On this trip to Washington, Roger Clemens will be in a courtroom, not in Congress. His defiant stance is expected to remain the same, even if his statement is much shorter. Something along the lines of, "Not guilty." The seven-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in the nation's capital on a six-count indictment alleging he lied to Congress when he said he…

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The Rays say center fielder B.J. Upton’s lackadaisical episodes are behind him, but the perception persists.

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Now the two biggest hits of Dan Johnson's career have come against the Boston Red Sox. Johnson hit a lead-off homer in the 10th inning that gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 victory Saturday night. He sent a 2-2 pitch from Scott Atchison (2-2) into the right-field stands for his second big homer against the Red Sox in three years.

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Jon Lester rebounded from the worst outing of his career to help Boston tighten the AL wild-card race. Lester allowed two hits over seven innings and Victor Martinez homered twice off All-Star David Price, pacing a 3-1 victory over Tampa Bay that also enabled the Red Sox to nudge closer to the Rays and New York Yankees in the AL East standings.

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The Boston Red Sox tightened up the race for the American League East and wild-card by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Friday. Boston starter Jon Lester (14-8) rebounded from the worst outing of his career to pitch seven strong innings, limiting the Rays to one unearned run and striking out 10. Victor Martinez hit solo homers off Tampa Bay ace David Price (15-6) in the first and seventh.

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New York Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner told the New York Daily News that the Yankees will return to the postseason in 2010. "I think were doing great considering (Andy Pettitte is) out and a couple of other problems," Steinbrenner said. "Obviously, we're in the toughest division by far in baseball. So it's going to be a struggle down to the wire. We'd like to win the division, but I think we can be rest assured we're going to get the playoffs, then it's a matter of what we do from there." The Yankees are tied…

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TORONTO – Jose Bautista didn't have much of an occasion to celebrate his 100th career home run.

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Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona and third baseman Adrian Beltre have been ejected from their game against the Seattle Mariners.

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At just 24 years old, Seattle ace Felix Hernandez is already setting impressive milestones.

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DETROIT – Johnny Damon is staying in Detroit.

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