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The Phillies announced Chase Utley will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Reading on Wednesday night.

in a 2013 season when Major League teams have gone into extra innings at a surprisingly frequent rate -- at possibly a record pace -- there have been more than a dozen opportunities for a second seventh-inning stretch of the game.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado leads the big leagues with 33 doubles and 101 hits. He's already tied the O's team record for two-baggers before the All-Star break.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong had all five pins removed from his right hand Tuesday, which could accelerate the pace of his recovery from his fractured right pinkie.

Most children involved in the game of baseball dream for a chance to meet, and possibly learn from, an active or retired professional, and the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association made that happen for a group of kids on Tuesday night.

Considering David Wright is already the Mets' all-time hits leader, every milestone from here is simply gravy. The latest occurred Tuesday evening, when Wright rapped out a ninth-inning single for his 1,500th career hit. That extended his franchise lead and moved him into a tie for 593rd place all time.

The big leaguers a few hours up the California coast called it "torture." The 2013 UCLA baseball team may not have such a memorable name for their brand of baseball, but it's decidedly reminiscent of those 2010 World Series champion San Francisco Giants.

Juan Perez's two-out, tiebreaking RBI single capped a two-run uprising in the eighth inning that erased a one-run deficit and lifted the Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Padres, whose seven-game winning streak dissolved.

Brian Holberton and Colin Moran kept the Tar Heels alive in the College World Series on Tuesday afternoon in an elimination game no one expected. Holberton homered in the first inning and Moran went 3-for-5 to lead No. 1 UNC to a 4-2 win over No. 4 LSU at TD Ameritrade Park. UCLA remained undefeated in Omaha by getting another solid pitching performance and more timely offensive execution.