Minus their star catcher, the New York Yankees waited at home plate in a merry pack of pinstripes as Nick Swisher circled the bases following his game-winning home run.

Matt LaPorta left no doubt about his game-winning home run for Cleveland.

In the year of the pitcher, no-hit aces Ubaldo Jimenez and Roy Halladay lead a formidable National League All-Star staff. Rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg will have to wait at least another season before he gets the nod.

Carl Pavano pitched a four-hitter, and Justin Morneau and Denard Span homered to lead the Minnesota Twins past Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Sunday.

With his old-school stirrups pulled high and a 100-mph fastball in his holster, Ubaldo Jimenez is taking pitching back to a bygone era where gunslingers like Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax dominated the landscape.

Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run on eight hits to improve to 13-1 on the season in Colorado's 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.

Ten days ago, the Minnesota Twins used a grand slam to fuel a rare victory over Mariano Rivera and their long-running American League nemesis, the New York Yankees.

Clay Buchholz gave Boston's struggling big-name rotation a lift with his best performance of the season.

This was the absolute last way the Minnesota Twins expected to break through against the New York Yankees.

For nearly as long as Jake Nyberg has been alive, there had never been a rainout in Minnesota.