Casey Blake's two-run single, part of a four-run first-inning outburst Sunday, led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies. Doug Mientkiewicz had three hits and one RBI. Chin-lung Hu had two hits and one RBI, A.J.

A two-run double by Doug Mientkiewicz in the sixth inning Thursday broke open a close game and lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers past San Francisco 7-2. The Giants lost their sixth straight game and fell to 2-7 for the season.

Pittsburgh Pirates ace lefthander Paul Maholm signed a three-year contract Friday with the National League baseball club. The deal, which avoided salary arbitration, will pay him a guaranteed $14.5 million -- $3.5 million this season, $4.5 million next season and $5.75 million in 2011. The four-year

Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - Steve Pearce's two-out, two-run single capped a three-run ninth-inning comeback, as the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled off an improbable 7-5 victory over the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

The World Series ball is gone, and Jonathan Papelbon has an excuse: My dog ate it. Farfetched or not, that's what the Red Sox closer insists happened to the souvenir from the final out of Boston's sweep this year. Really, Papelbon blamed it on his bulldog, Boss.