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Mets selected to host 2013 All-Star Game

The New York Mets have been selected to host the 2013 All-Star Game. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig unveiled Citi Field as the site of the 2013 event on Wednesday. The 84th All-Star Game is scheduled to be played on Tuesday, July 16. "As we celebrate the franchise's golden anniversary this year, I am pleased to award the 2013 All-Star Game
Phillies place Worley on DL

The Philadelphia Phillies placed pitcher Vance Worley on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation. The move is retroactive to May 12. Worley was scheduled to start Wednesday's game against the Cubs in Chicago. Kyle Kendrick gets the nod in his place. The 24-year-old Worley has made seven starts for the Phillies this season, going 3-2 with a 3.07
King Felix, Jimenez go at it in Mariners-Indians opener

Standout right-hander Felix Hernandez can continue a career's worth of high-end performance against the Cleveland Indians tonight when the Seattle Mariners open a two-game series at Progressive Field. A 26-year-old Venezuelan with 88 wins in 213 big-league starts, Hernandez is 5-3 in 11 career meetings with Cleveland and carries a stingy 2.49 earned run average across 72 1/3 innings of
Dodgers' Capuano takes hill at San Diego

Chris Capuano has given the Dodgers' rotation the kind of boost the club never could have imagined when the veteran was signed this offseason. Capuano looks to post the best start of his injury-plagued eight-year career this evening when Los Angeles visits the San Diego Padres to open a two-game series. The Dodgers inked the 33-year-old Capuano as their fifth
Marlins renew rivalry against Braves

After watching their ace pick up his first victory in over a year, the Miami Marlins hope that Mark Buehrle can continue his season-long trend of quality starts this evening in the first of two straight games against the first-place Atlanta Braves. In his first season with the Marlins, Buehrle has gone 2-4 despite a 2.81 earned run average, having
Gonzalez, Nats kick off set with Pirates

Lefty Gio Gonzalez makes his second career start against Pittsburgh tonight when the Washington Nationals host the Pirates in the first half of a two-game series at Nationals Park. The 26-year-old allowed a run on four hits in six innings of his only previous encounter with Pittsburgh, but walked away without figuring in the decision. He opened this season unbeaten
Rays, Red Sox put winning streaks on the line in series opener

The Tampa Bay Rays shoot for their fourth straight win tonight in the opener of a brief two-game series versus the American League East-rival Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field. The Rays will also host Atlanta and Toronto on their eight-game homestand and recorded a two-game sweep of Toronto with Tuesday's 4-3 win. Sean Rodriguez homered to highlight a decisive
Reds' Leake tries for first victory vs. Mets

Third-year right-hander Mike Leake tries again for a first win of 2012 tonight when the Cincinnati Reds head to Citi Field for the opener of a two-game series with the New York Mets. Leake, one of the rare players to jump straight from college to the big leagues with no time in the minors, won 20 games over 53 appearances
Phillies, Cubs square off at Wrigley Field

Looking to dig themselves out of an early-season hole, the Philadelphia Phillies try to extend their longest winning streak of the season tonight behind Kyle Kendrick, who makes another replacement start in the opener of a two-game series versus the Chicago Cubs. Losses in six of eight had the Phillies four games under .500, but the club has crept to
Rangers aim for 2-0 lead against Devils

The top-seeded New York Rangers will try to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals tonight when they host the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden. New York is in the conference finals for the first time since 1997 and grabbed the early lead in this series with a 3-0 victory in Monday's Game 1. The