Neil Walker hit a two-run single in the eighth inning off a game and gritty R.A. Dickey to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rally past the New York Mets 5-1 on Tuesday night. Josh Harrison stroked a tying single with two outs in the eighth to cap a successful major league debut and Pittsburgh got another fine outing from a starting pitcher.

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Roy Halladay beat the Washington Nationals for the 10th straight time, thanks to some help from Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez.

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Josh Thole hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning and the depleted New York Mets, playing with a makeshift lineup minus Jose Reyes, beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Monday night. Dillon Gee (5-0) pitched seven solid innings, striking out a career-high eight in the rookie's latest impressive outing, and New York had another productive day at the plate.

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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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Slumping at the plate and struggling in the bullpen, the New York Mets needed more than Mike Pelfrey's gem to hold off Philadelphia. Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and Cole Hamels finally beat a familiar nemesis, pitching the Phillies past New York 5-2 on Saturday night.

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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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The Houston Astros had it all going their way for four innings.

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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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Chicago Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez got to take a breather Thursday, watching his teammates clean up on…

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