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Staying Hot
McCutchen gets three hits, Pirates beat Cubs

Andrew McCutchen (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Andrew McCutchen had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Thursday for their fourth straight win. Leadoff hitter Starling Marte singled and scored in each of the first two innings as Pittsburgh built an early 4-0 lead. Full Story.(Photo: The Canadian Press)

Parting Company

The Texas Rangers have placed right-hander Derek Lowe on unconditional release waivers and signed utility man Mark Teahen to a minor league contract. The moves Thursday came three days after the Rangers designated Lowe for assignment after the 39-year-old allowed 13 runs in 13 innings over nine relief appearances. Full Story.

Hunter and Cabrera (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Early Returns

More than a quarter of the 2013 Major League Baseball season is in the books, so Scott Cullen digs into the numbers to make his picks for MLB awards to this point of the season, along with Gold Gloves, All-Surprise and All-Disappointing teams. Full Story.

Scott Ferguson

One year ago, the Blue Jays were a respectable third in the AL East. The collapse began when they lost three starting pitchers to injuries in early June. Today, injuries have been less of a factor but only Houston has a worse ERA than the Jays. More...

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The Blue Jays start a four game series against the Baltimore Orioles. More...

Power Rankings

[1] St. Louis: Starting pitchers have a 2.38 ERA.
[2] Detroit: Verlander their worst starter in May.
[3] Boston: Stephen Drew heating up at the plate.
Complete Rankings (updated May 17)

[C] Joe Mauer, Minnesota
[1B] Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona
[2B] Dustin Pedroia, Boston
[SS] Jean Segura, Milwaukee
[3B] Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay
[LF] Justin Upton, Atlanta
[CF] Shin-Soo Choo, Cincinnati
[RF] Hunter Pence, San Francisco
[SP] Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles
[RP] Jason Grilli, Pittsburgh
Top 200 Overall - Updated May 21

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