Power surge: A-Rod belts three homers as Yankees rout Royals  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez (FSY) hit three home runs in a game for the fourth time in his career, putting on a late power show that led the New York Yankees past the Kansas City Royals 8-3 Saturday night.

Nationals Spend Big On Solis, Cole  —  The Nationals likely will go down to the midnight deadline Monday to sign No. 1 overall pick Bryce Harper, who's expected to break the record for the largest guarantee ever given to a position player in the draft ($9.5 million by Mark Teixeira from the Rangers in 2001).

Source: Jays give Romero record deal  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  The Blue Jays locked up one of their top starting pitchers Saturday, reaching agreement …

Reds hope to sweep Marlins  —  Former phenom Homer Bailey makes his first big-league start in nearly three months when the Cincinnati Reds go for the sweep against the Florida Marlins in today's finale of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park.  —  The Reds made it two straight wins …

Red Sox 3, Rangers 1  —  Lester pitches Red Sox past Rangers  —  ARLINGTON, Texas - Jon Lester [stats] pitched eight scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox [team stats] stopped the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 3-1 on a steamy Saturday night.  —  Lester (13-7) was sharp …

2006 to 2010: How the New York Mets have flushed four years down the drain  —  Things have soured for the Mets since the night Carlos Beltran took strike three to end Game 7 of the 2006 NL Championship Series.  Here's a look at the embarrassments and oddities of the last four years:

Rangers getting a playoff primer in homestand vs. Beasts of the East  —  ARLINGTON - Imagine the AL playoffs.  It's easy if you try.  —  They will look an awfully lot like the last week's worth of baseball in Arlington.  —  Should the Rangers close out the AL West …

Dodgers' finances include an unusual revenue-generating plan: ‘Own to rent’  —  The team has been charging itself rent on Dodger Stadium property it owns, and the tab this year, a whopping $14 million, is far greater than what is typically paid by teams that rent their stadiums from independent landlords.

Torre to announce plans in September  —  Skipper won't let intentions be known until LA's fate determined  —  ATLANTA — Joe Torre said Saturday he'll announce his plans for next season when this year's Dodgers clinch a postseason berth or are eliminated from one.

Street gets rocked by Brewers in 10th  —  Helton homers at Coors for first time this season  —  Milwaukee Brewers' Jonathan Lucroy scores ahead of a tag by Colorado Rockies' catcher, Chris Iannetta in the second inning of a baseball game at Coors Field in Denver on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.

Uribe's RBI single in 11th lifts Giants past Padres  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have had so much trouble beating the San Diego Padres that it took a heady play and a fortunate bounce to pull out an extra-inning win.  —  Buster Posey legged out a double …