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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Alfonso Soriano hit two home runs, including a tiebreaking shot in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees rallied past the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 Tuesday night to end a six-game losing streak at Camden Yards.

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Reds LHP Tony Cingrani left his start against the Chicago Cubs two outs into the second inning with back spasms.

All Nate Schierholtz wanted was somebody to believe in him.

COMMENTARY | Most of the "bold prediction" pieces you see in print or online consist of a bunch of bombastic statements that portend highly unlikely events.

CINCINNATI — Except for the atmosphere — the beer and the sunshine — Cubs fans haven’t been given many reasons to come to Wrigley Field this season and watch this team. It looks like 2014 should be a good time for a road trip. The Cubs will visit Yankee Stadium (April 15-16) and Fenway Park (June 30-July 2) next year as part of the schedule Major League Baseball unveiled Tuesday. That will be a homecoming for Theo Epstein, who grew up in Brookline, Mass., and helped build two World Series winners on Yawkey Way before getting total control of baseball operations at Clark and Addison.

For Cubs fans wondering what Wrigley Field will look like after the team's renovation plan is complete, a layout has created on a much smaller scale.

Breakups are never easy, especially when the relationship lasted for, well, quite a long time.

Sept. 9 (Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games. - - - Pirates 1, Rangers 0 Back-to-back, two-out doubles from Pittsburgh's Marlon Byrd and Pedro Alvarez in the seventh inning provided the Pirates all the cushion they would need to beat the Texas Rangers and ace Yu Darvish. Pirates youngster Gerrit Cole pitched a three-hit gem that helped snap the Pirates' season-long losing skid at four games and pulled them within one game of the St Louis Cardinals for the lead in the National League Central. ...

Sept 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the MLB on Monday AMERICAN LEAGUEEASTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Boston 87 58 .600 - 2. Tampa Bay 78 64 .549 7 1/2 3. Baltimore 77 66 .538 9 4. NY Yankees 76 68 .528 10 1/2 5. Toronto 67 76 .469 19 CENTRAL DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Detroit 82 62 .569 - 2. Cleveland 77 66 .538 4 1/2 3. Kansas City 75 69 .521 7 4. Minnesota 62 80 .437 19 5. Chicago White Sox 58 85 .406 23 1/2 WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Oakland 83 60 .580 - 2. Texas 81 62 .566 2 3. LA Angels 67 76 .469 16 4. Seattle 65 79 .451 18 1/2 5. Houston 48 96 . ...

Sept 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS) BALTIMORE 4 NY Yankees 2 CLEVELAND 4 Kansas City 3 Chicago Cubs 2 CINCINNATI 0 Washington 9 NY METS 0 Atlanta 5 MIAMI 2 MINNESOTA 6 LA Angels 3 Pittsburgh 1 TEXAS 0 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 Detroit 1 Houston 6 SEATTLE 4 LA DODGERS 8 Arizona 1 SAN FRANCISCO 3 Colorado 2 (10 innings)

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Juan Uribe homered in each of his first three trips to the plate, and the Los Angeles Dodgers connected six times Monday night in an 8-1 romp over the Arizona Diamondbacks that reduced their magic number for clinching the NL West title to eight.

While the Cincinnati Reds were hoping to continue their playoff push against the last-place Chicago Cubs, manager Dale Sveum's club played the role of spoiler in the opener of this three-game set.

David Kaplan spoke exclusively with Mark Prior on the former Cubs' career in Chicago, whether he has any regrets and why he believes the North Siders haven't won in more than 100 years.

CINCINNATI - Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood has pitched well enough to beat his former team this season. He finally was rewarded on Monday night.

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Left-hander Travis Wood has pitched well enough to beat his former team a few times, only to see the Cubs offense let him down.

Cubs using outfield rotation

Daniel Bard believes he can get back to the elite level that made him one of the most dominant setup guys in baseball with the Red Sox.

CINCINNATI - Travis Wood has pitched well enough to beat his former team this season. He finally was rewarded on Monday night.

Scott Baker will get at least a second start in a Cubs uniform, as the free-agent-to-be aims to show he could be a factor next year, either in Chicago or elsewhere.

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