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Indians' Masterson named AL Player of the Week

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Justin Masterson has been named the American League Player of the week.

Minnesota Twins (18-22) at Atlanta Braves (25-18), 7:10 p.m. (ET)

Correia, who is on the first American League team in his career, has faced the Braves plenty of times and is 3-2 with a 3.51 ERA in 11 games (7 starts).

Harrell strong but Astros lose 1-0 to Pirates

Harrell entered the game with the American League's fourth-best groundball-to-flyball ratio at 2.09, and pitched to form, inducing 13 groundouts.

Jason Vargas brilliant as Angels walk past White Sox, 6-2

Among American League players only Detroit's Prince Fielder, with 29, has walked more.

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Diamond roughed up in Twins' 12-5 loss to Red Sox

Ortiz signed with the Red Sox, and promptly blossomed into one of the most feared hitters in the American League, a central figure in Boston's two World Series championships and the kind of...

Tigers' Sanchez pounded by Rangers

Seldom do these high-payroll, highly talented Tigers generate a comparison with the 2003 Tigers, who lost an American League-record 119 games.

Orioles suffer fourth loss in a row

If they are going to continue to be successful, if they are going to hang around toward the top of the American League East standings all year, the Orioles have to buck this recent trend of short,...

Sheldon Ocker: Decisions due sooner on Reynolds, Kipnis and others for Indians

Not only is Reynolds among the American League's top two or three home run hitters, he has significantly lowered his ratio of strikeouts to at-bats.

Kinsler sits with bruised ribs

Kinsler has been hit by a pitch five times this season, tied for second in the American League.

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New York Yankees (27-16) at Baltimore Orioles (23-20), 7:05 p.m. (ET)

The Yankees have won nine of 12 and sit atop the American League East standings, a half game in...

Boston Red Sox (27-17) at Chicago White Sox (19-23), 8:10 p.m. (ET)

Pedroia, meanwhile, is hitting .467 over his hitting streak as Boston sits a half game behind...

Oakland Athletics (23-22) at Texas Rangers (29-15), 8:05 p.m. (ET)

That gives Lindblom the opportunity to make the first start of his major league career.

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AL Central: state of the division

That's smaller than the lead the AL West leading Rangers have on the runner-up A's. Five games...

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Fine Print: The press and national security

One goal was to get AQAP's operational head, Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso.

Protesters arrested after attempt to storm Justice Department

About 100 protesters with groups called the Home Defenders League and Occupy Our Homes marched...

NFL, NFLPA close to moving draft to May, report says

The NFL calendar may be on the verge of a major change, one that would move the big post-Super...