Mike Pelfrey worked eight confident innings and achieved the Mets’ fourth shutout in six games, and the bullpen’s scoreless-innings streak reached 19 1/3.
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Pat Burrell hit a tie-breaking, three-run homer in the eighth and the Philadelphia Phillies held their National League East lead defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-3.
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Manager Jerry Manuel joked that Mets who stepped in for injured players have played so well that incumbents may be hard pressed to get their jobs back.
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USA Baseball officials have been somewhat hamstrung by major league teams’ recent call-ups of candidates and their reluctance to let their top prospects play in Beijing.
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Bobby Murcer created three intertwined sets of memories of himself as a gracious player, a beloved broadcaster, and a cancer patient who said illness enriched his life.
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The F.B.I. is investigating whether some major league club officials paid some players small fractions of the bonuses they reported and kept most of the difference.
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Tampa Bay Rays lost their seventh straight game Sunday, sending baseball's feel-good story into the All-Star break on a sour note.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Tim Lincecum tossed eight strong innings to hand fellow All-Star Ryan Dempster his first loss at Wrigley Field, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Erick Aybar's infield single drove in the winning run with two outs in the ninth and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday, spoiling another solid outing from All-Star Justin Duchscherer.
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