Nick Swisher hit a home run from each side of the plate Monday night to lead the White Sox to a 9-7 victory over the Indians at U.S. Cellular Field. The first of the two homers came with the bases loaded.

The Rangers went to two games over .500 for the first time this season behind the pitching of Scott Feldman in a 2-1 victory over the Yankees on Monday.

Chris Sampson delivered 1 2/3 scoreless frames in relief of injured starter Roy Oswalt, as the Astros topped the Dodgers, 4-1, and won for the seventh time in 10 games on Monday.

Ken Griffey Jr. hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Reds a 4-3 win over the Pirates on Monday night.

Braves left-hander Mike Hampton allowed four runs, three earned, on eight hits in three innings for Class A Rome on Monday in his third and most extensive Minor League rehab assignment.

Alex Rodriguez tied Jimmie Foxx for 14th place on the all-time home run list with 534 on Monday with a first-pitch solo homer off Rangers pitcher Scott Feldman.

Another day, another walk-off in the park. The Marlins celebrated at home plate for the second straight game. Josh Willingham's second homer of the night came in the 10th inning off Jon Rauch, a leadoff shot to left that vaulted the Marlins to a 6-5 win over the Nationals at Dolphin Stadium.

Despite carrying a six-game winning streak against the Rays into Monday night's game, the defending World Series champion Red Sox could not break serve against the Rays, so once again the home team prevailed with a 5-4 win in front of a crowd of 34,145 at Tropicana Field.

Astros starting pitcher Roy Oswalt walked off the mound due to a left hip abductor strain after making his warmup tosses prior to the seventh inning on Monday in a 4-1 win against the Dodgers.

On the same day that the A's welcomed left-handed hitters Eric Chavez and Ryan Sweeney back to their starting lineup, they got visits from a pair of injured veterans whose return to action would probably quiet the recent talk about the need for right-handed reinforcements.

A's shortstop Bobby Crosby used to chafe a bit when talking about the injury prone label some fans affixed to him in the wake of trips to the disabled list that prevented him from playing in more than 96 games in a season between 2005-07.

It's been a month and counting since Aaron Hill suffered a concussion and there's still no hint as to when the Blue Jays' second baseman might return from the disabled list. That doesn't mean that Toronto isn't inching closer to a timetable.

With a couple of exceptions, the Brewers essentially had their bullpen back together for the first time in six weeks at the start of a four-game series against the D-backs on Monday.

Span wanted to improve how he was seeing the ball during his at-bats. So the outfielder had LASIK eye surgery on his right eye. Now the speedy center fielder has been called up to replace Michael Cuddyer, who is on the DL.

As reliever Roy Corcoran has gotten to pitch on a consistent basis the sinker has re-emerged and the results have come around.

With Felix Hernandez still out with a sprained left ankle he suffered in New York, the game will be turned over to the bullpen from the opening pitch, which Riggleman said will be thrown by Australian left-hander Ryan Rowland-Smith.