F.L. announcer, say he “barely” watched sports during the week. Buck claims he was joking about his TV habits.

The Mets and Phillies series, which begins Friday night in Philadelphia, will provide a good litmus test before the Mets close out the first half of the season.

It looked so good on the season schedule — four straight dates in early July, BOS@NYY. Mark it down. Save the date. Be there. Why, then, did it feel so anticlimactic Thursday night?

The Yankees had hoped that Hideki Matsui would be able to take batting practice this weekend, but his troublesome left knee did not cooperate. An operation is possible and would likely end his season.

Jon Lester silenced the Yankees with a complete-game five-hitter and allowed only one runner to reach as far as third base in powering the Red Sox to a 7-0 victory.

Randy Dunning’s visit to Camden Yards in May was a chance to do “one last fun thing” before reporting to Officer Candidate School. Thanks to Manny Ramirez, he’ll never forget the game.

Major League Baseball did not test players for performance-enhancing drugs for more than half of the 2004 season, according to a letter sent by Commissioner Bud Selig to Congress.

Tony Odierno lost his left arm when a rocket-propelled grenade smashed through his Humvee in Iraq almost four years ago.

It was a challenge for Manager Joe Girardi to keep his composure after the Yankees’ lifeless loss to Boston, in which Jon Lester, the Red Sox’ starter, was magnificent in a five-hit shutout.

Andy Pettitte was off from the start on Thursday, allowing six runs (five earned) to snap a personal streak of six straight wins as the Yankees lost the first of four with the Red Sox, 7-0. Reliever Dan Giese retired all seven batters he faced.

The rest of the season will show what effect, if any, Joe Girardi’s heated team meeting has on the Yankees. Girardi tries to project a calm exterior, rarely admitting to any kind of shortcoming by his team or players. But there is a toughness to Girardi, and he showed the team his ornery side in [...]

Raised in Southern California, what Jason Giambi could see from afar of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry was the extra meaning of every pitch, for the players and the fans.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Chad Billingsley pitched eight strong innings and Andre Ethier homered for the second straight game to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-2 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday.

PHOENIX (AP) -- Conor Jackson hit the winning two-run single as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from a five-run ninth-inning deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Thursday.