Yankees Acquire Kerry Wood  —  3:01pm: The Yankees will pay an additional $200K if Wood stays healthy, tweets Stark.  The trade is to be finished by October 15th, according to the Indians.  —  2:50pm: The Yankees are picking up about $1.5MM of the $3.71MM owed to Wood, tweets Sherman.

Ortiz's late heroics helps BoSox slip past Tigers  —  Sports Network  —  Boston, MA (Sports Network) - David Ortiz provided some late-game dramatics yet again, belting a game-winning three-run double in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

White Sox, Rays, Angels Asked About Manny Ramirez  —  3:47pm: Dodgers GM Ned Colletti says he believes Manny will stay with the team for the rest of the year, tweets Nightengale.  —  12:49pm: Brown says the Angels are not the third team he was referring to earlier.

MLB trade deadline: Chicago Cubs trade Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot to Los Angeles Dodgers for Blake DeWitt, prospects  —  The Chicago Cubs have agreed to trade pitcher Ted Lilly and infielder Ryan Theriot to the Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Blake DeWitt and pitching prospects Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit.

Braves get Ankiel, Farnsworth  —  The Braves have acquired outfielder Rick Ankiel and reliever Kyle Farnsworth from the Royals, CBSSports.com has learned.  —  The Royals will get reliever Jesse Chavez, outfielder Gregor Blanco and minor-league left-hander Tim Collins.

Red Sox acquire Saltalamacchia  —  The Red Sox have obtained catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia from Texas for 1B Chris McGuiness, RHP Roman Mendez, a player to be named later and cash considerations.  —  The 6-foot-4, switch-hitting Saltalamacchia was once a heralded prospect who has fallen on hard times.

Kouzmanoff, Braden help A's stop streaking White Sox  —  Sports Network  —  Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Kevin Kouzmanoff finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and Dallas Braden tossed a complete game to lead Oakland to a 6-2 victory over Chicago in the second installment of a three-game set.

Bucs dealing Church, Crosby, Carrasco; Diaz, Clement called up  —  UPDATE: 1:14 PM: Deal is official.  Chris Snyder and Pedro Ciriaco to Pirates for D.J. Carrasco, Ryan Church and Bobby Crosby.  Pirates also getting $3 million in cash to compensate for Snyder's salary.

Kalish, Richardson on the way; Hermida out  —  OF Ryan Kalish and LHP Dustin Richardson are on their way from Pawtucket to Boston, which would seem to indicate a series of roster moves and/or trades are in the works.  —  The Globe's Nick Cafardo was the first to report the news.

Atlanta Braves' leadoff hitter Martin Prado has broken knuckle  —  CINCINNATI — Second baseman Martin Prado broke the second knuckle on his right pinkie finger while diving into home plate in the Atlanta Braves' latest win, an injury that will sideline the leadoff hitter for at least a week.

Florida Marlins trade Rick VandenHurk to Orioles for reliever Will Ohman  —  The Marlins pulled off a trade in the final hour of today's deadline, sending Class AAA starting pitcher Rick VandenHurk to the Baltimore Orioles for left-handed reliever Will Ohman.

Cano's ninth-inning homer lifts Yankees over Rays  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Robinson Cano's 21st home run of the season snapped a ninth-inning tie and enabled the New York Yankees to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 and hang on to first place in the AL East on Saturday night.

Slowey, Mauer lead Twins over Mariners  —  MINNEAPOLIS—Kevin Slowey pitched eight sparkling innings, Joe Mauer had three hits and the Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Saturday night for their seventh consecutive win.  —  Delmon Young added two hits and two RBIs …

Butler's late homer lifts Royals over Orioles  —  The Sports Network  —  Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Billy Butler's go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth proved to be the difference, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 win over the lowly Baltimore Orioles.

D-backs send Qualls to Tampa for PTBNL  —  NEW YORK — The D-backs are on the verge of completing a deal that would send reliever Chad Qualls to the Rays in exchange for a player to be named later, according to a baseball source.  —  The D-backs will not have to include any cash in the deal …

Rox put together MLB-record 11 straight hits  —  Colorado sets club marks with 12 runs, 13 hits in eighth  —  DENVER — The hits just kept coming.  —  The Rockies seemed to put an end to any offensive woes left from a dismal road trip when they erupted for an eighth inning of epic proportions …