American League East News

Wei-Yin Chen pitched into the eighth inning as the Baltimore Orioles matched a club record in Friday's 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners at Camden Yards.

Anthony Ranaudo pitched six solid innings in his major league debut and Dustin Pedroia drove in two runs as the Boston Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.

Allen Craig is in Boston's lineup and playing left field for the Red Sox on Friday night against the New York Yankees.

The Tampa Bay Rays clubhouse has a different look and feel than it did yesterday, and they'll begin the post-David Price era Friday night at Tropicana Field in the opener of a three-game set with the visiting Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

The Toronto Blue Jays go after a seventh straight win on Friday when they continue a four-game series with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

The non-waiver trade deadline action got pretty wild yesterday and greatly shifted the landscape of the playoff race.

The AL-East leading Baltimore Orioles fortified their bullpen Thursday, obtaining Andrew Miller from the Boston Red Sox for minor league pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez.

Albert Pujols hit an RBI single in the 13th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 Thursday night to avert a three-game series sweep.

Pujols hit an RBI single in the 13th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 Thursday to avert a three-game sweep.

Drew was acquired from the Boston Red Sox with $500,000 for Kelly Johnson on Thursday and Prado came from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league slugger Pete O'Brien and either cash or a player to be named.

The Detroit Tigers have added another Cy Young Award winner to their star-studded rotation, acquiring Tampa Bay's David Price in a blockbuster deal Thursday.

The Boston Red Sox traded right-hander John Lackey to the St. Louis Cardinals for right-hander Joe Kelly and outfielder Allen Craig before Thursday's deadline.

The St. Louis Cardinals acquired veteran starter John Lackey, pitching prospect Corey Littrell and cash considerations from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for two players ahead of Thursday's non-waiver trade deadline.

The Oakland Athletics acquired left-hander Jon Lester along with outfielder Jonny Gomes from the Boston Red Sox for slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes before Thursday's trade deadline, a person with knowledge of the deal said.

The Oakland Athletics acquired left-hander Jon Lester along with outfielder Jonny Gomes from the Boston Red Sox for slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes before Thursday's trade deadline, a person with knowledge of the deal said.

Price's name has been a constant in trade rumors dating back to at least last October.

The Yanks are in an interesting position. At the time of writing, they're 5.5 games out in the American League East and 3.0 back in the wild-card race.

Was it a one-night stand that turned into a nightmare and skewed the math? Or was it a continuation of a recent trend by the Yankees' biggest strength? Across almost four months of a season in which the starting rotation was decimated by serious injuries and the lineup failed to produce consistently, the Yankees stayed in touch with the AL East ... (more)

As his winless streak stretched toward a third month and his ERA continued to climb, Mark Buehrle began to have doubts.

Now he is going to give the struggling left-hander another opportunity. The Chicago Cubs acquired Doubront from the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in exchange for a player to be named.