Angels Tag Rivera and Granderson, Handing Yanks Third Straight Loss  —  The Yankees and Mariano Rivera had a full day to recover from their upsetting loss to the Boston Red Sox late Sunday night, when Rivera blew a save opportunity in the ninth inning and the Red Sox went on to win in the 10th.

Cubs manager sticking with vets in rotation  —  Quade isn't too eager to give Coleman another shot  —  Rodrigo Lopez wipes the sweat off of his face between pitches against the Pirates.  (Jared Wickerham/ Getty / August 4, 2011)  —  Though he struggled in his last two starts …

Another comeback as Mets beat Padres, 5-4  —  NEW YORK - The Mets had a rally going Tuesday with the tying and go-ahead runs on base with nobody out in the eighth inning, and burly cleanup hitter Lucas Duda was coming to the plate.  —  The 24,619 in attendance grew excited for the emerging power hitter …

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Lee throws eight scoreless, homers as Phillies top Dodgers  —  LOS ANGELES — Cliff Lee pitched eight scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and hit his second career home run, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.

McDonald, Ortiz lift Red Sox to win over Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Darnell McDonald hit a two-run homer into the upper deck in left field to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Tuesday night.  —  David Ortiz gave the Sox the lead for good on an infield single …

Indians outlast Tigers 3-2 in 14  —  CLEVELAND — Detroit reliever David Pauley hit Kosuke Fukudome with the bases loaded in the 14th inning to score Asdrubal Cabrera as the better-late-than-never Cleveland Indians tightened the AL Central with a 3-2 win on Tuesday night to close within three games of the first-place Tigers.

Uggla Extends Hit Streak to 30, Braves Top Marlins  —  MIAMI (AP) — Dan Uggla extended his hitting streak to 30 games, Martin Prado delivered a go-ahead single in the 11th inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday night.  —  Prado also homered, tied a career high with four hits and drove in three runs.

Tulowitzki's homer backs Rogers in Rockies win over Reds  —  CINCINNATI, Ohio — Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run homer, Esmil Rogers pitched just well enough for six innings and the Colorado Rockies sent the Cincinnati Reds to their fifth loss in six games with a 3-2 win on Tuesday night.

Garrett Richards' road to big leagues can be traced to Angels' former scouting director  —  Right-hander, who makes his major league debut Wednesday, is another product of the team's superb 2009 draft spearheaded by Eddie Bane, who says he was fired last winter because he didn't like General Manager Tony Reagins.

Willingham, Suzuki Homer as As Beat Blue Jays  —  TORONTO (AP) — Josh Willingham and Kurt Suzuki homered, Rich Harden pitched seven strong innings for his first career win over Toronto, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday night.  —  Harden (3-2) came in -3 with a 5.74 ERA …