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TONIGHT'S GAME TO WATCH

San Francisco at Atlanta (7:10 p.m. EDT). The Giants' Tim Lincecum (10-2, 2.27 ERA) goes up against the Braves' Jair Jurrjens (8-7, 2.77) in a matchup of pitchers among the National League's ERA leaders.

TUESDAY'S STARS

--Jayson Werth, Phillies, hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 13th inning to send Philadelphia to its 10th straight victory, 4-1 over the Chicago Cubs.

--Victor Martinez and Cliff Lee, Indians. Martinez hit a two-run double in the ninth inning and Lee pitched his second straight complete game, leading Cleveland to a 2-1 win over Toronto.

--Magglio Ordonez, Tigers, hit a grand slam in a five-run first inning and Detroit held on for a 9-7 win over Seattle.

--Rafael Furcal, Dodgers, hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs as Los Angeles got its 11th consecutive home victory over Cincinnati 12-3.

--John Lannan, Nationals, threw his first career shutout, scattering seven hits for Washington as they beat the anemic New York Mets 4-0.

--Erick Aybar, Angels, broke open a close game with a three-run triple and had seven hits in two games, helping Los Angeles complete a doubleheader sweep of the Royals with a 10-2 victory. Aybar had three hits and scored three runs as the Angels won the opener 8-5.

--Michael Cuddyer, Twins, hit a go-ahead triple in the 10th inning and Minnesota beat Oakland 3-2.

SHOW ME THE PLAYERS

Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi has set a July 28 deadline to complete a deal for 2003 Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay. Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline is July 31. Ricciardi said July 6 he would field offers for Halladay, who is signed through 2010 and has a full no-trade clause. Ricciardi said he hasn't gotten an appropriate offer yet.

OUCH

All-Star knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is headed to the disabled list because of a lower back problem. Manager Terry Francona said Wakefield, who turns 43 next week, got hurt throwing on the side Saturday.

STINGER

Manny Ramirez is day to day after being hit by a pitch in the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. A team spokesman said Ramirez was hit on the side of his left hand by a pitch from Homer Bailey leading off the third inning Tuesday night. He was replaced by pinch runner Juan Pierre. Ramirez went to a hospital for precautionary X-rays, which were negative.

SUSPENDED

Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum was suspended three games and fined an undisclosed sum for yelling at umpires after a game in Cinncinnati. Baseball disciplinarian Bob Watson cited Sveum's "inappropriate and aggressive actions" toward the umpires after the Reds' 5-3 win Sunday night. The suspension began with Tuesday night's game at Pittsburgh.

IN A LONG TIME

Sergio Mitre earned his first win since July 29, 2007, as the surging Yankees beat Baltimore 6-4. Mitre, who was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the game, allowed four runs, three earned, and eight hits over 5 2-3 innings in his first major league start since Sept. 15, 2007. Mitre missed the 2008 season and had elbow-ligament replacement surgery on July 15 last year. He agreed to a minor league contract with the Yankees during the offseason, then was suspended for the first 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance under the major league drug program. ... The Angels' Robb Quinlan hit first homer since May 4, 2008, against Baltimore, as Los Angeles beat the Royals 10-2 in the second game of a a doubleheader.

SIDELINED

Washington Nationals left-hander Scott Olsen will have surgery Thursday to repair the labrum in his left shoulder and will miss the rest of the season. The Nationals put Olsen on the disabled list Sunday. The decision to do the surgery was made after he was examined by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., Monday. Olsen made 11 starts for the Nationals, going 2-4 with a 6.03 ERA.

SLIDE

Boston lost to Texas 4-2 and has lost four straight for the first time since last July, scoring only eight runs in the stretch. The Yankees beat Baltimore 6-4 to break the tie for the AL East lead.

DANKS DOWN

John Danks will miss his scheduled start Wednesday for the White Sox against the Rays because of a blister on his left index finger. The White Sox do not expect Danks to miss more than one start, although the blister on his pitching hand has bothered him the past few outings. Losing Danks for an extended period would be a big blow for the White Sox. He is 8-6 with a 3.98 ERA.

STATS

The Royals bullpen has allowed 27 earned runs over its last 26 innings after posting a 2.78 ERA the previous 18 games. ... Jack Cust's fourth-inning strikeout ended a stretch of 68 consecutive batters without a strikeout for Oakland, the club's longest such streak since doing so for 75 batters in a row from May 14-16, 1990.

SPEAKING

"It's always great when you win a game, especially like this and especially for the guy who was on the mound. Cliff has been throwing the ball great for us and it's kind of sad to watch Cliff pitch and not get any run support." -- Cleveland's Victor Martinez after hitting a two-run double in the ninth to make Cliff Lee a winner, 2-1 over the Blue Jays. The Indians came in averaging just 3.48 runs per game in Lee's 20 starts.

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL HISTORY

1905 -- Weldon Henley of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a no-hitter, defeating the St. Louis Browns 6-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. It was the highlight of Henley's 4-11 season.

1906 -- Bob Ewing pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a 10-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies without a single assist registered by his teammates.

1926 -- Cincinnati had four triples in an 11-run second inning as the Reds beat the Boston Braves, 13-1. Curt Walker hit two in the inning to tie an NL record for most triples in an inning.

1962 -- Floyd Robinson of the Chicago White Sox had six singles in six at-bats in a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

1967 -- The Atlanta Braves used a major league record five pitchers -- Ken Johnson, Ramon Hernandez, Claude Raymond, Dick Kelley and Cecil Upshaw -- in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

2000 -- Seattle's 13-5 win over Texas was interrupted for 54 minutes when a rainstorm drenched fans at Safeco Field and the $517.6 million stadium's roof wouldn't close because of a computer problem. The roof finally began closing about 20 minutes later.

2004 -- Jason Schmidt's 12-game winning streak ended as San Francisco fell to San Diego 9-4. Schmidt (12-3) was off from the outset in his worst start of the season, allowing eight runs, nine hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings. It was his first loss in 17 starts since April 21.

2006 -- Alfonso Soriano had three doubles, a triple and scored two runs to lead Washington to a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

2007 -- The New York Yankees had 25 hits in a 21-4 rout of Tampa Bay. The Yankees hit six home runs in the game, including two by Shelley Duncan.

2008 -- Florida's Rick VandenHurk threw five hitless innings and combined with three relievers for a one-hit, 1-0 win over Atlanta.

Today's birthdays: Rob Johnson 27; Scot Shields 34; Mike Sweeney 36.

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