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.

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.

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.

Brewers Beat Cardinals 5-3 in 10 Innings.  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Casey McGehee's double snapped a 10th-inning tie and the Milwaukee Brewers won for the 12th time in 13 games, dealing another blow to their closest pursuers in the NL Central with a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals 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 …

Lynn likely headed to DL with oblique strain  —  ST. LOUIS — One of the most pleasant surprises of the Cardinals' 2011 season is likely to be unavailable for a while.  —  Rookie right-hander Lance Lynn, an ascendant key to the club's resurgent bullpen, was removed from Tuesday night's 5-3 loss …

Clint Hurdle confident Pirates can take punch and bounce back  —  LAST UPDATED 34 minutes and 45 seconds ago … Clint Hurdle is in his first season as Pirates manager.  (AP Photo)

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 …

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.

Josh Hamilton drives in winning run as Rangers rally  —  ARLINGTON, Texas - Josh Hamilton drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers rallied from a three-run deficit for a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.

C.C. Sabathia: Just How Big a Problem?  —  ​Everything about C.C. Sabathia is big, so I guess it's natural that his flaws are also big.  After Saturday's disastrous outing with a 10-4 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway, Yankees fans must be worrying that C.C.'s big flaw could be fatal.

Colorado Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio able to walk in Denver hospital  —  CINCINNATI — Rockies rookie pitcher Juan Nicasio made progress Monday, walking for the first time since he was hit in the head by a line drive and the C1 vertebra in his neck was fractured Friday night.